Cadwallader Colden (24 page)

portrait,
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Colden, Alice (daughter),
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marriage to William Willet,
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mentions of Alice's children in Cadwallader Colden's will,
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Colden, Alice (daughter of Cadwallader Jr. and Elizabeth),
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Colden, Alice (Willet) (married to David),
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Colden, Cadwallader

appreciative comments about

Franklin's appreciation for Colden,
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,
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,
131
,
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Marine Society of New York recognizing work of Colden,
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positive words fifty years after Colden's death,
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birth of,
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and business,
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,
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,
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,
100
,
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free trade vs. protective duties,
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report on state of commerce in colonial New York,
41

studying trade with the Indians,
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,
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,
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death of,
9

description of in his 87th year,
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55

desire to be appointed deputy post master general of America,
100

desire to establish first learned society in America,
68

early years,
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education,
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16

family relationships,
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,
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,
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advancing careers of children,
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children,
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death of wife,
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marriage,
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moving wife and daughter to safety during French and Indian War,
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finances of,
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concerns about finances and family,
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,
100
,
131
,
145
,
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efforts to get salary and perquisites during period as lieutenant governor,
135
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,
146
,
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50
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land grants and purchases,
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,
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,
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,
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not receiving salary as surveyor general,
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,
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,
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order for Colden's compensation for losses during disturbances,
146

and the French and Indian War,
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,
129

erecting blockhouses to defend area,
108

nearness of battles to Coldengham,
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108

summarizing status for Clinton in 1751,
103

and the Indians,
30

attending conference with Five Nations,
36

Colden's adoption by the Mohawks,
41

Colden's efforts to get funding for presents for,
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91

Colden's efforts to raise a militia to protect against hostile Indians,
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meeting with Indians in Albany in 1746,
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trade with,
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while lieutenant governor of New York,
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writings about,
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known as “the most learned man in the Colonies,”
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and medicine,
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Colden helping pass regulation of medical practices,
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concerns about seasonal fevers,
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maintaining interest in after ceasing practice,
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publications on medicine,
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negative views about

antagonism of James Delancey,
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antagonism of William Smith, Jr.,
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dismissal from Council by Clinton,
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hanged in effigy,
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Hillsborough chastising Colden,
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impact of Colden's activities as lieutenant governor,
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for meeting with Indians in Albany,
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seen as a provocateur and without tact,
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for siding with Clinton,
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for work on Council,
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philosophy and metaphysical interests of Colden,
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72

and politics.
See also
political service of Cadwallader Colden in New York

Colden's personality as a politician,
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Delancey as a political enemy,
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as a staunch unionist in Scotland,
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portraits,
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,
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,
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proposing a canal across Iroquois lands,
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,
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publications by

on botany,
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on farming,
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46

first scientific paper,
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on Indians,
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maps,
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on medicine,
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on Newtonian science,
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on philosophy and metaphysics,
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on politics,
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on trade and duties,
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scientific interests

astronomy,
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,
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attempts to establish medical lectures,
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botany,
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concept of currents that led to finding Gulf Stream,
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desire to establish first learned society in America,
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medicine,
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Newtonian science,
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training,
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water spouts,
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as a supporter of Britain and the Crown,
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and surveying

efforts to develop a more exact quadrant,
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,
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surveyor general for New York,
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will of,
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Colden, Cadwallader David (son of David and Ann),
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portrait,
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Colden, Cadwallader, III (son of Cadwallader, Jr., and Elizabeth),
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Colden, Cadwallader, Jr. (son),
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,
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appointed commissary of musters,
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,
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in Cadwallader Colden's will,
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as an executor of Cadwallader Colden's will,
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inheriting Coldengham farm,
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,
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Colden, Catherine (daughter),
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,
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Colden, David (son),
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,
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in Cadwallader Colden's will,
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as an executor of Cadwallader Colden's will,
158

inheriting Spring Hill,
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,
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interest in electricity,
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,
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remaining loyal to the crown,
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Colden, David (son, died in infancy),
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,
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Colden, David (son of Cadwallader, Jr., and Elizabeth),
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Colden, Elizabeth (daughter),
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,
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in Cadwallader Colden's will,
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as an executor of Cadwallader Colden's will,
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marriage to Peter Delancey,
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,
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Colden, Elizabeth (Ellison) (married to Cadwallader, Jr.),
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Colden, Elizabeth (Nicholls) (wife of Alexander),
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Colden, Jane [aka Jenny] (daughter),
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botanical knowledge,
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,
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and the naming of the gardenia,
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taught by father,
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death of,
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,
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historical marker for,
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,
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marriage to William Farquhar,
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,
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Colden, Jane (daughter of Cadwallader, Jr., and Elizabeth),
165

Colden, Janet (Hughes) (mother),
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Colden, John (son),
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,
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as clerk of peace & of the common pleas,
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death of,
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Colden, Richard Nicholls (grandson)

mentions in Cadwallader Colden's will,
157

Colden, Richard Nicholls (grandson) (son of Alexander),
152
,
162

Colden, Sarah (daughter),
46

Colden, Thomas (son of Cadwallader, Jr., and Elizabeth),
165

Coldengham farm,
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,
169
,
174

Cadwallader Colden, Jr.

as heir to,
157
,
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managing estate,
164

Cadwallader Colden at

Colden's residence 1729–1738,
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61

Colden's residence 1739–1748,
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93

Colden's residence 1749–1758,
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125

moving to,
45
–
47

fate of after death of Cadwallader Colden,
159
,
162

reconstruction of receiving National Historical Landmark status,
162

maps of,
160
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61

nearness of French and Indian War battles to,
107

woodcut,
51

Coldengham Preservation & Historical Society,
162

Collections of the New-York Historical Society
,
120

Collegiate School (later Yale College and University),
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Collinson, Peter,
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,
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and Colden's concerns about finance and family,
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,
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and Colden's
History of the Five Indian Nations
,
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,
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and Colden's work on Newtonian science,
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,
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,
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interest in botany,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Columbia University.
See
King's College (later Columbia University)