Translation
Patent to Michiel Jansen
Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted unto Michiel Jansen a parcel of land lying at Pavonia, in the rear of his own land; its breadth is 80 rods; extending northeast and into the woods northwest 200 rods along the land of Claes Jansen Backer; in the rear extending 80 rods in breadth; amounting to 26 1/3 morgens, with the express conditions, etc...
Done at Amsterdam in New Netherland, 27 November 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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