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The four poems published as the cluster "Old Age Echoes" in Lippincott's Magazine were reprinted in Good-bye

.; In the 1880s, a number of English critics were interested Whitman, including Matthew Arnold, Robert

"Sands at Seventy" printing of "The Bravest Soldiers" omits several words from the first line that were

Paumanok is the Native American name, and the name Whitman preferred, for Long Island.; Our transcription

.; Mannahatta, meaning "land of many hills," is the Native American name Whitman uses for New York City

The four poems that comprised "November Boughs" in Lippincott's Magazine were reprinted in the "Sands

poems that comprised the "Fancies at Navesink" cluster when it appeared in the Nineteenth Century were

Reprinted in the American (May 1881) and Leaves of Grass (1881–82).; Our transcription is based on a

FROM MEMORANDA MADE AT THE TIME IN NEW YORK CITY, OR WASHINGTON, OR IN ARMY HOSPITALS, OR CAMP OR FIELD

They were very fond of it, and liked declamatory poetical pieces.

Many were entire strangers.

They are not charity-patients, but American young men, of pride and independence.

The two were chatting of one thing and another. The fever soldier spoke of John C.

.; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) was a celebrated American poet.

FROM MEMORANDA MADE AT THE TIME IN NEW YORK CITY, OR WASHINGTON, OR IN ARMY HOSPITALS, OR CAMP OR FIELD

I have never seen a more pathetic sight than the patient and mute manner of our American wounded and

This B. is a good sample of the American Eastern young man—the typical Yankee.

It was quite fresh and nomadic, the way these two primal cavaliers, well mounted as they were on expert

Traveling with the Wounded: Walt Whitman and Washington's Civil War Hospitals ." northeast of the city

FROM MEMORANDA MADE AT THE TIME IN NEW YORK CITY, OR WASHINGTON, OR IN ARMY HOSPITALS, OR CAMP OR FIELD

Some were scratched down from narratives I heard and itemized while watching, or waiting, or tending

All the moral convictions of the best portion of the Nation were outraged.

The broad spaces, sidewalks, and street in the neighborhood, and for some distance, were crowded with

He was overthrown in 1857 and executed in Honduras in 1860.

He was overthrown in 1857 and executed in Honduras in 1860.; Plutarch (46–120 AD) was a Greek essayist

Authentic Portraits of Historic Americans For the Capitol—Interesting Anecdotes—A Letter to Congress.

To the Editor of the Chronicle: Understanding that the Gallery of American portraits, now in Washington

They were very young men, indeed—of slight build and small in stature. Mr.

He was in the City Hall surrounded by a dense crowd, and could not get out.

Suddenly, just as they were about to begin, a tremendous and unwonted sound, crash!—bang!

It is but reasonable to believe that we were at one time the same people and spoke the same language.

language, which he speaks quite fluently as English, and in which he says he thinks and preachers, were

very interesting and amusing, and we wish we were permitted to publish them.

Their proverbs, many of which he quoted, were curious and beautiful, some of them causing convulsions

Scudder will pardon us for taking such liberties with it, but its beauties were so many that we could

Ray, a boss builder of this city.

Also known as the First Battle of Rappahannock Station, there were a couple of hundred casualties, and

It was fought between Grant and Lee; the results were inconclusive. fighting, and loss severe.

Grant and Meade fought Lee; the results were inconclusive. loss slight. May 26.

Grant and Meade fought Lee; the results were inconclusive. loss slight. June 2.

Also known as the First Battle of Rappahannock Station, there were a couple of hundred casualties, and

It was fought between Grant and Lee; the results were inconclusive.; In the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse

Grant's Overland Campaign, Grant joined with Major General George Meade to fight Lee; the results were

Grant and Meade fought Lee; the results were inconclusive.; Whitman apparently refers here to the Battle

Grant and Meade fought Lee; the results were inconclusive.; The Battle of Bethesda Church was another

Next a hot and dusty little campaign, which resulted in capturing the City of Jackson, Miss.

It was fought with General Lee; the results of the battle were inconclusive.

Several of their officers and men killed were well-known Brooklynites.

The severed men fought bravely, but were pressed further away.

