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YOUNG PEOPLE'S ASSOCIATION OF CALVA- RY BAPTIST CHURCH. C. C. Luck, Presi- dent. Robert J. MeCauley, Vice-President. Herbert F. Harris, Secretary. Chas. N. Fort, Treasurer.
YOUNG PEOPLE'S ASSOCIATION OF FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. James Rodgers, President. Peter L. Lansing, Secretary. John A. Baker, Treasurer.
YOUNG PEOPLE'S ASSOCIATION OF GRACE M. E. CHURCH. W. J. Eaton, President. H. N. McMillan, W. M. Winne, Vice-Presi- dents. W. H. Wagoner, Secretary. Thomas Craven, Treasurer. George W. Kirkland, Chaplain. W. H. Winne, Critic.
YOUNG PEOPLE'S ASSOCIATION OF TABER- NACLE BAPTIST CHURCH. James P. Niles, President. James Clapham, Secretary. Miss Millie Wagoner, Treasurer.
Traveling Routes. Railroad Companies.
ALBANY AND SUSQUEHANNA RAILROAD (leased by the Delaware and Hudson Canal Co). Trains leave the depot Quay cor. Maiden lane. ALBANY RAILWAY. State street from Broad- way to West Albany, and on Pearl and Hamilton streets and Clinton avenue. Office 77 State street. Delavan Peck, President and Treas- urer. Abraham Van Vechten, Vice-President. J. W. McNamara, Secretary. T. B. Burnham, Superintendent.
BOSTON AND ALBANY RAILROAD. Trains leave Union Depot, foot of Steuben street. Ches- ter W. Chapin, President. Charles E. Stevens, Treasurer. C. O. Russell, Superintendent. J. B. Chapin, Assistant Superintendent. H. J. Hayden, General Freight Agent. Wm. Ritehie, Auditor. George H. Penfield, Agent. Wm. Bliss, General Manager.
BOSTON, HOOSAC TUNNEL AND ALBANY RAILROAD COMPANY, offiee 135 Broadway. J. W. Van Valkenburgh, President. C. Adam Stevens, Vice-President. James W. Gascoigne, Secretary.
BOSTON, HOOSAC TUNNEL, PITTSTON AND 1 WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY, offiee 135 Broadway. C. P. Walter, President. J. W. Van Valkenburgh, Vice-President. J. W. Gas- eoigne, Secretary.
DELAWARE AND HUDSON CANAL CO. Ope- rate Albany and Susquehanna R. R., Rensse- laer and Saratoga R. R., and New York and Canada R. R. General office 262 Broadway. Freight office Green street cor. Vine. Thomas Dickson, President. C. F. Young, General Manager. James C. Hartt, Treasurer. C. W. Wentz, Chief Engineer. H. S. Marey, Gen. Freight Agent. Simeon E. Mayo, Gen. Passen- ger Agent.
NEW YORK CENTRAL AND HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD. Offiee Union Depot, foot of Steu- ben street. Freight offiee Orange eor. Water st. Cornelius Vanderbilt, N. Y., President. Win. H. Vanderbilt, N. Y., Vice-President. Edwin D. Worcester, Albany, Secretary. Charles C. Clarke, N. Y., Treasurer. Jas. Tillinghast, Albany, Gen. Superintendent. C. H. Kendrick, N. Y., Gen. Ticket Agent. James H. Rutter?
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ALBANY DIRECTORY.
N. Y., Gen. Freight Agent. Charles H. Fisher, Albany, Chief Engineer. F. A. Haskell, Al- bany, Freight Agent. C. B. Meeker, Albany, Passenger Agent.
RENSSELAER AND SARATOGA RAILROAD (leased by Delaware and Hudson Canal Co). Trains leave foot of Maiden lane.
WATERVLIET TURNPIKE AND RAILROAD CO., from South Ferry through Broadway to Troy. Office at North Albany. Charles New- man, President. James Wilson, Vice-Presi- dent. T. P. Way, Treasurer and Secretary. M. C. Foster, Superintendent. Charles New- man, Smith Briggs, J. W. Tillinghast, Jas. Wilson, Alanson A. Sumner, Daniel S. Lathrop, S. J. Halstead, William Tillinghast, John Cary, Directors.
