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District Attorney's Office No 10 City Hall
District Attorney, Samuel D. Morris. Peter Clemitson.
Clerk,
Harbor Masters,
T. J. Jerome,
John Cashow.
Hospital, Flatbush.
Resident Physician, ThomasTurner, M.D.
AND ASSISTANTS.
Inspectors of Licenses. Office, No. 9 Basement, City Hall.
Inspector Western District, Daniel T. Jones. Inspector Eastern District, Peter Spence. Lunatic Asylum, Flatbush.
Resident Physician, E. R. Chapin, M. D.
Nursery, Flatbush,
Matron,
Mrs. Eliza Mockridge.
Penitentiary,
Nostrand avenue, bet. Carroll and President
streets.
Keeper,
Francis McNeely.
Register's Office, No. 9 City Hall,
Register
Hugh Mclaughlin.
Deputy Register,
William Barre.
Index Clerk, Mason B. Coit.
Sheriff's Officer
14 Court street (Hamilton Building).
Sheriff,
John McNamee.
Under Sheriff,
John Linsky.
Justice of the Peace,
Francis L. Dallon.
Equity Clerk, James F. Lomas.
Deputies,
Thomas Murphy.
William Bryan.
Attorneys,
Morris & Troy.
Superintendents of the Police Office, No. 7 City Hall, basement.
John Delaney, Morris H. Roberts,
James Fitzgerald,
Ditmas Jewel, East New York,
William Bennett, Gravesend. Clerks, John E. Costigan, John Delniar.
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Surrogate's Office, No. 10 City Hall.
Office hours, from 8, A. M., to 3, P. M.
Surrogate, ROSWELL C. BRAINARD.
Clerks, Judah H. Voorhees.
Henry F. Cadley.
Supervisors of Kings County-1864. CHAIRMAN, PHILIP S. CROOKE. Edward B. Cadley, Clerk.
Brooklyn, 1st Ward-Hobart Ford.
2d John Shearon.
3d ¥ John J. Studwell.
4th Samuel Booth.
5th Patrick Burns.
6th William J. Osborne.
7th
E. Wilson Bloom.
Flatlands, John L. Ryder;
Messenger, George T. Lain.
Standing Committees of the Board of Supervisors.
1 .- On Accounts of Superintendents of the Poor -- Osborne, Shearon, Stewart.
2 .- On Accounts of County Treasurer-Little, Foran, Swany.
3 .- On United States Deposit Fund-Schenck, Kirby, Cheshire.
4 .- On Equalization of Assessment Rolls-Stilwell, Cheshire, Talbot, Piepenbring, Cropsey.
5 .-- On Accounts-Studwell, Schenck, Ford.
6 .- On Jail -- Ryder, Shearon, Swany.
7 .- On Penitentiary-Herman, Cropsey, Kirby.
8 .- On Almshouse-Ryder, Phelan, Stilwell.
9 .-- On Special and Local Taxes-Hanson, Ford, Studwell.
10 .- On General Taxes-Cheshire, Little, Phelan.
11 .- On Laws and Applications to Legislature-Gridley, Bloom, Talbot.
12 .- On Salaries-McGrath, Ford, Osborne.
13 .- On Courts-Bloom, Gridley, Burns.
14 .- On Lunatic Asylum-Kirby, Hanson, Ryder.
15 .-- On Grades-Burns, Little, Hanson.
16 .- On Accounts of Storekeeper-Peipenbring, Phelan, Stilwell.
17 .- On Jurors-Stewart, Cheshire, McGrath, Kirby, Bloom.
18 .-- On Court-house-Booth, Herman, Talbot.
19 .- On Military Affairs-Cropsey, Swany, Foran.
20 .- On Relief to Volunteers' Families-Talbot, Bloom, Kirby.
COURTS.
Terms of the County Court and Court of Sessions of Kings County, for 1864.
JOHN DIKEMAN, County Judge. Wm. H. Hoyt, Nicholas Stilwell, Justices of Sessions. John N. Stearns, Olerk.
Held at the City Hall, Brooklyn, on Mon- days of January, March, April, June, Sep- tember, November, and December.
COURT OF SESSIONS-TERMS.
Held at the City Hall, Brooklyn, on the 1st Tuesday of February, 1st Tuesday of May, 1st Tuesday of July, and 1st Tuesday of October.
CITY COURT OF BROOKLYN. CITY HALL.
