Coldengham, New York
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More on Protests in New York City and Six Nations Treaty
On Monday, November 14, 1768, effigies of the royal Governor of Massachusetts (Bernard) and Boston Sheriff (Greenleaf) were burned in the streets of Manhattan to protest the enforcement of the recent punitive tariffs in Boston. See prior blog.
The burning of effigies had been a British pastime for ages, but it may have come more naturally at this particular time of year because of an annual tradition since 1605, sometimes known as Guy Fawkes Day. That day fell on November 5th. Protestants celebrated the day by burning an effigy of the Pope. Perhaps a few activists had left-over effigy-making materials and turned their energies towards current events?
The narrative that appeared in today's Mercury and Post Boy newspapers was the royal version. It did not mention the names of those burned in effigy or the nature of the protest, but spent most of its text describing military efforts to inhibit the protests and the general disapproval by the majority of New Yorkers.
The author of this version, town clerk, Augustus Van Cortlandt, wrote a forward in which he stated that Holt's version in the New-York Journal 'deceived' his readers by stating that the protest was 'generally approved' by the populace.
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This article is one in a series of a daily accountings of Colden Store transactions. Index to Colden Store Blogs. 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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The newspapers of this date also contained more information about the boundary line agreed with the Six Nations in the Fort Stanwix Treaty of November 5th. It passed far to the west of the Delaware River, but the location where Joel Campbell (eponym of this blog) would settle in 1805 near current Ridgebury, Pennsylvania, was still in Indian Hunting Grounds.
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| Treaty of Fort Stanwix Boundary Line, Wikipedia Commons. Locations where Joel Campbell resided shown in red by author. |
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