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Patent to Cornelis van der Donck
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Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted unto Cornelis van der Donck a certain piece of land lying on the north side of the island of Manhattan, called by the Indians Muscoote, otherwise the Flatts, being entirely surrounded by a creek which comes out of several thickets; containing about 50 morgens, together with as much marsh or hayland as shall be parcelled out in proportion to other farms and uplands. 26 August 1655.