Coldengham, New York
Store of Cadwallader Colden, Jr.
Governor Moore offers reward!
Controversy still abounded two weeks after activists burned the Royal Governor of Massachusetts in effigy near the Merchant's Coffee House in New York City.
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| Merchant's Coffee House on right. Courtesy of New-York Historical Society |
Page three of the New-York Weekly Mercury displayed a Proclamation from Henry Moore, Royal Governor of New-York. He offered a fifty pound reward for the identification of the 'rioters' who burned effigies of the the governor of Massachusetts Governor and the Sheriff of Boston. The rioters' crime was not plainly stated but they created 'noise and tumult' and 'disturbed the public tranquility.' They had gathered on the northeast end of Queen Street (current Pearl Street) and proceeded 'hastily' as far as the Merchant's Coffee House (at Queen St. and Wall St., now Pearl and Wall).
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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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At the Colden Store on this date, the residents were likely buying up cloth to make winter garments. One year prior, on November 28, 1767, Colden had sold five yards of 'Cloth', a yard of Cambric, two yards of Linen, a yard of Buckram, five yards of Shalloon, and four sticks of Mohair, over six dozen Buttons, and about ten skeins of Thread. [Search for "1767-11-28" at http://www.orangecountyhistoricalsociety.org/Colden_DayBook_Items_Large.html]
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