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Stuyvesant, Peter, 1592-1672 [West India Company deed for Teunis Cornelisse] [in Dutch]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02542.01 Author/Creator: Stuyvesant, Peter, 1592-1672 Place Written: New Amsterdam, New Netherland Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 23 April 1652 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 22.8 cm, Width: 34.5 cm Order a Copy

Countersigned by New Amsterdam Secretary Cornelis Van Tienhoven. Deed granting property to Teunis Cornelisse. Includes official seal. For English translation, see GLC02542.01.01.

Stuyvesant, Peter, 1592-1672
Van Tienhoven, Cornelis Luycasz, 1601-1656
Cornelisse, Teunis, fl. 1652

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