STEAMERS-Leave foot of Hamilton street daily, for Cedar Hill, Castleton, Coeymans, New Bal- timore, Stuyvesant, Coxsackie, Hudson, Catskill, Rondout, Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, and inter- mediate landings.
NEW JERSEY STEAMBOAT CO. Boats leave the Steamboat landing, Broadway, every even- ing for New York. J. W. Harcourt, Agent.
FERRIES-To Bath, from the foot of North Ferry street ; to Eust Albany, from the foot of Maiden lane ; to Greenbush, from the foot of South Ferry street.
STAGES-Run to Berne, New Scotland, and in-
termediate places every Tuesday and Saturday, at 8 A. M., from Avenue House, 74 Washington avenue ; to Clarksville, Westerlo, Rensselaer- ville and intermediate places, every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, from Avenue House, 74 Washington avenue, and to Guilderland Centre every afternoon at 4 o'clock, from Murphy's Hotel, 91 Washington avenue ; to Newtonville daily, from Broadway corner State street ; to Nassau and Lebanon Springs, daily, at 3 P. M., from Burns' Hotel, 274 Broadway.
Turnpike and Plank Road Cos., &c.
ALBANY AND BETHLEHEM TURNPIKE ROAD. Office No. 69 State street. E. P. Pren- tice, President. Edwin Safford, Treasurer. Election in September.
ALBANY AND SCHENECTADY TURNPIKE CO. Office No. 508 Broadway. Richard Van Rensselaer, President. Hamilton B. Brown, Treasurer. Election last Tuesday in December. ALBANY, SCHOHARIE AND RENSSELAER- VILLE, PLANK ROAD CO. Office 452 Broad- way. Joseph Hilton, President. Joseph Cary, Treasurer. Charles M. Jenkins, Secretary. Election in April.
FIRST GREAT WESTERN TURNPIKE CO. Office Savings Bank Building, State cor. Chapel. John Tayler Cooper, President. John W. Mc- Harg, Treasurer and Secretary.
COURTS.
ALBANY COUNTY COURT AND COURT OF SESSIONS, meets at the City Hall on the first Monday of January, second Monday of April, third Monday of June, the second Monday of September and the second Monday of Novem- ber. A Grand and Petit Jury will be required to attend at each of said Terms. Thomas J. Van Alstyne, County Judge. Frank Strevell, David Couse, Justices of Sessions. John M. Bailey, District Attorney. Wm. E. Haswell, Clerk.
ALBANY POLICE COURT, meets daily in City Building, South Pearl street corner Howard. Wm. K. Clute, John C. Nott, Police ustices. CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. Terms held in Albany second Tuesday in Octo- ber. Also adjourned term for special business only, third Tuesday in January.
COURT OF APPEALS. Sanford E. Church, Chief Judge. William F. Allen, Charles J. Folger, Charles A. Rapallo, Charles Andrews, Theo. Miller, Robert Earl, Associate Judges. E. O. Perrin, Clerk.
DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. Terms held in Albany third Tuesday in January.
JUSTICES' COURT OF THE CITY OF AL- BANY, meets in City Building, South Pearl corner of Howard, every day at 9 o'clock (Sun- days and holidays excepted). John J. Gallup, H. P. Nugent, Francis H. Woods, Justices.
SPECIAL SESSIONS OF THE CITY OF AL- BANY, meets at City Hall every Tuesday. William H. Paddock, Recorder. George H. Stevens, Assistant District Attorney.
SUPREME COURT-GENERAL TERMS held at the City Hall in the city of Albany, on the second Tuesday of January and November.
SUPREME COURT, CIRCUIT, OYER AND TERMINER, and SPECIAL TERMS, held at the City Hall on the fourth Monday of January, first Monday of May, first Monday of October, first Monday of December.
SPECIAL TERMS FOR MOTIONS ONLY, held on the last Tuesday of every month.
