Document: Confirmation of letters patent issued to Antony Mathijs

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NYSA_12943-78_V02_p125-126
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Confirmation by the New York provincial government of an original Dutch letters patent that was issued in 1655 to Anthony Mathijs, a Black man, for land in Manhattan. Antony was also known as Mathias Anthony.

Document Date
1667-10-16
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1667-10-16
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patent, letters
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New York provincial government
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