Translation
Patent to Volckert Jansen and Jan Thomassen
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Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted to Volckert Jansen and Jan Thomassen a parcel of pasture land located near Fort Orange across the Bevers Kill along the river; in length from south to north it is 100 rods; its breadth is from the river's edge to the common highway, with the express conditions, etc...
Done at Amsterdam in New Netherland, 31 March 1659.
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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