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

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VHHpt2_0015

Description

Patent. Peter Montfoort; lot on the Sheep Pasture, Manhattan Island.

Document Date

1654-06-28

Document Date (Date Type)

1654-06-28

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted unto Pieter Monfert a lot lying on the island of Manhattan in the Sheep Pasture; it is in breadth on the south side 6 rods, and one foot; in length on the west side 5 rods 1½ feet; in breadth on the north side 5 rods 8 feet; in length on the east side 5 rods, with the express conditions, etc...

Done at Amsterdam in New Netherland, 28 June 1654.

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_VHHpt2_0015.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.