Decease, of Charles II.; Accession of James II., 421; New York Colonial Records sent
to the King's Plantation Office, 422; New York a royal English Province; James
does not confirm its Charter, 423; Orders of James's Privy Council to New York,
424; James II. proclaimed King in New York, 425; Address of the Metropolitan
Corporation to James, 426; Jews in New York, 426, 427; Last Meeting of the 'New
York Assembly, 427, 428; Thanksgiving; Court of Exchequer, 428; Dongan gives
Passes to New Yorkers to hunt in the West, 429; Conference with the Iroquois at
Albany, 430; Louis removes De la Barre, and appoints Denonville Governor of Can-
ada, 431; Dongan and Denonville; New Jersey; Reid and Scott, 432; James con-
siders Colonial Affairs; Connecticut, Rhode Island, Jersey, and Delaware in danger,
433; New England regulated; Randolph Deputy Postmaster, 434; Baptism of Ne-
groes in the English Plantations, 434; Louis revokes the Edict of Nantes, 435; Penn
gains the Delaware Territory, 435, 436; Press Censorship revived in England, 436; ·
William Bradford begins to print in Philadelphia, 437; Dongan granted Lands on
Long Island, 437; Dongan's Charter to the City of New York, 438; Albany incor-
porated as a City, 439; Robert Livingston Clerk of Albany, 439, 440; Dongan op-
poses Denonville's Policy about the Iroquois, 440-442; Lamberville deceived by De-
nonville, 442; Dongan again sends Rooseboom and others to the West; MacGregorie
sent after Rooseboom, 443, 444; Huguenots sheltered in New York, 444; Palmer
and West sent to Pemaquid, 444, 445; Dudley and Randolph installed at Boston;
Quakers unjustly taxed at Plymouth, 445, 446; Connecticut claimed by James; Dud-
ley and Treat against Dongan, 446, 447; Consolidation of his American Colonies the
Idea of James; Royal in place of Colonial Despotism, 447, 448; James commissions
Sir Edmund Andros to be his Governor of New England, 448, 449; James allows
Liberty of Conscience to "all Persons" in New England, 450; Great Seal of New
England, 451; Its "remarkable Motto" taken from Claudian, 451; English Soldiers
sent to Boston by James II., 451; Captain Francis Nicholson Lieutenant under An-
dros, 451; James orders Pemaquid to be taken from New York and annexed to New
England; Dongan in favor of the change, 451, 452; James gives Dongan a royal
Commission, 452; Dongan's Instructions, 453; James repeals the New York Charter
of Liberties, 453; The Church of England established in New York, 454; English
Schoolmasters to be licensed in New York, and Liberty of Conscience declared by
James, 454; "No innovation" to be allowed on the Hudson River; Royal African
Company; Conversion of Negroes and Indians in New York; No unlicensed Print-
ing in New York, 455; Orders of James's Plantation Committee to Dongan, 456;
James II. establishes the English Episcopal Church in New York; Bishop Compton;
Archbishop Sancroft, 456; James's Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in his American Colo-
nies, 457; Rev. Alexander Innis Chaplain at Fort James, 457; Dongan receives his
royal Commission; His Counselors sworn; Population of New York in 1686, 458;
The New York Assembly dissolved by Order of James II., 458; First Laws passed
by Dongan and his Council, 459; Kingston Patent, 459; Quakers in New York not
exempted from Military Service, 459; Northern Boundary between New York and
New Jersey, 459; Dongan complains of East Jersey, Smuggling, and Interlopers,
