Translation
Patent to Carel van Brugge
Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted unto Carel Van Brugge a lot lying on the island of Manhattan in the city of New Amsterdam in the Sheep Pasture, where the lot of Cornelis van Tienhoven adjoins it on the south southwest side; extending in length along the lot of the said Tienhoven 24 Rhenish rods; in front extending in breadth from Tienhoven's lot to the land of Dr. Samuel Drisius, which lies north northeast from him, 7 rods and 8 feet; and along the land of Samuel Drisius in length 24 rods; in the rear on the east and south sides in breadth 3 rods, 8 feet, with the express conditions etc...
Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 22 May 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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