SPECIAL TERMS FOR MOTIONS AND ARGUMENT OF DEMURRERS, at Chambers in Albany, second Tuesday of every month.
JUSTICES-A. Melville Osborne, of Catskill ; Charles R. Ingalls, of Troy ; Wm. L. Learned, of Albany ; T. R. Westbrook, of Kingston.
PENITENTIARY.
LOUIS D. PILSBURY, Superintendent.
INSPECTORS-Eli Perry, William A. Young, Rob- ert Babcock.
PHYSICIAN-Henry R. Haskins.
CHAPLAIN-Rev. Charles Reynolds.
DEPUTY-Henry Scripture.
IN SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE-H. C. Woodruff. CLERK-Augustus Bowers.
OVERSEERS-Eli S. Shutter, Bernard Hoffman, G. W. Griffiths, Ed. E. Francis, Frank Monahan, Myron McDaniel, John F. White, John F. Tompkins, Geo. H. Ruse, John Truscott, J. T.
Northrup, John E. Shutter, Frederick Wilkins, George W. Crawford, George Fox, D. M. Wood- hams, W. F. Gillispie.
WATCHMEN-M. M. Mason, James Orr, John Fra- ser, John Y. Rowland, Joseph Ferguson, Win. E. Wilson, Michael McLaughlin.
NIGHT WATCHMEN-B. S. Powers, J. J. Van Bra- mer.
HALL OFFICER-George C. Wilson.
MATRONS-Mary L. Monahan, A. E. Chapman, C. McMichael, Catharine Curry.
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STATE GOVERNMENT.
NEW YORK STATE GOVERNMENT, 1876.
ELECTION TUESDAY AFTER THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER.
EXCELSIOR
LEGISLATURE MEETS ON THE FIRST TUESDAY IN JANUARY.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
SAMUEL J. TILDEN.
Governor.
WILLIAM DORSHEIMER
Lieutenant-Governor.
Charles Stebbins.
Private Secretary.
Edward Miggael.
Executive Clerk.
George Tunnieliff.
Executive Clerk.
Henry F. MeGlaehlin.
Executive Clerk.
William C. Newell
Messenger. Military Messenger.
Governor's Staff.
Major-General Franklin Townsend.
Adjutant-General.
Brev. Major-General John B. Woodward.
Inspector-General.
Brig .- General Kilburn Knox
Commissary-Gen. and Chief of Ordnance.
Brig .- General Edgar M. Cullen
Engineer-in-Chief.
Brig .- General Charles Hughes
Judge- Advocate-General.
Brig .- General Austin Flint, Jr ...
Surgeon-General.
Brig .- General Samuel S. Ellsworth
Quartermaster-General.
Brig .- General Hermann Uhl.
Brig. - General Charles H. Smyth
Colonels Charles Traeey, Latham C. Strong, James B. Pearsall, Thomas Stokes, Clifford A. H. Bartlett
Colonel William T. Pelton.
Aids-de-Camp. Military Secretary.
Office of Secretary of State.
John Bigelow Edgar K. Apgar. Daniel S. Lamont
Secretary of State. Deputy Secretary of State. Chief Clerk.
Comptroller's Office,
Lucius Robinson Philip Phelps
Comptroller. Deputy Comptroller. 2d Deputy Comptroller.
Treasurer's Office.
Charles N. Ross
William J. Moses
Treasurer. Deputy Treasurer. Receiving Clerk.
Richard G. Milks
Attorney-General's Office.
Charles S. Fairchild
Edward W. Paige
Sheldon W. Swaney
Attorney- General. Deputy Attorney-General. Clerk.
State Engineer's Office.
John D. Van Buren, jr. David M. Greene ..
State Engineer and Surveyor. Deputy State Engineer and Surveyor.
Canal Commissioners.
James Jackson, jr., Lockport, for one year; Adin Thayer, Hoosick Falls, for two years; Christopher A. Walrath, Oneida, for three years; Nathan Ackley, Clerk.
Henry Gallien
Paymaster-General. Commissary- General of Subsistence.
