Translation
Patent of Cornelis van Ruyven for land on Long Island
Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted to Cornelis Van Ruyven, secretary and receiver-general of New Netherland, a parcel of land located on Long Island in the village of Midwout to the north of Cornelis Jansz Bongaert, with a boundary line west a little southerly; in breadth in the rear or on the east side 50 rods; on the west side along the path 84 rods; in length along the hills 278 rods; along Cornelis Jansz Bongaert 300 rods; containing 25 morgens; a piece in the first marsh, marked No. 16; in breadth 7 rods; containing 2 morgens; a piece furthest in the rear, marked No. 7; in breadth 12 rods; containing 3 morgens extending southerly from the woods to the sea; a piece of flatland, No. 11, in breadth 15 rods; containing 2 morgens, 300 rods, with the express conditions, etc...
Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 26 February 1664.