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PRINCE. HENRY AXTELL-Lawyer. 149 Broad- way, New York City; residence 175 West 85th street. Member Sigma Phi and Phi Beta Kappa Clubs, St. Nicholas Society, Colonial Order and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
PRINCE, J. DYNELEY-Professor. University Heights, New York City; residence Ringwood, N. J. Born in New York City, April 17, 1868. Educated at Columbia ('86), Berlin and Johns Hopkins Universities. Degree of Ph.D. (Married.) Professor of Semitic lan- guages and comparative philology and Dean of the Graduate School at New York University. Member of expedition to Babylonia from University of Pennsylva- nia, 1889-90; Fellow in Semitic at Johns Hopkins Uni-
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versity, 1891-2. Author of philological papers in "Jour- nal of American Oriental Society" and in the "Journal of Biblical Literature"; American Folk-lore papers in American Philosophical Society Proceedings, and in New York Academy of Science publications; "Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin," Baltimore, 1893; also "A Com- mentary on the Book of Daniel," Leipzig, 1899. Mem- ber Tuxedo and University Clubs, American Geo- graphical, American Oriental, Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa Societies, Society for Biblical Literature and Exegesis, Modern Language Association and New York Academy of Sciences.
PRIOR, JULIUS E .- Dry Goods Commission Mer- chant, 66 Leonard street, New York City; residence 1238 Dean street, Brooklyn. Born in Germany, June 29, 1860. Educated in Germany. (Married.) In charge of domestic department Fred'k. Vietor & Achelis. Member Crescent Athletic and Union League Clubs of Brooklyn.
PRITCHARD, ALBERT L .- Lawyer, 156 Broad- way, New York City; residence 201 West 56th street. Born in Solon, Cortland Co., N. Y., Sept. 18, 1818. Edu- cated at Homer Academy and Union College. (Mar- ried.) President Snowflake Marble Co. and Bank of Watertown, Wis .; secretary and treasurer Chicago and Northwestern Ry. Co .; treasurer Northern Pacific R. R. Co. Member Union College Alumni Association.
PROAL, ARTHUR B. - Secretary, 45 Broadway, New York City: residence 517 Madison avenue. Sec- retary and director Electro Gas Co. and United States Equitable Gas Co. Member Union League, Racquet and Tennis and Suburban Riding and Driving Clubs, Country Club of Westchester, Metropolitan Museum of Art and American Museum of Natural History.
PROBASCO, SAMUEL R. - Civil Engineer, 280 Broadway, New York City; residence 107 Montague street, Brooklyn. Member Crescent Athletic and Brooklyn Clubs and American Society of Civil Engi- neers.
PROBST, GEORGE-Publisher and Print Seller, 17 East 16th street, New York City. Born in Germany, April 5, 1831. Educated in Germany and the United States. (Married.) Served in the United States Army, 1854-62, and in War Department, 1862-64. Superin- tendent J. C. Buttre, 1865-73; secretary of same, 1894-95, and since then president, treasurer and director. Served six years in the National Guard of New York and held prominent offices in G. A. R. during a period of fifteen years. Member Veteran Club (secretary), Columbia Benevolent Society (president) and Knights of Honor (trustee).
PROCHAZKA, JOHN - Chemist, Newark, N. J .; residence 15 East 12th street, New York City. Born in New York City, Oct. 12, 1862. Educated in New York City. (Single.) Secretary and chemist Central Dye- stuff and Chemical Co. of Newark, N. J. Member of the Phi Beta Kappa and City College Clubs, New York City College Alumni Association, American Chemical Society, Society of Chemical Industry and Liederkranz.
PROCTOR, THOMAS REDFIELD-Banker, Utica; residence 312 Genesee street. President and director Second National Bank. Member Army and Navy and Players' Clubs of New York City, Adirondack League and American Jersey Cattle Clubs, New England So- ciety, Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Sons of the Revolution and Society of Colonial Wars.