GEORGE G. REYNOLDS, City Judge. Clerk, John Dikeman, Jr. Deputy, James Packer. Terms held every month except August. POLICE JUSTICES' COURT. BASEMENT, CITY HALL. CHAUNCEY M. PERRY, Police Justice. Clerk, Michael Walsh.
Open daily (Sundays and Holidays ex- cepted), from 9, A. M., to 12, M., and from 8 to 5, P. M.
Thomas Foran.
13th Charles W. Cheshire.
14th
Martin Phelan.
15th
Charles C. Talbot.
16th
: John Hanson.
17th Wm. Piepenbring.
18th Samuel J. Stewart.
19th
James Gridley.
20th
Wm. Mayo Little.
New Utretcht, William J. Cropsey.
Flatbush, Philip S. Crooke.
New Lotts, Gilliam Schenck.
Gravesend, Jaques J. Stilwell.
8th Francis McGrath.
9th ¥ George G. Herman
10th = Thomas Swany.
11th
Francis C. Kirby.
12th
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APPENDIX-EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
COURTS OF THE JUSTICES OF PEACE.
Justice 1st District-William M. Boerum, 3d District Station-house.
Clerk-
Justice 2d District-John Quincy Adams, basement, City Hall, No. 1.
Clerk --
Justice 3d District-Benjamin S. More- house, Myrtle avenue, cor. Vanderbilt ave nue.
Clerk -- Justice 4th District-Daly. Clerk- Justice 5th District-Anthony Walters. Clerk-
Supreme Court. General Terms-1864. By all the Judges.
2d Monday of February, at the City Hall, in Brooklyn. 2d Monday of May, at, the Courthouse, Poughkeepsie. 2d Monday of September, at the Court-house, New burgh. 2d Monday of December, at the City Hall, Brooklyn.
Circuit Courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer.
COUNTY OF KINGS.
2d Monday of January, 1864, Justice BAR- NARD.
3d Monday of January, 1865, Justice BAR- NARD.
2d Monday of March, 1864 and 1865, Justice SORUGHAM.
2d Monday of April, 1864, Justice BROWN; 1865, Justice BARNARD.
2d Monday of June, 1864 and 1865, Justice LOTT.
2d Monday of October, 1864, Justice BROWN; 3d Monday of October, 1865, Justice SCRUGHAM.
3d Monday of November, 1864 and 1865, Justice LOTT.
JOHN W. BROWN, WM. W. SORUGHAM. JOHN A. LOTT.
Commissioner of Jurors.
ALDEN J. SPOONER; Office, 371 Fulton street.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT. Board of Education. Meet on the first Tuesday of each month, at 5 P.M. Office-Red Hook lane, between Fulton and Livingston streets. Officers and Members, 1864. President -- CYRUS P. SMITH. Vice-President-J. S. THORNE. City Superintendent-J. W. BULKLEY. Supt. Repairs-S. B. LEONARD. Secretary -- GEO. A. W. STUART. Clerk-H. DEAN. Messenger-CHAS. F. POTTER.
Members.
Baylis, A. B. Badeau, I. Brainard, R. C. Bellingham, J. Bergen, P. G. Bergen, D. Brinkerhoff, I. Burr, J. S. Burnham, H. G. Capwell, A. B.
Carroll, T. Cary, E.
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Conkling, J. T.
Field, T. W. Field, G. Frothingham, J. H.
Greenwood, J. Hall J. Hart, D. Hollis, W. H.
Hunter, John W. Hurlbut, W. W. Jurgens, J. R. Lambert, E. A. Lockwood, R. M. Maujer, D. McDermott, W. McCloskey, H. Murphy, J. Northup, D. L.
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Parsons, G. W. Phelps, J. M. Perry, T. Pierson, H. R. Provost, A. J.
Rodman, T. H.
Thorne, J. S.
Schapps, C. H.
Van Sinderen, A. Winant, D. D.
Sprague, O. J.
Seabury, J. M.
Whiting. R. M., Jr.
Smith, O. P.
Whitlock, E. J.
Standing Committees.
ON SCHOOL HOUSES .- Messrs. Hall, D. Bergen, Sprague, Maujer, Northup, Badeau, and Thorne.
ON FINANCE .-- Messrs. Burr, Hunter, Geo. Field, Whiting, Hurlbut, Seabury, Murphy.
ON SCHOOL BOOKS .- Messrs. Thorn, Pierson, Carroll, Hall, Murphy, Perry, Smith.
ON TEACHERS .- Messrs. Whitlock, P. G. Bergen, Conkling, Perry, Schapps. ON LAW .- Messrs. Capwell, Greenwood, Provost.
