The Director and Council being assembled, the Vice-Director again demanded 14"" ditto.

to be informed respecting the negotiations of the Director with the Englishwho gave for ;

answer that nothing special was transacted and that Mr. Schaep of Amsterdam who was going Ambassador to England, would treat there, by orders of the Lords Majors, touching the boundary between New England and New Netherland.

Extract of the letter written by the Select men to Van der Donck, dated 26"' November, 1650.

His Honor has been to the North with the English and there entered into a Treaty respecting the Boundary, &c., but keeps everything concealed from us and from his Council. We fear the news from New England, (a translation whereof is annexed,) which was secretly brought and thrown into a certain house here, is too true, inasmuch as 'tis confirmed by daily rumors. We at least hope and request that you will be particular in calling the attention of their High Mightinesses our Sovereigns thereto, whenever the Treaty between the Director and the English comes up for ratification.

460 NEW-YORK COLONIAL MANUSCRIPTS.

Translation of News from New England, 1G50.

The Governor of New Netherland has been received and treated like a Prince wherever he passed for which he expressed himself very grateful. On arriving at the Court of the New ;

England Commissioners, he meant that the matters in dispute should be discussed and debated there wherefore his Honor submitted divers charges and grievances. ; He particularly asserted the Boundary to extend from Cape Cod to the Fresh River and so forth, and dwelt on the usurpation of territory, lands &c.; but they answered him that they had not come to question or to be questioned; excusing themselves and declining his premises as they could not admit of such pretensions which, as far as they were concerned, were mere idle talk without proof.