And now, under the new boundary treaty of the two provinces, Rye itself was rudely sundered from its parent colony and made a part of New York. This was extremely repugnant to the settlers of Rye, who, indeed, continued to deem themselves as belonging to Connecticut, and ultimately, rather than submit to the government of New York, when that government took certain steps distasteful to them, boldly revolted against its authority and organized the famous " Rye Rebellion." Nor was Rye the only settlement founded by Connecticut men and governed by Connecticut which, against its will, was incorporated inNew York. The history of the Town of Bedford is almost as interesting in this respect as that of Rye. Previously to 1683 the Bedford settlement had been begun by Stamford men, and for years after the boundary agreement of that year, Bedford, like Rye, was much disaffected toward New York. It was an active party to the " Rye Rebellion." The boundary line fixed by interprovincial agreement on the 24th of November, 1683, was approved by the legislature of Connecticut on the 8th of May, 1684, and a surveyor was appointed to lay off the line. This surveyor, with the co-operation of officers from New York, traced the first sections of the boundary as far as the termination

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of the agreed line parallel to the Sound. Thus the territory retained by Connecticut on the Sound was formally marked off without delay; but the "equivalent tract" or "Oblong" to which New York was entitled was not apportioned upon that occasion, although its approximate width was calculated and indicated by the surveyors. The new boundary, while accepted by the two provinces, did not receive ratification in England, probably because no special attention was paid to the matter; and the lack of such ratification enabled Connecticut, after the revolt of Kye and Bedford, to contend that the whole arrangement was without legal effect, and to insist that it be passed upon by the king before it could be considered binding.