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Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II

O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849. 321 words

Milborne went on and made a long oration to y« Common People which were got together in ye Citty hall of Popish government and arbitrary Power Condemning all things which had been done and Passed in ye late King James Stuarts time Particularly y® Charter of this Citty and that there ought to be a new Election of Magistrates &a and many oy things to Stirr up y® Common People, upon which he was told that if all things were null & void w^ were passed in King James time then ye Inhabitants were in a Desolate Condition, Since many Patents of houses and lands were obtained in ye Late King James time, which undoubtedly will be approved and Confirmed by there Majts now upon ye Throne, and that there had been a free Election according to ye Charter and further that they Plainly did Discern yt ye gd Milborne by his Smooth tongue & Pretended Commissions did aim nothing else but to Raise mutiny and Sedition amongst ye People which ye Convention had with So rai.uch trouble these Six monthes Last Past kept in Peace and quietnesse Expecting dayly order from there Maj^s King William and Queen Mary and that they had not Spared cost or charge to Secure ye Indians to this government, of which there neighbors could give a Sufficient Testimony, and therefore, if things were Carried on as Milborne would have it, all would Rurm into Confusion with ye Indians all authority turned Upside Doune as in many Parts of ye governm* was done, to which ye Convention by no means could Condeshend, but were Resolved to be quiet & in Peace if Possible till ye Long expected orders from there Majts should come to hand under whom they acted, and therefore desyred y« s^ Milborne to desist from Such Discourse, for that they would Dispute no more with him about it, leaveing all till a Lawful!