Document: Patent to Philip Pietersen Schuylernof 2 lots in Beverwyck

Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted unto Philip Pietersz Schuyler a lot lying in Beverwyck; bounded on the south by the wagon road its length there is 9 rods 5 feet; west of the hill its breadth there is 5 rods 11 feet; north of Pieter Hartger's land its length is 9 rods 7 feet; east of Sander Leendertsz's land its breadth is 6 rods 2 feet; there is also a lot for a garden east of the road which is in length 12 rods, 7 feet; north of Jan Hendricksz's land its breadth is 6 rods, 6 feet; on the west its length is 12 rods, 8 feet; and south of Evert Wendell's land its breadth is 6 rods, 10 feet.

16 June 1656.

Note. On 25 October 1653 a patent of the first above mentioned was granted to Philip Pietersz, but as on the 8th instant the magistrates of Fort Orange and the town of Beverwyck have allowed him an addition, the first patent is annulled, and this according to the enlargement is granted him. Done as above.