Translation
Patent to Claes van Elslant
We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Claes van Elslant a certain lot for a house and garden located on the island of Manhattan at the rear of the lot of Roelof Jansz; its breadth on the west side is 8 rods, 4 feet, 5 inches; on the north side its length is 12 rods, 5 feet, 6 inches; on the east side its breadth is 5 rods, 5 feet; further, its breadth (for the length of 5 rods, 7 feet) is 5 rods, 9 feet, 3 inches; further, (for the length of one rod, 6 feet) its breadth is 7 rods; further, the length along the south side until the lot of the aforesaid Roeloff Jansz is 5 rods, 2 feet, 4 inches; amounting altogether to 82 rods, 9 feet, with the express conditions etc..
Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 13 March 1647.
References
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.
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