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See also:LEISLER, See also:JACOB (c. 1635–1691) , See also:American See also:political agitator, was See also:born probably at See also:Frankfort-on-See also:Main, See also:Germany, about 1635. He went to New Netherland (New See also:York) in 166o, married a wealthy widow, engaged in See also:trade, and soon accumulated a See also:fortune. The See also:English Revolution of 1688 divided the See also:people of New York into two well-defined factions. In See also:general the small See also:shop-keepers, small farmers, sailors, poor traders and artisans were arrayed against the patroons, See also:rich See also:fur-traders, merchants, lawyers and See also:crown See also:officers. The former were led by Leisler, the latter by See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter See also:Schuyler (1657–1724), See also:Nicholas See also:Bayard (c. 1644–1707), See also:Stephen See also:van Cortlandt (1643–1700),See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Nicolls (1657–1723) and other representatives of the aristocratic See also:Hudson Valley families. The " Leislerians " pretended greater See also:loyalty to the See also:Protestant See also:succession. When See also:news of the imprisonment of Gov. See also:Andros in See also:Massachusetts was received, they took See also:possession on the 31st of May 1689 of Fort See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James (at the See also:southern end of Manhattan See also:Island), renamed it Fort William and announced their determination to hold it until the arrival of a See also:governor commissioned by the new sovereigns. The aristocrats also favoured the Revolution, but preferred to continue the See also:government under authority from James II. rather than See also:risk the danger of an See also:interregnum. See also:Lieutenant-Governor See also:Francis See also:Nicholson sailed for See also:England on the 24th of See also:June, a See also:committee of safety was organized by the popular party, and Leisler was appointed See also:commander-in-See also:chief. Under authority of a See also:letter from the See also:home government addressed to Nicholson, " or in his See also:absence, to such as for the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time being takes care for preserving the See also:peace and administering the See also:laws in His See also:Majesty's See also:province of New York," he assumed the See also:title of lieutenant-governor in See also:December 1689, appointed a See also:council and took See also:charge of the government of the entire province. He summoned the first Intercolonial See also:Congress in See also:America, which met in New York on the 1st of May 1690 to See also:plan concerted See also:action against the See also:French and See also:Indians. See also:Colonel See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry Sloughter was commissioned governor of the province on the 2nd of See also:September 168g but did not reach New York until the 19th of See also:March 1691. In the meantime See also:Major See also:Richard Ingoldsby and two companies of soldiers had landed (See also:January 28, 1691) and demanded possession of the fort. Leisler refused to surrender it, and after some controversy an attack was made on the 17th of March in which two soldiers were killed and several wounded. When Sloughter arrived two days later Leisler hastened to give over to him the fort and other evidences of authority. He and his son-in-See also:law, Jacob Milborne, were charged with See also:treason for refusing to submit to Ingoldsby, were convicted, and on the 16th of May 1691 were executed. There has been much controversy among historians with regard both to the facts and to the significance of Leisler's brief career as ruler in New York.
See J. R. See also:Brodhead, See also:History of the See also:State of New York (vol. 2, New York, 1871). For the documents connected with the controversy see E. B. O'Callaghan, Documentary History of the State of New York (vol. 2, See also:Albany, 1850).
End of Article: LEISLER, JACOB (c. 1635–1691)
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