Translation
Patent to Adriaen Jansz van Leyden
Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted unto Adriaen Jansz van Leyden a lot for a house and garden lying in Beverwyck, which is bounded on the south by the common highway which comes to the palisades of Thomas Jansz; being of equal breadth in front and rear, to wit 5 rods, 8 feet; its length is 14 rods bounded westerly in the rear by thickets and northerly by a vacant lot; provided that the aforementioned lot shall be occupied and used by the said Adriaen Jansz or his assigns who may receive his documents according to the true intent and meaning of the request; not to be employed or used as a tavern or tipling house, but as a house of entertainment for travelers, with the express conditions, etc...
Done at Amsterdam in New Netherland, 16 December 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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