To His Excellency Richard Earl of Bellomont, capt. general and governor in chief of His Majesties province of New-York, &c. The humble petition and... (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

"WE the Representatives of this His Majesties Province convened in General Assembly, do with all due Respect and Humility, approach your Lordship, to assure you, That the same Inviolable Loyalty which has hitherto affected and inflamed our hearts towards the Crown and Government of England, will ever preserve us in a most Religious and steady Perseverence therein, being throughly sensible how great a Blessing it is to be subject to the best and greatest of Kings, and under so Noble a Constitution of Laws, as makes ENGLAND this day the Envy of all its Neighbour Nations. Yet we cannot but with great grief of heart represent to your Lordship, that we have not of late Years enjoy'd the Felicity of those excellent Laws, which in their own Nature and Designment are to extend to all the Subjects of the Crown, how Remote soever, at least virtually, and wherein the Lives, Liberties and Properties of the Subjects are concerned." This is an edition of a classical book first published in the eighteenth century.