Document: Patent of Anthony Portuguese for land on Manhattan Island

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0117

Description

Patent. Anthony Portuguese, negro; 6 morgens, 425 rods of land (Manhattan Island).

Document Date

1645-09-05

Document Date (Date Type)

1645-09-05

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Antony Portugies, Negro, a piece of land to the west of Manuel Trompetter; it extends to the thicket next to the aforesaid Trompetter's land south by east a little southerly until the land of Groote Manuel 60 rods; along the end of the aforesaid's land west a little northerly 45 rods; again west and west by south 17 rods; then to the thicket north by west 67 rods; along the thicket 65 rods; amounting in all 6 morgens, 425 rods, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 5 September 1645.

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_VGG_0117.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.