Document: Patent of Peter van der Linden for land on Manhattan Island

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0181

Description

Patent. Peter van der Linden; lot north of the Graft on Manhattan Island.

Document Date

1647-03-12

Document Date (Date Type)

1647-03-12

Document Type

Patent

Dutch Grant Lot(s)

grant_lot_C17

Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Pieter van der Linden a certain lot for a house and garden located on the island of Manhattan north of the canal; it extends in length in front from the road or canal 16 rods, 4 feet; northward on to a ditch along the marsh until the road in the front or on the south side 2½ rods, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 12 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_0181.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.