Documents Relative to the Colonial History of New York, Vol. I — Passage 265 (part 2)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] States that Director Stuyvesant hath agreed The Petitioner shall have to make a draft on a boundary with the English, subject to of the old boundary line of New Netherland, your High Mightinesses' approbation, by which designating what is surrendered to the English as much land is surrendered to the English, subject to the approval of their High Mighti-444 NEW-YORK COLONIAL MANUSCRIPTS. out of the old bounds of New Netherland, as could form 50 colonies, of 4 leagues square, each. nesses, in order that further action may be taken on seeing it. Requests that the report on the provisional order of government, drawn up by Mr. van Scheraertsbergen, in presence (met verhoor) of the Directors, may be converted into a resolu-tion.