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John Carman and Robert Fordham negotiate sale for 64,000 acres of land on Long Island, to become Hempstead


11/13/1643
1943 depiction commemorating Hempstead’s 300th anniversary

– With tribal representation of the Reuckowacky (Rekowake), the Merockes (Mericock), Matinecock (Matinecock), and Massapequas (Marsapeague)

– Presently Hempstead and North Hempstead

1644
deed
Documents Relative to the History of the Early Colonial Settlements Principally on Long Island