Volume 18 , Issue 39

1664 Boundary of Connecticut

It was in The Pennsylvania Gazette, out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, dated 8 June 1774, Wednesday, page 1, that we found this slight mention, order and declaration given at James's Fort in New York, on the Island of Manhattan, 1 December 1664.

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"We also order and declare, that the Creek or River, called Mamaroneck, which is reputed to be about thirteen miles to the east of Westchester, and a line drawn from the east point or side, where the fresh water falls into the Salt, at High Water Mark, North Northwest to the line of the Massachusetts, be the western bounds of the said colony of Connecticut; and all plantations lying westward of that Creek and line so drawn, to be under his Royal Highness's government, and all plantations lying eastward of the creek and Line, to be under th government of Connecticut. Given under our hands, at James's Fort in New York, on the Island of Manhattan, this 1st day of December, 1664. Richard Nicholas, George Carteret, S. Maverick."
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