Translation
Patent to Rem Jansz
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We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Rem Jansz a certain lot located on the island of Manhattan on the street between Claes d'Ruyter and the Company's bakery; its breadth on the street is 2 rods, 3 feet, 2 inches; in the rear on the strand its breadth is 3 rods; its length on either side is 6½ rods, with the express conditions etc...
Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 29 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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