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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48006	A letter from a gentleman of the city of New-York, to another, concerning the troubles which happen'd in that province in the time of the late happy revolution	Gentleman of the city of New York.	1698 (1698)	Wing L1397; ESTC R9397	10,603	26

A LETTER From Gentleman OF THE City of New-York To ●nother Concerning the Troubles which happen'd in That Province in the Time of the late Happy REVOLUTION Printed and Sold by William Bradford at the Sign of the Bible in New-York 1698. SIR I Cannot but admire to hear that some Gentlemen still have a good Opinion of the late Disorders committed by Capt. Jacob Leyster and his Accomplices in New-York as if they had been for His Majesties Service and the Security of that Province and that such Monstrous Falshoods do find Credit That the Persons before in Commission did labour to oppose prevent those Disorders were Jacobites or Persons ill affected to the Happy Revolution in England But it has been often the Calamity of all ●ges to palliate Vice with false Glosses and to criminate the best Actions of the most Virtuous and most Pious Men. So that Truth and Innocency without some Defence has not proved at all times a sufficient Bullwo●k against malitious Falshoods and Calumnies Wherefore I shall endeavour to give you a true and brief Accou●t of that matter as I my self have been a Personal Witness to most of them It was about the beginning of April 1689. when the first Reports arrived at New-York that the P●ince of Orange now his present Maj●sty was arrived in England with considerable F●rce● and that the late King James was fled into France and ●hat it was expected War would be soon proclaimed between England and France The Leiut Governour Frances N●cho●son and the Council being Protestants resolved thereupon to suspend all Roman Catholicks from Command and Places of Trust in the Government and accordingly suspended Major Baxt●r from being a Member of Council and Captain of a C●mpany at A●bany and Bartholomew Russ●l from being 〈◊〉 in the 〈◊〉 at New-York they both being Papists who forth-with ●●st their Command and departed the Province And because but three Members of the Council were residing in New York viz. ●ir Frederick Phillips Coll. Stephanus Cortlandt ●oll Nic●olas Bayard all of Dutch Birth a●l Members and the two last for the space of near thirty Years p●st Elders and Deacons of the Dutch ●rotestant Church in New-York and most affectionate to the Royal House of Orange It was Resolved by the said L●eu● Gov●rnor and Council to call and conveen to their Assistance all the Justices of the Peace and other civil Magistrates and the Commission Officers in the Prov●nce for to consult and advise with them what might be proper for the Preservation of the Peace and the Safety of said Province in that Conjuncture till Orders should arrive from England Whereupon the said Justices Magistrates and Officers were accordingly convened and stiled by the Name of The General Conventi●n for the Province of New York and all matters of Government were carried on and managed by the major Vote of that Convention And in the first place it was by them agreed and ordered Forth-with to fortifie the City of New-York And that for the better Security of the Fort since the Garrison was weak and to prevent all manner of Doubts and Jealousies a competent Number of the City Militia should keep Guard in said Fort and Nicholas Bayard Coll. of said Militia recommended to give suitable Orders accordingly And that the Revenue should be continued and received by some Gentlemen appointed by that Convention for Repairing the Fort and Fortify●ng of the City but against this Order Capt Leyster who as a Captain was a Member of that Convention did enter his dissent with some few others It was also recommended to said Coll. Bayard to hasten to fortifie the City with all possib●e speed who upon the Credit of the Revenue did advance what Money was needful for Materials And by the Assistance of the Militia Officers and daily Labour of the Inhabitants had the same finish'd before the end of May excepting Capt. Leyster's Q●ota About the middle of May the Ship Beaver John Corbie Master being ready to sail for England the Lieu. Governour and Council sent in her by Mr. John Riggs and in several other Ships that soon followed Letters to the Earl now Duke of Shrewsbury then Principal Secretary of State and to the Lords of the Committee for Trade and Plantations wherein they signified their rejoycing at the News of his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange now his present Majesties arrival in England in order to