PROSSER, CHARLES SMITH - Professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; residence Schenec- tady, N. Y. Born in Columbus, N. Y., March 24, 1860. (Son of Smith and Emeline O. [Tuttle] Prosser.) Edu- cated at Cornell (B.S., '83, and M.S., '86). (Married Mary F., daughter of Thomas Wilson of Albany, N. Y.) Instructor in paleontology at Cornell University, 1885- 8; assistant paleontologist to United States Geological Survey, 1888-92; professor of natural history at Wash- burn College, Topeka, Kan., 1892-4; professor of geol- ogy at Union College, 1894-9; associate professor of his- torical geology at Ohio State University since 1899. Was assistant geologist on State geological surveys of Kansas and New York, and chief of Appalachian divi- sion of Maryland Geological Survey. Author of over forty papers and reports on the geology of Arkansas, Nebraska, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Maryland and New York, the most extensive being on the Silurian and Devonian rocks of New York and the Carboniferous
and Permian of Kansas. Fellow Geological Society of America and American Association for the Advance- ment of Science; member Congres Géologique Inter- nationale, Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity and of the Alpha Chapter of the honorary scientific society of Sigma Xi.
PROUDFIT, ALEXANDER M. - 1425 Broadway, New York City. Educated at Columbia. Member Union, Racquet and Tennis and New York Yacht Clubs, Ardsley Casino of Ardsley-on-Hudson, and Co- lunibia University Alumni Association.
PROUT, HENRY G .- Editor, 32 Park place, New York City; residence Nutley, N. J. Born in Fairfax County, Va. Educated in common schools and at the University of Michigan. (Married.) Served in Union Army during Civil War. Was major of engineers and, later, colonel on general staff in the Egyptian Army, 1873-8, and was for a time Governor of the Equatorial Provinces. Now chief editor of the "Railroad Gazette." Member Engineers' Club, Century Association, Ameri- can Geographical Society and American Society of Civil Engineers.
PROVOST, ANDREW JACKSON - Lawyer, 5 Beekman street, New York City; residence 403 Wash- ington avenue, Brooklyn. Born in New York City, April 2, 1834. (Son of David and Elizabeth [Hendrick- son] Provost.) Educated in public schools of Brook- lyn, and at Williston Seminary. (Married Harriet, daughter of Hon. Obadiah Titus of Dutchess County, N. Y., 1854.) Practiced law in Brooklyn until 1880; since then in New York City. Assemblyman, 1860-2; member of the Brooklyn Board of Education, 1864-8; school commissioner of Queens County, 1874-8; justice of the peace and police judge in Queens County, 1870- 8; was also president of the Whitestone (L. I.) Board of Education for five years. Member St. Nicholas So- ciety of Brooklyn.
PROVOST, ANDREW JACKSON, JR .- Civil Engi- neer, 401 Washington avenue, Brooklyn. Director American Kit Co. Member Brooklyn Engineers' Club, Long Island Historical and Holland Societies and St. Nicholas Society of Nassau Island.
PROVOST, DAVID-Lawyer, 132 Nassau street, New York City; residence Great Neck, Nassau County. Educated at Rutgers College and Columbia University. Member Manhasset Bay Golf and St. Nicholas Clubs and Sons of the Revolution.
PROVOST, GEORGE D .- Broker, 20 Broad street, New York City; residence 432 Lafayette avenue, Brooklyn. Member of the firm of Provost Bros. & Co., members of the New York Stock Exchange. Member Calumet Club, and Crescent Athletic and Ox- ford Clubs of Brooklyn.
PRUDDEN, T. MITCHELL-Physician, 437 West 59th street, New York City; residence 160 West 59th street. Born in Middlebury, Conn., July 7, 1849. Edu- cated at Yale ('72), Columbia, Berlin and Heidelberg (M.D.). (Single.) Was instructor in chemistry, Shef- field Scientific School at Yale: lecturer on histology in Yale Medical School, and president New York Patho- logical Society. Now professor of pathology, Columbia University, and director Columbia University Press. Member New York Athletic and University Clubs, As- sociation of American Physicians, Association of American Bacteriologists, American Public Health and Century Associations, and American Geographical, New York Historical and American Folklore Societies.
PRUDEN, WILLIAM EDGAR-Hardware Mer- chant, 861 Eighth avenue, New York City; residence 162 West 120th street. Director West Side Bank. Member Colonial, New York Athletic, Driving and Lawyers' Clubs.
