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Colden, Cadwallader D

lawyer, state legislator, author, was born April 4, 1769, in Springfield, N. Y. He served in the legislature of that state; held the post of district attorney of the United States for many years; and was at one time mayor of New York. He was a member of congress from 1821 to 1823; and was an early and intimate friend of Robert Fulton, and wrote his biography. He published Life of Robert Fulton; and Vindication of the Steamboat Right Granted by the State of New York. He died Feb. 7, 1834, in Jersey City, N. J.