firmed in the said command by his Majesty's letter, dated the tjiirtieth day of July, one thousand six hundred and eighly-nine ; and tlie said Jacob Leisler having the administration of the said government of New-York, by virtue of the said pou-er and authority so given and confirmed to him as aforesaid, and being in the exercise thereof, captain Richard Ingoldesby arriving in the s;'.id province, in the month of January, Anno Domini one thousand six hundred and ninety, did without producing any legall authority, demand of the said Jacob Leisler the possession of the fort at New York ; but the said Jacob Leisler, pursuant to the trust in him reposed, refusing to surrender the said fort into the hands of the said Richard Ingoldesby, kept the possession thereof until the month of March then next following, at which time colonel Henry Sloughter being constituted captain-general and governor-in-chief of thes<^ province, arrived there in the evening, and the said Jacob Leisler having notice thereof, that same night (though very late) took care to deliver the said fort to his order, which was done very early the next morning.

And whereas the said Jacob Leisler, also Jacob Milboume, Abraham Governeur, and several others, were arraigned in the Supreme Court of Judicature at New-York aforesaid, and con\'icted and attainted of high treason and felony, for not delivering the possession of the said fort to the said Richard Ingoldesby, and the said Jacob Leisler and Jacob Milborne were executed for the same.- May it therefore please your most excellent majesty at the humble petition and request of Jacob Leisler, the son and heir of the said Jacob Leisler, deceased, Jacob Milborne, the son and heir of the said Jacob Milborne, deceased, and of the said Abraham Governeur, that it be declared and enacted,