It was getting dark in the evening, and eventually they were taken prisoners.

.; Edward Ferrero, a dance instructor at West Point before the war, was a famous Italian-American leader

After the war he continued teaching dance lessons at the ballroom of Tammany Hall in New York City.;

It was fought with General Lee; the results of the battle were inconclusive.; The Battle of Spotsylvania

between Union Generals Grant and Meade and Confederate General Lee; the results of this battle also were

Lee.; The first two major battles of the Siege of Petersburg (Virginia, June 9 and June 15–18, 1864) were

The members were nervous, from long drawn duty, exhausted, some asleep, and many half asleep.

For a moment, (and no wonder) the nervous and sleeping Representatives were thrown into confusion.

But it was over almost as soon as the drowsied men were actually awake.

of armed cavalrymen eight deep, with drawn sabres, and carbines clanking at their sides, and there were

excellent sun, with atmosphere of sweetness; so clear it showed the stars, long, long before they were

Building) and the "pasteboard Monitor" (a cardboard model of the Union ironclad ship, the USS Monitor) were

Douglass, who had initially been barred by guards from entering the White House because he was African-American

This city, its suburbs, the Capitol, the front of the White House, the places of amusement, the avenue

make, I should say, the marked feature in the human movement and costume appearance of our national city

His answers were short, but clear.

His parents were living, but were very old. There were four sons, and all had enlisted.

There were several other boys no older.

(American Civil War Research Database [Duxbury, Massachusetts: Alexander Street Press]).

Lee; the results of the battle were inconclusive.; According to Martin G. Murray, D.

P OOLEY and A TKINSON , and some eight or ten more officers, are there, or, rather, were, toward the

They were kept in a large tobacco warehouse, and were doing as well as men could do under such circumstances

F ERRERO , Edward Ferrero, a dance instructor at West Point before the war, was a famous Italian-American

After the war he continued teaching dance lessons at the ballroom of Tammany Hall in New York City. now

in the battles at the Wilderness and Petersburg in 1864. also Major-General by brevet, both of this city

.; Edward Ferrero, a dance instructor at West Point before the war, was a famous Italian-American leader

After the war he continued teaching dance lessons at the ballroom of Tammany Hall in New York City.;

of a Brooklyn Veteran " (March 12, 1865); and Our Veterans Mustering Out " (August 5, 1865) of this city

Brooklyn, and after a service of three months in the summer of 1861, in the 13th Regiment of this city

Grant's Overland Campaign, Grant joined with Major General George Meade to fight Lee; the results were

Frank Butler, of this city, also an officer of the 51st, who was badly wounded in the action of September

Grant's Overland Campaign, Grant joined with Major General George Meade to fight Lee; the results were

one-fourth of those helpless and most wretched men (their last hours passed in the thought that they were

In my opinion, the anguish and death of these ten to fifteen thousand American young men, with all the

one-fourth of those helpless and most wretched men (their last hours passed in the thought that they were

In my opinion, the anguish and death of these ten to fifteen thousand American young men, with all the

Some of the men were dying.

Many wounded were with us on cars and boat. The cars were just common platform ones.

At Aquia Creek Landing were numbers of wounded going North.

Any one of these hospitals is a little city in itself.

Miles O'Reilly's pieces were also great favorites.

On July 7, Confederates anchored two torpedoes off Aquia Creek, marking the first time they were used

It was fought between Union General Grant and Confederate General Lee; the results of the battle were

Joseph's Convent School located in New York City's Central Park.; The Brooklyn City Hospital, unlike

Fifty-first New-York City Veterans Fifty-first New-York City Veterans.

This war-worn old city regiment, whose first three years have expired, is now just entering a new term

, The first two major battles of the Siege of Petersburg (Virginia, June 9, and June 15–18, 1864) were

in New-York and Brooklyn cities in the Summer of 1861, were known as the "Shephard Rifles," (from E

About half the Lieutenants named above were acting officers, not commissioned.

identified Whitman as the author of this piece in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

.; The first two major battles of the Siege of Petersburg (Virginia, June 9, and June 15–18, 1864) were

Hill.; Edward Ferrero, a dance instructor at West Point before the war, was a famous Italian-American

After the war he continued teaching dance lessons at the ballroom of Tammany Hall in New York City.;

It was fought between Union General Grant and Confederate General Lee; the results of the battle were

Some are in the spot, soil, air and the magnificent amplitude of the laying out of the City.

