[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] The claims of Con-necticut to Westchester being persisted in, Stuyvesant made a jour-ney to Boston in the fall of 1663 to seek a permanent understanding with the New England officials about the delicate subject. But no conclusion was arrived at, and the Westchester affair remained in statu quo until forcibly settled by the triumph of English force before New Amsterdam in the month of September, 1664. The Dutch-English controversy regarding the Westchester tract was one of the incidental phases of the general boundary dispute, which Stuyvesant, from the very beginning of his arrival in New Netherland as director-general, had iu vain sought to bring to a deci-sion In 1650, as the result of overtures made by him for an amicable adjustment of differences, he held a conference at Hartford with commissioners appointed by the United English Colonies; and on the 19th of September articles of agreement were signed by both SETTLEMENT OF WESTCHESTER TOWN 121