What boundaries Your High Mightinesses have granted to your subjects, can be seen by the charter issued in the year 1615," which date appears to refer to the charter of October, 11, 1614, which went into effect January 1, 1615.

The remonstrance of New Netherland of July 28,' 1649, maintains their right of possession by virtue of discovery made by the ship "de Halve Maen " belonging to the General East India Company, whereof Henry Hudson wiis master; and that its boundaries were "the ocean or great sea which separates Europe

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i'rom America, by New Euglaud and Fresh (Conuecticut) River, in part by the river of Canada (the St. Lawrence) and by Virginia."

Enghmd was equally pertinacious in her claim over Connecticut, resting it upon the discoveries of the Cabots in 1494 and 1497, and uj)on that of (tosnold in 1602, as well as upon the denial of the right of the Dutch. Hudson never made any sale to the English. It was upon the validity of this sale, in connection with the voyage of the Dutchman, Adrian Block in 1614, through Hell Gate and along the coast of Connecticut to Fisher's and Block's Island, and Cape Cod that the claim of the Dutch to Connecticut rested.

The claim of the Dutch to the coast of Connecticut was maintained in 1646 by Governor Kieft, who threatened Clovernor Eaton, of Connecticut, with war if that colony did not respect Dutch rights. All offers to settle the dispute by arbitration were refused by the Dutch.