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 GOLDEN

COLE

Burveyor-general of the colony of New York, and master in chancery, 1719-61, a member of the pro- visional council by appointment of Governor Burnet in 1720, president of the council and lieutenant-governor by appointment of Lord Halifax, 1761-76; and acting governor, Aug. 4, 1760-Oct. 26, 1761; June 28, 1763-Nov. 13, 1765; Sept. 12, 1769-Oct. 19, 1770; and April 7, 1774- June 28, 1775. He protected the .stamped paper sent to the colonies for distribution, until after the mob threatened the destruction of his prop- erty and his life, when he turned the offensive article over to the custody of the common council of the city. He was a correspondent of the most distinguished scientists of the world and was an advanced student of botany, introducing the Linnaean system in America and presenting to Linnaeus a de.scriptiou of nearly 400 American plants. He was also a correspondent of Benjamin Franklin, and in a letter to Franklin, written in October, 1743, he explained the art of .stereotyp- ing, invented by him and afterward adopted by Herban in Paris. He proposed many useful sani- tary improvements in the city and was a founder of the American philosophical society. He published History of the Five Nations depending on New York ("1727; enlarged, 1747; reprinted, 1866) ; Cause of Gravitation (1745) ; Principles of Action in Hatter (enl. ed. of above, 1752). His valuable papers and MS. went to the New York historica 1 society. He died at his home, "Spring Hill," Flushing, L.I., N.Y., Sept. 28, 1776.

COLDEN, Cadwallader David, representative, was boi"n at" Spring Hill," Flushing, L.I., N.Y., April 4, 1769; son of David and Ann (Willet) Golden ; and grandson of Governor Cadwallader and Alice (Christy) Golden. He received his early education in Jamaica, N.Y., and in 1784 accompanied his father to England, where he attended a classical school near London. He returned in 1785, studied law, and practised in New York city, 1791-93, and in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1793-96. He then returned to New York city and in 1798 was appointed district attornej'. In 1803 he visited France for the benefit of his health. He was again appointed district attor- ney in 1810. In the war of 1812 he was colonel of a regiment of New York volunteers. He was elected to the state assembly in 1818, and in the same year succeeded Jacob Radcliff as maj-or of the city. In 1820 he was a candidate for repre- sentative to the 17th congress, contesting the election with Peter Sharp, and was seated, serv- ing from Dec. 12, 1821, to March 3, 1823. He was elected to the state senate, serving 1825-27. He seconded the efforts of DeWitt Clinton in behalf of internal improvements, was governor of the New York hospital. 1812-27, and was inter- ested in public education and reformatory

methods. He was married April 8, 1793, to Maria, daughter of the Rt. Rev. Samuel Provost, D.D., first P.E. bishop of New York, and Maria, his wife, daughter of Benjamin Bousfield of Ireland. He wrote Life of liobert Fulton (1817) ; Memoir of the Celebration of the Completion of the New York Canals (1825) ; and Vindication of the Steamboat Bights granted by the State of Neio York (1819). He died in Jersey City, N.J., Feb. 7, 1834.

COLE, Azel Dow, educator, %vas born in Ster- ling, Conn., Dec. 1. 1818; son of Azel and Sarah (Dow) Cole. He was graduated at Brown university in 1838, and at the General theological seminary, New York city, in 1841. In 1842 he was ordained a priest in the Protestant Episcopal church ; was rector of St. James's church, Woon- socket, R.I., 1841-45; of St. Luke's church, Kal- amazoo, Mich., 1845-49; of St. Luke's church, Racine, "Wis., 1849-50; and rector of St. Sylva- nus's church, Nashotah, Wis., and president of Nashotah House, a theological seminary, 1850-85. He received the degree of D.D. from Norwich university in 1852 and from BroAvn universitj' in 1883. He died at Nashotah, Wis., Oct. 15, 1885.

COLE, Cornelius, senator, was born at Lodi, Seneca count}-, N.Y., Sept. 17, 1822; son of David and Rachel (Townsend) Cole ; and grand- son of David Cole, senior, and of Elijah Town- send of Townsendville, N.Y. He was graduated from Wesleyan university, Middletown, Conn., in 1847, and at a general term of the supreme court held at Oswego in 1848, he was admitted to the bar. He migrated to California, overland, in 1849 and engaged in mining. He practised law in San Francisco, 1850-51, removing to Sac- ramento in the latter year. In 1856 he edited the daily and weekly Times in that city. He was elected district attorney for the city and county of Sacramento in 1858, and in 1860 was a member of the Republican national committee. He was a representative in the 38th congress, 1863-65; a delegate to the Union convention in Philadelphia in 1866, and U.S. senator from California, 1867-73, acting for some years as chairman of the committee on appropriations. In 1873 he resumed the practice of law in San Francisco, Gal. In 1881 he removed to his ranch at Colegrove, in Los Angeles county, a suburb of the city of Los Angeles, where he continued tlie practice of the law. He was very active and influ- ential in political affairs prior to and during the civil war, and also during the reconstuction period.

COLE, Qeorge E., delegate to congress, was born in Trenton, N.Y., Dec. 23, 1826; son of Nathan and Laura (Hills) Cole; grandson of James and Mary (Talcott) Hills, and a descendant of the early settlers on the Connecticut planta- tions. He was educated at Hobart Hall institute.