Colden, Gov. Cadwallader, attempts to enforce Stamp Act, 139; hung in effigy, 140; burned in effigy, 140; yields custody of stamps to municipal authorities, 141
Colve, Capt. Anthony, receives surrender of city, 55; character, 56; troubles with Long Island Puritans, 56; establishes military law, 57; imposes heavy taxes, 57; succeeded by Sir Edmund Andros, 58
Commerce, influence of, 9; blow to, by war between Holland and England, 54; early, 90; restrictions on, 98; increase of, 175, 245
Constitution of New York, abolishes religious disabilities, 174; character of framers, 176; adoption of a new, 210, 213
Constitution of United States, adoption of, 180; position of Hamilton in regard to, 183; procession in honor of, 184, 185; centennial celebration of adoption of, 259