Document: Patent of Peter Wolphersz van Couwenhoven for land on Manhattan Island

Holding Institution
(link is external)New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0137b
Description

Patent. Peter Wolphersz (van Couwenhoven); lot on Manhattan Island.

Document Date
1646-03-17
Document Date (Date Type)
1646-03-17
Document Type
Dutch Grant Lot(s)

Translation
Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Pieter Wolphersz a certain lot for a house and garden located on the island of Manhattan between the lots of Olof Stevensz and the aforesaid Pieter Wolphersz; its breadth on the road is 4 rods; its length next to Olof Stevensz' lot is 10 rods; its length next to Pieter's lot is 10 rods; amounting in all to 41½ rods, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 17 March 1646.

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_VGG_0137b.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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Peter Wolphersz van Couwenhoven
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