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The Journal of Cadwallader Colden, Esq. 1776-1779

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Description: This journal kept by Cadwallader Colden II during the American Revolution. It includes the following periods: early 1776 to his arrest and confinement in Kingston jail; August 1776, paroled at his home; December 1776, appearance before the Continental Congress; March 1777, ordered to take the oath of allegiance to the State of New York, charged with committing overt acts of loyalism, sent to fleet prison; September 1777, paroled to Hurley, New York; July 1778, exiled to New York City. While he was living in New York City, he pleaded with state leaders, including Governor George Clinton, for his release, which did not come until 1784.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1776-1779
Call number: mssHM 607
Creator: Colden, Cadwallader (1722-1797)

Map of manorial grants along the Hudson River, approximately 1726 [cartographic material]

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Manuscript rough copy by Samuel Holland, approximately 1757, made from an original by Cadwallader Colden (1688-1776) following his initial survey in 1726. Documents the extensive New York land grants made by the Crown from 1684 and 1716. Is also an early depiction of the topographical layout of the area. The most southerly point depicted is at the 39th parallel and the most northerly the 43rd. The map encompasses territory from lower New Jersey to old Fort Burnett on the Hudson, north of Sarasota Lake. Two sheets stitched together.

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Map of Ulster and Orange counties, New York showing settlements between the Blue Mountains and the Hudson River [cartographic material]

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Manuscript map showing the settlement of lands granted to Capt. John Evans in 1691. By 1726, Cadwallader Colden was engaged in surveying "Evan's Grant" in regard for quit rents. It notes the extent of settlement, and locates the remarkable houses, villages, churches and county towns. Depicts the area around modern day Kingston, Newburgh and Goshen.

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John Mitchell letter to Cadwallader Colden, London

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The letter describes Mitchell's involvement in publishing the London edition of Colden's History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada; his effort to further Colden's interest with Mitchell's patrons Archibald Campbell, the third Duke of Argyll and the president of the Board of Trade George Montagu Dunk, the second earl of Halifax; the outbreak of yellow fever in New York; Mitchell's plans for "the Natural & medical History of N. America;" his interest in American native plants, including plant pigments that "the Indians dye their Red & black colours with," and in "the New surveys the french have lately made of their Colonies."

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Obadiah Wetherell journal

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Journal kept by Obadiah Wetherell from December 1777 to March 1784. In it, he describes his experience in the American Army during the American Revolution, the conditions in Vallley Forge in the winter of 1777-1778, a dinner with George Washington, and a "great snowball fight" among the officers. He also comments on the United States' new alliance with France. There are several sketches in the volume including one of the fortifications at West Point, New York, in early 1779.

mssHM 52191

Jeremiah McIntosh His Book of Accounts. 1776-1777

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The diary covers the period from Sept. 17 through Nov. 20, 1776 and describes the march from Dorchester to New York, the last stages of the New York Campaign, including the battle of White Plains (Oct. 28); camp life, (including punishment meted out to soldiers of his regiment, prayer meetings, sermons, etc.) The rest of the manuscript consists of miscellaneous accounts of payments received for "mending."

mssHM 69943

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The great seal of the state of New York :

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Circular wax seal of the first seal of New York State, devised by a committee appointed in April 1777. On the front is a rising sun with the motto: "Excelsior" and "The Great Seal of the State of New York." On the reverse is a rock in the ocean, with "Frustra."

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The Journal of Cadwallader Colden, Esq. 1776-1779

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Map of manorial grants along the Hudson River, approximately 1726 [cartographic material]

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