Translation
Patent to Pieter Mees
Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted to Pieter Mees a lot located at Fort Orange in the village of Beverwyck; south of Symon Root it is 7 rods, 4 feet in length; east of a road 4 rods in breadth; north of Eldert de Gooyer 7 rods, 4 feet in length; west of a road 4 rods in breadth; together with a lot for a garden located on the Third Kill; east of Albert de Raademaecker it is 9 rods in length; north of Andries de Vos 5 rods, 7 feet, 6 inches in breadth; east of a vacant lot it is 7 rods in length; south of a wagon road 5 rods, 7 feet and 6 inches in breadth, with the express conditions, etc...
Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 17 August 1660.
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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