The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . O .£3 s COW ^ = 5 -= H ^ ^ 3O 1^ V ooo N -3 03 a! c 3 Ji 5 >^ .J:; rt -G o CO 5 -U § oo i-lCO S J,;. OUR countrys achikvements. 281 Amid all these troubles, King William had sent over no Grovernors,BO instructions. The American colonies were all acting lor seems as if he cunningly wished them to be weakened and last he appointed Colonel Sloughter Governor of New York, withMajor Richard Ingoldsby as Lieutenant Governor, but they did notsail from England till December, an
The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . O .£3 s COW ^ = 5 -= H ^ ^ 3O 1^ V ooo N -3 03 a! c 3 Ji 5 >^ .J:; rt -G o CO 5 -U § oo i-lCO S J,;. OUR countrys achikvements. 281 Amid all these troubles, King William had sent over no Grovernors,BO instructions. The American colonies were all acting lor seems as if he cunningly wished them to be weakened and last he appointed Colonel Sloughter Governor of New York, withMajor Richard Ingoldsby as Lieutenant Governor, but they did notsail from England till December, and then Sloughter went to Bermuda,so that Ingoldsby arrived first at New York. He demanded possessionof the fort for the Kings forces and their stores. Leisler was veryangry at the demand, and, i)rovoked to find that some of the oldCouncil were reappointed, refused to give up the fort. Ingoldsby then landed his troops with great caution, and quarteredthem in the Stadt House, or City Hall. The Council appointed byKing William, except two whom Leisler kept in prison, met, but theGovernor did not arrive. Leisler, however, was gathering men in his fort, and had his cannontrained to bear on the city,
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