Translation
Patent to Cornelis van Ruyven
Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted unto Cornelis van Ruyven a lot lying on the island of Manhattan in the Sheep Pasture; on the south side along the division line of Albert Pietersz Trompeter its breadth is 7 rods; on the north side its breadth extends into the Sheep Pasture 7 rods; in length on the east side along the division line of Mr. La Montagnie's land it is 10 rods, ½ foot; in length on the west side it is 10 rods, ½ foot; but if there should be a bulwark or street laid out along the said lot, then the same shall serve as a boundary, with the express conditions etc...
Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 16 April 1654.
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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