Leisler with near 900 men in the fort fireing upon the town where he Idlled and woimded sev^ of the people after Hee had published his Commission, he sent Major Ingoldsby to demand surrender of the fort W^h -^^s flattly denyed, however Leisl'" sent on Stoll who knew the Gw^ in England to see if hee was really Come, upon his return to Leisler y^ Gov^ sent a second summons W^^ was Likewyse refused, and then Leisler sent two of his principall Councellors, Milbourne & Delanoy to Capitulate ^ w<=fa w** not bee admitted & they were ordered immediately to be secured, the nixt day he sent to demand the prisoners . 1 In the original draft of this Letter, Slonghter speaks in the first person sing^ular, as here -- "On my arrivall," anil farther on " I found the Country" &c. The phraseology was afterwards altered; the governor is spoken of in the third person, and the letter is made a communication apparently from the council. The alterations are put in Italics. 2. <' Me,-' in the orig. draft. 3. " With mee," follows in the first draft. * See post. p. 391.

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but the Gov^ would not receive their Message resolveing to attacque the fort by Sea & Land, haveing ordered the man of warr to goe & Ly at y^ back of y*' fort, and" Major Ingoldsby to march w^^ the Kings forces to y® Fort gate and make a peremptory demand of a Surrender oywise would assault them -- they then did admitt Major Ingoldsby to enter alone, who by the Govi^^ order required them I mediately to gromid their armes and march out of the fort, and they all Should be Pardoned except Leisler & his Councill who they readily forsook the Major thereupon Commanded the K^ forces to Enter and brought Leslier & his Councell. to the Gov ' at the Citty hall they being taken in actuall rebellion the Goif w^h advice of the Councill Committed them to prison & ordered a Commission of Oyer & Terminer to be Issued out for their Legall tryall where two were acquitted by their comitry viz: Delanoy & Edsall, six Convict by their Countrey, and two Leslier A, Millbourn Condemned as mute* by the advice of the Judges the Gov^ was Inclined to repreive them untill his Maj'y^ Pleasure should be Known, but the People were so much disturbed thereat, and the Councill & Assembly did represent to Mm the great damage it would be to the K^ service, and a iliscouragem* to future Loyalty if the law was not Executed upon the principall actors w<=h for the public peace he was induced ^ to doe, and on y® 17th of May^ Lesleir & Millbourn were accordingly executed -- haveing respited all the sentence saveing the hanging & Seperateing their heads from their bodys.