Document: Patent of Peter Monfoort for a lot on Manhattan Island

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0191

Description

Patent. Peter Monfoort; lot on the northeast side of the Graft, Manhattan Island.

Document Date

1647-03-16

Document Date (Date Type)

1647-03-16

Document Type

Patent

Dutch Grant Lot(s)

grant_lot_L-A

Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Pieter Monfoort a certain lot for a house and garden located on the north east side of the canal and bounded on the west side by Jan Monfoort; its breadth on the south side or in front is 7 rods, 6 feet; on the west side its length is 12 rods; on the north side its breadth is 8 rods; and on the east side the length next to Jan Monfoort aforesaid; amounting in all to 91 rods, 2 feet, 6 inches, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 16 March 1647.

References

From the collections of the New York State Archives, Albany, New York. https://www.archives.nysed.gov/

Translation link see: http://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=tei/A1880/NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0191.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Gehring, C. trans./ed., New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vols. GG, HH & II, Land Papers, 1630-1664 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1980).

Copyright to the published bound volume is held by the Holland Society of New York.
A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.