Joseph L. Hance ...
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ALBANY DIRECTORY.
Canal Department.
AUDITOR-George W. Schuyler.
DEPUTY AUDITOR-Wm. McGourkey.
COMMISSIONERS OF CANAL FUND-Lieutenant-Gov. Dorsheimer, Secretary of State Bigelow, Comp- troller Robinson, Treasurer Ross, Attorney-General Fairchild.
CANAL BOARD-Lieutenant-Gov. Dorsheimer, Secretary of State Bigelow, Comptroller Robinson, Treasurer Ross, Attorney-General Fairchild, State Engineer and Surveyor Van Buren, Canal Com- missioners Jackson, Thayer and Walrath.
Canal Appraisers.
Vivus W. Smith, Syracuse; Chas. G. Myers, Ogdensburgh; Cornelius Glen, Chief Clerk, and Clerk of the Board.
State Assessors.
John S. Fowler, of Auburn; James A. Briggs, of Brooklyn; Sterling G. Hadley, of Waterloo.
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Neil Gilmour, Superintendent ; Addison A. Keyes, Deputy Superintendent.
Bank Department.
De Witt C. Ellis, Superintendent ; Henry L. Lamb, Deputy Supt. ; Isaac Smith, Accountant.
Insurance Department.
William Smyth, acting Superintendent ; John A. McCall, jr., Deputy Supt. ; David H. Keefer, Actuary.
Adjutant-General's Office.
Major-General Franklin Townsend, Adjutant-General ; Colonel Alfred H. Taylor, Assistant Adju- tant- General.
BUREAU OF MILITARY STATISTICS-Miss Lizzie Dempsey, Clerk.
Inspector-General's Office.
Brevet Major-General John B. Woodward, Inspector-General ; Col. Benj. W. Blanchard, Lieuten- ant-Col. John E. Fay, Assistant Inspector-Generals.
Paymaster-General's Office.
Brigadier-General Hermann Uhl, Paymaster-General ; Col. William G. Rice, Assistant Paymaster- General.
State Prisons.
INSPECTORS-Benjamin S. W. Clark, Malone, for one year; George Wagener, Penn Yan, for two years; Rodney R. Crowley, Randolph, for three years.
Auburn State Prison, Auburn, Charles F. Durston, Warden.
Clinton State Prison, Dannemora, E. S. Winslow, Warden.
Sing Sing State Prison, Sing Sing, George R. Youngs, Warden.
Regents of the University.
The Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of State, Superintendent of Public Instruction, ex officiis ; Robert G. Rankin, George W. Clinton, Lorenzo Burrows, Robert S. Hale, E. W. Leavenworth, J. Carson Brevoort, George R. Perkins, George W. Curtis, William L. Bostwick, Francis Kernan, John L. Lewis, A. C. George, Henry R. Pierson, Martin I. Townsend, James W. Booth, Anson J. Upson, John A. Dix.
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD-J. V. L. Pruyn, Chancellor ; E. C. Benedict, Vice-Chancellor ; S. B. Woolworth, Secretary ; Daniel J. Pratt, Assistant Secretary.
State Library.
H. A. Homes, Librarian of General Library; Stephen B. Griswold, Librarian of Law Library ; George R. Howell, Assistant Librarian.
State Museum of Natural History.
The Governor, the Secretary of State, Messrs. Rankin, Clinton, Pierson, Brevoort and Upson, Com- mittee of the Regents of the University charged with the Museum. James Hall, LL.D., Director of the Museum.
Adirondack Survey.
Verplanck Colvin, Superintending, etc.
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POST OFFICE.
ALBANY POST OFFICE.
JOHN F. SMYTH, Postmaster.
ISAAC McMURDY, Assistant Postmaster.
Office, 69 North Pearl street.
Open from 7.30 a. m. to 7.30 p. m. Sundays, from 8 to 9 a. m. and 6 to 7 p. m. Arrival and Departure of Mails.
MAILS CLOSE.
EAST-Midnight, 2 and 9 P. M.
EAST GREENBUSHI AND NASSAU, 2 P. M.