The city that launches the direct laws, the imperial laws of American Union and Democracy, to be henceforth

The city of wounded and sick, city of hospitals, full of the sweetest, bravest children of time or lands

Washington may be described as the city of army wagons also.

A SUNSET VIEW OF THE CITY.

first identified Whitman as the author in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

sculpted by Luigi Persico, the sculpture depicts the female figures of America, Justice, and Hope; they were

After three days of fighting, Union forces retreated to Chattanooga, where they were beseiged for several

There were several skirmishes around Charleston throughout 1863, including two major battles in April

Both of these battles were Confederate victories.

THE ARMY YOUNG AND AMERICAN. I must give one short paragraph to that heading.

McReady I know to be as good a man as the war has received out of Brooklyn city.

first identified Whitman as the author in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

After three days of fighting, Union forces retreated to Chattanooga, where they were beseiged for several

weeks.; There were several skirmishes around Charleston throughout 1863, including two major battles

Both of these battles were Confederate victories.; George Gordon Meade, commander of the Army of the

House during the hot season, but has quarters at a healthy location, some three miles north of the city

his wife, toward the latter part of the afternoon, out in barouche, on a pleasure ride through the city

They passed me once very close, and I saw the President in the face fully, as they were moving slow,

Capitol front is finished, with the splendid entrance to the Senate and Representative wings, the city

The City Railroad Company loses some horses every day.

Brignoli" because of his difficult first name, eventually became "Dear Old Brig" to American audiences

libretto in the opera Clari, which debuted in London in 1823, the song quickly became familiar to many Americans

of benevolence and generosity which marks Brooklyn, I have sometimes thought, more than any other city

A military hospital here in Washington is a little city by itself, and contains a larger population than

I say one of the government hospitals here is a little city in itself, and there are some fifty of these

Most hospitals in Washington, D.C. were makeshift, often converted from abandoned army barracks.

H., I think he deserves honorable mention in this letter to the people of our city.

.]; Most hospitals in Washington, D.C. were makeshift, often converted from abandoned army barracks.

Some, however, were built specifically for the purpose of tending to the sick and wounded, as the number

According to the Brooklyn city directory for 1863–4, Eugene R. Durkee was a machinist and Lorick M.

Rae, a notary and copyist who lived in Brooklyn but kept offices at 13 Wall Street, New York City.

Such a course would make it manifest that they were not seeking to evade any responsibility (of which

They were placed in three very large apartments. I went there several times.

Between these cases were lateral openings, perhaps eight feet wide, and quite deep, and in these were

Many of them were very bad cases, wounds and amputations.

Then there was a gallery running above the hall, in which there were beds also.

The army is very young—and so much more American than I supposed.

Edward Ferrero, a dance instructor at West Point before the war, was a famous Italian-American leader

After the war he continued teaching dance lessons at the ballroom of Tammany Hall in New York City.

Even at the very outset our Brooklyn boys gave the best account of themselves, and were the first ashore

On the 8th, also, the battle of Roanoke continuing, they were among the first in the charge, and the

These were his last words. His death was instantaneous. A PARTING REMARK.

.; Edward Ferrero, a dance instructor at West Point before the war, was a famous Italian-American leader

After the war he continued teaching dance lessons at the ballroom of Tammany Hall in New York City.;

Moreover, were there not the freshest and finest fish to be bought within stone-throw?

Light-house Keeper—and with an air which showed we were not going to stand on trifles, gave voice to

The very waters were as quiet as a stone floor, and we made a table by placing three boards on some barrels

Truly those were wonderful hours!

