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History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 427 (part 2)

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[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In 172") the proprietors of the Ridgefield patent were again considerably exercised over another proposed change of boundaries between the colony of Connec-ticut and the province of New York. Connecticut, wishing to retain all the coast line possible, proposed < to exchange lands along her western border for Greenwich and a part of Stamford. Commissioners were appointed by the two colonies to settle the mat-ter. They met at Greenwich, April 29, 1725, and came to the following agreement: "That the line