54 AMIAS ANDROS AND 



James Graham, James White and John West, among their 

 personal suite, while other merchants and factors were passen- 

 gers in the same boat. They were nine Aveeks on board, 

 arriving at New Jersey on the 7th of August. Sir Edmund 

 came primed with fresh instructions as to the necessity of 

 rigidly enforcing the Customs duty, and was also commanded 

 to ensure complete liberty of conscience, thus menacing the 

 superiority of the Puritan oligarchy then in power. Besides 

 this he had to show a firm front to the encroachments of the 

 French, of the Indian aborigines, and even of the other 

 English Colonial officials. Sir George Carteret died in 

 January, 1679, and immediately afterwards Edmund Andros 

 challenged outright the authority of Philip de Carteret, 

 Governor of New Jersey. Philip had been, as we know, Sir 

 George Carteret's delegate in this province, and, as early as 

 1676, we find the Duke of York's Secretary, Sir J. Werden, 

 writing to Andros (1) that it was realized in Court circles that 

 '.- Sir George Carteret, for whome the Duke hath much 

 esteeme " was apt to presume on his prerogative " which you 

 have all along asserted in the Duke's behalfe." Motives of 

 gratitude and affection on the part of the Duke's entourage 

 led them to " soften things all we may not to disturb his 

 choller (for in truth the passion of his inferior officers soe far 

 infects him as puts him on to demands which he hath noe 

 colour of right to), demands which, if granted, though 

 intended but as favours now, may, if confirmed, redound too 

 much to ye prejudice of yo 1 ' Colony." 



But Edmund Andros was not the man either to allow his 

 Master's rights to be encroached upon, or to soften down un- 

 pleasant facts for fear of hurting other people's feelings ; 

 therefore, in spite of his relationship to the de Carterets, and 

 regardless of consequences to himself, he accused Philip de 

 Carteret of acting without legal right within the Duke of 

 York's territory " to the great disturbance of his Majesty's 

 subjects." Finding that Philip refused to yield, on April 

 30th, 1680, he deposed him from his Government and carried 

 him prisoner to New York, and himself assumed the authority 

 of Governor in the New Jersey towns. But the de Carterets 

 had too much interest at Court for this to be tolerated ; Sir 

 Edmund was officially rebuked and Philip de Carteret re- 

 instated, and on the 24th May, 1680, Sir Edmund was ordered 

 home to account for his administration. He sailed for 

 England on January 1 1th, 1681, and in his answer to his 

 accusers, he pointed out the facts that, during his term of 



(1) New York Colonial Documents III., pp. 209-10. 