460; Dongan wishes a Fort built on Sandy Hook to command the Channel to New
York, 460; Thinks that New Jersey should be reannexed to New York, 461; The
Mouth of the Hudson River at Sandy Hook, 461; Inconvenience of a separate Port
in New Jersey, 461; Collector Santen suspended and sent a Prisoner to England, 462 ;
Van Cortlandt and Graham Joint Collectors in Santen's place, 462; Palmer and
Bayard sworn Counselors, 462; Dongan's Report on New York sent to England, 462;
Its interesting Details; Militia of the Province; Prolific Woman; Forts James, Al-
bany, and Charles, 462, 463; Dongan advises Pemaquid to be annexed to Massachu-
setts, and Connecticut to New York, 463; Right of New York to Connecticut, 464;
English, Scotch, Irish, and French. Immigrants into New York, 464; Petition of
French Protestants to James II., 464; Religious Persuasions in New York; The
Dutch Church used by Episcopalians, etc., 464, 465; No Beggars nor Idlers in New
York, 465; Address of the Corporation of New York City to King James II., 465;
Case of Stepney, a Dancing-master, 465; Dongan appoints a New York Postmaster,
466; William Nicolls made Attorney General of New York, 466; A New York Ship
pillaged by Irish Pirates, 466; The Iroquois the "bulwark" of New York against
Canada, 466; Dongan's Advice to James unheeded, 466, 467; Sir Edmund Andros
at Boston, 467; Assumes the Government of New England, 467; Dudley Licenser
of the Press, and Judges appointed in the Dominion of New England, 467; How An-
dros's coming to New England affected New York, 468; Dongan surrenders Pema-
quid or Cornwall to the New England Government, 468; Artful Letter of Connecti-
cut to Lord Sunderland, 468; Dongan sends Palmer and Graham to Connecticut,
469; Palmer and Graham's Report to Dongan, 470; Dongan's Report to Lord Sun-
derland, 470; Assumed Submission of Connecticut to James, 471; Dongan reproves
the Conduct of Connecticut, 472; Andros takes the Government of Connecticut into
his hands, 473; The Senecas seek the Protection of Corlaer, 474; Whitehall Treaty
of Neutrality in North America, 475; Vaudreuil in Canada; Denonville's Expedition
against the Senecas, 476; Iroquois sent Prisoners to France, 476; Lamberville in
Danger, 477; The French at Irondequoit; La Fontaine Marion shot, 478; Denon-
ville's Advance, 479; French take Possession of the Seneca Country, 480; Denon-
ville builds a Fort at Niagara, 480; Dongan's Conference with the Iroquois at Al-
bany, 481; No French Priests to be allowed among the Iroquois, 482; Dongan sup-
plies the Iroquois with Arms, 483; War Tax in New York, 484; Palmer goes to En-
gland with Dongan's Dispatches, 485; Spanish Indian Slaves again set free, 486;
Brockholls in Command at New York, 487; Dongan winters at Albany, 488; De-
nonville sends Vaillant and Dumont to Albany, 489; James's Declaration of Liberty
of Conscience, 490; French Protestant Refugees favored by James, 490; Perth Am-
boy made a Port subject to New York, 491; New Royal Seal for New York, 491;
Plowman appointed Collector of New York, 492; James's Instructions to Dongan
about the Iroquois, 492; Agreement between James and Louis to prevent Colonial
Hostilities, 493; The French assert Sovereignty over the Iroquois, 494; Negotiations
of the French Agents with Dongan at Albany, 494; Dongan's Report to Sunderland,
495; Dongan calls on the neighboring Colonies for Help, 496; Address of New York
to the King, 496.
