Note 115 — III. SIR EDMUND ANDROS.

Conn. Col. Rec. (1665–78), pp. 260, 334, 335, 339–43, 578–86. N. Y. Col. Doc., iii. 254.

Governor Dongan’s jealousy of Andros makes his statement of Andros’s intentions ten years before questionable authority, especially when it is remembered that at the time he made the statement he was busily engaged in trying to persuade the people of Connecticut to ask to be annexed to New York, rather than to Massachusetts under Andros. Under these circumstances, one cannot help suspecting his testimony as to memoranda left behind by Andros, who was one of the most cautious and methodical of men. N. Y. Col. Doc., iii. 415. If Andros intended to surprise the post, he certainly was very ill-judged to send notice of his claim beforehand. For the best account of these proceedings, see Brodhead, Hist. of N. Y., ii. 284–286.