Deed for property in the area of existing Bethpage

Deed for property in the area of existing Bethpage

Bethpage is located directly south of Cold Spring Harbor. Since their arrival in 1640, colonists were eager to purchase and own direct title to land on Long Island. Thomas Powell purchased this land from local Indigenous people including Matinecock (more than one group of Indigenous people used this land). Although Powell obtained this signed deed to the property, the Indigenous signatories to the deed insisted they would maintain access to it for hunting, fishing, and berry gathering.

Preservation Long Island, 1986.55

1695

Preservation Long Island

Ink on parchment

English

Manuscript

17 x 25 in.