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History of New York During the Revolutionary War (1879)
History of New York During the Revolutionary War - 1879 Author:Thomas Jones Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: TABLE OF EDITOR'S NOTES THE SECOND VOLUME. [ The figures in parentheses denote the pages of the text to which the notes refer. ] NOTE I. The Presbyte... more »rian Church in New York—Its Origin—Its Contentious Existence—Dr. John Rodgers—The Political Effect of Presbyterianism in the Colonies. (Pages 2-8) 389 NOTE II. George Duncan Ludlow, Justice of the Supreme Court, Superintendent of the Long Island Military Court of Police. (Page 10) 398 NOTE III. General Robertson appointed Governor—His Instructions—The Official Order to seize Rebel Estates, and appropriate them to Loyal Refugees—Instructed to Revive Civil Authority —Refuses and Conceals the Instruction from the Public— Is not included in the Act of Attainder—His American Estate not Confiscated, but enjoyed by him and his Heirs. (Page 16) 399 NOTE IV. The Tory Livingstons—Philip John Livingston, the British "Superintendent and Manager of Rebel Estates within the Lines"—Strong Loyalty of Livingston Manor. (Page 16) 406NOTE V. The Four Military "Courts of Police," and their Nine Judges. (Pages 18-22) 413 NOTE VI. Crushing the Revolution on the Cromwellian Plan. (Page 27) 415 NOTE VII. Samuel Jones and Thomas Jones Unlawfully Deprived of Lands by Philip John Livingston. (Page 42) 415 NOTE VIII. The Gift of the New York City Revenues by Sir William Howe to David Matthews, the Mayor—Matthews not really involved in the Hickey Plot. (Page 48) 416 NOTE DC The City Officials of New York in 1776—Their Names—Their Loyalty—David Matthews, Mayor in place of Whitehead Hicks, appointed Justice of the Supreme Court—Sir Wil- liam Howe's Gift of Ferry and other Revenues to Matthews individually. (Page 50) 417 NOTE X. The Chamber of Commerce and the Marine Society—Their Loyalty during th...« less