^8 AUTHENTIC HISTORY 



"Colonel Francis Lovelace succeeded Colonel Nicliols, in May, 1667. 

 By proclamation he required that all patents granted by the Dutch, for 

 lands upon the Delaware, should be renewed, and that persons holding 

 lands, without patent, should take out titles under the English authority. 

 Power was given to the officers on the Delaware to grant lands, and the 

 commission of surveyor-general, of all the lands under the government 

 of the Duke of York, on the west side of the Delaware, was issued to 

 Walter Wharton. Governor Lovelace also renewed the duty of ten per 

 cent, imposed on goods imported by the Delaware, which had been estab- 

 lished by the Dutch, and repealed by his predecessor; but it was found 

 so oppressive, that he also was compelled to revoke the order by which 

 it was established. 



"A feeble attempt at rebellion against the English government, was 

 made by a Swedish adventurer, called the Long Finne^ whose name was 

 Marcus Jacobson, but who assuming to be son of Koniugsmarke, a dis- 

 tinguished Swedish general, traversed the country, uttering seditious 

 speeches, and exciting the people to insurrection. We are uninformed 

 of the true nature of this man's character and designs. It is probable 

 that he proposed, by the aid of the Indians, to overthrow the English 

 power on the Delaware, and to re-establish that of his own countrymen. 

 He succeeded in seducing many from their allegiance, among whom were 

 men of consideration and property. Henry Coleman, a Finne, who 

 became his chief follower, was well versed in the English and Indian 

 tongues, and 'deserted his home, his cattle, and corn,' to promote the 

 enterprise ; and, from a letter of Governor Lovelace, we are informed that 

 a Domine, or clergyman, was also concerned with the Long Finne. The 

 Governor issued a proclamation, commanding the arrest of Long Finne, 

 Coleman, and their associates ; but, as they kept much with the Indians, 

 their capture was difficult. At length the former was apprehended, tried, 

 and convicted, by a commission sent from New York, and sentenced to 

 death. But the council at New York changed his sentence, and doomed 

 him to be severely whipped, branded with the letter K (the initial of 

 ReheT) upon his breast, imprisoned for one year, and to be transported to 

 Barbadoes, and sold as a slave for four years. His principal associates 

 were required to give security for their future good conduct, and to pay 

 the value of half their goods and chattels to the king; others of less 

 note were fined in small sums, at the discretion of the commissioners. 



"In the Spring of the year 1672, the town of Newcastle Avas, by the 

 government of Neiv York, made a corporation; to be governed by a 

 Bailiff" and six Associates ; after the first year four old to go out and four 

 others to be chosen. The Bailiff' was President, and had a double vote; 

 the Constable was chosen by the bench.^ The}^ had power to try causes, 

 1 Smith's History of New Jersey. 



