Having been plainly tricked by the English out of the Fresh River, notwithstanding a block iiouse, called the Hope, had been erected 21 leagues up the river, in the year 1633, long before the English had been there, -- a sign of first and earliest possession -- nothing could, at first, be done in that quarter, except to repair said house, the Hope, and keep it as heretofore occupied by a suitable garrison, for the purpose of maintaining prior possession of the most remote boundary. 2nd.The village of Greenwich belonging to their High Mightinesses', being the furthest place where the Director and Council exercise authority, in the name of their High Mightinesses the States General and of the West India Company, is separated from the English village Stamford, by a small stream so that the English along the main north coast ;

cannot approach nearer New Nelherland, without being obliged to settle between Greenwich and New Amsterdam, where there is an interval of about seven leagues of country And to :

prevent that. Director Stuyvesant purchased these lands last summer from the native and rigiit owners thereof, and paid for them, on account of the West India Company. 3d. For the security of the beautiful North river, on which New Amsterdam stands, it would not be unwise to take possession first of the land situate on the west bank of the East river, between Greenwich and New Amsterdam, establishing villages, bouweries and plantations

there ; this done, there need be no dread of the further progress of the English on that side, and the North river, whence most of the peltries are brought down, would also be protected. The North river is about eight leagues west of the East river at Greenwich. 4th. Long Island which extends in length from the heights opposite Staten Island, is washed on the south side by the Great Ocean ; on the north, by the East river, which divides it from New Amsterdam and the aforementioned lands.