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Deed of Claes Hendrycksen to Jan Hendricksen Steelman for a lot on Manhattan Island

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Appeared...before us, ... Claes Hendricksen Timmerman, inhabitant of this city of New Amsterdam; and declared to have conveyed to Jan Hendricksen Steelman a lot located on the west side of the great highway on the island of Manhattan; bounded on the north by Isack Greveraedt and on the south by Jan Schryver; in breadth 4 and 7/12 rods; and in length 7 and 7/12 rods; and that by virtue of a conveyance, dated 23 April 1652, obtained by the aforesaid Claes Hendricksen from Dirck van Schelluyne, notary here etc.

Done at New Amsterdam in New Netherland, 25 April 1653. Claes Hendrycksen, La Montagne, Brian Newton.

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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 theĀ New Netherland Institute website.