Document: Deed from Hendrick Kip to Albert Andriessen of a house and lot on Manhattan Island

On this day, the 29th of August, appeared at the secretary's office of New Netherland in Fort Amsterdam Hendrick Kip, resident here, who declared that on account of the sale by his son-in-law Jan Jansen from St. Obyn he transferred and conveyed, as he does hereby, by virtue of the patent granted on the first of February 1646 by the honorable director general and council of New Netherlend to Roelof Jansen Haes and the proper deed from him, dated the 17th of February 1646, to the said Hendrick Kip, to Albert Andriessen or the person who may acquire his title a certain house and lot standing and lying on the island of Manhatans, on the north east side of Fort Amsterdam, bounded on the west and south sides by the public road and adjoining on the east side the lot of Claes van Elslant, in width on the west-side five rods, seven and a half feet; on the north side in length five rods and four and a half feet; on the east side five rods and four and a half feet; on the south side four rods and six feet; which lot, together with the house and what is fastened thereto by earth or nail, he, Hendrick Kip, hereby delivers to the aforesaid Albert Andriesen or his successors free from any challenge or claim to be made thereto by any one in the world (saving only the reservation and acknowledgment of the lord and patroon of this country mentioned in all patents), promising to hold this his deed firm and binding and to observe and fulfil the same under binding obligation according to law. In testimony whereof these presents are signed by the grantor and the witnesses on the date above written, at Manhatans in New Netherland.

Hendrick Hendricksen Kip
Jan Claesz Groen
Jacob Kip
P. Stuyvesant