Legislature, loyalty to George III., 150; control city government, 178, 179
Leisler, Jacob, leader of popular party in 1689, 75; character, 75, 80; quarrel with collector of the port, 76; overcomes lieutenant-governor and city council, 78; short-sighted policy of, 80, 82; opposition to, Episcopalians and Puritans, 81; disobeys royal proclamation, 82; nominated as commander-in-chief, 82; rule assumes the title of lieutenant-governor, 82; rule not recognized by Albany, 83; quarrel with New England allies, 84; treatment of Long Islanders, 84; deserted by his supporters, 85; refuses to recognize Lt.-Gov. Ingoldsby, 85; arrested and hung, 86; disinterred and honored, 100
Leislerian party, put down, 104; influence of, 105
Lewis Morgan, 191; elected governor, 198; defeat of, 199
Literature, early colonial, 117; rise of, 208; the birthplace of American, 240; growth of, 260
Livingston, Edward, appointed mayor and U. S. district attorney, 196
Livingston, Robert R., feelings toward Hamilton, 188
Livingston, Robert, partner with Captain Kidd, 101
Livingston family, descent of, 87, note; armorial bearings of, 115; leaders in, the popular party, 125, 136, 142; prominent members of, 155, note; 156, note; supporters of Hamilton, 187; indorse Burr, 189; distrust of Burr, 191; apportionment of patronage among, 196; opposition to Burr, 197; decline of power, 200; power of, 202
Long Island, English take possession of eastern half of, 26; revolt against Stuyvesant on, 40; Puritans refuse to be taxed, 53; horse-racing on, 53; troubles between Puritans and Colve, 56; Leisler’s operations in, 84; Tory majority in, 158; landing of British troops on, 161; supply of provisions from, 205
Long Island Sound, first ship on, 9; new settlements on, 25; passage forced by British fleet, 164, 165; steamboats on, 216
Lovelace, Gov. Francis, successor to Nicolls, 52; character, 52; troubles with Long Island Puritans, 53; supported by Dutch and English, 53; relations with Indians, 53; establishes mail to Boston and Hartford, 54
Loyalists, devotion of, 151; plundered, 153; their newspaper office wrecked, 154; flight of, 160; in population surrounding the city, 166; deported on evacuation, 172; Hamilton and Jay as defenders of, 182; restored to legal equality with other citizens, 182; see also TORIES
Loyalty, lack of, in early Dutch settlers, 16; of citizens at outbreak of civil war, 247
Ludlow family, prominent members of, 155, and note.
