John M. Dixon
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780801448034
- eISBN:
- 9781501703515
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9780801448034.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, American History: early to 18th Century
This chapter examines the ideological, social, and political worlds of Cadwallader Colden and other intellectuals in early eighteenth-century New York. It begins by focusing on Robert Hunter, ...
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This chapter examines the ideological, social, and political worlds of Cadwallader Colden and other intellectuals in early eighteenth-century New York. It begins by focusing on Robert Hunter, governor of New York and New Jersey, and his correspondence with James Logan. It then considers Colden's move to Manhattan and how he became involved in New York's political and intellectual circles. In particular, it explains how William Burnet's patronage allowed Colden to gain the important offices of provincial surveyor general and councilor. It also looks at Colden's January 1720 letter to Hunter, which contained a historical and social justification for an overhaul of the medical profession along the lines of astronomy. Finally, it analyzes Colden's correspondence to Logan and Burnet's role in the dissemination of Newtonian mathematics around Continental Europe.Less
This chapter examines the ideological, social, and political worlds of Cadwallader Colden and other intellectuals in early eighteenth-century New York. It begins by focusing on Robert Hunter, governor of New York and New Jersey, and his correspondence with James Logan. It then considers Colden's move to Manhattan and how he became involved in New York's political and intellectual circles. In particular, it explains how William Burnet's patronage allowed Colden to gain the important offices of provincial surveyor general and councilor. It also looks at Colden's January 1720 letter to Hunter, which contained a historical and social justification for an overhaul of the medical profession along the lines of astronomy. Finally, it analyzes Colden's correspondence to Logan and Burnet's role in the dissemination of Newtonian mathematics around Continental Europe.
Carla J. Mulford
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- June 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199384198
- eISBN:
- 9780199384211
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199384198.003.0005
- Subject:
- Literature, American, 18th Century and Early American Literature
Along with the previous and next chapters, this chapter discusses Franklin’s goals for Pennsylvania in negotiations with the Pennsylvania Proprietors, Crown, and Parliament. He was seeking for ...
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Along with the previous and next chapters, this chapter discusses Franklin’s goals for Pennsylvania in negotiations with the Pennsylvania Proprietors, Crown, and Parliament. He was seeking for Pennsylvania an administrative policy that would establish—among all the colonies—an equable laboring and trading situation with Britain, in effect creating a commonwealth (and commonly held ideas about liberties and benefits) among all trading partners. Examining Franklin’s responses to Pennsylvania politics creates a backdrop to our understanding of his ideas about what ought to be the purposes and goals of empire, especially regarding manufacturing and commercial freedom, self-rule, and self-determination. Franklin’s work as a tradesman interested in social projects, his service to Philadelphia, and his concerns about the Assembly’s relationship to the Proprietors, especially as these related to the essential need to defend the Pennsylvania colony—these form the basis of this chapter.Less
Along with the previous and next chapters, this chapter discusses Franklin’s goals for Pennsylvania in negotiations with the Pennsylvania Proprietors, Crown, and Parliament. He was seeking for Pennsylvania an administrative policy that would establish—among all the colonies—an equable laboring and trading situation with Britain, in effect creating a commonwealth (and commonly held ideas about liberties and benefits) among all trading partners. Examining Franklin’s responses to Pennsylvania politics creates a backdrop to our understanding of his ideas about what ought to be the purposes and goals of empire, especially regarding manufacturing and commercial freedom, self-rule, and self-determination. Franklin’s work as a tradesman interested in social projects, his service to Philadelphia, and his concerns about the Assembly’s relationship to the Proprietors, especially as these related to the essential need to defend the Pennsylvania colony—these form the basis of this chapter.
