Note 457 — Chapter VIII · THE GROWTH OF A FRONTIER

Bradford, Letter-book, pp. 51 ff. The Dutch territorial claims were noted (supra, Chap. III). The English grant of this territory preceded Dutch discovery by three years, but the question was one of time between discovery and settlement, and of extension of territory from points discovered. There was no established international law by which this particular dispute could be settled. Individual opinion may differ as to the ethics of the case. To me, with no desire to make out a case either way, the legal points seem to be impossible of dogmatic answer.