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Faculty.
John H. Raymond, LL.D .; Geo. W. Col- lard, A. M. ; Chas. S. Stone, A. M. ; Robert R. Raymond, A. M .; Jean Gustave Keetels, A. M .; Robert Foster, A. M .; Edward O. Seymour, A. M. ; Elbridge C. Allen, A. M .; John C. Overhiser, A. M.
BROOKLYN INSTITUTE AND YOUTHS' FREE LIBRARY --- 184 Washington St., near Concord.
ESTABLISHED 1823. CHARTERED 1824. Trustees.
Robert Nichols, Rollin Sanford, A. W. Benson, Gerrit Smith, Charles Congdon. Ex-officio, Mayor of the City of Brooklyn, and the President of the Brooklyn Savings Bank.
President, Peter G. Taylor; Vice-Presi- dent, Oliver Hull ; Treasurer, Thos. Rowe ; Secretary, John W. Pray.
Directors.
Thomas Woodward, Austin Melvin, Wm. Everdell, Jr., Jesse O. Smith, Geo. Kissam, Alfred M. Wood, Charles H. Baxter, Dun- can Littlejohn, Henry W. Hench.
Librarian, John McGeorge.
CATHOLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION .--- Rooms, cor. Court and Joralemon Streets.
President, James Green. Vice-President, P. H. Brennan. Recording Secretary, Thos. Kelly. Corresponding Secretary, Peter F. Mohun. Treasurer, Felix Gallagher.
Directors .- John O'Mahony, Francis Ger- ety, John Courtney, Bernard Martin, Law- rence J. Gillick, John A. Gilmore, Thomas F. Taffe, Martin E. Dugan.
MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN.
Atheneum, Atlantic st. cor. Clinton. Organized 1857. Officers for 1861, 1862.
Pres., James H. Frothingham. Vice- Pres., James Thorne. Cor. Sec., Edwin Underhill. Rec. Sec., Paul Worth. Treas., James How, Jr. Librarian, S. B. Noyes.
Subscription, One Dollar initiation fee, and Two Dollars per annum in advance.
PACKER COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE FOR FEMALES. --- Joralemon St., bet. Court and Clinton.
Pres., A. A. Low. Treas., John W. Prentice. Sec., Jos. W. Harper. Trustees, Richard T. Buck, A. B. Baylis, C. P. Smith, J. S. Thorne, O. H. Gordon, P. C. Cornell, J. W. Harper, J. H. Prentice, A. W. Ben- son, A. A. Low. Fisher Howe, Loomis Bal- lard, John Haslett, J. M. Van Cott.
- Principal, A. Crittenden, A. M.
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APPENDIX-MILITARY, MISCELLANEOUS SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS.
MILITARY,
Headquarters of the 2d Division, Sing Sing, Westchester Co., N. Y.
The 5th Brigade, attached to the 2d Di- vision New York State Militia, is located in the County of Kings, and consists of the 13th, 14th, 70th, and 28th Regiments.
OFFICERS IN COMMAND.
Major-General, H. B. Duryea.
Brigadier-General, Philip S. Crook, of Brooklyn.
Division Staff.
Inspector, Col. Marlborough Churchill. Judge-Advocate, " John Fowler, Jr.
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Surgeon,
Col. George Cochrane.
Engineer, Samuel Fowler.
Quarter-Master, Lieut. Col. Wm. J. Steele,
Paymaster, Maj. Stephen H. De Bevoise.
Aid-de-Camp, William H. Husted.
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" David M. Talmage.
Brigade Staff.
William R. Brewster,
Brigade Inspector.
- McNary,
Engineer.
Stephen A. Dodge,
Judge Advocate.
McAllister,
Surgeon.
Anthony Conk, Aid.
Vacant, Paymaster.
James Mooney, Quarter Master.
MISCELLANEOUS SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS.
Brooklyn Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor.
Office, 88 Hicks street.
Officers for 1861. Pres. George Hall. Vice Pres., Caleb Barstow, T. C. Fanning, H. B. Claflin, A. A. Low, J. E. Southworth. Executive Committee, Isaac H. Frothing- ham, J. I. Studwell, Arthur W. Benson, William Poole, R. P. Buck, Thomas H. Rodman, Henry Messenger, Stephen Cro- well. Treas., Henry Rowland. Rec. Sec., N. G. Burgess. Cor. Sec. and Gen'l Agent, Luther Eames.
