Question No. 2.

What are the reputed Boundaries, and are any parts disputed and by whom Answer.

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The Boundaries of the Province of New York are derived from Two Sources. First, the Grants th March Boundaries of from King Charles the Second to his Brother James Duke of York dated the 12 the Province. 1663 4 and the 29 j une 1674, which were intended to convey to the Duke all the Lands |

claimed by the Dutch, the first occupants of this Colony.

--Secondly, from the Submission and Subjection of the Five Nations of Indians to the Crown of England.

The Descriptive part of both the Duke's Grants is in the same Words and exclusive of the Territory granted to the Massachusetts Bay Eastward of Connecticut River, since ° bv their Charter of » » As grounded " All that Island or Islands commonly called Mattawacks or Long Island, comprehends fiS* cbuiea Hudson's River, and all the Land from the West side of Connecticut River to jamas' We together with of York. Connecticut River extends beyond, and Hudson's River t ie £ ast gj^g Q f D e ] aware Bay." ,

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Line from the Head of the River Connecticut to Delaware Bay, would exclude the greatest part of

Hudson's River, which is expressly granted to the Duke of York, the Boundary most consistent with the Grants to the Duke, and the claim of New York founded thereon, is a Line from the Head of the Connecticut River to the Source of Hudson's River, thence to the Head of the Mohawk Branch of the Hudsons River and thence to the East side of the Delaware Bay.