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We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Olof Stevensz, commissary, a certain lot for a house and garden located along the East River; bounded on the east by the Company's house and lot, it extends in its length along the aforesaid lot 7 and 2/10 rods (reckoning 12 land feet to the rod); its breadth on the river or south side is one and 7/10s rods; in length along the lot of Tomas Hael westward 7 and 6/10 rods (additional application has been made by the same that the passage way of the former church may be closed off so that this lot may be enlarged on the aforesaid side from one foot to two feet; therefore, it is granted to him, the aforesaid Olof Stevensz, if the aforesaid Company will sanction it, otherwise not), with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 12 March 1647. [ Addenda below: ] On this day the 14th day of May 1650, the land mentioned in the foregoing grant was measured again and 2 feet in breadth on the south side, by me the underwritten, have been granted to the present owner Mr. Jacob Hendricksen Veervanger so that the breadth of the aforesaid lot on the south side is now in all one rod, 9 feet, 1½ inches; and the breadth and the length are according to the before-mentioned contents.

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Translation: Gehring, C. trans./ed., New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vols. GG, HH & II, Land Papers, 1630-1664 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1980).A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.