VIU                                       HISTORY    OF    NEW-YORK

Lord Lovelace — Loyalty to the Protestant Succession of the Barons of
Hurley—John, Lord Lovelace, Appointed Governor of New-York and New
Jersey—The Flemish Campaign of 1708 under Marlborough—The Governor
Lands at Flushing, L. I., and Catches Cold in Proceeding to New-York—
Reception and Expectations—A New Assembly is Elected and Meets the
Governor — The ^^ Contest that Ended in Independence" Begun — Ebenezer
Wilson, Mayor of the City — Extent of the City and Price of Lots — The Ap¬
pearance of the Streets, Mode of Paving, Fire Apparatus — Manufactures
Repressed by the Mother-country—Beginning of German Immigration —
Sickness and Death of Lord Lovelace and his t\vo Sons—Richard Ingoldesby
Assumes the Government as Lieutenant-Governor—The Canadian Campaign
of 1709 under Colonels Nicholson and Vetch—Its Failure — Schuyler Goes to
England with Five Indian Chiefs.
 

CHAPTER  IV

Robert Hunter and the Settlement of the Palatines, 1710-1719.

Charles Burr Todd, 121

Robert Hunter's Ancestry — His Previous Career — Extraordinary Powers
Conferred on him by Reason of the War—Three Thousand Palatines Accom¬
pany the Governor to America — Unhappy Condition of Germany—Palatines
Sent over to Produce Naval Stores—Hunter is Induced to Locate them along
the Hudson, above Newburgh — Trouble with the New Jersey Council —
Assembly of New-York Refractory — Hunter Attacked by Episcopal Clergy¬
men—The Third Canadian Campaign also Ends in Failure—A Negro Plot in
New-York City—The Palatines Begin to Complain of their Situation — Make
their Way to Schoharie Lands—Affairs in the City in Hunter's Time : Census,
Shade-trees—The Portraits of the Four Indians — Social Life in New-York—
Queen Anne Dies, and George I. is Proclaimed—Governor Hunter Returns
to England — His Cordial Words to the Assembly, and its Reply in Kind —
^* The Spectator" on the Visit of the Indians to England.
 

CHAPTER  V

The Administration of William Burnet, 1720-1728.

William Nelson. 151

An Exchange of Offices—Cordial Reception of Governor Burnet — Exclu¬
sion of French Traders—The Governor's Marriage in New-York—Confer¬
ence with the Indians at Albany—The Governor's Social Tastes — Manners,
Dress, and Amusements—Slavery and Labor in the City—Punishment of
Negroes — Streets, Population, and Value of Real Estate — Commerce, Ship¬
ping, and Pirates—-A Curious Range of Subjects before the Assembly —
Municipal Finances — Burnetts Literary and Scientific Studies — His Judicial
Functions — Excites the Resentment of Prominent Citizens — Death of Mrs.
Burnet— The Governor is Removed to Massachusetts—Expressions of Com¬
mendation— Note on the Mayors of this Period.