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nearer to rational comfort and decorum; but the several specimens of men, women and children whom I saw were

how few Americans there are who have not heard of thee—although there are equally few who have seen thee

Even to my unscientific eyes there were innumerable wonders and beauties all along the shore, and edges

There were earths of all colors, and stones of every conceivable shape, hue, and destiny, with shells

There were some of them tinged with pale green, blue or yellow—some streaked with various colors and

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In 1836 it saw two rival stagings in New York City: it was performed in English as The Maid of Cashmere

last two papers, and since there are such ties of connection between the eastern counties and this city

The black-fish were biting famously, and I stood at the end of the dock, quite proud of a big fellow

It was a very pleasant and sensible party; the girls were unaffected and knew a hawk from a hernshaw,

who had been captured by Ninicraft, Chief of a hostile tribe, and kept for a long time in durance, were

And yet in all the deeper features of humanity—love, work, and death—they were the same.

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"old ferry," advancing with steady increase, until it has become one of the finest and wealthiest cities

British General William Howe defeated American General George Washington.

Despite their defeat, the American troops' subsequent escape from Long Island without being attacked

This was a famous old church, built some years before the Revolutionary war; the services were in Dutch

After the superstructure of the ancient edifice had been mostly removed, as they were tearing away one

British General William Howe defeated American General George Washington.

Despite their defeat, the American troops' subsequent escape from Long Island without being attacked

astonishing that immense quantities of good land lie yet untilled, within two hours reach of this great city

An immense city was sure to be that same Hicksville; now its sovereign sway enfolds a large unoccupied

thousands upon thousands of human beings, all lying unproductive, within thirty miles of New York city

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W E alluded in the last paper to the fact that though the inhabitants and wealth of Long Island were

mostly concentrated in Brooklyn, there were still other sections, forming the vast remainder of the island

, that were well worthy of record and of further investigation than has yet been afforded them by our

years, it was confidently counted on that this spot, and the railroad of which it was the terminus, were

We were along there a few days since, and could not help stopping, and giving the reins for a few moments

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

the Long Island Historical Society in 1863 and served as its president until 1873.; The Leffertses were

residence at the corner of Fulton Street and Nostrand Avenue in 1838, was an executive of the Brooklyn City

Redding is unidentified.; James Henry Hackett (1800–1871) was an American actor associated with the Academy

The material for this article is largely taken from Mary Louise Booth's History of the City of New York

(1860).

"S O REGULAR were [was] their lives that the lack of time-pieces made little difference.

This was a strictly family meal; dinner parties were unheard of, and the neighbor who should have dropped

Tea over, the party donned their cloaks and hoods, for bonnets were not, and set out straightway for

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this period.; The material for this article is largely taken from Mary Louise Booth's History of the City

of New York (1860).

An explanation of our handling of the quoted material is given in No. 35, note #5.; These were ornamental

Booth's excellent "History of the City of New York," "History of the City of New York from its Earliest

The windows were small and the doors large; the latter were divided horizontally, so that, the upper

Sideboards were not introduced until after the Revolution, and were exclusively of English origin.

"Sofas, couches, lounges, and that peculiarly American institution, the rocking-chair, were things unknown

but these pictures were wretched engravings of Dutch cities and naval engagements, with family portraits

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company relocated to Southampton.; The Stadtholder was the chief magistrate of Holland.; "History of the City

of New York from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time," New York, 1860 (copyright, 1859), pp.

City Photographs—No. VII [Written for the Leader.] CITY PHOTOGRAPHS—NO. VII. THE BOWERY.

Both were named for the North-South streets that ran through their hearts and both boasted a host of

After a successful career as an explorer of the American West, John Charles Frémont became the newly

population.

"Velsor Brush" was Whitman's pseudonym for the "City Photographs" series.

Glicksberg first identified Whitman as the author of the "City Photographs" series in Walt Whitman and

Both were named for the North-South streets that ran through their hearts and both boasted a host of

A rift within the Republican Party in the early 1860s resulted in radical abolitionists calling for new

population.; "Velsor Brush" was Whitman's pseudonym for the "City Photographs" series.

Bohan, Looking into Walt Whitman: American Art, 1850–1920 (University Park: Pennsylvania State University

City Photographs—No. VI [Written for the Leader.] CITY PHOTOGRAPHS—NO.VI. THE BOWERY.

William Sefton and John Sefton were brothers.

