. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. ent MiTiistry have such despotic influ-ence in Parliament as to carry measures that must bring immediate dis-tress on this country, and consequently so on our mother country. Thesituation we are in with Mr. Golden is deplorable, but cant last really suffers disreputation in such hands. Gulian (J. VerpLinck, writin<; of Cadwallader Colden, says : For the great vaiifty andextent of his leavnint;, his unwearied researeli, liis talents, and tlie jmblie sphere whieli hefilled, he may justly be in high ran
. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. ent MiTiistry have such despotic influ-ence in Parliament as to carry measures that must bring immediate dis-tress on this country, and consequently so on our mother country. Thesituation we are in with Mr. Golden is deplorable, but cant last really suffers disreputation in such hands. Gulian (J. VerpLinck, writin<; of Cadwallader Colden, says : For the great vaiifty andextent of his leavnint;, his unwearied researeli, liis talents, and tlie jmblie sphere whieli hefilled, he may justly be in high rank among the distinguished men of his the jjroducts of his industry were : Observations on the Trade of New York ; An Ac-count of the (;limate of New York ; Memorial concerning the Fur-Trade of New York in1724 ; History of the Five Nations ; State of the Lands in the Province of New York ; Reports on the Soil, Climate, etc., of New York ; A Botanical Description of AmericanPlants ; Oliservations on Fevers ; Observations on Throat Distempers ; Reports on. Portrait of Cadwallader Golden. THE RIGHT OF AFPKALS. 713 Golden wrote to the Lords of the faithfulness with whicli lie liad inves-tigated the illicit trade of New York. He said, since so many of hisMajestys ships had lieeu cruisin,u mi the coast, tlie trade in teas and »jun-powder from Holland and Hamburg had lieen effectually suppressed ; itwas suspected, however, that tea in small quantities was imported Iromthe Dutch West India Islands, the vessels running into creeks and hai-bors, not navigable for ships of war, all along the New Jersey shore be-tween Sandy Hook and Delaware Bay, and northward, on the Sound,where there were many such harbors. He suggested that if ships werekept continually cruising above and below Sandy Hook it would bedifficult even for small vessels coming from sea to escape He re-ported the New Y(jrk Custom-House officers as very diligent. He saidthe merchants complained bitterly that
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