Document: Patent of Cornelis van Ruyven for a lot on Manhattan island

Holding Institution
(link is external)New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A1880-78_VHHpt2_0005
Description

Patent. Cornelis van Ruyven; lot in the Sheep Pasture, New Amsterdam, island of Manhattan, with reservation for a burgwall, or street, hereafter along the side thereof.

Document Date
1654-04-16
Document Date (Date Type)
1654-04-16
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Translation
Translation

Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted unto Cornelis van Ruyven a lot lying on the island of Manhattan in the Sheep Pasture; on the south side along the division line of Albert Pietersz Trompeter its breadth is 7 rods; on the north side its breadth extends into the Sheep Pasture 7 rods; in length on the east side along the division line of Mr. La Montagnie's land it is 10 rods, ½ foot; in length on the west side it is 10 rods, ½ foot; but if there should be a bulwark or street laid out along the said lot, then the same shall serve as a boundary, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 16 April 1654.

References

From the collections of the New York State Archives, Albany, New York. (link is external)  https://www.archives.nysed.gov/  

Translation link see: (link is external)http://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=tei/A1880/NYSA_A1880-78_VHHpt2_0005.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 (link is external)Holland Society of New York.
A complete copy of this publication is available on the
(link is external)New Netherland Institute website.

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