The Story of Manhattan

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could get it. Now, when he could find no one in England to supply him with money, he took the post of Governor of New York, and his only thought wa

istant, Major Richard Ingoldsby, arrived first. But Leisler refused to give up command until Sloughter came. This was three months later, and during that time

eisler hurried on board the vessel, and escorted him to t

death, for, after all, Leisler was the man who had been the first to recognize the authority of King William in New York. He refused to sign the death-warrant. But the enemies of Leisler were not content. Nicholas Bayard, who had become more than ever bitter because he had been kept for thirteen months in prison, was anxious for revenge. The council urged t

ning Leisler'

ith firm step, and looked at th

of my country," he said, sadly. "I forgi

elieving that he

scaffold stood Robert Livingston, a citizen who had always been strongl

this I will impeach you before

men were interred c

d acted under the King's command, and had therefore been in the

easonably quiet, although it was many a long year before the rancor of the late

In front of the City Hall, by the water-side of Coenties Slip, there were set up a whipping-post, a cage, a pillory, an

nly that there was a suggestion that he had been poisoned by some friend of Leisler. But it was proven that his death was