PRUYN, JOHN V. L .- Lawyer, Albany; residence 13 Elk street. Born in Albany, March 14, 1859. Edu- cated at Union College ('80), and Albany Law School ('82). (Married.) Alderman-at-large, 1888-90; sen- ior aide-de-camp, with rank of colonel, on staff of Governor D. B. Hill, 1886-9. Trustee of St. Stephen's College, Annandale, N. Y. Member Metropolitan, Union and University Clubs of New York City, Fort Orange Club of Albany, Sons of the Revolution, Hol- land Society, Society of Colonial Wars, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Union Alumni As- sociation, Newport Reading Room, St. Nicholas So- ciety and New York State Bar Association.
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PRUYN, ROBERT CLARENCE - Banker, 38 State street, Albany. Educated at Rutgers College ('69). President and director National Commercial Bank. Member Metropolitan, University and Delta Phi Clubs and Century Association of New York City, Holland Society, Sons of the Revolution, Rutgers Col- lege Alumni Association and Fort Orange Club of Al- bany, of which he was one of the founders.
PRYER, CHARLES-New Rochelle. Born and educated in New York City. (Married.) Member Re- form, Atlantic Yacht, Larchmont Yacht, Wool, Strol- lers', New York Yacht and New Rochelle Yacht Clubs, Century Association, New York Historical, American Geographical, New York Zoological, and Numismatic and Archaeological Societies, Metropolitan Museum of Art and American Museum of Natural History.
PRYOR, JAMES WILLIAMSON-Lawyer, 677 Fifth avenue, New York City. Born in New York City, April 30, 1858. Educated in private schools and at Columbia (A.B., '78) and Columbia Law School. Formerly secretary of the Edison Electric Illuminat- ing Co. of New York. Member City (secretary) and University Clubs, Genesee Valley Club of Rochester, and Columbia University Alumni Association.
PRYOR, ROGER ATKINSON-Supreme Court Justice, County Court House, New York City; resi- dence 3 West 69th street. Born in Dinwiddie County, Va., July 19, 1828. Educated at Hampden-Sidney Col- Jege (LL.D.) and at the University of Virginia ('48). (Married Sara A. Rice of Virginia.) Was special Min- ister to Greece under President Pierce, 1855; Congress- man, 1858-61. Entered Confederate service in 1861 as colonel; served as a member of the Confederate Con- gress in 1862, and was brevetted brigadier-general in 1863. Became a resident of New York City in 1865 and engaged in the practice of law. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, 1890-5; Supreme Court Justice since 1896; term expires Dec. 31, 1905. Member Manhattan and Colonial Clubs, Southern Society and Sons of the Revolution.
PRYOR, ROGER ATKINSON, JR .- Lawyer, 16 Exchange place, New York City; residence New York Club. Member Manhattan, New York and Colonial Clubs and Sons of the American Revolution.
PUGSLEY, CORNELIUS AMOR Y - Banker, Peekskill; residence Peekskill, and 12 West 122d street, New York City. Born in Peekskill, July 17, 1850. Educated in Peekskill. (Married.) President West- chester County National Bank; treasurer and trustee The Field Home, Yorktown, N. Y., and Peekskill Mili- tary Academy; secretary The Fowler Co. of Waterloo, Iowa. Member Hariem and Patria Clubs, New Eng- land and Empire State Societies, Sons of the American Revolution and Chamber of Commerce.
PULITZER, JOSEPH-Journalist, 63 Park row, New York City; residence 10 East 55th street. Born in Budapesth, Hungary, April 10, 1847. Educated by pri- vate tutors. Became resident of the United States in 1864 and served until the end of the Civil War with a cavalry regiment. Became interested in newspaper work in 1868; bought the St. Louis "Dispatch" in 1878 and united it with "The Evening Post" as the "Post- Dispatch," which he still owns. Served as a member of the Missouri Legislature in 1869 and as a member of the Missouri Constitutional Convention of 1874. Became proprietor of the New York "World" in 1883. Was elected to Congress for term, 1885-7, but resigned after a few months' service. President and director Paper World Co .; president and trustee Press Publish- ing Co. Member Manhattan, Press, American Yacht and Reform Clubs.
