Document: Patent of Bastiaen for land on Manhattan Island

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0200

Description

Patent. Bastiaen, a negro; piece of land on Manhattan Island, adjoining the above, 200x300 paces.

Document Date

1647-03-26

Document Date (Date Type)

1647-03-26

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Bastiaen Negro a certain piece of land located on the island of Manhattan; its length along the public wagon road is 200 paces and its breadth 300 paces, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam, 26 March 1647.

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_0200.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.