Leisler

But in the early 1690s, with New York under the tumultuous reign of Jacob Leisler, Perry was caught on a post ride and tossed in jail for at least a week, “without baile.”

The King's Best Highway Eric Jaffe 2010

But in the early 1690s, with New York under the tumultuous reign of Jacob Leisler, Perry was caught on a post ride and tossed in jail for at least a week, “without baile.”

The King's Best Highway Eric Jaffe 2010

Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming Dr. Walther Leisler Kiep to the podium of the Empire Club of Canada.

What is the Real Economic and Political Situation in Germany Today? 2003

Close by the scaffold stood Robert Livingston, a citizen who had always been strongly opposed to Leisler.

The Story of Manhattan Charles Hemstreet

They wept, for many of them had been on the side of Leisler.

The Story of Manhattan Charles Hemstreet

Tell how Captain Leisler came to assume the government.

A Brief History of the United States

Sloughter was unwilling to execute him, but Leisler's enemies, at a dinner party, made the governor drunk, obtained his signature, and before he became sober enough to repent, Leisler was no more.

A Brief History of the United States

But the Governor was afraid of displeasing the King by putting Leisler to death, for, after all, Leisler was the man who had been the first to recognize the authority of King William in New York.

The Story of Manhattan Charles Hemstreet

Captain Leisler, supported by the democracy but bitterly opposed by the aristocracy, thereupon administered affairs very prudently until the arrival of Governor Sloughter (slaw-ter) who arrested him on the absurd charge of treason.

A Brief History of the United States

During the year 1690, Leisler leased to the banished Huguenots these lands, purchased for them, as they came directly here from England, and were a portion of the 50,000 who found safety in that glorious

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various