Translation
Patent to Pieter Lourensz
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We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Pieter Lourensz a certain lot located on the island of Manhattan opposite the lot of Hendrick Kip on the public road; its breadth northerly is 2 rods, 2 feet; its breadth southerly is one rod, 7 feet, 9 inches; its length on the west side is 2 rods, 4 feet, with the express conditions etc...
Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 28 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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