Holding Institution
Document ID
NYSA_12943-78_V02_p125-126
Description
Confirmation by the New York provincial government of an original Dutch letters patent that was issued in 1655 to Anthony Mathijs, a Black man, for land in Manhattan. Antony was also known as Mathias Anthony.
Document Date
1667-10-16
Document Date (Date Type)
1667-10-16
Document Type Unlinked
patent, letters
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