Document: Resolution concerning the granting of land

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Document ID

NYSA_A1810-78_V11_67i

Description

Resolution. Same directing that Adrian Jansen, pilot of the ship The Court of Cleeff, be not molested for having accidentally shot his captain in 1649.;Duplicate of resolution on p. 65.;Resolution. Same to grant Hog island (now Manning's island) to Francis Fyn, if vacant, and if no special objection intervene.

Document Date

1652-05-02

Document Date (Date Type)

1652-05-02

Document Type Unlinked

Resolution|Grant

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Translation

Thursday, 2 May 1652

Upon the petition of Hendrick Fredrick Mansvelt, father-in-law of Francoys Fijn, it was resolved to instruct the director and councilors of New Netherland that if there was no significant disadvantage or loss to the Company by giving away Varckens [ Hog ] Island,[1] that Francoys Fijn shall be accommodated therewith, and if they see fit to retain it for the above-stated reasons, then they shall show and give to him other suitable land for cultivation.

Translation Superscripts

[1]: Renamed Manning's Island; presently Blackwell's Island.

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/A1810/NYSA_A1810-78_V11_67i.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translated in: Correspondence, 1647-1653, trans. and ed. Charles T. Gehring ("New Netherland Documents Series") (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2000).

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.