Document: Patent of Peter van Campen for land on Manhattan Island

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0209

Description

Patent. Peter van Campen, negro; 3 morgens 225 rods of land on the island of Manhattan, adjoining the negroes' land.

Document Date

1647-04-08

Document Date (Date Type)

1647-04-08

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Pieter van Campen [ Tamboer ], Negro, a certain piece of land located on the island of Manhattan behind the land of Tosyn Briel; it extends north east by east and north north east 53 rods to the Negroes' land; north north west and north west by north 30 rods; further along the aforesaid Negroes' land west south west 45 rods; and then to the place of beginning south east by south 55 rods; amounting in all to 3 morgens, 225 rods, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 8 April 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_0209.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.