None in tlie province but these of faction, had any Safety in their Estates for Said Captain Leisler at will & Pleasure Sent to those who disapproved of his actions to furnish him with Money, Provision & what Else he wanted & upon Denial, Sent Armed Men out of the fort & forcially broke open Several Houses Shops, Cellars, Vessels & other places where they expected to be Supply'd & without any the least Payment, or Satisfaction carried their plunder to the fort, all which was extremely approved of by these poor fellows which he had About him, & was forced to feed & Maintain & he Stiled those his robberies, with the giled name & Pretence, that it was for their Majesties King William & Queen Mary Special Service, though it was After found out, that whole Cargoes of those Stolen goods sold to his friends in this city, & Shipt off for the West Indias «&. Elsewhere

In this Manner he the said Leisler with his Accomplices, did force pillage, rob & Steal from their Majesties good Subjects within this province, almost to their utter ruin vast Sums of money, & other Effects, the Estimation of the Damages done only within the City of Jfew York Amounting as by Account May appear to The sum of Thirteen Thousand JVine Hundred Sf fifty JVine Pounds besides the Rapins, Spoils & Violences done at Col WHlets on JTassaw Island., & to many others in several Parts of the province, & thus You may see how he used & Exercised an Exorbitant Arbitrary, & unlawfull power, over the persons & Estates of his Majesties good Subjects here, Against the Known & fundamental laws of the Land, & in Subvertion of the same to the great Oppression of his Majesties Subjects, & to the apparent decay of Trade & Commerce --