Document: Patent of Laurens Cornelisen for land on Manhattan Island

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0043

Description

Patent. Laurens Cornelisen; land at Smith's valley, on Manhattan Island.

Document Date

1641-09-07

Document Date (Date Type)

1641-09-07

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... herewith make known that we have today, date underwritten, granted to Laurens Cornelisz a certain parcel of land situated by Smit's marsh on the island of Manhatans; where on the east it is bounded by Cornelis van Tienhoven's property and on the west by the highway which runs between the aforesaid piece of land and Hendrick Snyder's palisades, which at its measured breadth shall remain both on the side as well as in front on the beach, with the express condition that the said Laurens Cornelisz shall repair the road leading from Cornelis van Tienhoven's farm to the beach, fit for the use of wagons, and when once repaired at the expense of the said Laurens Cornelisz it shall henceforth and forever be maintained and repaired by the said Laurens Cornelisz and Cornelis van Tienhoven half and half; with the express conditions etc...

Done 7 September 1641.

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_0043.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.