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H. APPENDIX H.

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During the troubles occasioned by the revolution when William
and Mary ascended the throne of England, Captain Jacob Leisler,
was appointed, by the general assembly of New York, governor
thereof, till the king's pleasure should be known. This appointment
was, afterwards, in July, 1689, confirmed by the king. In the
month of January following, Captain Richard Ingoldsby arrived at
New York, and, "without producing any legal authority," demanded
of Leisler the surrender of the fort in that city, which demand was
not complied with, and Leisler kept possession of the fort till the
arrival of a new governor, Colonel Sloughter, in March 1690, when
the fort was immediately surrendered to him by Leisler. In 1691,
the new general assembly of the province resolved, that Leisler
during his administration was guilty of certain high crimes and misdemeanors,
which were particularized; the principal charge against
him was, his refusal to deliver up the fort to Ingoldsby. In consequence
of this proceeding of the general assembly, Leisler and two
others, viz. Jacob Milborne and Abraham Gouverneur, were arraigned
in the supreme court, convicted and attainted of high treason and
felony, "for not delivering up the fort to Ingoldsby," and they were
all executed. An act of parliament was passed the 12th of November,
1694, "for reversing the attainder" of these unfortunate
gentlemen