Documents Relative to the Colonial History of New York, Vol. I — Passage 324 (part 2)
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] Having heretofore mentioned the lands which the Hon'''* Directors caused to be purchased by their servants on the South bay near Cape Hindlopen, on both sides of the South river, on the North bay, the North river, and on the Fresh river, whereof they took possession by forts and hamlets, long before any Christian nation had settled on said lands; which places have, since the origin of the Company, continued garrisoned at its expense, unto this day — 'Now Springfield, Mass. — Ed. 544 NEW-YOEK COLONIAL MANUSCRIPTS. We shall now state how long and how wide the limits of New Netherland can be asserted alon" the coast, inasmuch as it has been discovered and frequented by the Dutch nation, in virtue of the abovementioned charter, long before any of the English visited that coast, as can be demonstrated by old maps whereon the islands, bays and rivers stand recorded by Dutch names.