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Lady Washington Engine Company No. 1 of Morrisania, Jas. Campbell, Foreman, 40 men.
Marion Hose Company No. 1—William H. Lawrence Foreman with a full company numbering 30.
No. 1, Samuel T. Maddox foreman. This Company turned out 100 men, and made a fine appearance.
No. 1 and Franklin Engine Co. No. 3, escorting Union Engine Co. No. 1 of Trenton, N. J., H. J.
No. 1 escorted Enterprise Hook and Ladder Co. No. 2, of Stapleton, Staten Island.
No. of grains fluid, solid matter in 1 gal Baiseley's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stream; at 5 miles the waters of Valley Stream; at 6 miles the waters of Springfield Creek; and at 7 1/
Price $1.
details, see Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts (New York: New York University Press, 1984), 1:
Williamsburgh Word Portraits, No. 1 WILLIAMSBURGH WORD PORTRAITS.
By Apelles —No. 1 I propose in this and some succeeding chapters, to present so accurate and faithful
the fact that my subject is a better friend to himself than to anybody else, and that he minds No. 1