The commissioners on the part of the Dutch were
                        John D. Deckar,
                        Nicholas Verleet,
                        Samuel Megapolensis,
                        Oleffe Stevens Van Kortlandt,
                        James Cousseau,
                        Cornelius Steenwick,
        On the part of the English, they were
                        Robert Carr,
                        George Carteret,
                        John Winthrop,
                        Samuel Willys,
                        Thomas Clarke,
                        John Pinchen.

This treaty was agreed upon. It consisted of twenty-three articles, of which it is sufficient to give the outlines of some of the most prominent. The Staats General, or the Dutch West India Company were to enjoy all farms and houses except those in the forts, and had liberty within six months to transport all arms and ammunition which belonged to them. The people might remain free denizens, and occupy or dispose of their lands, houses and goods, as they pleased. They were to enjoy free liberty of conscience, and retain their own customs respecting their inheritances. No judgment which had passed any of the courts of judicature could be called in question, and all previous differences respecting contracts, were to be determined according to the manner of the Dutch. No Dutchman nor Dutch ships could be pressed to serve in war against any nation whatever, and no soldiers quartered on the inhabitants. Inferior civil officers might continue to fill their stations till the customary time of a new election, and the inhabitants were entitled to choose deputies, who should have free voices in all public affairs. The soldiers were to march out with the honors of war, and each of them who chose to remain in the country was entitled to fifty acres of land. The Articles were approved by Colonel Richard Nicolls, on the 7th, of September, and on the 9th, of September, 1664, by Governor Stuyvesant.

About the time of the surrender of the country to the Duke of York, there appears to have been a considerable contest as to the boundary line between the towns of Midwout and New-Amersfort, which was attended with frequent collisions, and particularly so, in the mowing and ingathering of hay on the Canarsee meadows. This eventually led to an application to Governor Richard Nicolls for the settlement of the subject in controversy, between the contending parties. Governor Nicolls in the year 1666 appointed arbitrators to view and settle the matters in difference between them. The arbitrators thus appointed, accordingly met, for the purpose of viewing the premises and issuing the differences between these towns on the 17th, of October, 1666. They were accompanied by many of the inhabitants, and after a careful survey, a designated line was agreed upon. The line thus consented to was designated by marked trees, wherever prac-