[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] [ From the Original in the Eoyal Archivea at the Hague; Locketkas of the States General; Division, West ItidisOu! Compagnte, No. 30; 8th division of the liundle. ] Observations on the settlement of the boundary, and on the colonization of New Netherland. Furnished 22** February, 1650. The settlement of the boundary is highly necessary, in order to avoid, in future, all difficulties with those of New England and Virginia; it will also promote the quiet of the Dutch Nation in New Netherland, as many would be thereby encouraged to undertake Colonies, Bouweries and Plantations, in that country. This settlement of the boundary was, in my opinion, not easy to be obtained before the present time, in consequence of the troubles in England; the rather, as those of Virginia declare for Charles the Second, and those of New England for the Parliament. 360 NEW-YORK COLONIAL MANUSCRIPTS. In order then to block the further progress of the English, I would suggest (under correction), that we should provisionally set about hitching on to New Nelherland tlie most distant lands lying between the Dutch Nation and the English, which are yet vacant and in no one's possession, by the occupation thereof in manner hereinafter described. 1st.