PULLEN, EUGENE H .- Banker, 2 Wall street, New York City; residence 1227 Dean street, Brooklyn. Born in Baltimore, Md., March 30, 1833. Educated in Baltimore. (Married.) Connected with the Bank of the Republic since 1861; assistant cashier, 1874; cashier, 1879, and vice-president, 1892. Formerly president and chairman executive committee of the American Bank- ers' Association.
PULLICH, OTTO-Real Estate and Insurance, 179 Columbus avenue, New York City; residence 136 West 111th street. Born in Germany, March 9, 1853. Edu- cated in Germany. (Married.) Director Randolph
Water Co. Meniber Society of Ethical Culture and of several German athletic, singing and benevolent so- cieties.
PULSIFER, WILLIAM E. - Publisher, 93 Fifth avenue, New York City; residence Bedford avenue and Dean street, Brooklyn. Member New York Club, Union League Club of Brooklyn, Aldine Association (secretary and director), and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
PULTZ, MONROE T. - Physician, Stanfordville. Born in Rhinebeck, N. Y., July 17, 1843. Educated at Ithinebeck Academy, at Union College and at College of Physicians and Surgeons of the City of New York (M.D.). (Married.) Member Union College Alumni, New York State Medical and American Medical Asso- ciations and Dutchess County Medical Society.
PUMPELLY, JOSIAH COLLINS - Secretary, 12 East 23d street, New York City; residence 257 West 85th strect. Born in Owego, Tioga County, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1839. Educated at Rutgers College and Columbia Law School; degrees of A.M. and LL.B. (Married.) Secretary City Improvement Society. Member Union League and West Side Republican Clubs, Huguenot Society of America, West End, George Washington Memorial (charter member), Columbia University Alumni, Rutgers College Alumni and Sunday Closing Associations, Christian Workingmen's Institute (ex- ecutive board), Patriotic League and Sons of the American Revolution.
PUNDERFORD, JAMES A. - Merchant, 56 Pine street, New York City; residence 127 West 70th street. Born in New Haven, Conn., June 14, 1834. Educated at General Russell's Institute, New Haven, Conn., and College Hill, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. (Married.) Member of the firm of Punderford & Co. President Colonial Club, 1893-5. Member Colonial and National Arts Clubs, Down Town Association and Chamber of Com- merce.
PUPIN, MICHAEL J .- Professor, 116th street and Morningside Heights, New York City; residence Yonkers. Educated at Columbia ('83). Degree of Ph.D. Adjunct professor of mechanics at Columbia University in the City of New York. Member Law- yers' and University Clubs, Scientific Alliance and Co- lumbia University Alumni Association.
PURCELL, JOHN P. - Horseshoer, 60 Harrison street, New York City; residence New Dorp, S. I. Born on Staten Island, Sept. 3, 1855. Educated in public schools. (Married.) Was president of National Asso- ciation of Master Horseshoers for three years. Now secretary and director New York Horseshoers' Supply Co. Member Knights of Columbus, A. O. U. W. and National Association of Master Horseshoers.
PURCELL, WILLIAM - Journalist, Rochester. Born in Fort Covington, Franklin County, N. Y., Aug. 15, 1830. Educated in common schools. Became asso- ciate editor in 1854 and editor-in-chief in 1864 of the "Union and Advertiser." Member of the Rochester Board of Education, 1852-3, and of the Board of Public Works, 1872-3. Was delegate to the Democratic Na- tional Conventions of 1872, 1876 and 1884, and was chair- man of the New York State Democratic Committee, 1877-8. Member New York State Board of Mediation and Arbitration since 1886.
PURDY, ALFRED E. M .- Physician, 304 Madison avenue, New York City. Born in New York City. Edu- cated at Columbia. Formerly consulting physician to Methodist Episcopal Hospital. Member Union League, Lambs', Morris County (N. J.) Golf, Baltusrol Golf and Somerset Hills Country Clubs.
PURDY, CORYDON TYLER-Civil Engineer, 78 Fifth avenue, New York City; residence Upper Mont- clair, N. J. Born in Wisconsin. Educated at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin. (Married.) Member of the firm of Purdy & Henderson. Member Engineers' Club, American Society of Civil Engineers and Western So- ciety of Civil Engineers.
