That the said Evening were sent out of the fort by the said Leisler The said Milborne & Peter De la Noy Mayor of the said City of New York, to welcome & congratulate the said Sloughter. «& also to see the letters & Quality which he had from the King, but they instead of returning were closely confined, That the next morning the said Leisler sent a Drummer out of the fort with a letter directed to the said Sloughter whereby he desired him to come & take possession of the fort, but the drummer was also secured

That immediately after the said Captain Ingoldesby being come to the fort, the same was delivered up to him by the said Leisler & afterward by order of the said Sloughter all was given up to him & his men, all which was so done by the said Leisler freely of himself & without constraint that shortly after the delivery of the said fort by the said Leisler, the said InGoldesby M'as pnrticulary

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desired by him, which he also promised that about half an hour after full possession had of the fort, All the Arms goods & Effects which the Inhabitants Should leave there should be fairly delivered & restored to them which was not done, but to the Contrary besides the detention of their goods & effects The men as they went out of the fort were disarmed & had their Swords taking from them that some days before the said fort was delivered Up one Abraham Brasier Ensign of a Company of Burgers lying in the Block House of New York upon Smiths Vally came into the said fort to make his complaints to the Governor Leisler & to acquaint him that the said Ingoldesby's men did Approach the said Block house desiring his advice thereupon, what they should do in case they should continue near the Block-house or attack the same in an Hostile manner That thereupon an order in writing was given to the said Ensign by the said Leisler containing that if the said Ingoldesby's men should attack the Block house they should immediately give a signal By firing a gun & then those of the fort would draw out to their Assistance but the said Block house was possessed by the said Ingoldesby's men before the said Ensign returned from the fort were he remameth Lastly he this deponent doth declare That shortly after the said Sloughter had taken possession of the said fort several of the Inhabitants of the province fled from thence as well by reason of their threats, as out of fear that they should be ill used by the men of the said Sloughter, as they had then already seen sufficient Exemples of the Inhabitants, some whereof were put in prison, & others had money extracted from them