James's new Commission to Andros, 502; Andros's Instructions, 503; Francis Nich-
olson appointed Lieutenant Governor, 504; New Tax levied in New York, 505; The
Reformed Dutch Church asks to be Incorporated, 506; New York, Canada, and the
Iroquois, 507; Grande-Gueule rebukes Denonville, 508; Denonville makes Peace
with the Iroquois, who assert their independence of England and France, 508; French
Fort at Niagara demolished, 509; Indian Slaves to be set Free, 509; Tax Law Sus-
pended, 510; Andros at Pemaquid, 510; Returns to Boston, 511; Graham and Ja-
mison favored by Andros, 511; Palmer made a New England Judge, 511; Andros
in New York; The Seal of New York broken, 512; New Jersey reduced, 512; New
York dislikes Annexation to New England, 513; New York and Massachusetts very
different, 514; Laws passed at New York by Andros, 515; Selyns's Opinion of An-
dros; Hinckley's Opinion of Dongan, 516; Birth of the Prince of Wales; Rejoicings
in New York, 516; Andros at Albany calls the Iroquois "Children," 517; The Mo-
hawks wish to remain "Brethren," 518; Adario captures the Iroquois Delegates, 519;
Denonville baffled; Callières sent to France, 520; Andros returns to Boston, leaving
Nicholson in command at New York, 521; Andros goes to Maine as General, 522;
Traitorous Boston Merchants; Garrisons established in Maine by Andros, 523; Buc-
caneers or Pirates imprisoned by Nicholson in Boston, 524; The old Boston Mint
coins Piratical Plate, 525; The Massachusetts Hedge broken by Episcopal wild
Beasts; Misrepresentations of Andros, 526; The New York Confidents of the Gov-
ernor, 527; Puritan hatred of Episcopacy; Mather goes to London, 528; Sir Wil-
liam Phipps High Sheriff of New England, 529; Mather kindly received by James,
529; Massachusetts wishes James to establish a Colonial Landed Aristocracy,
530;
James favors Penn, 531; James's Second Declaration for Liberty of Conscience, 532;
Trial and Acquittal of the Bishops, 532; Birth of the Prince of Wales, 532; The
Prince of Orange invited to England, 532; The Prince's Policy, 533; Cornelis Ev-
ertsen of Zeeland; William lands at Torbay, 533; James's Proclamation and Letters
to the American Colonies, 534; Lovelace, Cornbury, and others flock to William,
534; James throws his Great Seal into the Thames and goes to France, 535.
William in London, 536; Orange Ribands worn, 536; William's first Colonial Acts,
537; The Prince's Circular Letter not sent to Boston, 537; The Convention Parlia-
ment: Its Declaration of Right copied from the Dutch, 538; William and Mary King
and Queen of England, 539; William's Plantation Committee, 539; All Persons to
remain in their old Offices in the Plantations until farther Orders, 540; English
Corporation Bill fails, 541; Phipps and Mather's Petition to William, 541; Wil-
liam wishes to preserve the Dominion of New England whole, 542; James and
Phipps, 543; Phipps goes to Boston, 543; The Plantations to be made more de-
pendent on the Crown of England, 544; James in Ireland, 544; War declared
between England and France, 545; Colonial Policy of Louis, 545; Iroquois Pris-
oners sent home from France, 546; Callières's Project approved by Louis, 547;
Denonville recalled, and Frontenac appointed Governor of Canada, 547; Fronte-
nac's Instructions in regard to New York, 547; Andros's Proclamation from Pem-
aquid, 548; Andros returns to Boston, 549; A "general Buzzing" at Boston, 550;
Politics of the Boston Gentlemen; Lies circulated, 551; Insurrection in Boston, 552;
Andros Imprisoned by the Boston Insurgents, 553; Plymouth does not like " to trot
after the Bay Horse," 554; Secession triumphs, 554; Connecticut revolts, 555;
Phipps's Felony at Boston, 555; Inconsistency of the Boston Revolt, 556; Virginia,
Maryland, and Pennsylvania, 556; Nicholson Lieutenant Governor at New York,
557; Phillipse, Van Cortlandt, and Bayard Resident Counselors, 558; Convention of
