Cadwallader Colden (23 page)

Abercromby, James,
129

Aberdeen Magazine
,
118
–
19

Abstract from Dr. Berkeley's Treatise on Tar-Water with Some Reflections Thereon, Adapted to Disease Frequent in America
(Colden),
70

Acadia,
102

“Account of the Diseases and Climate of New York, An” (Colden),
30

Adams, John,
74

Agriculture Improved
(Ellis),
117

Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty of in 1748,
103

Albany, New York,
96
,
98
,
163

charter as a municipality,
38

and the French and Indian War,
79
,
87
,
104
,
107

meeting on Plan of Union of the Colonies,
105

meetings with Indians in,
36
,
42

Colden speaking for governor,
87
–
88
,
89
,
90

treaty with Five Nations,
53
,
89

mutiny of troops,
91

Alcide
(warship),
134

Alexander, James

and Colden,
59
,
69
,
157
,
169

acting as agent for Colden,
49
,
80

correspondence with Colden,
44
,
78

and Cosby,
54
,
58
–
59

on Council,
30
,
41
,
86
,
93
,
102
,
128

death of,
102

Alston, Charles,
71
,
116

American Philosophical Society,
65
,
68
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69
,
70
,
71
,
75
,
89
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90
,
118

American Philosophy: The Early Schools
(Riley),
171

American Society for Promoting and Propagating Useful Knowledge,
69
,
118

“America's First Female Scientist.”
See
Colden, Jane (daughter)

Amherst, Jeffrey,
129
,
131
,
132
,
141

“Animal Secretions” (Colden),
18

Anne (queen),
35

Antill, Lewis (married to Alice Colden),
165

Ariskine, Dr. (professor),
15

Artis Medice Principles
,
18

Asia
(ship),
156

assault and battery case,
138
,
141

Assembly of New York,
20
,
35
,
42
,
57
,
88
,
137
,
139
,
163
,
164
,
167

and Colden,
131
–
32
,
136
,
145
,
146
,
148
,
149

constitutional controversy,
138

and Delancey,
87
,
95
,
96
,
99
,
101
,
129
,
130

dissolving of Assembly

in 1683,
28

in 1760,
133

mandated elections every seven years,
145

newspaper article censuring Assembly,
102

opposition to governors,
43
–
44
,
59
,
87
,
89
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90
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92
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93
,
95
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96
,
100
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101
,
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–
29

and the Quartering Act,
145
,
152

resolution against importation of goods from Great Britain,
147
,
148

signing Continental Congress version in 1774,
155

and the Stamp Act,
140

and the Sugar Act,
139

and the Tea Act,
155

See also
Council of New York

astronomy, Colden's interest in,
18
,
19
–
20
,
32
,
76
,
111
,
113

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
(Franklin),
10
,
174

 

Bacqueville de la Potherie, Mr. de,
39

Baldinger, Godfrey,
124

Baltimore, Lord,
25
,
27

Banister Herbarium Vorgineanum
,
18

Banks, Joseph,
124

Barbary War,
164

Barclay, Thomas H. (married to Suzanna Delancey),
164

Bard, Samuel,
122
–
23
,
151
,
169

Barlowe, Arthur,
23

Bartram, John,
44
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
169

Bartram, William,
122

Bayard, Stephen,
89

Beauséjour, Fort,
134

Berkeley, George,
80
,
82
–
83

Berkeley, John,
26

Betts, Dr.,
111

Bevis, John,
113

Biographia Botanicorum
,
115

Board of Council for Colony of New York.
See
Council of New York

Board of Trade,
152

Borheowe, Ruyschs Observation,
18

Boston, medical practice in,
31
–
33

Boston Tea Party,
152

botany

Colden's interest in,
15
,
44
,
63
,
64
–
66
,
93
,
115
–
16

decreased interest in later years,
95
–
96

genus
Coldenia
named after Colden by Linnaeus,
66
,
171

teaching daughter Jane,
52
,
120
–
21

Collinson's interest in,
44
,
63
,
64
,
72
,
121
,
122
,
123

Garden's interest in,
116
–
19

Jane Colden's interest in,
52
,
116
–
17
,
119
–
25

and the naming of the gardenia,
118
–
19

Mitchell's interest in,
72
,
73
,
75

See also
Gronovius, Johannes Fredericus; Linnaeus, Carolus

Bouquet, Henry,
139

Braddock, Edward,
105
–
106

Bradford, William,
36
,
38
,
53
,
58

Brindley, J.,
81

Britain,
9
,
16
,
23
,
57

Colden's loyalty to Britain and the Crown,
9
,
13
,
95
,
133
,
138
,
139
–
41
,
148
,
172
,
173
–
74