WEST-7 and 11.45 A. M., 5.30 and 9 P. M.
AUBURN ROAD-Way Mail, 9 P. M.
ROME & WATERTOWN RAILROAD-7 A. M. and 9 P. M.
OGDENSBURGH RAILROAD-8 P. M.
TROY AND NORTH-Midnight, 11.45 A. M., 4 and 8 г. м.
SOUTH-Midnight, 9.45 A. M., 3.30 and 9 P. M. HARLEM RAILROAD -- 2 P. M.
RENSSELAER & SARATOGA RAILROAD-7 A. M. and 4.45 P. M.
SUSQUEHANNA RAILROAD-8.45 A. M., 2.30 and 4.30 p. M.
GUILDERLAND AND DUNNSVILLE-3 P. M.
RENSSELAERVILLE-Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 7 A. M.
CEDAR HILL, COEYMANS, AND NEW BALTIMORE -2 P. M.
CALIFORNIA MAILS-Daily, at 7 A. M.
FOREIGN MAILS-Daily, at 3.30 and 9 P. M.
SUNDAY MAIL.
A Mail for New York and South will close at 7 A. M. and 7 P. M.
All other Mails will close at 7 P. M.
Night Mails close on Holidays at 7 P. M.
FREE DELIVERY.
Letters and Newspapers are delivered free, by the Carriers, in the business parts of the city, four times, and in other parts two and three times a day.
The Carriers are sworn to a faithful performance of service, and are under heavy bonds for an honest discharge of duty. The delivery of letters by them is equally as safe, or safer, than the delivery at the boxes in the Post Office. They know all persons living on their route, and their places of business, and are less liable to make mistakes in delivering matter to wrong persons.
Collections from street letter boxes are made from two to five times per day. On Sundays at 5 P. M. only.
I> No Valuable Letters must be put in these boxes.
REGISTRY DEPARTMENT.
Letters may be registered by paying the postage in full, and a registration fee in postage stamps: For United States ... 10 cents. Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia 10 Great Britain and Ireland. 10 66
66 German and Austrian States 10
France .
10
66
Spain and Portugal
10
66
and to most foreign countries.
STAMPED ENVELOPES.
Persons purchasing Stamped Envelopes of any denomination, in quantities of 500 and upwards, may have their request to return in a specified time, printed thereon, free of charge ; and all such envelopes spoiled in directing will be redeemed in postage stamps. These envelopes are to be paid for when ordered.
All letters deposited without postage stamps are sent to the Dead Letter office.
MAILS ARRIVE.
EAST-5.45 A. M., 1.10, 4.40 and 11 P. M. WEST-7.50 A. M., 4.30 and 10 P. M.
OGDENSBURGH-1.30 A. M., 5.30 P. M.
ROME AND WATERTOWN RAILROAD-1.30 A. M. NORTH-10 A. M., 2.30 and 5.30 P. M.
TROY-7.20 A. M., 12 and 4.40 P. M.
SOUTH-6.20 and 8 A. M., 1.10 and 9.50 P. M.
HARLEM RAILROAD-4.40 P. M.
RENSSELAER & SARATOGA R. R .- 10.20 A. M. and 8.10 P. M.
SUSQUEHANNA RAILROAD-2.30 and 8.20 P. M.
RENSSELAERVILLE-Mon., Wed. & Fri. 3 P. M.
MONEY ORDER OFFICE.
Money Sent Without Danger of Loss.
Money Orders can be obtained upon any Money Order Post Office in the United States, a list of which can be seen in this office.
Rates of Commission Charged for Money Orders.
On Orders not exceeding $15, 10 cents.
Over $15 and not exceeding $30, 15 cents.
Over $30 and not exceeding $40, 20 cents. Over $40 and not exceeding $50, 25 cents.
Money Orders can be obtained for all Offices in the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Ireland, Germany and Switzerland.
Rates of Commission Charged.
On Orders not exceeding $10, 25 cents.
Over $10 and not exceeding $20, 50 cents.
