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Guide to the American Indians and English settlers Gravesend deed
1977.594
Descriptive Summary
| Title: |
American Indians and English settlers Gravesend deed |
| Dates: |
1665, 1909 |
| Abstract:
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Photocopy of a typescript deed documenting the sale of land in the present-day Brooklyn
neighborhood of Gravesend by the American Indian inhabitants of the region to incoming
English settlers. The land is referred to in the deed by its English name (Gravesend),
as well as its Indian names, Narrumsum and Pootapeck. The typescript, created in 1909,
is a transcription of the original manuscript deed recorded in 1665.
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| Quantity: |
0.01 Linear feet in one folder. |
| Text [Box]:
|
A0072 |
| Call Phrase: |
1977.594 |
