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Scope and Content Note

This series includes a manuscript index to Volumes GG and HH of Dutch colonial land patents, and Volume II of Dutch colonial deeds. The index to Volumes GG and HH is arranged by volume and then by first letter of surname of grantee. It lists page number, grantee name, location of patent, and year. The index to Volume II is chronological and lists date, names of grantor and grantee, location of land, and page number.

Series also includes manuscript translations of Volumes GG, HH, and II. Translation of Volume GG indicates that it was deposited in the Office of the Secretary of State by the translator, Cornelius D. Westbrook, on July 23, 1841. Translation of Volume HH indicates that it was deposited in the Office of the Secretary of State by the translator, James Van Ingen, on October 18, 1822. Translation of Volume II indicates that it was deposited in the Office of the Secretary of State on September 8, 1826, but translator is not named.