Redress the Grievances of the Nation and giving a particular Account of the state of Affairs of this Province and that they would endeavour to preserve its Pe●ce and ●ecurity till Orders should arrive from England which th●y humbly prayed might be hastened with all possible speed Which said Letters were most graciously received and answered by his Majesties Letter bearing date the 30th of July 1689. But against Expectation it soon happened that on the last day of said Moneth of May Capt. Leyster having a Vessel with some Wines in the Road for which he refused to pay the Duty did in a Seditious manner stir up the meanest sort of the Inhabitants affirming That King James being fled the Kingdom all manner of Government was fallen in this Province to rise in Arms and forcibly possess themselves of the Fort and Stores which accordingly was effected whilest the Lieut. Governour and Council with the Convention were met at the City Hall to consult what might be proper for the common Good and Safety where a party of Armed Men came from the Fort and forced the Lieut. Governour to deliver them the Keys and seized also in his Chamber a Chest with Seven Hundred Seventy Three Pounas Twelve Shillings in Money of the Government And though Coll Barard with some others appointed by the Convention used all endeavours to prevent those Disorders all proved vain for most of those that appeared in Arms were Drunk and cryed out They disown'd all manner of Government Whereupon by Capt. Leyster's perswasion they proclaimed him to be their Commander there being then no other Commission Officer amongst them Capt. Leyster being in this manner possest of the Fort took some Persons to his Assistance which he call'd The Committee of Safety And the Lieut. Governour Francis Nicollson being in this manner forced out of his Command for the safety of his Person which was daily threatned with-drew out of the Province About a week after R●ports came from Boston That their Royal H●ghnesses the Prince and Princes of Orange were proclaimed King and Queen of England Whereupon the Council and Convention were very desirous to get that Proclamation and not only wrote for it but some of them hearing that two Gentlemen were coming from Co●necticut with a Copy of said Procl●mation went ou● two days to meet them in expectation of having th● Happiness to proclaim it but Major Gold and Mr. Fitz missing them having put the Proclamation into Capt. Leyster's hands he without taking any Notice of the Council or Convention did proclaim the same though very disorderly

after which he went with his Accomplices to the Fort and the Gentlemen of the Council and Magistrates and most of the principal Inhabitants and Merchants went to Coll. Bayards House and drank the Health and Prosperity of King William and Queen Mary with great Expressions of Joy Two days after a printed Proclamation was procured by some of the Council dated the 14th of February 1688. whereby their Majesties confirmed all Sheriffs Justices of the Peace Collecters and Receivers of the Revenues c. being Protestants which was forth-with published at the City Hall by the Mayor and Alder men accompanyed with the Council and most of the chief Citizens and Merchants And pursuant thereunto the Collector Mat. Plowman being a Papist was forth-with suspended by the Convention and Coll. Bayard Alder man Paul Richards Capt. Thomas Winham and Lieut. John Haynes Merchants were by them commissionated and appointed to collect the Revenue until Orders should arrive from England Whereupon those Gentlemen were sworn by Coll. Cortland then Major of the City they being the first in this Province that took the Cathes to their Majesties appointed by Act of Parliament instead of the Oathes of Allegiance and Supreamacy But as soon as those Gentlemen entered upon the Office Capt. Leyster with a party of his Men in Arms and Drink sell upon them at the Custom-House and with Naked Swords beat them thence endeavouring to Massacree some of them which were Rescued by Providence Whereupon said Leyster beat an Alarm crying about the City Treason Treason and made a strict search to seize Coll. Bayard who made his escape and departed for Albany where he staid all Summer in hopes that Orders might arrive from England to settle those Disorders The said Capt. Leyster finding almost every man of Sence Reputation or Estate in the place to oppose and discourage his Irregularities caused frequent false Alarms to be made and sent several parties of his armed Men out of the Fort drag'd into nasty Goals within said Fort several of the principal Magistrates Officers and Gentlemen and others that would not own his Power to be lawful which he kept in close Prison during