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CHAPTER I
The Earl of Bellomont and Suppression of Piracy, 1698-1701.
The Bev. AsJihel G. Vermilt/e, D. D.
The Earl of Bellomont's Previous History — His Position with Regard to
Leisler Known—Encounter with the Trade Abuses—Vacation of Land
Grants made by Fletcher—The Governor's Experiences in Boston — Capture
of William Kidd the Pirate — Return of Governor Bellomont to New^-York,
and his Death there — Lieutenant-Governor Nanfan Assumes the Govern¬
ment— The City Hall in Wall Street Built—Contested Election for Alder¬
men— Trial of Colonel Nicholas Bayard for High Treason — Lord Cornbury
Arrives and Releases him — Burgomasters of New Amsterdam — Mayors of
New-York before the Eighteenth Century.
CHAPTER II
The Administration of Lord Cornbury, 1702-1708.
William L. Sto7ie.
Cornbury's Previous History — Appoints Daniel Homan Secretary of the
Province — The Governor's Reception at New-York—He Takes Sides with
the Anti-Leisler Party — The Bayard Affair — An Epidemic Fever Rages in
the City — Cornbury Retires to Jamaica, L. I., and Seizes the Presbyterian
Parsonage—He Visits Albany and Confers with the Indians—Cornbury is
Appointed Governor of New Jersey — The People's Eyes Opened to the Gov¬
ernor's Character — ^'The French Scare" — Cornbury's Misapplication of
Funds Raised for Defense—A Provincial Treasurer Appointed —The Assem¬
bly Proves Refractory — Cornbury in New Jersey — Death of Lady Corn¬
bury— Two Presbyterian Preachers Imprisoned by the Governor — The
^^ King's Farm and Garden" Granted to Trinity Church—Resolutions of
the Assembly Reflecting on Cornbury — He is Recalled by the Queen, and
his Creditors Place him in a Debtors' Prison — Description of New-York in
1704 — Prominent Citizens and Merchants — Key to Map of New-York.
CHAPTER III
Lord Lovelace and the Second Canadian Campaign, 1708-1710.
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Various Celebrated Persons of the Name of Lovelace — The Lovelace Ge¬
nealogy, Tracing the Relationship between Governors Francis Lovelace and
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