American actor Edwin Forrest was a divisive figure, with numerous followers and enemies.

For such were the plays, and finely sustained, that we used to go and see at the Old Bowery.)

Louisa Medina was the first American female playwright to make a living as a dramatist.

Glicksberg first identified Whitman as the author of the "City Photographs" series in Walt Whitman and

.; The Franklin Theatre, known for its small size, opened in 1835.; William Sefton and John Sefton were

An American version controversially cast the actress Adah Isaacs Menken as Mazeppa, traditionally a male

American actor Edwin Forrest was a divisive figure, with numerous followers and enemies.

See Joseph Norton Ireland, Records of the New York Stage, from 1750 to 1860 (New York: T. H.

connected with the locality of our New County Court House and Supervisors' Building, opposite the City

We ought to premise that the region surrounding our City Hall, and this new building being put up for

The neighborhood of our City Hall was, even in old times, a sort of central spot, where the people of

It went by the name of the "Hessian Hospital," Hessian Hospitals were originally German institutions

Here too from the earliest times, were "the polls" for election.

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Parmentier in 1825, was one of the first botanical gardens in the United States.; Hessian Hospitals were

representative to the Legislature and the Assembly, and a County Court Judge.; Before Brooklyn obtained a city

In 1843 and 1844 he was elected Mayor of the city, and he held a number of other offices before his death

president of the Brooklyn Fire Insurance Company.; Alden Spooner (1757–1827), who served in the American

City Photographs—No. V [Written for the Leader.] CITY PHOTOGRAPHs—NO. V. THE BOWERY.

we plunge at once into tides, indeed real vortices, of some of our modern kinds of life in a great city

, and significant, in certain respects, of this city, out of all the rest of the world.

Here Chatham street, Catharine and Division streets and the Bowery, all come together, and, as it were

Hyer, American-born, knocked out the Irish Sullivan in under twenty minutes.

Glicksberg first identified Whitman as the author of the "City Photographs" series in Walt Whitman and

It underwent several name changes—Bull's Head Theatre, New York Theatre, Bowery Theatre, American Theatre—and

Hyer, American-born, knocked out the Irish Sullivan in under twenty minutes.; "Velsor Brush" was Whitman's

pseudonym for a series of articles entitled "City Photographs," which he published in the New York Leader

Bohan, Looking into Walt Whitman: American Art, 1850–1920 (University Park: Pennsylvania State University

City Photographs—No. IV [Written for the Leader.] CITY PHOTOGRAPHS—NO. IV. THE BROADWAY HOSPITAL.

Broadway Hospital, also known as New York Hospital, was the first major hospital in New York City.

For other articles about the hospital, see " City Photographs " (March 16, 1862); " City Photographs

" (March 22, 1862); and " City Photographs " (March 29, 1862).

They were to leave the next day in a vessel for the Gulf, where their regiment was; and they felt so

Glicksberg first identified Whitman as the author of the "City Photographs" series in Walt Whitman and

Leader.]; Broadway Hospital, also known as New York Hospital, was the first major hospital in New York City

For other articles about the hospital, see "City Photographs" (March 16, 1862); "City Photographs" (March

22, 1862); and "City Photographs" (March 29, 1862).; The Bloomingdale Asylum, the first of its kind

States, opened in 1808.; "Velsor Brush" was Whitman's pseudonym for a series of articles entitled "City

British General William Howe defeated American General George Washington.

All were swept away by the great fire of '48.

After the fire, the courts were transferred to City Hall. Mrs.

The population of Brooklyn was then but eighteen or twenty thousand.

Johnson was an Episcopalian pastor in New York City as early as the 1830s and as late as the 1860s.

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British General William Howe defeated American General George Washington.

After the fire, the courts were transferred to City Hall.; The old Log Cabin to which Whitman refers

Johnson was an Episcopalian pastor in New York City as early as the 1830s and as late as the 1860s.;

of Brooklyn in 1837.; Joshua Rogers was another Brooklyn city Alderman in 1837.; R.

Brooklyn City Hospital in Raymond Street.—First Hospital Building in Hudson Avenue.

Gatherings were called in the churches, and subscriptions sought in every direction.