Over $20 and not exceedidg $30, 75 cents. Over $30 and not exceeding $40, $1.00.
Over $40 and not exceeding $50, $1.25.
Also money orders issued on Canada. Rates of commission :
On Orders not exceeding $10, 20 cents.
Over $10 and not exceeding $20, 40 cents.
Over $20 and not exceeding $30, 60 cents.
Over $30 and not exceeding $40, 80 cents.
Over $40 and not exceeding $50, $1.00.
United States Treasury Notes or National Bank Notes only received or paid.
Money Order and Registry Office open from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M., daily, Sundays excepted.
DOMESTIC POSTAGE.
The rate of postage on mail letters and packets to any part of the United States is three cents per half ounce, or fraction thereof.
Printed matter, samples and merchandise, one cent per ounce, or fraction thereof, weight not to exceed 4 lbs.
Circulars, one cent per ounce, or less, in unsealed envelope.
Postal Cards one cent each.
FOREIGN POSTAGE.
Letter postage to Great Britain, Ireland, France, Germany and Austria, 5 cents per half oz. News- papers, 2 cents. Book postage, 2 cents for each two oz., or fraction.
To Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, 3 cents per half oz. Newspapers and Book postage, 1 cent for each oz., or fraction.
Postal Cards to Germany, two cents.
Postal Cards to Canada, one cent.
SECTION 240, POSTAL LAWS :
" No mail matter shall be delivered by the post- master until the postage due thereon shall have been paid ; and no box at any post office shall be assigned to the use of any person until the rent therefor has been paid for at least one quarter."
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ALBANY DIRECTORY.
UNITED STATES OFFICERS.
COMMISSIONERS-W. Frothingham, 69 State street ; J. Hampden Wood, Tweddle Hall ; Ed- ward S. Willett, 66 State street.
CUSTOM HOUSE, 346 Broadway. John C. Whit- ney, Surveyor of Customs. Lucius B. Hoyt, Deputy Surveyor and Inspector. Henry Mc- Bride, Hiram Bender, Charles S. Hoffman, Ste- phen Martin, Inspectors.
DEPUTY MARSHAL-James H. Kelly, office 49 State street.
INTERNAL REVENUE, offiee 59 State street. Collector-Ralph P. Lathrop.
Deputy Collectors-Chauncey Whitney, George Stevens, Ira Porter, jr.
Chief Clerk-W. W. Crannell.
Gaugers-Levi C. Tuttle, Augustus Whitman, John P. Babcock.
MASTERS AND EXAMINERS, in U. S. Circuit Court-William Lansing, 55 State street ; J. Hampden Wood, Tweddle Hall.
MASTERS AND EXAMINERS, in U. S. Distriet Court-William Lansing, 55 State street ; J. Hampden Wood, Tweddle Hall; Worthington Frothingham, 69 State street.
UNITED STATES PENSION AGENT -- S. H. H. Parsons, office 59 North Pearl street.
BOARD OF PENSION EXAMINING SUR- GEONS, offiee 12 Ten Broeek street-William H. Craig, Chas. H. Porter, Wm. H. Bailey. REGISTER IN BANKRUPTCY-A. B. Voor- hees, State corner Chapel.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
ALBANY INSURANCE COMPANY, incorpo- rated 1811 ; office State corner Chapel street. Assets, $350,000. Harmon Pumpelly, Presi- dent. J. Howard King, Vice-President. Theo- dore Townsend, Secretary. John W. McHarg, Assistant Secretary. Harmon Pumpelly, John Tayler Cooper, Franklin Townsend, John H. Van Antwerp, James Wilson, Charles B. Lan- sing, Samuel H. Ransom, J. Howard King, Henry L. King, Ernest J. Miller, James Kidd, Jacob H. Ten Eyck, Theodore Townsend, Di- rectors. (See front cover.)