Brooklyn Benevolent Society.
Most Rev. John Hughes, President. Charles Kelsey, Esq., Secretary. Cornelius Dever, Treas. James J. Johnson, Agent. Office, 66 Amity street.
Brooklyn Industrial School Association, Organized 1854.
Industrial No. 1, 173 Concord street ; No. 2, Nelson street, cor. Court.
First Directress, Mrs. Fisher Howe. Se- cond Directress, Mrs. Jesse C. Smith. Treas. Miss Emily Thurston. Sec. Mrs. Shipman.
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC. Montague street, bet. Clinton and Court. Incorporated pursuant to a special act of the Legislature, March 19, 1859. CAPITAL, $200,000.
President, Simon B. Chittenden.
Vice President, Samuel Sloan. A. Cooke Hull.
Secretary,
Directors.
Simon B. Chittenden, Abiel A. Low,
Samuel Sloan, Henry E. Pierrepont,
Alex. M. White, Edward Whitehouse,
A. Cooke Hull, John Greenwood,
Luther B. Wyman, Robert R. Raymond, Wm. M. Richards,
George F. Thomas,
Arthur W. Benson, Edward Lambert,
Edwin D. Plimpton, John W. Degraw,
J. H. Frothingham, Willard M. Newell,
H. R. Worthington, E. J. Lowber,
Alex. McCue,
C. H. Sand,
John Kellum,
Theo. Polhemus, Jr.,
F. G. Thurston.
Brooklyn R. C. Orphan Asylum.
Female Asylum, Congress street, 450 girls. Male Asylum, Bedford avenue, 350 boys. President, Rt. Rev. J. Loughlin. Secretary,
Treasurer, Keiran Egan.
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APPENDIX-RAILROAD COMPANIES.
Brooklyn Society for the Relief of Respect- able Aged Indigent Females. 1
(GRAHAM INSTITUTE.)
OFFICIAL BOARD FOR 1861 .-- First Direct- ress, Mrs. J. S. T. Stranahan. Second Di- rectress, Mrs. Hosea Webster. Cor. Sec., Mrs. J. R. St. John. Rec. Sec., Mrs. Nathan Burchard. Treas., Mrs. David M. Stone.
Church Charity Foundation. Albany avenue, near Bedford avenue.
OFFICERS FOR 1861 .- President, Rev. Tho- mas T. Guion, D. D. Vice-Presidents, Rev. Jacob W. Diller, Rev. Alvah Guion, Rev. E. N. Littlejohn, D. D. Treasurer, John C. Smith. Secretary, A. V. Blake. Chaplain and Superintendent, Rev. H. M. Davis. Physicians, William Swift, M. D .; William E. Whitehead, M. D.
Female Employment Society, 65 Court street, Established in 1854.
OFFICERS FOR 1861 .- President, Mrs.
Nicholas Luquer. Vice-President, Mrs. A. A. Low, Treas., Miss Bedell. Sec., Mrs. W. Brooks.
MT. PROSPECT INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL SOCIETY, corner Atlantic and Grand avenues.
First Directress-Mrs. R. Hunt.
Second Directress-
Recording Secretary-Miss J. I. Buding- ton.
Corresponding Secretary-Miss M. Suitor. Treasurer-Mrs. M. A. Welch.
ORPHAN ASYLUM SOCIETY OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN. (Protestant.)
First Directress-Mrs. Silas Butler.
Second Directress-Mrs. George H. Tracy. Treasurer-Mrs. B. W. Delamater. Recording Secretary-Mrs. Abraham Wyckoff.
Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. George Allen.
PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF BROOK- LYN.
Incorporated pursuant to a general act of the Legislature of the State of New York, May 5th, 1857. President-Luther B. Wyman. First Vice-President-Edward White- house. Second Vice-President-John Greenwood. Secretary-Robert R. Raymond. Treasurer-A. Cooke Hull. Executive Committee.
Charles Congdon, H. K. Sheldon,
W. M. Newell, J. J. Ryan,
William Poole.
WATER.