Officers called in New York, 559; Nicholson's Letter to the Boston Rebels, 560;
Long Island in trouble, 560; Nicholson's Report to William sent by Riggs to En--
gland, 561; Andros's verbal Orders to Nicholson, 561; Baxter and Russell suspend-
ed, 562; Excessive Protestantism in New York, 563; Nicholson insulted and misrep-
resented, 563; Jacob Leisler a German, not a Dutchman, 564; Dutch Influence in
New York; Leisler's Declaration, 566; Leisler in Fort James, 567; Leisler's Proc-
lamation from Fort James, 568; Leisler's Address to William, 569; Nicholson leaves
New York; Letter of the Council to the English Government, 570; Leisler assumes
the Command, 571; William and Mary proclaimed in New York, 572; Leisler's Con-
vention at New York, 573; Committee of Safety; Leisler Captain of the Fort, 574;
Leisler commissioned as Commander-in-Chief by his Committee of Safety, 575; Leis-
ler writes to William, 576; Jacob Milborne; His bad Advice, 576; Michaelmas
Charter Election in New York, 577; Leisler attempts Albany, 578; Bleecker and
Schuyler, 579; Bayard at Albany, 580; The Albany Convention, 581; Millet an
Oneida Sachem, 582; The Iroquois ravage La Chine, 583; Leisler writes to Wen-
dell and Bleecker at Albany, 584; Rival Governments in New York and Albany, 585;
Leisler's Despotism, 586; Milborne sent to Albany, 587; Bleecker and Schuyler op-
pose Milborne, who is baffled at Albany, 588; Connecticut sends Soldiers to Albany,
589; Bayard denounces Leisler, 589; Phillipse submits to Leisler, 590; The Fourth
and Fifth of November Holidays in New York, 591.
Trouble in London about the Colonies, 592; William's Letter to Massachusetts, 593;
His Letter to Nicholson at New York, 593; Riggs brings the King's Dispatches to
New York, 594; Henry Sloughter appointed Governor of New York, 594; Nicholson
made Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 595; Stoll foiled in London; Matthew
Clarkson appointed Secretary of New York, 596; Leisler seizes the royal Dispatches
to Nicholson and his Council, brought by Riggs to New York, 597; Leisler assumes
to be Lieutenant Governor, 598; He appoints Counselors, and makes a Seal for New
York, 599; Leisler issues new Commissions and erects Courts, 600; Leisler's Letters
to the King and Bishop Burnet, 600; Bayard and Nicholson Prisoners in the Fort,
601; Albany Convention declares against Leisler, 602; Frontenac at Quebec, 603;
French Message to the Iroquois ; Grand Council at Onondaga, 604; The Iroquois stick
to “Quider," 605; Advice to attack Quebec, 605; Frontenac's Expedition against
Schenectady, 606; Schenectady attacked, 607; Domine Tesschenmaeker and others
killed, and Prisoners taken, 608; Captain Alexander Glen, or Coudre, 608; The French
return to Canada, 609; Albany advises an attack on Canada, 609; The Mohawks at
Albany, 610; The Albany Convention sends Barentsen to New York, and Livingston,
Teunissen, and Garton to New England, 611; Albany urges the union of all the British
Colonies against Canada, 611; Leisler imprisons Andros's officers, 611; Dongan in New
Jersey, 612; Leisler rebuked by Connecticut, 612; Leisler tries to arrest Livingston,
613; Massachusetts cold toward New York, 613; De Bruyn and others sent by Leisler
to Boston; Fort Orange surrendered to them, 614; Suffolk County disregards Leisler's
authority, but his Assembly meets, 615; A Colonial Congress at New York; Its Ac-
tion, 616; New York Cruisers against the French, 617; Frontenac sends D'Eau to
Onondaga, 617; Conference at Albany with the Iroquois, 617; D'Eau seized at Al-
bany and sent to New York by the Iroquois; Kryn, the great Mohawk, slain, 618;
Stoll returns from London with bad News for Leisler, 618; Address of the principal
Inhabitants of New York to William and Mary, 619; Leisler assaulted; Sends Let-
ters to the King by Blagge, 619; Leisler appoints Milborne General, who is objected
