. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. was performed by a congress of sachems, atOnondaga. As subsequent events proved. New York was indel)ted tothem for her present uortliern boundary; for, had it not been for them,Canada would have embraced the entire basin of the St. Lawrence. Connecticut had Ijeen surly ever since Philipse began to improve hisproperty at Sleepy Hollow. Castle Philipse, a stone house, was erected,and fortified with great careagainst the Indians, in 1(383(the same year that the newmin first began to grind thegrain from all the countryround). This
. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. was performed by a congress of sachems, atOnondaga. As subsequent events proved. New York was indel)ted tothem for her present uortliern boundary; for, had it not been for them,Canada would have embraced the entire basin of the St. Lawrence. Connecticut had Ijeen surly ever since Philipse began to improve hisproperty at Sleepy Hollow. Castle Philipse, a stone house, was erected,and fortified with great careagainst the Indians, in 1(383(the same year that the newmin first began to grind thegrain from all the countryround). This building stillsurvives, and the port-holesand loop-holes for cannon andmusketry may yet be seenin its cellar-walls. A fewyears later (1699) Philipsebuilt at his own expense, op- °*- ^^^^ ? ^^ °°- posite Castle Philipse, a substantial church, which is now the oldestclnuch edifice in the State of New Yoik. But it was when Dongannotified the towns of Eye, Greenwich, and Stamford to make j)resent-ment at the New York Assizes that Connecticut groaned aloud, and. > Corr. CI. Amst. Murphy :< Antli., 104, 105. Doc. Hist., III. 265, 535, 306 HISTORY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. once more stirred the much-agitated boundary question. She said allthose places induhitably belnuned to herself. Dongau responded,that advantage liad been taken in ltJG4 of Nicollss want of geo-graphical knowledge by running the line ten miles instead of twentymiles east of the Hudson River, according to agreement; and that, if theterritory was not yielded, he should proceed to claim the whole of theDukes patent to the Connecticut River. It was a perilous time forEnglish charters, and wisdom clearly seemed the better part of valor. Governor Treat, in great tribulation, summoned a specialcourt at Hartford; and commissioners were appointed to visit andconfer with Dongan. Governor Treat, Nathan Gold, Secretary Nov 25 ~ ? Allyn, and William Pitkin were the appointees, and journeyedon horseback to the met
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