ATLANTIC MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, office 65 State street. (See p. 344.) CAPITAL CITY INSURANCE COMPANY, office 37 State street, over First National Bank. Cap- ital $150,000. Surplus $40,000. Frank Cham- berlain, President. Wm. M. Van Antwerp, Vice-President. James F. Crosby, Secretary. E. Wendell Crosby, Assistant Secretary. Frank Chamberlain, Josiah G. Root, Charles G. Craft, Wm. Wendell, Wm. M. Van Antwerp, Charles
Newman, Paul Cushman, G. I. Amsdell, A. C. Pulling, Lemon Thomson, George B. Hoyt, J. F. Roy, B. A. Sweet, John N. Parker, Thomas P. Crook, T. H. Greer, David Orr, William M. Gregory, Samuel Gross, Joshua Rathbun, B. W. Wooster, M. MeGarvey, Royal Woodward, Mat- thew Bender, Wm. S. Shepard, Charles Bridge, A. V. Bensen, S. G. Chase, James E. Craig, George P. Wilson, Directors. (See front cover.) COMMERCE INSURANCE COMPANY, office 57 State street. (See page 343.)
MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF ALBANY, office 50 State street. (See inside front cover.)
Hope Banking Company of Albany.
STATE STREET, CORNER JAMES.
James Hendrick, President. W. A. Young, Cashier. Theodore Olcott, Teller. Samuel W. Brown, Clerk.
NEWSPAPERS.
ALBANY ARGUS-Argus Co., Beaver street cor. Broadway-daily $10, semi-weekly $3, weekly $1.50.
ALBANY DAILY KNICKERBOCKER-John Hastings, 58 State street-daily $5.
ALBANY EVENING JOURNAL-Dawson & Co., 61 State st -daily $9, semi-weekly $3, weekly $2. ALBANY EVENING POST-M. & E. Griffin, 7 Hudson avenue-daily $5.
ALBANY DAILY HEROLD-Jacob Heinmiller, 87 Westerlo-$6.
ALBANY LAW JOURNAL-Wecd, Parsons & Co., 39 Columbia street-weekly, $5.
ALBANY MORNING EXPRESS-Henly & Co., 52 State street-daily, $8.
ALBANY EVENING TIMES-The Times Com- pany, 401 Broadway-daily $7.
ALBANY ADVERTISER-M. G. Tracy, 39 Broadway-monthly.
CULTIVATOR AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN- L. Tueker & Son, 395 Broadway-weekly, $2.50. FREIE BLAETTER-A. Miggael, 44 Beaver street-daily, $S.
SUNDAY PRESS-The Press Co., 18 Beaver st .- weekly, $2.50.
WEEKLY PRESS AND LEGISLATIVE JOUR- NAL, 18 Beaver street-weekly, $1.25.
RENSSELAER COUNTY GAZETTE-Thomas MeKee, 14 Ferry street, Greenbush-weekly, $2.
SUN-North Greenbush Publishing Co., John B. Honghtaling, Bath-weekly.
THE EVENING STAR, C. F. R. Coe, Bath-on- the Hudson-weekly, 12 cents per month.
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INSURANCE.
COMMERCE
Capital $200,000. Surplus $200,000
No. 57 State Street, Commerce Insurance Building.
DIRECTORS.
ADAM VAN ALLEN,
CHAUNCEY P. WILLIAMS, MATTHEW H. READ,
CHARLES B. LANSING,
GARRET A. VAN ALLEN,
PETER MONTEATH,
CHARLES SEDAM,
ROYAL BANCROFT,
E. DARWIN JONES,
BRADFORD R. WOOD,
SAMUEL SCHUYLER, ROBERT L. JOHNSON, ARTEMAS FISH,
NATHAN B. PERRY,
O. H. DAVENPORT,
ISAIAH PAGE,
S. DE LA GRANGE, CHRISTOPHER L. SKEELS.
ADAM VAN ALLEN, President. G. A. VAN ALLEN, Vice-President. RICHARD V. DE WITT, Secretary.
VAN ALLEN & DE WITT, Insurance Agents, G. A. VAN ALLEN, R. V. DE WITT.
REPRESENT THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES, VIZ .:
ASSETS.
