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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

to be silenced c. Mr. Dellius Minister at Albany to escape a nasty ●oal was forced to leave his Flock and fly for shelter into New England Mr. Varick Minister of the Dutch Towns on Nassaw Island was by armed men drag'd out of his House to the Fort then imprisoned without bayl for speaking as was pretended Treasonable words against Capt Leyster and the Fort then prosecuted and decreed by Peter d' Lanoy pretended Judge without any Commission or Authority To be deprived from his Ministerial Function amerced in a Fine of 80 l. and to remain in close Prison till that Fine should be paid yea he was so tormented that in all likely hood it occasioned and hastened the suddain Death of that most Reverend and Religious Man The French Ministers Mr. Periet and Mr. Dellie had some better Quarters but were often threatned to be prosecuted in like manner because they would not approve of his Power and disorderly proceedings None in the Province but those of his Faction had any safety in their Estates for said Capt. Leyster at will and pleasure sent to those who disapproved of his Actions to furnish him with Money Provisions and what else he wanted and upon denyal sent armed men out of the Fort and f●rcibly broke open several Houses Shops Cellars Vessels and other places where they expected to be supplyed and without any the lea●● payment or satisfaction carried their Plunder to the Fort ●ll which was extreamly approved of by those poor fellows ●hich he had about him and was forced to feed and maintain and so he stiled those his Robberies with the gilded Name and Pretence That it was for their Maj●sties King William and Queen Mary 's special Service though it was after found out that whole Cargo's of those stolen goods were sold to his Friends in the City and shipt off for the West-Indies and else where In this manner he the said Leyster with his Accomplices did force pillage rob and steal from their Majesties good Subjects within this Province almost to their u●ter Ruin vast Sums of Money and other Effects the estimation of the Damages done only within this City of New-York amounting as by Account may appear to the Sum of Thirteen Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty Nine Pounds beside the R●pines S●oils and ●iolences done at ●oll Will●ts on Nassaw Island and to many others in several parts of the Province And thus you may see how he used and exercised an Exorbitant Arbitrary Unlawful Power over the Persons and Estates of his Majesties good Subjects here against the known and Fundamental Laws of the Land and in subvertion of the same to the great Oppression of his Majesties Subjects and to the apparent decay of Trade and Commerce In this Calamity Misery and Confusion was this P●ovince by those Disorders enthrawled near the space of two years until the arrival of his Majesties Forces under the command of Major Ingoldsby who with several Gentlemen of the Council arrived about the last day of January 1690 1. which said Gentlemen of the Council f●r the Preservation of the Peace sent and offered to said Leyster That he might stay and continue his Command in the Fo●t only desiring for themselves and the Kings Forc●s quietly to quarter and refresh themselves in the Cit● till Governour Slaughter should arrive but the said Leyster inst●ad of complying asked Mr. Brooke one of his Majesties Council Who were appointed of the Council in this Province and Mr. Brooke having named Mr. Phillips Coll. Cortland Coll Bayard he fell into a Passion cry'd What! those Papist Dogs Rogues Sacrament if the King should send Three Thousand such I would cut them all off And without any cause given he proclaimed open War against them Whereupon they for Self-preservation protection of the King● Forces and Stores and the safety of the City were necessicated to perswade to their assistance several of their Majesties good Subjects then in Opposition against the said Leyster with no other intent as they signified to him by several Letters and Messages but only for self-security and Defence yet notwithstanding the said Leyster proceeded to make War against them and the Kings Forces and fired a vast Number of great and small Shot in the City whereby several of his Majesties Subjects were killed and wounded as they passed in the streets upon their lawful Occasions tho' no Opposition was made on the other side At this height of Ex●remity was it when Governour Slaughter arrived on the 19th of March 1691. who having publish't his Commi●sion from the ●ity Hall with great signs of Joy by firing all the Artillary within and round the City sent thrice to demand the surrender of the Fort from Capt. Leyster and his Accomplices which was thrice denyed but upon great Threatnings the following Day surrendered to Governor Slaughter who forth-with caused the said Capt. Leyster with some of the chief Malefactors to be bound over to answer their Crimes at the next Supream Court of Judica●ure where the said Leyster and his pretended Secretary Millborn did appear but re●used to plead to the Indictment of the grand J●●y or to own the Jurisdiction of that Court and so af●er sev●●●l hearings as Mutes were found guilty of High Treason and Murder and executed accordingly Several of the other Malefactors that pleaded wer●●lso Found Guilty and particularly one Abraham Governe●● for Murdering of an Old Man peaceably passing along the Street but were Reprieved by Governour Slou●hter and upon Coll. Fletcher's arrival by him set at liberty upon their Submission and promise of good Behaviour Sir All what is here set down is True and can be proved and justified by the Men of greatest Probity and best Figure amongst us If I were to give a particular Narrative of all the Cru●lties and Robberies perperrated upon thei● Majesties most affectionate Subjects in this Province they would fill a Volumn There was no need of any Revolution here there were not ten Jacobites in the whole they were all well known and the strictest Protestants and men of best Figure Repuration and Estates were at the Helm it may plainly be perceived by the several steps and measures were followed at that time and by their Letters to the then Earl now Duke of Shrewsbury and to the Lords and the Kings Answer thereunto The Copy of which Answer and some other Papers worthy of your perusal are inclosed So soon as Governour Sloughter arrived an Assembly was called which upon the 18th of April 1691. did present an Address to his Excellency signed by their Speaker together with the Resolves of that H●use which when you are pleased to read gives the Conclusive Opinion and Judgment of the General Assembly of this Province of all those disorderly Proceedings for which those two have suffered Death and their Sentence was since approved by Her Majesty of ever blessed Memory in Council Many worthy Protestants in England and other parts of the world being sincerely devoted to