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 eng Leisler, Jacob, d. 1691 -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Early works to 1800. New York (State) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Early works to 1800. New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Early works to 1800. United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo Reasons for the reversal of Leisler's attainder :humbly offered to the consideration of the honourable House of Commons. n/a 1695 5 1469 21 0 0 0 0 0 142.95 F The rate of 142.95 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2014-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-08 Sampled and proofread 2014-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
REASONS FOR THE Reversal of LEISLER'S Attainder . Humbly offered to the Consideration of the Honourable House of Commons .

IN the Month of February 1688. there came News to New-York , that the then Prince of Orange was Landed in England ; and in April then following , the Inhabitants of New-York received an account that the People of New England had seized upon Sir Edmond Andross ( the then Governor of New England and New-York ) Mr. Dudley the President , and several others of his Council , as well affected to King James's Interest ; and the●●upon the People declared for the Prince of Orange and Protestant Interest , &c. Whereupon those of the Militia , and others of New-York , finding that Captain Nichols●n ( the then Deputy-Governor of New-York , under Sir Edmond Andross ) would not there declare for the then Prince of Orange , &c. The Militia seized upon the Fort , ●nd by turns the Captains of the Militia ( of which Captain Leslier was one ) ke●t Guard there ; and thereupon sent their Circular Letters to chuse an Assembly , which Assembly , or Committee of Safety , being met June 1689. Captain Leisler by the Assembly first made Captain of the Fort , and soon after Commander in Chief of New-York . Under their Hands and Seals appointed the said Captain Leslier Captain of the Fort ; and in August then following , under heir hands and Seals constituted the said Captain Leslier Commander in Chief of the Province of New-York , till Order should come from their then Majesties . In December then following , there arrived a Messenger from England with a Letter from His Majesty , under th● Signet , thus directed ;

To our Trusty and Well-beloved Francis Nicholso● , Esq ; our Lieutenant Governor , and Commander in Chief of our Province of New-York in America . And in his Absence to such as for the time being , take care for preserving the Peace , and Administring the Laws in our said Province of New-York in America .

Which Letter , after a short introduction , run● in these words ;

We do hereby Authorize and Impower you to take upon you the Government of the said Province , calling to your Assistance in the Administration thereof , Captain Leisler by the King constituted Deputy-Governor of New York . the Principal Freeholders and Inhabitants of the same , or so many of them as you ●hall think fit : Willing and Requiring you to do and perform all things which to the Place and Office of Our Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of Our Province of New-York , doth or may appertain , as you shall find necessary for Our Service , and the good Government of Our Subjects , according to the Laws and Customs of Our said Province until further Order from Us ; and so We bid you farewell .

Given at Our Court at Whitehall the 30th . Day of July , 1689 ; in the First Year of Our Reign . By His Majesties Command , Nottingham .

Captain Leisler ( being as before ) Constituted Commander in Chief of the Province of New-York , and Nicholson having been gone from New-York about six Months before the Kings Lettter Arriv'd : The Messenger told Capt . Leisler , that if he would receive the Letter , Note . and give a Receipt for the same , he should have it ; which Capt . Leisler accordingly did , Captain Leisler by virtue of the King's Letter , acts as Lieutenant-Governor for ●3 Months before Ingoldsby arrived . and Capt . Leisler being by His Majesty thus Constituted Lieut. Governor , he continued by Virtue of this Authority under the Signet , Lieut. Governor without any Opposition , for about thirteen Months , and then Capt . Ingoldsby Arriv'd at New-York with two Companies of Foot , who by his Commission was obliged to obey the Governor of New-York for the time being ; Capt . Ingoldsby disowning Capt . Leisler's Government , without any Authority demanded Possession of the Fort , which Leisler refused ; but offer'd him and his Soldiers all the Accommodations the City of New-York could afford . Ingoldsby , before Slaughters arrival , demands Possession of the Fort , ( without producing an Autho●ity so to do ) ; which Le●sl●r r●fus'd to give . Capt . Ingoldsby continued some short time peaceably at New-York ; at Length , upon Complaints by the Inhabitants of New-York , against the rudeness of Capt . Ingoldsby's Soldiers , there happen'd some Disturbance , and thereupon Ingoldsby planted Guns against the Fort , &c. So that soon after many Guns were fired both against , and from the Fort . On the nineteenth of March 1690 , in the Evening , Coll . Slaughter Arrived at New-York , and that very Night read his Commission , and Swore four of his Council , and then fent Capt . Ingoldsby to the Fort to demand Possession thereof ; Capt . Leisler hereupon sent one that knew Coll . Slaughter , out of the Fort , to see whether the Coll . was Arrived , and the Messenger returning told him that Coll . Slaughter was come ; upon which Capt . Leisler about ten that night sent two Persons to Coll . Slaughter to Congratulate his Arrival , and to offer him Possession of the Fort , and to receive his Commands , and Capt . Ingoldsby did then promise those Messengers should safely return , but contrary hereunto those Persons were Seized by Coll . Slaughter ; upon notice hereof , Capt . Leisler took care to put all things in order for the delivery of the Fort the next Morning to the Governor , and accordingly in the Morning sent a Letter to the Governor , desiring him to send one to take Possession of the Fort , whereupon Capt . Ingoldsby was sent , and then Capt . Leisler order'd the Gates to be open'd , and Capt . Ingoldsby with his Soldiers were let in ; Leisler Commanded about three Hundred Men then with him in the Fort , to lay down their Arms , which t●ey immediately did ; and March'd out of the Fort .

There happened no Act of Hostility after Collonel Slaughter Landed .

Leisler is indicted of High Treason charged to be committed two days before Slaughter landed , and consequently before Leisler's Authority determin'd . Captain Leisler and many under him were made Prisoners , and soon after Leslier , Milbourn , and others , were tried f●r High Treason and Felony charg'd against them to be Committed the Seventeenth ●f March , 1690. At this Court Mr. Dudley was Chief Justice or President ; Leisler and Milbourn receiv'd Sentence of Death , and were Executed accordingly .

Object . It 's objected against the ●ill , That Leisler suffered according to Law , in that he would not plead .

Answ . One of the Witnesses that opposed this Bill , declared , That Captain Leisler produced to the Court the King's before-mention'd Letter , The occasion of Leisler's not pleading . and desired ( before he pleaded ) to be by the Court resolved , Whether by that Letter he had any Authority . — This Question Leisler often press'd , and t●at Court as often refused to give him any Answer thereunto ; and This occasioned Leisler's not Pleading . — But the Merit of the Whole Case is Now before this Honourable House : ●he Whole Merit of the Case now before the House And ( it 's humbly hop'd ) 〈◇〉 it 〈◇〉 appear , That The High-Trea●●n charged in the Indictment to be committed the Seventeenth Day of March , 1690 , was nothing more than Leisler's then refusing to surrender the Fort to Captain Ingoldsby , who not only without , but even against the King's Authority demanded the same . — For Captain Ingoldsby was obliged by express Words in his Commission , The High-Treason for which Leisler was executed . to obey the Commander in Chief of New York for the time being ; and Leisler ( as is humbly thought ) was then such , and so continued till the Nineteenth , when Collonel Slaughter landed .

Whether this Relation was prov'd before that Honourable Committee that last Sate upon this Bill , Is Humbly Submitted to those worthy Members then present — And if this Account was then prov'd : It 's Humbly hop'd this Bill may pass .