Boeby, Esq., of Youkers, Westchester County, is a gold piece, of the time of James II., said to have been in the possession of the unfortunate Leisler, the night preceding iiis execution. Around the edge is the following inscription, cut with the penknife of Leisler.

" Remember well and hear in mynd, a faithful friend is hard to find.''

b Dunlap's Hist. N. Y. vol. i. 210.

c A petition in favor of reversing Leister's attainder was signed by the Huguenots of New Rochelle. -- Editor.

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truism. And Jacob Leisler was truly an honest man, who, though a martyr to the cause of liberty, ond sacrificed by injustice, aristocracy, and party malignity, ought to be considered as one in whom New York should take pride."

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