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GOVERNOR TRYON’S REPORT ON THE PROVINCE OF NEW-YORK.
The Light House at Sandy Hook -------
Fort George City of New York
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Question No. 2.
What are the reputed Boundaries, and are any parts disputed and by whom
Jlnswer.
The Boundaries of the Province of New York are derived from Two Sources.—First, the GrantsBoundaries of from King Charles the Second to his Brother James Duke of York dated the 12 th Marchthe Province, an( j the 29 June 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 Sub-jection 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 TerritoryAs grounded Eastward of Connecticut River , since granted to the Massachusetts Bay by their Charter offrom cha'ries 1691, comprehends “ All that Island or Islands commonly called Mattawacks or Long Island ,dames 'nuke together with Hudson’s River, and all the Land from the West side of Connecticut River toof York . . ^he jr as t g jd e 0 f Delaware Bay .” Connecticut River extends beyond, and Hudson’s Rivertakes its rise a little to the Southward of the Forty fifth Degree of Northern Latitude; And as aLine from the Head of the River Connecticut to Delaware Bay , would exclude the greatest part ofHudson’s River , which is expressly granted to the Duke of York , the Boundary most consistent withthe Grants to the Duke, and the claim of New York founded thereon, is a Line from the Head of theConnecticut River to the Source of Hudson’s River , thence to the Head of the Mohawk Branch ofthe Hudsons River and thence to the East side of the Delaware Bay .
That this has been the reputed Boundary under the Duke’s Title has been confirmed by the Grantsof this Government extending Westward nearly to the Head of the Mohawk Branch of the Hud-son’s River, and Southward of that Branch to within a few miles of the North Boundary of Pensyl-vania.
No other Construction will justify the Terms of the Grants to the Duke, nor any Lines less com-prehensive include the Lands patented by this Province or ceded to the Crown by the Indians, at theTreaty of Fort Stanwix in 1768.
And as groun- The Second source of the Title of this Government is grounded on the Claim of theefaimofthe Five Nations who are in the Treaty of Utrecht acknowledged by France to be subject
of Indians, to Great Britain .
Soon after the English conquered this Country from the Dutch , pursuing their System of Policy,they entered into a strict Alliance with the Natives who by Treaties with this Colony, subjected them-selves to the Crown of England, and their Lands to its protection, and from this Period were alwaystreated as Subjects, and their Country considered by this Government as part of the Province of