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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 15: (search)
ors of the Amsterdam chamber, bargained with the natives for the soil from Cape Henlopen to Chap. XV.} 1630. the mouth of Delaware River; in July, 1630, this purchof 1631 the larger vessel reached its des- 1631. tination, and just within Cape Henlopen, on Lewes Creek, planted a colony of more than thirty souls. The superintertford; but while he was claiming the 1649, 1650. country from Cape Cod to Cape Henlopen, there was danger that the New England men would stretch their Chap XV.} d afterwards, under cessions from the natives, extended its jurisdiction to Cape Henlopen. But 1658, 1659. did a city ever govern a province with forbearance? Theoration, Lord Baltimore renewed his claims to the country from Newcastle to Cape Henlopen; they were defended by his agents in Amsterdam and in America, and were eveuly. on the Delaware to the city of Amsterdam. The banks of the river from Cape Henlopen to the falls at Trenton, certainly remained under the jurisdiction of the D