the government of New-York, with fome trifling complaints against the Five Indian Nations, to lull them asleep. 1684, in July, lord Howard of Effingham, governor of Virginia, and col. Dongan lieut. governor of New-York, had an interview with the Five Indian nations at NewYork.

1685, marquis de Nonville, who fucceeded the gover nor general de la Barre, with 1500 men, regular troops, Canada militia, and Indians, rendezvouzed at fort Frontenac or Cataraqui, designed against the Five Indian na tions; they did no execution.

1687, governor general Nonville with 1500 French and Indians infulted the Seneca nation. In return for this the Five Iroquois nations to the number of 1200 men, July 26, 1688, invaded the island of Montreal; the governor general with his court, were there at that time; they ravaged the country, killed many people, and carried off captives; the Mohawks loft only three men; the French abandoned their fort upon Cataraqui lake, and left 26 barrels of gun-powder.

In February 1689-90, the French, confifting of 500 Coureurs des bois (in New-England they are called Swampiers,) with as many Indians or favages, made incurfions upon the province of New-York; they burnt Corlaer's village called Schenectady, and murdered 63 perfons.

In the memory of man the Mohawks never received fuch a blow as in the winter 1692-3; col. Fletcher with 300 volunteers marched to Albany, and the French with their Indians returned home.

1696, the French with a large force made an incurfion upon the New-York Indians, with a defign to deftroy the fettlements of Albany and Schenectady, but were repulfed by governor Fletcher.

During queen Anne's war, the Five Indian nations.

For the Indian nations where the English and French have particular concerns, fee vol. I. p. 179.

For the Iroquois or ix nations of Mohawk Indians, fee vol. I. p. 185; they may confift of about 1500 marching nien.

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had a neutrality with the Canada French and their Indians, and by this means the province of New-York carried on a continued advantageous trade with Canada.

New-York had no concern in the New-England Indian war 1722 to 1725.

The French had lately erected a fort at Crown-Point near the lake Champlain upon the frontiers of New-York government; during the late French war from 1744 to 1747 inclufive, Crown-Point was the rendezvouz of the Canada French and their Indians, confequently their onsets were mostly upon the province of New-York and the N. W. corner of the province of Maffachusetts-Bay : 1745 from Crown-Point they deftroyed Saratoga fettlement, about 30 miles above Albany. The New-York frontier places where militia were pofted, are Schenectady, Albany, and Kinderhoek. Anno 1745, 1746, and 1747, the French and their Indians, above Albany, killed and captivated above 320 of our people.

Toward that chargeable amusement, called the intended expedition against Canada of 1746, New-York province contributed 15 companies of 100 men per company; the 61. New-York currency in levy money, and victualling for 16 or 17 months, was a confiderable load.

The four independent regular companies of 100 men each, ftationed at New-York many years, are an advantage to the country; they draw from Great-Britain, about 7,5001. fterl. per ann.

Succeffion of governors in the province of New-York.

I shall not enumerate the commanders in chief, during the poffeffion and jurifdiction of the Dutch, they were ftiled variously, viz. directors, generals, governors, &c. The prefent ftile of the British governor, is, "Captain "general, and governor in chief in and over the province "or colony of New-York, and territories thereon de"pending, and vice admiral of the fame." Before the revolution, the commanders in chief had only the title of lieutenant governor under the duke of York, as

he was principal governor by patent. Upon K. James II. abdication, the property and government of the colony of New-York, and the territory of Sagadahock in NewEngland, reverted to the crown.

The firft English governor was col. Richard Nichols, his commiffion bore date April 2, 1664, he was commander of the land forces in the reduction of New-Netherlands, and one of the commiffioners for fettling the boundaries of our colonies in North-America. tinued governor to 1683, and was fucceeded by

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Sir Edmond Andros, * he was governor only for a fhort time, and was removed to the government of NewEngland; the feveral charter colonies of New-England having from the iniquity of the times, either by a course in law had their charters taken from them, or tacitly dropt; he arrived in Boston in December 1686 with lieut. governor Nicholfon and two independent companies of foldiers. See vol. I. p. 413. In April 1689, by a revolution in New-England, in confequence of the general revolution at home, he was difqualified and went home; excepting his bigotry † to popery and the arbitrary power of his prince, he was a good moral man. He was appointed governor of Virginia 1692; he died in London 1714, of a good old age.