CONSTRUCTION BOARD, Office 355 Ful- ton, Halsey Building.
President-John H. Prentice. Secretary-J. Carson Brevoort.
COMMISSIONERS-John H. Prentice, J. Car- son Brevoort, William Wall, Nicholas Wyckoff, Nathaniel Briggs, Thomas Sulli- van, Conklin Brush. Clerk-Thomas Cotrel. Chief Engineer-James P. Kirkwood. As- sistant Engineer-Moses Lane.
BROOKLYN BOARD OF WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS.
Office same as above.
President-Gamaliel King, John H. Funk, Daniel L. Northrup, William B. Lewis.
SEWER DEPARTMENT-General Superin- tendent, Francis B. Stryker. Engineer, John S. Stoddard.
WATER DEPARTMENT- Water Purveyor, John H. Rhodes. Registrar, George D. Hubbard.
WILL'MSBURGH INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, North 2d street, between 4th and 5th.
First Directress-Mrs. Robert Duncan. Second Directress-Mrs. Starr Jocelyn. Treasurer-Miss M. J. Mason. Secretary-Miss C. R. Jocelyn.
RAILROAD COMPANIES.
BROADWAY RAILROAD COMPANY. Office, No. 12 South Seventh st., E. D.
President, Seymour S. Husted. Vice President, John A. Cross. Treasurer, George Field.
BROOKLYN CENTRAL AND JAMAICA RAILROAD COMPANY. Office, South Ferry, Brooklyn.
President, R. H. Thompson. Treasurer, W. H. Otis. Superintendent, W. B. Litchfield.
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APPENDIX-POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BROOKLYN CITY RAILROAD COM- PANY. Capital, $1,000,000-Shares, $100,000. Office, foot of Fulton street.
President, Henry R. Pierson. Vice President and Treasurer, Charles C. Betts. Secretary, Charles V. Betts. Register, Hector Morrison. Superintendent, Montgomery Queen. Paymaster, William Moffatt.
GRAND STREET AND NEWTOWN RAIL- ROAD COMPANY.
Office, First street, cor. South Seventh.
President, John T. Runcie. Treasurer, P. C. Harmon.
LONG ISLAND RAILROAD COMPANY. Office, Hunters Point. President, William E. Morris. Secretary & Treasurer, William S. S. Russell. General Freight Agent, John H. Buckmaster.
POLICE DEPARTMENT. Inspector-JOHN S. FOLK, Office 6, City Hall, Basement.
Clerk-WILLIAM H. FOLK, Surgeon of Police-GEO. C. BALL, Patrolmen detailed to the Deputy Superintendent's Office.
Charles S. Frost, Israel Denton, William M. Raynor, Henry W. Van Wagner.
FIRST PRECINCT. - Joel Smith, Captain, Station, Washington, n. Johnson. .6 = George Latham, Sergeant.
¥ Edgar S. Boyd,
James Brown,
John Matthews,
SECOND PRECINCT .- Thomas King, Captain, York, cor. Jay.
66 Stephen Post, Sergeant.
66 Rufus W. Crafts, 4
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John Patterson,
George Rhodes, 66
THIRD PRECINCT. - Mellon M. Holbrook, Captain, Court, n. Butler. Charles E. Preston, Sergeant. 66
66 Daniel Ferry,
George Rogers,
66 William Van Brunt, "
FOURTH PRECINOT .- James Powers, Captain, Myrtle av., cor. Vanderbilt av.
C. Wright, Sergeant.
" E. D. Crocker,
Thos. P. Wright,
Conklin Smith,
FIFTH PRECINCT. - Cornelius Woglom, Captain, North 5th st., n. 5th, E. D. John D. Hunt, Sergeant.
66 Charles Morton,
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66 Daniel Jacobs,
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John Doughty,
SIXTH PRECINCT. -- James Mullin, Captain, Wyckoff, n. Ewen, E. D. James Hanford, Sergeant.
Charles Cherman,
" Enoch Jacobs,
Charles W. Rudyard, “
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APPENDIX-RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES, U. S. NAVY YARD AND STATION.
SEVENTH PRECINCT-John Stilwell, Acting Captain, Franklin st., cor. Union av.
