 | George Bancroft - 1888 - 596 pages
...fort, he was successfully resisted. In December, letters were received addressed to Nicholson, or, in his absence, to " such as, for the time being,...care for preserving the peace and administering the law" in New York. A commission to Nicholson accompanied them ; but, as Nicholson was absent, Leisler... | |
 | Charles Burr Todd - 1890 - 521 pages
...some fatuity, this letter was not addressed to Nicholson by name, but to " Our Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of our Province of New York...care for preserving the peace and administering the laws in our said province of New York in America/' When John Riggs, the messenger bearing this letter,... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - 1892 - 688 pages
...with a peculiar address, to " Our Lieut.Governor and Commander-in-chief in our Province of New- York, and in his absence, to such as for the time being...care for preserving the peace and administering the laws " ! Up to this time, be it understood, nothing from William save a general proclamation relative... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - 1892 - 690 pages
...a peculiar address, to "Our Lieut.-i Governor and Commander-in-chief in our Province of New- York, and\ in his absence, to such as for the time being take care for preserving V the peace and administering the laws " ! Up to this time, be it understood, nothing from William... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1893 - 1000 pages
...Runs High. In December letters from the English government were received, addressed to Nicholson, or, in his absence, to " such as, for the time being,...care for preserving the peace and administering the law" in New York. A commission for Nicholson accompanied these documents ; but he was on his way to... | |
 | John Franklin Jameson, Henry Eldridge Bourne, Robert Livingston Schuyler - 1902 - 886 pages
...III. to Lieutenant-Governor Nicholson, No. 307, there is no mention of the second part of the address "and in his absence to such as for the time being...care for Preserving the Peace and administering the Laws in said Province of New York in America." Now upon this phrase hung the law which Leisler claimed... | |
 | John Roy Musick - 1895 - 428 pages
...a letter from the Lords Carmarthen, Halifax aud others, directed to "Francis Nicholson, esq. , or, in his absence, to such as, for the time being, take...care for preserving the peace and administering the laws, in their majesty's province of New York, in America." This letter was dated the 29th of July... | |
 | Mrs. Burton Harrison, Martha Joanna Lamb - 1896 - 614 pages
...settle. They were accordingly penned to Nicholson. The letter was addressed to " Our Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of our Province of New York...care for preserving the peace and administering the laws in our said Province of New York in America." And Nicholson was ordered to take up the government... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - 1896 - 718 pages
...instructions from the King ceived from and Queen. The letter was addressed to him, and, in his tngU"1l absence, " to such as for the time being take care for preserving the peace and administering the laws." It is said that Nicholson arrived in London before the letter -was started, and it has been... | |
 | Daniel Van Pelt - 1898 - 612 pages
...To Francis Nicholson, Esq., Lientenant-Governor and Commauder-inChief in our Province of New York, and, in his absence, to such as for the time being...care for preserving the peace and administering the laws." It is easy to surmise why William and Mary had concocted so peculiar an address. What had taken... | |
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Esq., or, in his absence, to such as for the time being take care for preserving the peace and administering the laws in their Majesties' province of New York, in America. 
