Translation
Patent to Isack d'Foreest
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We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Isack d'Foreest a certain piece of land located on the island of Manhattan containing 50 morgens at the place where Jochem Pietersz lies next to his land on the north and where Coenraet van Keulen's land bounds on the west, running then around the island; with the express conditions etc...
Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 15 May 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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