Note 652 — Chapter IX · (continued 2)
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[Block, in 1614, had been the first to explore the river for the Dutch; and both O’Callaghan (New Netherland, i. 169) and Brodhead (New York, i. 235) set forth the prior right of the Dutch; cf. N. E. Hist. and Geneal. Reg., vi. 368.—Ed.]