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    Jacob Leisler (c. 1640 – May 16, 1691) was a German-born colonist who served as a politician in the Province of New York. He gained wealth in New Amsterdam...
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    The Jacob Leisler Monument is a bronze sculpture created by American artist Solon Borglum and located in the city of New Rochelle, in Westchester County...
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    Leisler's Rebellion was an uprising in late-17th century colonial New York in which German American merchant and militia captain Jacob Leisler seized control...
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  • Leisler may refer to: Jacob Leisler (c. 1640–1691) was a German-born colonist of New York Johann Philipp Achilles Leisler (c. 1771–1813), German physician...
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  • son-in-law of the rebel Jacob Leisler, served briefly as Attorney General of the province, and was executed for his part in Leisler's Rebellion. Milborne...
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  • New York, during Leisler's Rebellion. When news of the Glorious Revolution reached the Province of New York in 1689, Jacob Leisler led a rebellion in...
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    to 983. In the context of the Glorious Revolution in England, Jacob Leisler led Leisler's Rebellion and effectively controlled the city and surrounding...
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    6,100 acres (25 km2) for the establishment of a Huguenot community. Jacob Leisler is an important figure in the early histories of both New Rochelle and...
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  • Thomas Paine Studies Knickerbocker Building Lawton blackberry Jacob Leisler Jacob Leisler Statue Lathers Hill Leland Castle Lispenard–Rodman–Davenport...
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  • 100 acres (25 km2) to Leisler for the establishment of a Huguenot community. In addition to the purchase money, Jacob Leisler and his heirs and assigns...
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  • Press. ISBN 0-585-25250-5. OCLC 45731654. McCormick, Charles H. (1989). Leisler's rebellion. New York: Garland Pub. ISBN 0-8240-6190-X. OCLC 19589768. Fitch...
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  • August 23, 1698. Politically active, he was a supporter of the party of Jacob Leisler, who had led an insurrection in 1689 in support of the succession of...
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  • Thomas Paine Studies Knickerbocker Building Lawton blackberry Jacob Leisler Jacob Leisler Statue Lathers Hill Leland Castle Lispenard–Rodman–Davenport...
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    York, from which he oversaw the trial which convicted Jacob Leisler, the ringleader of Leisler's Rebellion. He then spent eight years in England in the...
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    Athenian Society in London. March 20 – Leisler's Rebellion: A new governor arrives in New York – Jacob Leisler surrenders, after a standoff of several...
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    Governor in Leisler's Rebellion. When Henry Sloughter became governor in March 1691, the rebellion was crushed and its leader, Jacob Leisler was arrested...
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    stint, which he named after his friend Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778–1858). He is commemorated in Leisler's bat, Nyctalus leisleri, first described by Heinrich...
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  • Westminster ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. Leisler's Rebellion, an uprising in which militia captain Jacob Leisler seized control of lower New York from 1689...
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  • 139 Starna, 1988, p. viii Starna, 1988, p. 7 Jacob Leisler Institute, Starna lecture, 2018 Jacob Leisler Institute, other Starna lectures, 2018 The Oneonta...
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    land consisting of six thousand one hundred acres with the help of Jacob Leisler. It was named New Rochelle after La Rochelle, their former strong-hold...
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  • Magazine of History and Biography 65 (April 1957): 131–149. "History – Jacob Leisler Institute". jacobleislerinstitute.org. Retrieved 2023-01-24. Associated...
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  • Dellius became involved in provincial politics in Albany and opposed Jacob Leisler in 1689, who had usurped power in New York. For a time he had to flee...
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    autonomy. In the context of the Glorious Revolution in England, Jacob Leisler led Leisler's Rebellion and effectively controlled the city and surrounding...
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    City. Several of the Pelham Islands became part of New Rochelle after Jacob Leisler’s purchase of 6,000 acres (2,400 hectares) from the Pell family in 1688...
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  • – now Dongan Hills, Staten Island Morrisania – Lewis Morris Jacob Leisler and Leisler's Rebellion Anti-Rent War The word patroonship was used until the...
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