Translation
Patent to Hans Jongh and Daniel Stiger
Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted to Hans Jongh and Daniel Stiger a lot located on Long Island near the ferry; it is in breadth on the north side 6 rods, 5 inches; on the south side 6 rods, 6 feet, one inch; in length on the east side 31 rods, 3 feet; on the west side one rod, 2 feet, with the express conditions, etc...
Done at Amsterdam in New Netherland, 25 August 1657.
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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