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the King, the heir to the throne, had, as we have
seen, been granted all rights in the conquered
territory of New Netherland in 1664. Part of
this territory he promptly gave to two court favor-
ites, Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. The
sagacious Nicolls protested that this partition
which surrendered to a divided ownership the rich
lands of New Jersey — so called in honor of Car-
teret's gallant defense of the Island of Jersey during
the Civil Wars — was a menace to the well-being
of New York. His warning, which might not have
been heeded in any case, did not reach England
until the transfer was completed.

With the Dutch occupation all titles were can-
celed, but under the new treaty, James, although
by this time thoroughly informed of the complica-
tions involved, with the usual fatuity of the Stuarts
now made a grant of the eastern part of New
Jersey to Carteret in severalty, taking no notice
of the western part, which Berkeley had already
sold for the sum of a thousand pounds. By this
grant to Carteret many questions were at once
raised. Was Sir George Carteret a lord proprietor
like the Duke himself, responsible only to the
King, or was he only a lord of the manor respon-
sible to his master the Duke? Was East Jersey a