to by Connecticut and Massachusetts, 620; Winthrop appointed General; Marches
to Albany; Council of War at Wood Creek, 620; Epidemic Small-pox; The Army
marches back to Albany; Leisler imprisons Winthrop, and is rebuked by Connecti-
cut, 621; Captain John Schuyler's successful Expedition against La Prairie, 622;
Leisler's intemperate Letters to Massachusetts and Connecticut, 622; Phipps re-
pulsed at Quebec; Massachusetts obliged to issue Paper Money, 623; New York
Cruisers take French Prizes, 623; Assembly at New York; Laws passed, 623; Al-
bany Officers appointed, 624; Leisler quarrels with the Dutch and French Clergy of
the Province, 624, 625; Huguenots at New Rochelle, 625; Milborne sent to subdue
the opponents of Leisler on Long Island, 625; Clapp's Letter against Leisler to the
Secretary of State, 625, 626; Viele Agent at Onondaga, 626; Boston advises Leisler
to be moderate, 626; Leisler's abusive Letter to Connecticut, 626; Last Acts of
Leisler's Despotism, 627; William's New York Government, 627; Sloughter's Com-
mission; Assembly; Council, 627, 628; Sloughter's Instructions; Councilors, 628;
Andros and others sent to England and discharged, 629; Dudley a New York Coun-
cilor, 629; New Provincial Seal; Soldiers for New York; Major Richard Ingoldesby
commissioned, 630; Blagge in London; His Papers referred to Sloughter, 631;
Sloughter sails for New York, and is carried to Bermuda, 631; Ingoldesby at New
York; Demands the Fort; Leisler very angry at the demand; Refuses Compliance,
631, 632; Leisler obstinate, 632, 633; Leisler opposes Ingoldesby, 633; Leisler keeps
Councilors Bayard and Nicolls Prisoners, 633; Leisler's fresh Lies, 634; Action of
the Royal Council, 634; Leisler's Proclamation, 634; Clarkson writes to Connecti-
cut; Allyn's Advice to Leisler, 635; "Peace Address" from Kings and Queens
Counties, 635; William Kidd, a Privateer, 635; Leisler's Declaration against In-
goldesby; Reply of the Council, 635; The Council consider Ingoldesby chief Com-
mander, 636; Leisler fires on the Troops; Persons killed; The Block-house surren-
ders, 636; Arrival of Sloughter; Councilors sworn, 637; Milborne and De la Noy
imprisoned, 637; Leisler's Submission to Sloughter, 638; Leisler imprisoned, and
Bayard and Nicolls set free; An Assembly called, and Officers appointed by Slough-
ter, 638; Domine Selyns's Sermon, 638; Sloughter appoints a Special Commission of
Oyer and Terminer, 639; The Prisoners indicted by the Grand Jury, 639; Leisler
and Milborne refuse to plead; Opinion of the Governor and Council on the King's
Letter to Nicholson, 640; Eight of the Prisoners convicted; Two acquitted; Prison-
ers sentenced and reprieved, 640; Blagge's Memorial answered, 641; Sloughter's Re-
ports to England, 641; Jamison Clerk of the Council; Dellius returns and is reward-
ed, 641; The Assembly meets; Its Members, 642; Speeches of Sloughter and Dud-
ley to the Assembly, 642; Assembly's Resolutions against Leisler's arbitrary Acts,
642; Rebellion abhorred by the Assembly, 643; The Assembly resolves that the Co-
lonial Laws of James are void, 643; The Council does not concur in this Resolution,
643; Assembly's Address to William and Mary, 644; Assembly Bills to be drawn by
the Attorney General, 644; Law passed to quiet Disorders, 644; Law declaring the
Rights of the People of New York, 645; Courts established, and Judges appointed,
646; Revenue Act, 646; Kidd rewarded, 646; Amnesty Law; Certain Exceptions,
647; Sloughter's Proclamation, 647; Petitions for Leisler's pardon; His Execution
demanded, 647; Resolution of the Council; Sloughter signs the Death-warrant of
Leisler and Milborne, 648; Leisler and Milborne executed; Their dying Speeches,
648; Their Execution a Political Mistake; Its Consequences to New York, 649.
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