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Stuyvesant, Peter, 1592-1672 [Translation of West India Company deed for Teunis Cornelisse]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02542.01.01 Author/Creator: Stuyvesant, Peter, 1592-1672 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 9 October 1770 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 33 x 23.5 cm. Order a Copy

Translation of GLC02542.01, a 1652 Dutch deed conveying land to Cornelisse. Translated by J. Roorbach, who dated and signed it at the bottom of the page.

Stuyvesant, Peter, 1592-1672
Roorbach, J., fl. 1770
Cornelisse, Teunis, fl. 1652

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