seen as being against the populace,
140
,
142
–
43

Colden visiting,
16

explorations and colonization in North America,
23
–
28

fear of French,
73
–
74
.
See also
French and Indian War

giving cause for the American Revolution,
139
–
40
,
141
,
142
,
144
,
147
,
152

and the Indians,
36
,
41
,
87
,
88
,
91
,
138

kings and queens of.
See
Anne (queen); Elizabeth I (queen); George I (king); George II (king); George III (king); James I (king); James II (king) [aka Duke of York]; William and Mary (king and queen); William III (king) [aka Prince of Orange]

New York Colony banning importation of British goods,
147
,
148
,
155

British Museum,
74
,
117
,
123
–
24

Britten, James,
125

Bruyn, Jacobus,
51

Bull, Fort,
107

Bull, William,
131

Bunker Hill, Battle of,
156

Burnet, William

as governor of Massachusetts,
44

as governor of New York,
29
,
30
,
45
,
91
,
128
–
29
,
135

and Colden,
30
,
34
,
41
,
159

and the Iroquois Indians,
36
,
39

Bushy Run, Battle of,
139

business, Colden's interest in,
16
,
52
,
64
,
100
,
173

free trade vs. protective duties,
42
–
44

report on state of commerce in colonial New York,
41

studying trade with the Indians,
36
,
37
,
41
–
42
,
91

Bute, Earl of,
75

 

calculus.
See
fluxions

Calvert, George,
25
,
27

Campbell, Laughlin,
60
,
61
,
86
,
127
,
128

canals

at Coldengham farm,
50
–
51

Erie Canal,
50
–
51
,
167
,
174

cancer, pokeweed as a cure for,
109

Carillon, Fort,
108

Carolina,
24
,
25
–
26

Carteret, George,
26

cartography

Colden's interest in,
36
–
38
,
170

Mitchell's map,
74

See also
maps

“Catalogue of Plants, Fruits and Trees Native to Virginia” (Clayton),
72

Catherwood, John,
96
–
97

Cayuga (Indians),
38

Cedar Grove Cemetery,
158

Chancery, Court of (New York),
57
,
149

Colden as Master of the Board of Chancery,
21
,
28

Charles I (king),
25

Charles II (king),
25
,
26
,
27

Chrystie, Alice (wife),
16
,
28
,
46
,
52
,
120
,
169

death of,
137

portrait,
17

Clark, Mr.,
44
–
45

Clarke, George,
54
,
127

as lieutenant governor,
42
,
59
,
60
,
61
,
86
–
87

Clayton, John,
44
,
72

Clinton, George,
87
–
88
,
90
–
91
,
99
,
101
,
164

and Colden,
64
,
92
,
93
,
95
,
96
,
98
,
103

Colden asking for appointments for children,
162
,
164

justifying Colden speaking to Indians in Albany,
87
–
89

political problems with Delancey and others,
90
,
92
–
93
,
95
,
96
–
97
,
99

giving Delancey commission as lieutenant governor,
101

and prelude to French and Indian War,
103

Colden, Alexander (father),
13

Colden, Alexander (son),
28
,
29
,
44
–
45
,
52
,
128
,
162
–
63

on French and Indian War,
107
–
108

mentions in Cadwallader Colden's will,
157

as ranger for Ulster County,
98
,
162

as surveyor general,
49
,
98
–
99

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

Colden, Alice (Chrystie) (wife),
16
,
28
,
46
,
52
,
120
,
169

death of,
137