Coldengham, New York
Store of Cadwallader Colden, Jr.
A Year-ago at the Store; More troops at Boston; More on the Effigy Incident
On this day in 1767, one year prior to today's date, fifty-six items were sold at the Colden store. Despite the late date, flaxseed was still being brought to the store and purchased by Colden for five shillings per bushel. Perhaps today was like that November-day one year-ago when Colden purchased the flaxseed as well as butter, beeswax and venison?
The New York City newspaper of today contained news from Boston of the 13th of November. More British troops had arrived in Commodore Hood's Men of War. The 64th and 65th regiments had arrived a few days earlier from Cork, Ireland. The reporter wrote that 'The parade of the Guards on weekdays [was] grander than in time of war...'
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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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Page three of the New-York Journal continued the press coverage of the effigy incident of the 14th. The paper's printer, John Holt, defended his publication's account of the effigy burning after being accused of deceiving the public as to the level of public sympathy for the perpetrators. His defense was that '...nobody supposes that printers are to be vouchers for the truth of intelligence they publish...' The issue was not dead. In the coming Monday's edition of the Weekly Mercury, the Governor will offer a reward for identification of the effigy burners.
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