George W. Bruce, Sergeant. Albert Stearns,
EIGHTH PRECINOT .- B. B. McClane, Acting Captain, Fourth av., cor. 18th st. John. Bu Four, Sergeant.
NINTH PRECINOT. - Cyrus White, Acting Captain, Fulton av., cor. Bedford av. 66 Joel Miller, Jr., Sergeant. 66 Oliver B. Leich, 46
RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.
Brooklyn City Bible Society.
Depository, No. 48 Court street.
OFFICERS, 1861 .-- PRES., Richard P. Buck. VICE-PRES'TS, Daniel Ayres, Joseph Sands, Henry Rowland, J. T. Martin, Thomas S. Nelson, Walter Bickar, Conklin Brush, Harold Dollner, A. W. Benson. COR. SEO., Rev. James Eells. TREAS., Benj. W. De Lamater. REG. SEC., C. C. Mudge.
Brooklyn City Mission and Tract Society.
OFFICERS, 1861 .- PRES., Rev. B. C. Cut- ler, D. D. COR. SEC., Rev. W. J. Buding- ton, D. D. REC. SEO., Henry Rowland. TREAS., James P. Wallace.
Brooklyn Female Bible Society. Washington, corner of Tillary. Auxiliary to the Brooklyn City Bible Society. Established 1850.
OFFICERS, 1861 .- Mrs. Thalheimer, First Directress. Mrs. D. J. Ledyard, Second Directrees. Mrs. St. John, Secretary. Miss M. Fleet, Treasurer.
Brooklyn Sabbath School Union. Organized 1837. Registered 1855.
North Brooklyn Bible Society. Depository, 63 Fourth street.
OFFICERS, 1861. - COMMITTEE OF MAN- AGEMENT-D. B. Cunningham, Chairman. Wm. Morgan, Treasurer. J. A. Burr, Secre- tary. John A. Gray. S. Ballard.
Young Men's Christian Association.
Free Reading Rooms and Library, Brook- lyn Institute, Washington, corner of Concord. Open from 9 A. M. to 10 P. M.
Public Meetings second Tuesday of every month.
OFFICERS FOR 1861-62. - PRES., Robert Speir Bussing. VICE-PRES'TS, J. Spencer Hosford, Reformed Dutch ; Marcus E. Bas- sett, Methodist ; William E. Doubleday, Congregational ; Julius R. Pomeroy, Pres- byterian ; H. White, Baptist; W. J. Gid- dings, Episcopal. COR. SEC., Henry H. Lloyd. REC. SEO., O. Vincent Coffin, TREAS., John Bliss. LIB., Joseph Woodbridge.
UNITED STATES NAVY YARD AND STATION.
Commandant,
Commander,
1st Lieutenant,
2d Lieutenant,
Surgeon, Paymaster, Chaplain, Fitch W. Taylor. Master, Wm. N. Brady. Boatswain, Robert Dixon. Daniel C. Brayton. Wm. Arnold.
Sailmaker, Gunner,
Samuel L. Breese. Andrew H. Foote. John J. Almy. Andrew Byson. Samuel Jackson. A. A. Belknap.
On Special Duty.
Commander, Guerte Gansevoort, Ins. of Ord. Lieutenant, Francis A. Roe. Purser, Jos. C. Eldridge, Ins. of Provis, Chief Eng., Benjamin F. Garvin.
Civil Officers and Clerks.
Naval Constructor, Benjamin T. Delano. Naval Storekeeper, Anson Herrick. Assistant Engineer, Charles Hastings. Inspector of Timber, John Orr. Clerk of the Yard, George W. Lee. Commandant's Sect'y, Henry J. Willett. do. Clerk, Charles W. Morse. Storekeeper's Clerk, Carlton M. Herrick. John G. Day. Ins. of Provis'ns' Clk, Harlow Spaulding. Constructor's Clerk, Joseph T. Hall. Purser's Clerk, Walter Nixon. Albert D. Smith.
Messenger,
Naval Hospital.
Surgeon, John A. Lockwood.
Passed Asst. Surgeon, A. L. Gihon. Apothecary, Charles L. Kirby.
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APPENDIX-BROOKLYN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Naval Laboratory.
