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Conveyance of land from Jan Pietersen and Gretchen Jansen, Manhattan, New Netherland, to Hans Steyn, 1656 June 23 : manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
429169
Accession number
MA 956.4
Creator
Jansen, Gretchen, first party.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1655 August 28.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 33 x 21 cm
Notes
Docketed.
Signed by Mathews de Vos as Notary Public.
The lot of land specified in the document corresponds approximately to the present day lots of 17-19 Broadway in lower Manhattan.
One of a collection of 10 land grants, deeds, and other documents related to adjacent lots of land on lower Broadway in Manhattan created principally during the period of Dutch rule (see MA 956).
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Foolscap with seven points over letters "XGO".
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Conveyance for the sale of land by Jan Pietersen, husband and guardian of Grietgen [Gretchen] Jansz [also Jans or Jansen], widow of Fredrick Jansz [also Jansen, Janss, Janse, Janszen], to Hans Steen [i.e. Steyn].