Cadwallader Colden Papers, 1677-1832 (bulk 1711-1775).

Great Britain

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wj3fx1 (corporateBody)

This historic document, considered by many to be the cornerstone of English liberty, was the result of demands made by the English barons at the beginning of the 13th century for rights and guarantees against the exactions of the m̀onarchy' in the person of King John. It consists of a preamble and 63 clauses. Also includes facsimile of Magna Carta from Salisbury Cathedral (acquired 1964). From the description of Magna Carta [manuscript]. 1215. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record i...

Smith, William, 1728-1793

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tn8288 (person)

William Smith (1728-1793) was an American lawyer and historian of New York. An influential leader of the New York Presbyterian Whigs, he served as the last Royal Chief Justice of the Province of New York and Chief Justice of the Province of New York and Chief Justice of Lower Canada. From the guide to the William Smith papers, ca. 1631-1883, 1770-1780, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

New York State Court of Chancery

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60k679w (corporateBody)

Chapter 12 of the Laws of 1788 gave the Court of Chancery the responsibility for overseeing the well being and property of persons deemed idiots or lunatics and infant trustees (persons under the age of 21 whose person and estate are under the care of a trustee of guardian). This responsibility was extended to habitual drunkards by Chapter 109 of the Laws of 1821. The power of the Chancellor to appoint a committee or receiver for an idiot or lunatic is derived from English precedent. His power t...

Clinton, George, approximately 1686-1761

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67w72z0 (person)

Colonial Governor of New York. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Lt. Gov. Thomas, 1744 Sept. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270904165 From the description of Autograph signature to document : Fort George in the City of New York, 1750 Sept. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270904167 George Clinton (ca. 1686-1761) was a British naval officer and politician who served as colonial governor of New York from 1743 to 1753. From the descri...

Collinson, Peter, 1694-1768

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6td9zxh (person)

John Bartram was the first native American botanist and made many journeys through the southern frontier, collecting seeds and bulbs for transplanting. From the guide to the John Bartram correspondence, 1735-1775, 1735-1775, (American Philosophical Society) Peter Collinson was a London merchant and naturalist. From the description of Letters, [ca. 1740]-1770. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122489517 From the description of ...

Colden, John.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c85s80 (person)

Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pc352x (person)

British army officer. From the description of Papers of Jeffery Amherst, Baron Amherst, 1759-1762. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71062467 English field-marshal. From the description of Document signed : Office of Ordnance [London], 1773 Mar. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132562 Army officer and governor general of British North America. From the description of Jeffery Amherst, Baron Amherst, papers, 1759. (Unknown). WorldCat record id...

Colden, Cadwallader, 1722-1797

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65q72fx (person)

Cadwallader Colden II, son of Lieutenant Governor Cadwallader Colden of New York from 1762-1776, lived in the precinct of Hanover, Ulster County, New York. In addition to farming, surveying and mercantile interests, he held a number of positions including: major during the French and Indian War; judge with the Ulster County Court of Common Pleas, 1769-1775; and justice of the peace, 1769-1775. His life changed dramatically with the coming of the American Revolution. In early 1776 he was arrested...

New York (State). General Assembly.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b62w7n (corporateBody)

Tryon, William, 1729-1788

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6348vt8 (person)

Colonial governor of North Carolina, 1764-1771, and New York, 1771-1780. From the description of William Tryon papers, 1772-1784. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58779879 British army officer and colonial lt. governor and governor of North Carolina. From the description of Correspondence of William Tryon, 1773-1774. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82551846 Colonial gov. of New York. From the description of Letter si...

Colden family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g53x6w (family)

Bartram, John, 1699-1777

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rv0qpx (person)

John Bartram was the first native American botanist and made many journeys through the southern frontier, collecting seeds and bulbs for transplanting. From the description of Papers, 1738-1796. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122364926 From the description of Correspondence, 1735-1775. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122464663 From the guide to the John Bartram papers, 1738-1796, 1738-1796, (American Philo...

Great Britain. Board of Trade

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6894xrz (corporateBody)

Founded in 1784. Responsibile for the merchant fleet 1854-1939. Absorbed by the Dept. of Trade and Industry in 1970, but continues as a legal presence. From the description of Certificate of competency as master 1876. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 45671728 In 1851 it became compulsory for the masters and mates of foreign-going British merchant ships to hold the appropriate government licence, issued through the newly-created marine section of the Board ...

Colden, Alice Chrystie.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6380rn4 (person)

Ayscough, John, 1858-1928

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6543w13 (person)

Epithet: Rear-Admiral British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001294.0x000255 English author. Francis Bickstaffe-Drew (John Ayscough) was born in Headingly, Leeds, England in 1858. He was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford and converted to Catholicism in 1878; he was ordained in 1884. Bickstaffe-Drew was appointed private chamberlain to Pope Leo XIII (1891); private chamberlain to Pope Pius X...

Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6np23ff (person)

Scientist, New York colonial official. From the description of Cadwallader Colden Papers, 1677-1832 (bulk 1711-1775). (New York University). WorldCat record id: 476912237 Governor of New York (Colony) and scientist. From the description of Cadwallader Colden family papers, 1686-1830. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453882 Colonial New York philosopher and scientist, and political official. From the description of Letter : New York, [N.Y.], t...

Downshire, Wills Hill, Marquis of, 1718-1793

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wh34wh (person)

Wills Hill (1718-1793), known as the Earl of Hillsborough, and later Marquis of Downshire. From the description of Letter to James Habersham, 1772 Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478005 British politician. Succeeded his father as Viscount Hillsborough in the peerage of Ireland, 1742; created Earl of Hillsborough in the peerage of Ireland, 1751; Baron Harwich in the peerage of Great Britain, 1756; Marquis of Downshire in the peerage of Ireland, 1789. As a member of P...

Colden, David, 1733-1784

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bv9pbq (person)

Garden, Alexander, 1730-1791

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68g8j17 (person)

Charleston and Prince William Parish, S.C. physician and naturalist. From the description of Account with the estate of John Gordon, 1779. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37521715 South Carolina plantation owner, physician, and naturalist, after whom Karl Linnaeus named the "Gardenia." Alexander Garden married Elizabeth Peronneau (d. 1805). Garden remained loyal to the Crown, although his son, Alexander Garden (1757-1829) supported the colonial c...

Chrystie family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69119m4 (family)

Johnson, Samuel, 1696-1772

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f487x8 (person)

First President of King's College (1754-1763), Anglican minister, & philosopher. From the description of Samuel Johnson papers, 1710-1971, bulk 1710-1772. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 506128785 Samuel Johnson was an Anglican minister and the first presdent of King's College (Columbia University). From the description of [Letter] 1769 Oct. 25, Stratford, [Ct. to] My dear son / S. Johnson. (Smith College). WorldCat record i...

Rutherfurd, John, d. 1758.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6894nhh (person)

Colden, Alexander, -1738

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62n5pzq (person)

Alexander Colden, the son of Cadwallader Colden, was deputy surveyor general. From the description of Survey map of the south side of Stony Creek, Schoharie County, New York granted to Michael Byrne and others. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122520175 ...

Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fn15xz (person)

Thomas Gage, British military officer and last royal governor of Mass., was commander-in-chief in North America, 1763-1773. From the description of Letters : New York, to Sir Wm. Johnson, 1766-1771. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37737851 From the description of Letter : New York, to Honorable Lt. Governor Penn, 1766 July 2. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37737693 From the description of Letter : Montreal, to Monsr. L'anglade, 1763 July 17. (Newber...

Horsmanden, Daniel, 1694-1778

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j96xvj (person)

Daniel Horsmanden was chief justice of New York; he was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1744. From the guide to the Daniel Horsmanden selected papers, 1714-1747, relating to the Six Nations, 1714-1747, (American Philosophical Society) Daniel Horsmanden was chief justice of New York, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1744. From the description of Selected papers, 1714-1747, relating to the Six Nations. (American Philosophica...

Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tm7sq2 (person)

English colonist and statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bushey Park, to an unidentified correspondent, 1763 Oct. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270498832 ...

Colden, James.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6517dmd (person)

Five Nations

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hn07hn (corporateBody)

Delancey family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t530x7 (family)

Alexander, James, 1691-1756

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68913wp (person)

James Alexander was a lawyer in New Jersey and New York during the eighteenth century. Born in Scotland in 1691, Alexander fought in the Rebellion of 1715, which resulted in the exile of the Stuarts from England. That year, he moved to the United States and became the surveyor general of the Province of New Jersey. He served on both the Council of New York, from 1721 to 1732, and the Council of New Jersey, from 1723 to 1735. From 1723 to 1727, he also served as New Jersey's attorney general. Ale...

Dartmouth, William Legge, Earl of, 1731-1801

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69s298m (person)

This volume contains a list of offices and office holders in the North American and West Indian colonies created by the British Secretary of State of the colonies in 1775. The item was created by or for William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, who was Secretary of State from 1772 through November of 1775, when he resigned and was replaced by Lord Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville. The official title for this cabinet level office was "Colonial Secretary," a position created in 1768 to help manage the ...

Johnson, William, 1715-1774

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kw5fqr (person)

British official in America. From the description of Receipt signed to an autograph letter signed (signature obliterated) dated Schonectady [sic] 24 December, 1764 : [n.p.], 1764 Dec. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270496465 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Johnson Hall, to an unidentified correspondent, 1769 Apr. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270487684 Sir William Johnson was a wealthy land owner and trader, controlling most of the lands in...