Director, Benjamin F. Bache. Passed Asst. Surgeon, Thomas J. Turner.
Rendezvous.
Commander,
Lieutenant,
Samuel Swartwout. Wm. B. Renshaw. J. Blakely Creighton. Henry O. Mayo.
Surgeon,
Receiving Ship.
Commander, James H. Ward.
1st Lieutenant,
Francis L. Haggerty.
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D. L. Braine.
3d
W. D. White.
Surgeon,
John J. Abernethy.
Purser,
James A. Semple.
Chaplain, Boatswain, Purser's Clerk,
George W. Dorrand. Joseph Coghlan. John P. Gregson.
Marine Barracks.
Captain,
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A. N. Brevoort.
E. F. Doughty.
Naval Lyceum.
President, Com. S. L. Breese.
1st Vice-President, Captain Eagle.
2d
Com. A. H. Foote.
Recording Secretary, Vacant.
Corresponding Sec., Purser J. C. Eldridge.
Treasurer, Purser J. A. Semple.
Librarian, J. W. A. Nicholson.
Asst. Librarian, George L. Birch.
Draughtsman,
B. F. Delano.
Atlantic Fire Insurance
Company of Brooklyn.
Offices, 14 Wall street, New York. 172 Atlantic street, Brooklyn.
Cash Capital, $150,000. Assets, September 1st, 1860, $256,003.
CHARTERED FEBRUARY 20, 1851.
HORATIO DORR, Secretary.
JOHN D. COCKS, President.
· Czar Dunning, George A. Jarvis, John Woolsey, J. S. T. Stranahan, Walter S. Griffith, J. A. Davenport, Ezra Lewis, Robert H. Berdell,
S. L. Husted, Nehemiah Knight, J. J. Van Nostrand, James W. Martens, Matthew Vassar, Jr. William H. Slocum, Nathaniel Putnam, Edward Bridge,
Camille C. Roumage, Levi H. Brigham, Curtis Noble, W. M. Wilson, Jos. W. Greene, Seymour Burrell, William Poole,
Charles Stanton, William W. Wickes, Samuel Osborne, S. W. Moore, John B. Wright, Jos. R. Skidmore, Wm. L. Cogswell,
John Schenck, David B. Baylis, John Alstyne, C. S. Knight, William Evans,
Cornelius J. Sprague. Percy Pine. .
Fireman's Trust Insurance Company of Brooklyn.
Offices, No. 9 Court st., Brooklyn, opposite City Hall, No. 7 Wall st., New York, near Broadway.
CAPITAL, $150,000, ALL PAID IN CASH, WITH A SURPLUS.
Organized on the plan of paying one-half the profits above ten per cent. to the " Widows' and Orphans' Fund " of the Fire Department of the City of Brooklyn.
George Hall, I. H. Frothingham, Richard P. Buck, Henry R. Pierson, Aaron A. Degrauw, Crawford C. Smith, Warren D. Gookin, Van Brunt Wyckoff,
A. A. Low, Hobart Ford, Frederick T. Peet, Peter Duryee, Eli Robbins, Alfred M. Wood, Nehemiah Knight, S. Warren Sneden, WILLIAM BURRELL, Secretary. J. N. WYCKOFF, JE., Assistant Secretary.
DIRECTORS : John T. Moore, William Wall, Thomas Clark, Smith J. Eastman, Livingston K. Miller, Jonathan B. Stewart, Marcellus Massey, Daniel Van Voorhis,
S. B. Chittenden, John Schenck, Harry Messenger, C. H. Lippitt, F. J. Hosford, Smith Fancher, John J. Glover, William Beard, GEORGE HALL, President. ISRAEL D. VELSOR, Surveyor.
J. S. Thorne, M. D., Gilbert L. Haight, Joseph H. Field, Albert H. Osborn, Peter B. Anderson, Joseph B. Hall, Peter Wyckoff, Henry D. Peck,
DIRECTORS :
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APPENDIX-BROOKLYN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
The Hassau Fire Insurance Company of Brooklyn.
No. 10 Court st., corner Remsen, Brooklyn; 11 Mer. Ex. Wall st., New York.