PURDY, J. HARSEN-13 William street, New York City; residence 14 East 38th street. Born in New York City, Oct. 28, 1844. Educated in New York City. (Single.) Member Union League, Grolier and Union Clubs, Century and Down Town Associations, Dunlap and St. Nicholas Societies, Society of Iconophiles, Colo- nial Order and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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PURDY, JOHN HENRY - Lawyer, 140 Nassau street, New York City; residence 121 Madison avenue. Educated at Columbia ('75). Member of the firm of W. M. & J. H. Purdy. Member University, St. An- thony, New York Yacht, Grolier and Metropolitan Clubs and Columbia University Alumni Association.
PURDY, LAWSON-Lawyer, 111 Broadway, New York City; residence 220 Central Park, South. Born in Hyde Park, N. Y., 1863. Educated at St. Paul's (N. H.) School, Trinity College and New York Law School. (Married.) Vice-president New York Bank Note Co .; secretary New York Tax Reform Association. Mem- ber Manhattan Single Tax Club and Trinity College Alumni Association.
PURDY, RANDOLPH F .- Banker, 25 Broad street, New York City; residence 304 Madison avenue. Born in New York City. Educated at Columbia Grammar School and College of the City of New York. (Single.) Member of the New York Stock Exchange firm of Stout & Co. Director Washington Life Insurance Co. Member Union League, Luncheon, Somerset Hills Country and Chi Phi Clubs and Seventh Regiment Veteran Association.
PURDY, WARREN G .- Capitalist, 13 William street, New York City; residence 4811 Lake avenue, Chicago, Ill. Born in Baltimore, Md., May 20, 1843. Educated in Baltimore. (Married.) President and di- rector Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Ry. Co .; presi- dent Keokuk and Des Moines Ry. Co .; treasurer Des Moines and Fort Dodge R. R .; director Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Ry. Co. Member Union League, Kenwood and Midlothian County Clubs, all of Chicago, Ill.
PURDY, WILLIAM McNEVIN-Lawyer, 140 Nas- sau street, New York City; residence 32 West 63d street. Educated at Columbia ('69). Member of the firm of W. M. & J. H. Purdy. Member University Club, St. Nicholas Society, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Columbia University Alumni and Down Town Associations and American Museum of Natural History.
PURPLE, SAMUEL SMITH-Physician, 36 West 22d street, New York City. Born in Lebanon, Madison Co., N. Y., June 24, 1822. Educated in common schools and in the Medical Department of New York University (M.D., '44). Author of several medical and surgical works. Member New York Academy of Medi- cine (ex-president) and other medical organizations.
PURRINGTON, WILLIAM A .- Lawyer, 59 Wall street, New York City; residence 54 West 12th street. Born in Washington, D. C., 1852. Educated in private schools, at Harvard University ('73), at Columbia Uni- versity and at University of the City of New York Law School. (Married.) Was consular clerk at Rome, and secretary of American Legation at Rio de Janeiro. Lecturer in University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College and New York College of Dentistry. Member University, Harvard, National Arts and Lawyers' Clubs, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and Society of Medical Jurisprudence.
PUTNAM, CHARLES RUSSELL LOWELL-Phy- sician and Instructor, 114 East 36th street, New York City. Educated at Harvard ('91). Degrees of A.B. and M.D. Instructor in operative surgery, Cornell University Medical College, New York City. Member Harvard and University Clubs.
PUTNAM, EDGAR P .- 347 East Fourth street, Jamestown; residence Jamestown. Born in Stockton, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., May 4, 1844. Educated in common and private schools. (Married.) Was captain and brevet-major in United States Army, United States surveyor, clerk of Chautauqua County, post- master of Jamestown, and chairman of Republican County Committee. Now director Chautauqua County Trust Co. Member Army and Navy Club and Loyal Legion of New York City, Medal of Honor Legion of the United States, Washington, D. C., Veteran Legion of the United States, and G. A. R. of Jamestown.
PUTNAM, EDWARD D .- Stock Broker, 6 Elwood Building, Rochester; residence 21 Selye terrace. Born in Albany, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1858. Educated at Erie (Pa.) Grammar School. (Married.) Was quartermaster-
sergeant of Buffalo Cadets, and secretary Rochester Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution. Member Sons of the American Revolution, Historical Society of Rochester, Rochester Whist Club, Lake View Wheelmen and Yonondis Lodge, F. & A. M., Hamilton Chapter.