Ætna, of Hartford, - - $7,000,000
Hartford, of Hartford, -
3,000,000
Fire Association, of Philadelphia, -
3,500,000
Imperial, of London, England,
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6,000,000
Northern,
9,000,000
OFFICE, No. 57 STATE ST., ALBANY.
JAMES W."EATON, JESSE C. POTTS, ISAAC A. CHAPMAN,
CHARLES H. ADAMS,
LEE CHAMBERLAIN, GEORGE DAWSON,
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ALBANY DIRECTORY.
ATLANTIC MUTUAL LIFE
ATLANTIC MUTUAL LIFE Walter Brown, Sec'
INSURANCE
COMPANY,
ROB! H. PRUYN, Pres
JAMES HENDRICK, Vice Pres.
ELD OF THE
FENCELESS
OF ALBANY. ASSETS, JAN. 1, 1876, $1,346,888.25. TRUSTEES.
Hon. ROBERT H. PRUYN, Albany. LEMON THOMSON, Lumber Merchant, Albany. JAMES HENDRICK, Banker, Albany.
Hon. JOSEPH H. RAMSEY, President Albany and Susquehanna R. R. Co. ISAAC LAWSON, Counselor at Law, Albany.
SAMUEL N. BACON, Merchant, Albany. WALTER BROWN, Sec'y A. M. L. Ins. Co., Albany.
Liverpool and London and Globe Ins. Co.,
ORGANIZED 1836.
AVAILABLE ASSETS, - $28,425,160.92.
Losses paid during past 40 years,
$49,441,445.35, Gold.
JAMES HENDRICK, Agent, 65 and 67 State Street, Cor. James, ALBANY, N. Y.
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BANKS.
BANKS.
The Banks are open every day in the year, from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m., except Sundays and holidays The interest for discount in the Banks in this city is fixed at 7 per cent. per annum.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK. Nos. 35 and 37 State Street.
Capital $300,000.
Surplus, $230,000.
OFFICERS. M. H. READ, President. G. A. VAN ALLEN, Vice-President. ADAM VAN ALLEN, Cashier.
Ledyard Cogswell, Teller, B. R. Spelman, Jr., Bookkeeper,
Chas. G. Lathrop, Bank Bookkeeper,
Charles M. Cuyler, Discount Clerk, Samuel E. Wells, Clerk, Joseph R. Baldwin, Clerk,
Peter J. Byrnes, Clerk. DIRECTORS.
M. H. READ, A. VAN ALLEN,
CHAS. H. ADAMS,
SAML. SCHUYLER,
SAMUEL ANABLE, GEORGE DAWSON,
G. A. VAN ALLEN, ARTEMAS FISH, J. TOWNSEND LANSING.
UNION NATIONAL BANK OF ALBANY.
No. 446 Broadway.
CAPITAL
$250,000.
BILLINGS P. LEARNED, President. JAMES C. COOK, Cashier.
ARIEL LATHROP, Teller, WALTER S. ALLEN, Discount Clerk, H. A. NEWTON, Assistant Teller,
STEPHEN R. BORTLE, Bookkeeper,
WILLIAM WILKINS, Clerk.
DIRECTORS.
BILLINGS P. LEARNED, JAMES W. EATON,
MATTHEW HALE, WILLIAM H. HAMILTON,
WILLIAM N. STRONG, WILLIAM H. BAILEY,
HORACE B. NEWTON, ANDREW G. WHITE,
WILLIAM L. LEARNED, JAMES C. COOK,
D. D. T. CHARLES, TOWNSEND FONDEY,
B. P. LEARNED, JR.
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ALBANY DIRECTORY.
NATIONAL ALBANY EXCHANGE BANK,
No. 450 Broadway.
CAPITAL, $300,000.
CHAUNCEY P. WILLIAMS, President. WILLIAM G. THOMAS, Vice-President. THEODORE L. SCOTT, Cashier.
J. H. BROOKS, Teller, JOSEPH Y. PAIGE, Assistant Teller," JOHN A. PATTERSON, Bookkeeper, HENRY H. PATTERSON, Bookkeeper, JOHN GALLOGLY, Bookkeeper,
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