Edmund Andros
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Sir Edmund Andros was an English army officer and colonial administrator. He was the governor of the Dominion of New England during most of its three-year existence. At other times, Andros served as g
Portrait by Mary Beale
Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, sister of Charles I of England and aunt of Charles II
A caricature of Metacomet drawn by Paul Revere
Sir George Carteret, proprietor of East Jersey
Thomas Dongan, 2nd Earl of Limerick was an Irish military officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of New York from 1683 to 1688. He called the first representative legislature in
Edmund Andros
…which the Seneca belonged, and to break the Covenant Chain, a peace Andros had negotiated in 1677 while he was governor of New York. New York Governor Thomas Dongan appealed for help, and King James ordered Andros to render assistance. James also entered into negotiations with Louis XIV of France, easing tensions…
Portrait of Dongan from Castleton Manor, Staten Island
Statue of Thomas Dongan in Dongan Park adjacent to Dongan Place, Poughkeepsie, NY, dedicated June 1930 by NY Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Line drawing of Thomas Dongan, 2nd Earl of Limerick