Andros was fucceeded by col. Dongan 1684; he was.. a Roman catholick, but much of a gentleman and patriot,

Sir Edmond Andros 1672 had fome command in New-York, and after him col. Lovelace.

The Roman catholick religion or popery feems to be requifite where an arbitrary power in the king and his miniftry are endeavoured after. An enthufiaftick implicit faith as to religion in the pope and his clergy, is in a political way, a natural introduction of a paffive obedience in civil affairs, to the king and his miniftry; and perhaps in all politias, an enthusiastick (man is an enthufiaftick animal) fuperftitious deference for the clergy is a fine qua non in civil government; therefore the clergy ought to be facred, and not ridiculed by the inconfiderate wits of the age; the famous Dr. Swift is here much to be faulted, his fort was in this fort of ridicule. The devotion we pay to the clergy introduces a proper fubmiffion to civil authority; and it is the clergy's bufinefs to labour this point.

he was irreconcilable to a French intereft; upon the revolution, being a papift, he was in confequence difmiffed from his government; but as a reward for his merits, he was created earl of Limerick. He made feveral grants of lands in Sagadahock, the duke of York's property, at prefent under the jurifdiction of the province of Maffachusetts-Bay; these grants in time, when claims are to be fettled, may occafion much confufion.

Upon the revolution, col. Benjamin Fletcher was appointed, he came over 1692 with fome regular troops, and was very induftrious in repulfing the Canada French and their Indians. In his time, 1696, the church of England in New-York (called Trinity church) was built; it is the only church of England upon the island.

After this col. Leflie ufurped the government (as his partifans faid, for a publick good) for which he and his friend Milburn fuffered as traitors, having held out for fome time the fort againft col. Slaughter, who was appointed governor by the king, and upon this kind of interregnum, fucceeded Slaughter, he died foon in New York.

Col. Dudley, as prefident, fucceeded in the chief command of the province; he was afterwards governor of the province of Maffachusetts Bay for many years, fee vol. I. p. 478. He was a cunning man, and fome fay, a notorious time-ferver.

Lord Bellomont was appointed governor 1697; in his very late paffage to his government of New-York, the fhip by ftrefs of weather was obliged to bear away to Barbadoes, and did not arrive in New-York till May 1698. He was at the fame time governor of New-York, Maffachusetts-Bay and New-Hampshire: he did not proceed to Boston till June 1699, and after obtaining a generous allowance of 1000l. and a gratuity of 500l. from the affembly, he returned to New-York. In New-York he was allowed 1500l. currency yearly falary, and the lieut. governor capt. Nanfon was allowed 500l. lord Bellomont died in New-York, February 1700-1.

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Lord Cornbury, fon to the earl of Clarendon, fucceeded; he arrived in New-York 1701: upon the pro-... prietors of the Jerfies refigning the government into the hands of queen Anne, he was likewife 1702 appointed governor of the Jerfies. Earl of Clarendon, formerly lord Cornbury, went home by way of Virginia, and was fucceeded by

Lord Lovelace; he arrived November 13, 1708,.. and died in May 1709.

1710, April, col. Ingoldfby, capt. of one of the independent companies, by a letter from the queen to the council of New-York, was difmiffed from being lieut. governor of New-York and Jerfies.

1710, June 14, arrives col. Robert Hunter with 2700 Palatines to fettle in the province of New-York; these Palatines were allowed only 10 acres of land to one family, therefore they generally removed to Penfylvania, where they had better encouragement. 1707, col. Hunter had been appointed lieut. governor of Virginia, but was taken by the French in his voyage thither. From New-York he went for England 1719.+ Upon K. George II. acceffion, he was continued governor of New-York and the Jerfies. Upon account of his health, he obtained the government of Jamaica, he arrived in Jamaica, February 1727-8; by this advice of his phyficians he certainly obtain'd a reprieve of his life for fome years.

Col. Hunter was fucceeded in the government of New-York by William Burnet, Efq; a worthy fon of the celebrated bishop Burnet; he arrived in autumn 1721.

Upon the acceffion of K. George II. col. Montgomery, a favourite, was appointed governor of New-York, and Mr. Burnet was removed to the government of Maffachufetts-Bay commonly called New-England, where he died Sept. 7, 1729. Governor Montgomery arrived in New-York, April 28, 1728, and died there July 1, 1731.

+ His wife, lady Hy, died August 1716. See vol. I. p. 480.