Wm. M. Harris,
Abiel A. Low,
L. M. Sheldon, John Halsey,
John Schenck,
Wm. H. Cary,
John T. Martin, Geo. D. Morgan,
Wm. C. Fowler,
John Hunter,
H. K. Corning,
H. B. Claflin,
Jos. C. Johnson,
H. C. Murphy,
Samuel Smith, Wm. Hunter, Jr., D. Van Voorhis, Robt. T. Powell, A. Underhill, Jas. Weaver, John French,
Thomas Stratton, Isaac Carhart, A. Van Brunt, John A. Cross, Conklin Brush,
James A. H. Bell, B. F. Wardwell, James W. Harper, B. Valentine,
Geo. A. Thorne,
Cyrus P. Smith,
Thomas Clark,
Daniel McCabe, WM. M. HARRIS, President.
Brooklyn Fire Insurance Company.
CHARTERED 1824.
Offices, No. 11 Court, corner Remsen street, Brooklyn, and No. 16 Merchants' Exchange, Wall street, New York.
SURVEYORS. ( ROBERT C. BELL, GEORGE ALGER,
WM. F. LEGGETT, SECRETARY. VICE-PRESIDENT, CHAS. BURKHALTER.
SURPLUS, OVER $100,000.
Francis A. Palmer, James Barnes, Charles Burkhalter, Francis P. Schoals, William Ellsworth.
¡ John T. Bruce, Francis P. Furnald, John Bodine, Jedediah Miller, M.D.
Edward C. Badeau, Gilbert L. Beeckman, Jeremiah V. Spader, Jesse Seligman,
Samuel F. Whiting, Calvin B. Dibble, Joshua Sutton, Isaac V. Briggs,
Bryan H. Smith,
Geo. Gilfillan, M.D.,
Robert Knight.
WILLIAM F. LEGGETT, Secretary.
Long Island Insurance Company.
CHARTERED, 1833,
Offices, 41 Fulton street, Brooklyn, and 48 Wall street, New York. .
Capital, $200,000. Shares, 4,000. Par, $50.
DIVIDENDS JANUARY AND JULY.
PRESIDENT, B. W. DELAMATER. SECRETARY, WILLIAM W. HENSHAW.
Directors:
Henry Young, Peter C. Cornell,
Daniel Ayres, Frederick Marquand, John H. Prentice,
H. K. Corning, Charles E. Bill, Joshua C. Skidmore, B. W. DeLamater, Minturn Post,
- R. V. W. Thorne, John Schenck, John A. Lott, Thomas Baylis, Smith Woodhull,
Neziah Wright, Geo. W. Thompson, Charles P. Leverich, John Vander bilt, Daniel A. Robbins,
Charles H. Rogers, Fred. G. Thurston, Isaac Hyde, Jr., F. W. Hutchins,
George A. Thorne.
Mechanics' Fire Insurance Company, Brooklyn.
CASH CAPITAL, $150,000.
Offices, No. 1 Montague street, (Mechanics' Bank Building,) Brooklyn, and No. 31 Wall street, (Mechanics' Bank Building,) New York.
DANIEL CHAUNCEY, PRESIDENT.
WALTER NICHOLS, SECRETARY. WALTER K. PAYE, ASST. SECRETARY.
DIRECTORS :
Daniel Chauncey, Samuel Sloan, Abram B. Baylis, John Brownson, John P. Rolfe, Samuel W. Slocum, Loomis Ballard, Isaac Carhart, Stephen L. Spader,
David M. Chauncey, Thomas Sullivan, Livings'n K. Miller, Sylvester Hondlow, Daniel Ayres, Jr., Jacob H. Sackmann, J. P. Van Bergen, George W. Bergen,
Thomas Stratton, Samuel Smith, Peter O'Hara, Hosea Webster, N. E. James, John Schenk, Leonard Cooper, Henry F. Vail,
Robert J. Davies, Theo. Polhemus, Jr., George L. Shaw, Henry James, Edwin K. Scranton, Robert H. Berdell, George G. Hastings, Barnet Johnson,
Theodore Rogers, Daniel F. Fernald, John H. Baker, John French, Henry Boerum, John G. Bergen, John Barter, John Halsey,
SAMUEL HUBBS, Surveyor.
