3 2 Bolton, 203. * 2 Itencrort, 295.

6 2 O'Callaghan, 202. « 2 O'Callaglian, 277.

: 2 O'Callaghan, 342. 8 2 O'Callaghan, 402.

3 3 New Haven Hist. Soc. Papars, 441 ; Truuibull, 259. >o 2 O'Callaghan, 455. " 2 O'Callaghan, 505.

HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

Chester be annexed to Connecticut. Thus, one after another, the Dutch abandoned every point their enemies assailed; the Connecticut River had been given up, and now Westchester and shortly afterward Long Island were relinquished.

On March 22, 1664,' Charles II. granted to his brother, the Duke of York, the whole of Long Island and all the country in the possession of the Dutch. To secure the conquest of the district in question, the

Duke of York organized an expedition to take possession of the country, and appointed Richard Nichols his Deputy Governor, with authority to establish and maintain his government and to settle boundaries. In the latter part of August- the ships carrying the Governor and his forces anchored near Fort Amsterdam ; on the 29th Nichols sent to the fort a summons to surrender, and on Monday morning, September 8th, the Dutch marched out of the fort

and the English marched in. Fort Amsterdam was named Fort James, New Netherlaud became New York, and a few days later Fort Orange, having also surrendered, received the name of Albany ; and the Dutch sway in America was at an end.

On the 30th of the following November the boundary between New York and Connecticut was settled as follows: "We also order and declare that the Creek or River called Maniaroneck, which is reputed to be about twelve miles to the east of Westchester, and a line drawn from the East point or side where the fresh water falls into the salt at high-water mark, North-Northwest to the line of Massachusetts, be the Westward bounds of the said Colony of Connecticut, and all plantations lying Eastward of that Creek ^ and line to be under the government of Connecticut." This north-northwest line from the mouth of Maniaroneck River continued to be the eastern boundary of New York; and the White Plains were thereby included in the province of Connecticut.