Coldengham, New York
Store of Cadwallader Colden, Jr.
George Clinton
The most famous person mentioned in the DayBook was George Clinton. He did not appear to have an account, and was never recorded in the DayBook as being in the store, but he lived close by in Little Britain, and is mentioned in the DayBook on this date, 250 years-ago.
I described the election for Ulster County Assemblyman in a prior blog. It pitted the 28 year-old Clinton against Cadwallader Colden, store owner. Clinton won.
Clinton would go on serve as the State's first Governor in 1777, Commander in Chief of the State's Militia during the seven years of the Revolutionary War, and Vice President of the United States under Jefferson and Madison.
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This article is one in a series of a daily accountings of Colden Store transactions. Be sure you read the first installment for an introduction to the store. You should also read this article which appeared in the Journal of the Orange County Historical Society.
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Despite losing the Assemblyman election to Clinton, Colden still interacted with Clinton in several business and political situations.
On this date, George Gillespie made a payment to George Clinton via Colden. The transaction was for £5 cash on Gillespie's account "out of which I [Colden] am to Pay a Note of his in hands of George Clinton."
Nine years from this date, Colden and Clinton would interact under most unfortunate circumstances. On May 1, 1777, Cadwallader Colden was arrested at his house in Coldengham for aiding and abetting the enemy. He was taken down the Hudson River to Fort Montgomery where he appeared before a military court presided over by George Clinton. There he was found guilty and sentenced to death along with his "nigh neighbors" Alexander Campbell, James Quigly, and Arthur McKinny, all of whom are mentioned in the 1768 DayBook.
The rest of the story is detailed in my book, Yeoman of the Revolution.
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