Show X X K X tit ht wy im state boundaries long matter of disputation for a great many the boundary between the bolour colour of new york and massachusetts was in dis dispute plute the government of new york maintained that the eastern limit was the connecticut river basing its claim upon a dutch title the massachusetts government claimed territory westward as far its as the hudson river for the purpose of establishing this claim the boston government in 1059 9 made a grant of 0 land on the hudson river below fort orange and in 1072 sent john payne to now new york to solicit pe permission sion to pass and repass by water ne lie was most courteously received but the claim never recognized zed the dispute deac reached such a stage resulting in riots etc that it was submitted to the lord commissioners of trade of england and george 11 II in 1757 by royal ordell orde in council determined the boundary granting the territory to new york this was still not acceptable until 1773 when commissioners from new york and massachusetts met and finally decided the boundary according accord lill to the present lines I 1 |