Henry Ruggles,
A. J. BEEKMAN, Secretary.
Directors;
DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT, WILLIAM ELLSWORTH,
APPENDIX-BROOKLYN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Whenix Fire Insurance Company of Brooklyn, L. J Office, No. 345 Fulton st., Brooklyn, opposite City Hall; Branch Office, No. 62 Wall st., New York CASH CAPITAL, $200,000, WITH A SURPLUS. INSURANCE AGAINST LOSS OR DAMAGE BY FIRE. Directors:
Stephen Crowell, A. V. Stout, J. D. Ingersoll, John M. Hicks, Henry Collins,
George W. Bergen, Alexis Bragg,
Wm. P. Beale,
Chrles C. Betts,
James S. Rockwell,
I. H. Frothingham, Benj. F. Wardwell, Daniel F. Fernald, Jotham Weeks,
Alvin C. Bradley, Gustav. Schwab, Moses F. Odell, George B. Archer,
Ezra Baldwin,
Nathan T. Beers, Thos. H. Rodman, Clement S. Parsons, William A. Budd, Gilbert Sayres, Samuel Booth, Samuel Halsted, Daniel Ayres, Loring Andrews,
Augustus Studwell,
Isaac Brinkerhoof, Joshua Atkins, Jr., Jeremiah V. Spader, William M. Vail, Edward A. Low, Samuel W. Burtis, Leonard C. Dewing, Edward F. Rice, E. W. Crowell.
STEPHEN CROWELL, President.
The Lafayette Fire Insurance Company of Brooklyn.
Office, 347 Fulton street, Brooklyn; Branch Office, 14 Wall street, New York. Cash Capital, 150,000 Dollars,
This Company insures Property of all kinds against Loss or Damage by Fire, on as favorable terms as similar Institutions.
Teunis J. Bergen, Johnson Leake, Andrew Fitzgerald, Henry J. Cullen, Hiram E. St. John, Leveritt H. Sage, Edward T. Backhouse Philip S. Crooke, James Harper, James B. Cooper, Lewis Hurst, John G. Schumaker, John L. Spader, John J. Vanderbilt, JAMES B. THOMPSON, JR., Sec'y.
Directors; Henry Tienken, ¡D. S. Voorhees, Jas. V. Schoonmaker, James Cruikshank, Michael Nevin, John K. Pruyn, Martin Ryerson, Jeremiah Mundell, Alex'r Underhill, Samuel Van Wyck, Alexander McCue, Charles A. Silver, Demas Strong, George Ricard. Stephen A. Dodge, WM. H. VAN VOORHIS, Surveyor. GEO. W. HUNT, Ass't. Sec'y. TEUNIS J. BERGEN, Pres't.
Samuel Garrison,
Alfred M. Wood: Corn's J. Bergen, Richard B. Leverich,
The Montauk Fire Insurance Company OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN. Cash Capital, $150,000. Jan. Ist, 1860, Surplus, $41,130. Offices, No. 7 Court street, Brooklyn, and No. 60 Wall street, New York. EDWIN BEERS, SECRETARY. JOHN J. STUDWELL, PRESIDENT.
Directors:
New York. Amasa S. Foster, Foster Petitt, Alexander Studwell, E. H. Nichols, Eli Robbins.
John Halsey, Thos. L. Rushmore, J. O. Whitehouse, Stephen Linington, A. A. Low, G. D. Pitkins, John Winslow, R. C. Brainard,
Brooklyn.
Edward D. White, John Dimon,
Thomas Baylis, Brewster Valentine, Augustus Embury, John Vanderbilt, John J. Studwell, S. L. Husted, F. D. Mason, Wm. M. Thomas, John D. Prince,
Wm. M. Ingraham, Charles C. Betts, Nathan T. Beers, T. A. Newman, S. B. Stewart, J. W. Campbell, J. J. Raymond, Henry Boerum, Josiah T. Smith,
Richard H. Tucker, D. B. Powell, Warren Richmond, John G. Bergen, S. F. Whiting, Nehemiah Mason, Abraham Lott, John M. Phelps, Elbert H. Willets.
Detna Fire Insurance Company OF
NEW YORK, . No. 56 WALL STREET.
CAPITAL, $200,000. CHARTERED, 1824. LIVINGSTON SATTERLEE, Secretary. JACOB BROUWER, President.
