Company settled a Colony here & called it New Netherland, how far Indeed the Dutch Extended their Claim does not Clearly at this day appear to me but 'tis very probable, that as they Extended the same to the South as far as Delaware River they also Claimed North Easterly as far as Connecticut River near which I doubt not it may be made appear many Dutch people were settled and I Believe that River was in the dutch Time Called by the name of the North River, as Delaware River was by the name of the South River, on which 'tis Certain many Dutch were.Settled, and this Appears the more Probable for that at Albany they Settled another Colony by the name of the Colony of Rensselaer Wyck; the Boundaries of which tho' uncertain at this day; must without Doubt as 'twas a Colony have also Extended from one River to the other, and also for that the Grant from King Charles the Second to his Brother the Duke of York; Seems to be intended as a Grant to him of what he recovered from the Dutch; for in the Year 1660, or There abouts, King Charles the Second 'sent Sir Robert Carr with forces to Disposses the Dutch of their Settlements here which he succeeded in; and about three years after, this Grant to the Duke of York was made; which seems to me tocarry a strong Presumption that those Lands so granted were what were There known to have been the Claim of the Dutch, which they must have been much