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Creator
Minuit, Peter
Call number
MssCol 2559
Physical description
.04 linear feet (1 volume, 1 other item)
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Rensselaerwick Patroonship deed and seal, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
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Manuscripts and Archives Division
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Original deed of the Patroonship (the plantation) of Rensselaerwick [Rensselaerswyck] signed by Peter Minuit and others on August 13, 1630. Also present is the document's seal. This large estate, located near present-day Albany, New York, was granted to Killiaen Van Rensselaer by the Dutch West India Company

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Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
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