Translation
Patent to Pieter Meersen
Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted to Pieter Meersen a lot for a house and garden located at Fort Orange in the village of Beverwyck to the west of the wagon road 5 rods in breadth; to the north of Pieter Broun 7 rods in length; to the east of the wagon road 5 rods in breadth; to the south of Barent Albertsen 7 rods in breadth, with the express conditions, etc...
Done at Amsterdam in New Netherland, 31 October 1658.
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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