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Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted to Nicolaes Meyer the following parcels of land on the island of Manhattan near the village of New Haerlaem: first, a parcel of land on the property of Jochim Pietersz, north of Daniel Terneur, south of Symon Dreunen; in breadth along the shore 25 rods; another piece on the aforesaid property, north of Dirck Pottebacker, south of Jacques Croison; in breadth 15 rods; the boundary line on both sides is west a little northerly; containing 6 morgens, 400 rods; together 13 morgens, 200 rods; a parcel on the land of Montagne, south of Lubbert [ blank ], the boundary line from the hills to the stream; on the east 80 rods in breadth; containing 12 morgens, 360 rods; a piece of land on Van Ceulen's Point, to the west of Daniel Terneur, east of Jan Pietersz; with a boundary line from the road to the stream southerly; in breadth 12 rods; containing 3 morgens; another parcel on the same point to the west of Jacques Croison, to the east of Davidt [ blank ]; equal in breadth and boundary; containing 3 morgens; another two parcels of marshland, marked No. 3, located to the south; No. 2 on the firm ground opposite the spring; together with the southern most part of the stone island; containing in all 6 morgens; and a double lot to the west of Jacques Cousseau; in breadth 15 rods; in length 5 rods, 3½ feet; then two gardens to the north of the great highway; the one to the west of Machiel Syperius and to the east of Moenis; the other to the east of Adam [ blank ] and to the west of Jacques Cousseau; both 5 rods in breadth and 20 rods in length, with the express conditions, etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 29 January 1664.

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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.