Harold Dollner,
PHILANDER SHAW, Secretary.
E. W. CROWELL, Vice President.
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APPENDIX-POST OFFICES.
BROOKLYN POST-OFFICE.
Montague street, near Court.
Office open from 7 a. m. to 8 p. m. SUNDAYS-From 8} to 9} a. m., and from 12 to 1 p. m.
Upon the arrival of the Mails in New York, they are immediately brought to Brook- lyn. Boston morning Mail with New York evening Mail received at 7 p. m.
A mail for Jamaica and Hemstead will close daily at 2 p. m.
The Carriers will leave the Office at 8 a. m. and 3 p. m. Owners of boxes will receive their letters at 73 a. m.
Foreign and California Mails close one half hour before the time of closing in New York. Long Island Mail closes at a. m. New York Mails close at 8 30 a. m., 2 and 8 p. m.
The Mail from Williamsburgh arrives at 9 30 a. m. and 3 30 p. m. The Mail for Flatbush, Flatlands, Canarsie, New Utrecht, and Fort Hamilton, closes daily (Sundays excepted) at 3 30. Arrives daily (Sundays excepted) at 10 a. m. The Mail for Crescoe and Gravesend closes daily (Sundays excepted) at 3 30 p. m. Arrives daily (Sundays excepted) at 8} a. m.
Postage to California, 10 cents; to England, Ireland, and Scotland, 24 cents-not ex- ceeding half an ounce; to France, 15 cents, every quarter of an ounce; Germany-Bremen Mail, 22 cents; Prussian closed Mail, 30 cents.
GEORGE B. LINCOLN, P. M. JOSEPH M. SIMONSON, Asst. P. M.
Williamsburgh Post-Office. 141 Grand st. n. Fifth.
Office open daily (Sundays excepted) from 7 a. m. to 8 p. m. throughout the year. Sundays from { past 7 to 9 a. m., and } past 6 to 8 p. m. Mail arrangements-Mail closes daily (Sundays excepted) at & past 8 a. m. and 2 p.m., and 8 p. m. On Sundays at 7.55 p. m., only. The Mails arrive daily at past 7 a. m., and 10 a. m., and at } past 3 p.m. Sundays at 8 p. m. The Mail for Green- point closes every day (except Sundays) at
9 a. m. and 4 p. m. Arrives daily (Sundays excepted) at 11 a. m. and 5 p. m. JOHN S. ALLEN, P.M.
Greenpoint Post-Office, Franklin street, near Kent.
Office open daily (Sundays excepted) from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. in Winter, and from 6.30 a. m. to 9 p. m. in Summer. Mail closes at 8.30 a. m. and 3.30 p. m. Mail arrives 10 a. m. and 5 p. m.
P. C. PROVOST, Post-Master.
L. S. BALLOU,
BOOK - BINDER,
No. 16 SPRUCE STREET,
NEW YORK.
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BROOKLYN DIRECTORY ADVERTISER.
MERCANTILE PRINTING.
WYNKOOP, HALLENBECK & THOMAS,
JOB PRINTERS
No. 113 FULTON STREET,
NEW YORK,
Are now prepared with New Presses, New Type, New Materials, and all the latest improvements in the Typographical Art, to execute
ALL KINDS OF PRINTING,
SUCH AS
Cards, Show Bills,
Price Lists,
Circulars, Hand Bills,
Catalogues,
Bill Heads,
Show Cards, Receipts,
Checks, Envelopes, Labels, &c.
IN THE
NEATEST STYLE AND AT THE LOWEST CASH PRICES.
Our long experience in the business, and the increased facilities and advantages of our New Establishment, enable us to assure entire satisfaction to all favoring us with their orders. The Largest Jobs issued at a few hours' notice.
Grateful for the liberal patronage heretofore extended to us, it shall be our aim, by constant personal attention to the wishes of our customers, and by maintaining the reputation of our house for Excellence, Punctuality and Cheapness, to deserve its continuance.
Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas.
New York, June, 1861.
THE
BLE
Rite Assurance Society,
92 BROADWAY, NEW-YORK.
Hon. WM. C. ALEXANDER, President. HENRY B. HYDE, Vice-President.
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