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Dongan, Thomas, 1634-1715
Colonial governor; born in Castletown, county Kildare, Ireland, in 1634; a younger son of an Irish baronet; was a colonel in the royal army, and served under the French King.
In 1678 he was appointed lieutenant-governor of Tangier, Africa, whence he was recalled in 1680.
The relations between England and France were then delicate, and Dongan being a Roman Catholic, like the proprietor of New York, he was chosen by Duke James governor of that province (1683), as it was thought his experience in France might make it easier to keep up friendly relations with the French on the borders.
Dongan caused a company of merchants in New York to be formed for the management of the fisheries at Pemaquid, a part of the duke's domain, and he took measures to protect the territory from encroachments.
Dongan managed the relations between the English, French, and Indians with dexterity.
He was not deceived by the false professions of the French rulers or the wiles of