The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I — Passage 77 (part 2)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (1849)] In the margin stood " let the petition be granted, provided that they deliver by the first oppor-tunity, a map thereof, to the Director General and Council. Dated fortress Amterdam in New Netherland, this 16th January A. D. 1657. Underneath which was written, By Order of the Right Honorable Director General and Council of New Netherland. Subscribed by C. V. Ruyven, Secretary. Liberty being thus given to commence the settlement, Jacques Cortelliau laid out and surveyed the place, and divided it into 20 lots containing 25 morgen (50 acres) each, which lots were granted to the following patentees who were desirous of making a settlement; — Jacques Cortelliau Albert Albertsen The Lord Councillor & Fiscal Nicasius de Sille William Willemsen Pieter Buys Huybert Hoock Jacob Hellickers alias Swart Pieter Jansen