. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . dto the dignity of Earl of Stirling and ViscountCanada) for Long Island. About 1662 Henry,third Earl of Stirling, conveyed his title to LongIsland to the Duke of York, and upon March 12,1663-64, Charles II issued a patent to James,Duke of York, for all the islands betweenCape Cod, the Narrows, and Hudson River, in-cluding Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket, as wellas all the lands between the Connecticut Riverand the east side of Delaware Bay. The conti-nental boundary was a line from the head of theConnecticut to the head of
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . dto the dignity of Earl of Stirling and ViscountCanada) for Long Island. About 1662 Henry,third Earl of Stirling, conveyed his title to LongIsland to the Duke of York, and upon March 12,1663-64, Charles II issued a patent to James,Duke of York, for all the islands betweenCape Cod, the Narrows, and Hudson River, in-cluding Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket, as wellas all the lands between the Connecticut Riverand the east side of Delaware Bay. The conti-nental boundary was a line from the head of theConnecticut to the head of the Hudson, thence tothe source of the Mohawk, and finally to the eastside of Delaware Bay. Excepting that the government of this royal do-main should be consistent with the statutes ofEngland, the patent gave to the Duke of York ab-solute power to govern within this dominion. Tofour commissioners. Colonel Richard Nicolls, Colo-nel George Cartwright, Sir Robert Carr, royalarmy oflScers, and Samuel Maverick, selected bythe Duke of York, were given instructions to sub-. CHARI-E6 II. Charles 11., b. Mar 29, 1030; wae crewned .Feb. 6,1685. 126 NEW JERSEY AS A COL due the Dutch and increase the prerogatives ofthe Crown in the New England Colonies, whichcolonies the Duke of York desired most heartilyto add to the great estate patented to him byhis brother. To these Commissioners was dele-gated the administration of civil and military af-fairs in New England. Particularly to ColonelNicolls, a man of good education and devotedlyattached to the wavering fortunes of the houseof Stuart during the Cromwellian period, weregranted plenary powers as deputy governor overthe domain covered by the Kings patent. Immediate preparations were made for a mili-tary invasion. In May, 1664, there sailed fromPortsmouth a small fleet, with three companiesof the Kings veterans, bound for New reinforcements, the squadron later an-chored off Coney Island and invested New Amster-dam. The Dut
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