Will and Pleasure without any Process or allowing them to Bail And he further publish't several times by beat of Drums That all those who would not come into the Fort and sign their hands and so thereby to own his Power to be lawful should be deemed and esteemed as Enemies to his Majesty and the Country and be by him treated accordingly By which means many of the Inhabitants tho' they abhor'd his Actions only to escape a nasty Goal and to secure their Estates were by fear and compulsion drove to comply submit and sign to whatever he commanded And though Capt. Leyster had at first so violently opposed the collecting of the Revenue alledging it unlawful as soon as his Wines were landed and that he got into some Power he forth-with set up for himself the collecting of said Revenue by Peter d' Lanoy allowing him a great Sallary and all the Perquisits of that Office Upon the 10th of December following returned the said Mr. John Riggs from England with Letters from his Majesty and the Lords in answer to the Letters sent by the Lieut. Governour and Council above recited Directed To Our Trusty ●nd Well-beloved Francis Nicholson Esq Our Lieutenant Governour and Commander in chief of Our Pro●●nce of New-York in America and in his absence To such as for the time being take care for the Preservation of the Peace and administring the Laws in Our said Province Whereby his Majesty approved of the Proceedings and Care that had been taken by said Lieut. Governour and Council for the Peace and Safety of the Province with further Power and Directions to continue therein till further Orders Which said Letters the said Mr. Riggs designed to deliver on the following Morning to the ●entlemen of the Council to whom they properly did belong being an answer to their said Letter but was obstructed therein by said Leyster who sent a party of his Men in Arms and brought said Riggs to the Fort where he forced said Letters from him though some Gentlemen of the Council that went the same time to the Fort protested against it but he drove them out of the Fort calling them Rogues Pap●sts and other opprobious Names Soon after the Receipt of said Letters said Capt. Leyster stiled himself Lieutenant Governour appointed a Council and presumed further to call a select Number of his own Party who called themselves The General Assembly of the Province and by their advice and assistance raised several Taxes and great Sums of Money from their Majesties good Subjects within this Province Which Taxes together with that 773 l. 12 s. in Money which he had seized from the Government and the whole Revenue he applyed to his own use and to maintain said Disorders allowing his p●ivate men 18 d. per Day and to others proportionably On the 20●h of January following Coll. Bayard and Mr Nicolls had the ill fortune to fail into his hands and were in a barbarous manner by a party in Arms drag'd into the Fort and there put into a Nasty place without any manner of Process or being allowed to bayl though the same was offered for said Coll. Bayard by some of the ablest and richest Inhabitants to the Sum of Twenty Thousand Pounds either for his appearance to answer or d●p●rt the Province or to go for England but without any Cause given or Reasons assigned laid said Coll. Bayard in Irons and kept him and Mr. Nicolls close Prisoners for the space o● fourteen Moneths where they with several others that had been long detained Prisoners were set at Liberty by Governour Slaughter And whilest he kept those Gentlemen in Prison he quartered his armed Men in their Houses where they Committed all manner of Outrages And to give one Instance of many others A Party of twelve Men were quartered at the House of Coll. Bayard with directions to pillage and plunder at discretion which was bought off with Money and plentiful Entertainment But the same day when that party had received their Money another party came in with Naked Swords opened several Chambers and Chests in said House and did Rob and carry away what Money and other Goods they found At the same time Coll Bayard and Mr. Nicolls were taken strict search was made for Coll. Cortlandt but he with several other Gentlemen having made their escape were forced to leave their families and Concerns and remain in Exile till relieved by the arrival of Governour Slaughter It is hardly to be exprest what Cruelties Capt. Leyster and his Ac●omplices imposed upon the said Prisoners and all others that would not own his power to be lawful N●ither could the Protestant M●n●sters in the Province escape their Malice and Cruelty for Mr. Selyns Minister of New-York was most gross●● abused by Leyster himself in the Church at the time of Divine Service and threatned