Institute," in American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: Artists Born by 1876 , ed.

Nichols, Robert Nichols, a former general, had helped establish the city hospital in 1839.

Of the charity patients, 173 were accidents sent by the city.

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"; The Brooklyn City Hospital actually acquired its temporary accommodations on Hudson Avenue in October

Institute," in American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: Artists Born by 1876, ed.

Giles Limited, 2006), 13–25.; Robert Nichols, a former general, had helped establish the city hospital

The hospital eventually became the Brooklyn City Hospital.; Our transcription is based on a digital image

City Photographs—No. III [Written for the Leader.] CITY PHOTOGRAPHS—NO. III.

The case is recorded with great faithfulness and detail in the American Medical Register of this city

in 1832 and impressed American theater-goers.

John Watson served as President of the New York Academy of Medicine in the 1860s.

–1839) was an American painter. and this the coloring of Henry Inman.

Glicksberg first identified Whitman as the author of the "City Photographs" series in Walt Whitman and

of the New York Hospital consisted mostly of prominent businessmen and wealthy patrons of New York City

in 1832 and impressed American theater-goers.

Edmund Kean was a famous actor and a contemporary of Kemble and Siddons, as were his son Charles and

–1839) was an American painter.; Henry Inman (1801–1846) was an American painter and John Wesley Jarvis's

City Photographs [Written for the Leader.] CITY PHOTOGRAPHS. THE BROADWAY HOSPITAL.

Broadway Hospital, also known as New York Hospital, was the first major hospital in New York City.

In former times, both abroad and here, there were some awful cases of this malady; the tortures were

The city contributes nothing to its support, and, I believe, never has contributed anything.

"Velsor Brush" was Whitman's pseudonym for a series of articles entitled "City Photographs," which he

Glicksberg first identified Whitman as the author of the "City Photographs" series in Walt Whitman and

Leader.]; Broadway Hospital, also known as New York Hospital, was the first major hospital in New York City

Croton Dam, originally built in 1842 on the Croton River, was the first clean water system in New York City

Reynolds (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000), 65–66.; The 1788 "Doctors' Riots" of New York City

See Edward Robb Ellis, The Epic of New York City: A Narrative History (New York: Carrol & Graf Publishers

City Photographs [Written for the Leader.] CITY PHOTOGRAPHS. THE BROADWAY HOSPITAL.

Broadway Hospital, also known as New York Hospital, was the first major hospital in New York City.

Then this Hospital has quite a venerable name among the medical profession and surgeons of the city,

For more on these portraits and doctors, see Whitman's " City Photographs—No.

Inspector of New York City. all memorable in their art.

Glicksberg first identified Whitman as the author of the "City Photographs" series in Walt Whitman and

Leader.]; Broadway Hospital, also known as New York Hospital, was the first major hospital in New York City

of disease and exhibits on the human body.; For more on these portraits and doctors, see Whitman's "City

An ancestor was one of the first doctors to receive a degree in medicine in the American colonies.

Inspector of New York City.; Significant information is not currently available on the other doctors

T HE premises at the corner of Henry and Cranberry streets, now the City Armory Building, resounding

It was here the City Fathers met, and transacted the business of the public.

The Marquis de Lafayette was a Frenchman who fought in the American Revolution.

The above officers were not elected, but appointed by the Board of Trustees.

Robert Nichols, a former general, helped establish the city hospital in 1839.

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Brooklyniana No. 8" (January 25, 1862).; The Marquis de Lafayette was a Frenchman who fought in the American

Whitman's America (New York: Knopf, 1995), 33–34.; Alden Spooner (1757–1827), who served in the American

Before Brooklyn obtained a city charter in 1834, Sprague served several terms as its president.

He may have also been the first to introduce the lima bean to American gardens.; Leffert Lefferts III

Neither hose nor suctions were used, the supply of water being furnished in buckets, by hand, poured

The arms were placed fore and aft.

Eight men were sufficient to man this machine, which, like the venerable simile of the singed cat, was

The firemen were chosen annually in town meeting; and the choice was considered something to be proud

In 1793, there were about seventy-five buildings within the fire-district of Brooklyn.

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