COLDEN, CADWALLADER
\kˈə͡ʊldən], \kˈəʊldən], \k_ˈəʊ_l_d_ə_n]\
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(1688-1776) of New York, was the first surveyor general of New York, was an ardent royalist, was president of the council in 1760 and Lieutenant-Governor in 1761, took an active part in founding the American Philosophical Society, and was a correspondent of the prominent scientific men of his time, including Linnaeus and Franklin.
By John Franklin Jameson
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