The "fervent Zeale" of Jacob Leisler
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3133320 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David William Voorhees (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 447 |
| Publication date | 1994-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The William and Mary Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-5597 • E-ISSN: 1933-7698 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2947438 |
| OpenAlex | W2034448633 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
O N Saturday morning, May i6, i69i, the largest crowd ever gathered in New York City stood, rain soaked and weeping, all eyes fixed as a limp body was cut from the gallows and placed on the block. With a clean blow, the executioner's ax cut off the head of the halfe dead Jacob Leisler-loyal lieutenant governor or rebel tyrant, depending on one's point of view. Amid the shrieks of the people, fainting women (some taken in labour), and tumultuous jostling 'pieces of his garments and strands of his hair, as for a martyr, the newly arrived and unfortunately named royal governor, Henry Sloughter, worried that his decision to execute Leisler might not, after all, end the diseases and troubles of this Government.1 Indeed, years afterward New Yorkers bitterly divided over Leis-ler and the i689 uprising that, in the wake of England's Glorious Revolution, had led to his assumption of power in the provincial government.2
Political science · Sociology · History · Race, History, and American Society
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,28 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2020 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |