New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . GREAT SEAL OK JAMES II. 166 NEW JEESEY AS A COL. WILLIAM III. provinces were annexed to New York, and a newcommission was issued to Governor Andros, whoproclaimed his government in Burlington andPerth Amboy. But his official tenure was as lim-ited as it was nominal. Following the short ad-ministration of Lord Neill Campbell, AndrewHamilton, agent of the proprietors and a mer-chant of London, was commissioned deputy gov-ernor, his commission being confirmed by Govern-or Barclay in August, 1687. Between Hamiltonand the New Yo
New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . GREAT SEAL OK JAMES II. 166 NEW JEESEY AS A COL. WILLIAM III. provinces were annexed to New York, and a newcommission was issued to Governor Andros, whoproclaimed his government in Burlington andPerth Amboy. But his official tenure was as lim-ited as it was nominal. Following the short ad-ministration of Lord Neill Campbell, AndrewHamilton, agent of the proprietors and a mer-chant of London, was commissioned deputy gov-ernor, his commission being confirmed by Govern-or Barclay in August, 1687. Between Hamiltonand the New York authorities there was friction,growing out of religious dissension as well as po-litical and territorial quarrels. The abrogation ofthe test oath in America, proclaimed by GovernorAndros, created a vast stir among the Scotch Cal-vinists. New England Congregationalists, andFrench Huguenots, particularly in East liberty of conscience meant advancement ofRoman Catholics; that in turn meant collusionwith the French in Canada, and finally the de-struction of Englands power in America—a nonsequitur as co
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