PUTNAM, GEORGE HAVEN-Publisher, 27 West 23d street, New York City; residence 245 West 75th street. Born in London, England, April 2, 1844. (Son of George P. Putnam.) Educated at Columbia College and at the Universities of Göttingen and Paris. De- grees of A.M. from Bowdoin College and Litt.D. from Western University of Pennsylvania. (Married.) President and director of G. P. Putnam's Sons of New York and London. Served with 176th Regiment, New York Volunteers, during Civil War and advanced to the rank of adjutant and brevet-major. Was instru- mental in reorganizing the Publishers' Copyright League in 1887 and served for a time as its secretary. Received Cross of the Legion of Honor from France in 1891 for services rendered to literature and art. Au- thor of many works. Member City, Reform and Au- thors' Clubs, Savile Club of London, England, Century Association and Military Order of the Loyal Legion.
PUTNAM, GEORGE L .- Wholesale Dry Goods Merchant, 376 Broadway, New York City; residence 179 Madison avenue. Born in Ontario County, N. Y., March, 1844. (Married.) Member of the firm of Sweetser, Pembrook & Co. Member Merchants' Club, Chamber of Commerce, American Museum of Natural History, American Geographical Society, St. John's Guild, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil- dren and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
PUTNAM, HARRINGTON-Lawyer, 45 William street, New York City; residence 404 Washington ave- nue, Brooklyn. Born in Shrewsbury, Mass., June 29, 1851. Educated at Colby University, Waterville, Me., and Columbia Law School. (Single.) Member of the firm of Cowen, Wing, Putnam & Burlingham. Mem- ber Reform Club, Hamilton Club of Brooklyn, Down Town Association and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
PUTNAM, HARVEY W. (Lieutenant)-Lawyer, 21 White Building, Buffalo. Member Army and Navy Club of New York City, and Saturn Club.
PUTNAM, HENRY W .- Hardware Merchant, 108 Chambers street, New York City; residence 15 East 48th street. Director Brooklyn Elevated R. R. Co .; Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis R. R. Co. of Illinois, Standard Trust Co. and Columbus, Sandusky and Hocking R. R. Co. Member New York Athletic, Union League, Larchmont Yacht and Hardware Clubs.
PUTNAM, IRVING-Publisher, 27 West 23d street, New York City; residence 306 West 77th street. Sec- retary and director G. P. Putnam's Sons; director Knickerbocker Press. Member Reform, New York Athletic, Barnard and Colonial Clubs and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
PUTNAM, J. BISHOP-Publisher, 27 West 23đ street, New York City; residence Harrison. President and director Knickerbocker Press; treasurer and di- rector G. P. Putnam's Sons. Member Union League, Reform, American Yacht and Barnard Clubs and New England Society.
PUTNAM, JAMES OSBORNE-Lawyer, Buffalo. Born in Attica, N. Y., July 4, 1818. (Son of Harvey and Myra [Osborne] Putnam.) Educated at Hamilton and Yale. (Widower.) Practicing law in Buffalo since 1842. State senator, 1854-5; unsuccessful candidate for secretary of state of New York, 1857; consul at Havre, France, 1861-5; United States Minister to Bel- gium, 1880-2. Chancellor of the University of Buffalo. Member University and Saturn Clubs and Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity.
PUTNAM, ROBERT MYERS SHOEMAKER- Lawyer, 31 Nassau street, New York City; residence 148 West 34th street. Educated at Cornell ('91). (Mar- ried.) Member St. Nicholas and Zeta Psi Clubs, Al- bany Society of New York, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
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PUTNAM, TARRANT-Lawyer, 41 Park row, New York City; residence Shelter Island. Member Man- hattan, Calumet, New York Yacht and Larchmont Yacht Clubs and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
PUTNAM, WILLIAM A .- Broker, 2 Wall street, New York City; residence 70 Willow street, Brooklyn. Member of the firm of Homans & Co., and of the New York Stock Exchange. Member Crescent Athletic and Hamilton Clubs of Brooklyn.
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