Document: Patent of rev. Samuel Drisius for a lot on Manhattan Island

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Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VHHpt2_0017

Description

Patent. Rev. Samuel Drisius; lot on the west side of the public Highway, behind the church yard or burying ground, Manhattan Island.

Document Date

1654-07-02

Document Date (Date Type)

1654-07-02

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted unto Domine Samuel Drisius a piece of land lying on the island of Manhattan on the west side of the common wagon road in the rear of the burying ground; it is in length on the east side 12 rods 2 feet and on the west side 12 rods 3½ feet; in breadth on the south side 6 rods; and on the north side 6 rods 3½ feet, with the express conditions, etc...

Done at Amsterdam in New Netherland, 2 July 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_0017.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.