Loyalty vindicated from the reflections of a virulent pamphlet called <A letter from a gentleman of New-York, concerning the troubles which happened in that province, in the time of the late happy revolution> wherein the libellous author falslely [!] scandalises those loyal gentlemen, who couragiously threw off the absolute slavery that province then lay under: and declar'd for His present Majesty, the Protestant religion, and the English laws.
One of 10 photostat copies reproduced from the original in the New York historical society library, January 1920.
The last leaf is a reproduction of a ms. receipt reading as follows: 183. Boston. March. 20th. 1698/9. Receiv'd of Mr. Isaac Addington, the sum of seven pounds and sixpence currt. money of New: England, in full for printing of a manuscript in answer to a letter from a gent. of Newyorke to another, concerning the trouble that hapned there in the time of the late happy revolution. 7:06. Bartholomew Green. [Mass. arch., LVIII. 183.]
Relates to the administration of Governor Jacob Leisler.
The pamphlet was first reprinted in the Collections of the New York historical society for the year 1868. Publication fund series, v. 1, p. 365-394. That reprint included the following additional title: Loyalty vindicated; being an answer to a late false, seditious and scandalous pamphlet, entituled, "A letter from a gent., etc." Published for the sake of truth and justice, by a hearty lover of King William and the Protestant religion.
"Anno regni Gulielmi III. regis Angliæ, Scotiæ, Franciæ & Hiberniæ, sexto & septimo. At the Parliament begun at Westminster the twentieth day of march, anno Dom. 1689 ... and from thence continued ... to the twelfth day of November, 1694 ... London, Printed by C. BIll and the executrix of T. Newcomb deces'd ... 1695." [An Act for reversing the attainder of Jacob Leisler and others]: p. [25]-28.