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Cadwallader Colden. near Flushing in Queens County on Long Island in New York. Cadwallader Colden (7 February 1688 – 28 September 1776) was an Irish-born physician, scientist and colonial administrator who served as the governor of New York from 1760 to 1762 and again from 1763 to 1765.
Cadwallader David Colden (April 4, 1769 – February 7, 1834) was an American politician who served as the 54th Mayor of New York City and a U.S. Representative from ...
The History of the Five Indian Nations. The History of the Five Indian Nations is a book by the natural scientist Cadwallader Colden, who served as the governor of the Province of New York. It was first published in New York in 1727 and a second edition was published in London in 1747. [1]
1631. Purchased the island of Manhattan from Native Americans on May 24, 1626 for 60 Dutch guilders worth of goods. [9] 4. Sebastiaen Jansen Krol. (1595–1674) 1632. 1633. Commander at Fort Orange (New Netherland) before and after his term as Director General.
The committee wrote to Governor Cadwallader Colden in May, 1775 "that though they are arming with the greatest diligence and industry; it is not with design to oppose, but to strengthen government in the due exercise of constitutional authority". [14] In May, all inhabitants were asked to sign an Association. Anyone who refused to sign were to ...
Fort Amsterdam. After 165 years of service, the aging fort was leveled and replaced with the Government House. Fort Amsterdam was a fortification on the southern tip of Manhattan Island at the confluence of the Hudson and East rivers. The fort and the island were the center of trade and the administrative headquarters for the Dutch and then ...
The State of Maryland began as the Province of Maryland, an English settlement in North America founded in 1632 as a proprietary colony. George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore (1580–1632), wished to create a haven for his fellow English Catholics in the New World. After founding a colony in the Newfoundland called "Avalon", he convinced the King ...
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