Editing Francis Lovelace (section)

===Governor of New York===
The Duke of York appointed Lovelace the second governor of the [[New York Colony]] in 1668 after the departure of [[Richard Nicolls]].<ref name="nycourts"/> While in office he purchased [[Staten Island]] from the local [[Native American peoples|Native Americans]], among whom he sent [[Church of England]] missionaries, granted 'freedom of conscience' to the English, Dutch and Swedish populations of the colony, organised [[infantry]] and [[militia]] companies and expanded [[New York City]]'s defences.<ref name="yale"/><ref name="coins">{{cite web|title=The New Yorke in America Token: Introduction|url=https://coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/NewYorke.intro.html|website=coins.nd.edu|accessdate=29 September 2017}}</ref> During his time in NY, he ran and operated the King's House tavern (also known as Lovelace Tavern) in lower Manhattan. The tavern was built in 1670 in the [[Stadt Huys Site|Stadt Huys Block]] and rediscovered by archeologists in 1979–1980.<ref name="tavernunearthinggotham">{{cite book|last1= Cantwell |first1=Anne-Marie|title=Unearthing Gotham: The Archaeology of New York City|date=2001|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0300097993 |page=156|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-b3IU_iWZ6kC&q=%22King%27s+House+Tavern%22+lovelace&pg=PA156|language=en}}</ref><ref name="tavernnytimes">{{cite web|title= Home on the Corner of Boom and Bust |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/arts/02expl.html|website=nytimes.com|accessdate=21 January 2018}}</ref>

Despite his defensive preparations, his administration was terminated by the temporary [[Reconquest of New Netherland|recapture]] of the colony by the Dutch in 1673 when, for a brief period the Dutch Admiral [[Cornelis Evertsen the youngest]] seized New York City, to little opposition, and re-established [[New Amsterdam|Nieuw Amsterdam]].<ref name="Trager2010">{{cite book|last1=Trager|first1=James|title=The New York Chronology: The Ultimate Compendium of Events, People, and Anecdotes from the Dutch to the Present|date=2010|publisher=Zondervan|isbn=9780062018601|page=12|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xvGhQoNT27IC&pg=PA12|language=en}}</ref> At the time of the invasion, Lovelace was out of the colony, meeting with the Governor of Connecticut, [[John Winthrop Jr.]] in [[Hartford, Connecticut]], in the course of planning the first postal system from New York to [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. From 1673 to 1674, Dutch [[Netherlands Marine Corps|marine]] Captain [[Anthony Colve]] acted as military governor-general until England recovered the colony under the terms of the [[Treaty of Westminster (1674)|Treaty of Westminster]] in 1674.<ref name="newenglandhistoricalsociety">{{cite news|title=Francis Lovelace Founds the Boston Post Road in 1673 - New England Historical Society|url=http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/francis-lovelace-founds-boston-post-road-1673/|work=New England Historical Society|date=6 February 2015}}</ref>