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Patent to Hendrick Jansz van Schalckwyck
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Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted unto Hendrick Jansz van Schalckwyck a piece of land lying over the North River between Gemoenepaen and the Kil van Kol; extending along the river or bay southwesterly, which is in breadth, 40 rods; in the rear in the woods its breadth is 40 rods; running into the woods north northwest its length on both sides is 375 rods; making together 25 morgens, with the express conditions , etc...
Done at Amsterdam in New Netherland, 5 December 1654.