...extraordinary grant to his brother, the duke of York ; containing among other parts of America, ' all the lands from the west side of Connecticut river, to the east side of Delaware bay.' This grant was inconsistent with the charters, which had before been granted to Massachusetts and Connecticut...

...1691, comprehends "AH that Island or Islands commonly called Mattawacks or Long Island, together with Hudson's River, and all the Land from the West side...Connecticut River to the East side of Delaware Bay. Connecticut River extends beyond, and Hudson's River takes its rise a little to the Southward of the...

...Netherlands. The grant to the Duke of York is dated the 12th of March, 1664, and it comprises Long Island, and 'all the land from the west side of Connecticut river to the east side of Delaware bay, and the islands known by the names of Martin's Vineyard or Nantucks, otherwise Nantucket.'§ Part of this...

...two rivers called or known by the several names of Connecticut and Hudsou's river, and all the laud from the west side of Connecticut river to the east side of Delaware Bay, and also all those islands known by the names of Martha's Vineyard or Nantucks, otherwise Nantucket." Reference is made...

...Maine (with some variations of the boundaries,) and also the whole of Long Island, " together with all the said river called Hudson's river, and all the land from the west side of the Connecticut river to. the east side of Delaware bay, and also all those several islands called...

...the mainland between the two rivers called or known by the several names of Connecticut and Hudsou's river, and all the land from the west side of Connecticut river to the east sido of Delaware Bay, and also all those islands known by the names of Martha's Vineyard or Nantucks,...

...country upon the Delaware. The grant of Charles II, to James, Duke of York, comprised all the lands from the west side of Connecticut river, to the east side of Delaware Bay ; but as the intention of the grant was to displace the Dutch, the Duke's agents did not confine their...

...Connecticut and Hudson rivers, together with the said river, called Hudson river, and all the lands from the west side of Connecticut river to the east side of the Delaware bay, &c." A dispute immediately ensued between the Duke of York and the Connecticut colony,...

...boundaries. "When Charles IT. gave the province of New York to his brother James, its area included " all the land from the west side of Connecticut river, to the east side of Delaware bay." The governments of Massachusetts and Connecticut had in several instances encroached upon the territory...

...Discourses." t Colonial Records, i. 428. 429. [1661.] ARRIVAL OF COL. NICHOLS. 225 on the main-land, between the two rivers there called or known by the several names of Connecticut and Hudson's river, and all the lands from the west side of Connecticut river to the east side of Delaware Bay." Massachusetts...