[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] new edition in 2 vols. 8vo., 1825. Allen. '' JoBH Hatnes, Governor of Massachusetts and of Connecticut, was a native of Essex, in England, and arrived at Boston in company with Mr. Hooker in 1633. He was soon chosen an assistant, and in 1635, Governor. The next year he was succeeded by Mr. Vane. In 1636 he removed to Connecticut, of which colony he was one of the principal founders. He was elected its first Governor in April, 1639, and was replaced in this office every second year, which was as often as the coQBtitutiou would permit, till his death in 1654. Allen. — Ed. HOLLAND DOCUMENTS: VII. 569 West India Com-Mightinesscs' despatch of the Q"" of the same month, and consequently Bu"nd'a^ry."'''°''' information respecting the situation and constitution of affairs in New Netherland. Which being considered, it is resolved and concluded that copies of the aforesaid despatch and inclosures shall be transmitted to Mr. Nieupoort, their High Mightinesses' Extraordinary Ambassador in England, with a request that he will so manage the matter that the New Netherland Boundary in question may be adopted agreeably and in conformity to the Provisional agreement concluded at Hartford in the year lG-50, and in case this abovementioned plan could not be accomplished, that it may then be agreed that the aforesaid Boundary be arranged in New Netherland, subject to the approval of the principals on both sides.