ON MUSIC .- Messrs. Brinkerhoff, Greenwood, Schapps, T. W. Field, Lockwood. ON SUPPLIES .- Messrs. Seabury, Maujer, Bellingham.
ON LIBRARY .-- Messrs. Pierson, Thorne, D. Bergen, Cary, Smith.
ON EVENING SCHOOLS .-- Messrs. Northup, P. G. Bergen, T. W. Field, McDermott, Van Sinderen, Brainard, George Field, Frothingham, Jurgens, Carroll, Winant, Parsons. ON NORMAL SCHOOL .- Messrs. Lambert, McCloskey, Rodman, Pierson, Baylis.
ON EXAMINATIONS .- Messrs. Bellingham, Burnham, Hart.
ON CREDENTIALS .- Messrs. Rodman, Phelps, Hunter.
ON WARMING AND VENTILATION .- Messrs. Burr, Hollis, Hall.
ON PROTESTANT ORPHAN ASYLUM .- Messrs. Parsons, Hurlbut, McDermott.
ON CATHOLIC ORPHAN ASYLUM .- Messrs. Carroll, Hart, Lambert.
[School Committees-Grammar and Primary.
No. 1 .- Whitlock, Rodman, Cary. « 2 .- D. Bergen, Thorne, Seabury. 3 .- Brinkerhoff, Hollis, Hunter.
4 .- Carroll, Brainard, Schapps.
5 .- Parsons, Badeau, Lambert. 6 .- Pierson, Frothingham, McDermott. 7 .- Thorne, Bellingham, Hurlbut.
8 .- Conkling, Greenwood, VanSinderen 9 .- Lockwood, Badeau, Hollis. 10 .- P. G. Bergen, Seabury, Thorne. " 11 .- Hunter, Lambert, Greenwood.
" 12 .- Whiting, McCloskey, Bellingham. 13 .- Sprague, Frothingham, Pierson.
" 14 .- Seabury, Thorne, Hurlbut.
No. 15 .-- Baylis, Lockwood, Whiting. " 16 .-- Burr, Brainard, Schapps. " 17 .- Murphy, Winant, Maujer.
" 18 .- Burnham, Hall, Maujer. " 19 .- Northup, Jurgens, George Field. " 20 .- George Field, Northup, Burr.
" 21 .- Winant, Hall, Maujer.
" 22 .- Provost, Perry, Burr. " 23 .- Hall, Perry, Burnham. " 24 .- T. W. Field, Phelps, Jurgens. " 25 .- Phelps, Provost, Schapps.
" 26 .- T. W. Field, Phelps, Maujer.
" 27 .- Capwell, Hart, Smith. " 28 .- Hollis, Brinkerhoff, T. W. Field.
Committee on Primary Schools.
No. 1 .- Committee of No. 17. " 3 .- 4€
" 4 .-- " " No. 19.
No. 5 .- Committee of No. 7. " 6 .-- " No. 10. 4
Committee on Colored Schools.
No. 1 .- Messrs. Carroll, Seabury, Hurlbut. | No. 2 .- Messrs. Hollis, Brinkerhoff, Hunter. No. 3-Murphy, Perry, Burnham.
TEACHERS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND LOCATION OF SCHOOLS. No. 1. Adams, cor. Concord. LYMAN E. WHITE, Principal. No. 2. Forty-seventh street, n. Third av. JACOB SAND, Principal. No. 3. Jefferson street, cor. Bedford av. F. D. CLARK, Principal.
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No. 4. EDWARD SPAFFORD, Principal. No. 5. Myrtle av., cor. Gold street. C. E. TUTHILL, Principal.
No. 6. E. Warren, n. Smith. S. M. PERKINS, Principal. No. 7. York, n. Bridge. E. A. LAURENCE, Principal.
No. 8. Middagh street, n. Henry av. W. M. JELLIFFE, Principal.
No. 9. Prospect Hill. O. A. KNAPP, Principal.
No. 10. Fifteenth street, n. Third av. PETER ROUGET, Principal.
No. 11. Washington av., n. Greene av. F. C. Book, Principal.
No. 12. Adelphi street, n. Myrtle av. EDWIN S. ADAMS, Principal.
No. 13. Degraw street, n. Hicks. AARON B. CLARK, Principal.
No. 14. Concord cor. Navy street. C. W. WALLCOTT, Principal.
No. 15. State street, cor. Powers. S. G. TAYLOR, Principal.
No. 16. Wilson, n. Bedford av. LEONARD DUNKLEY Principal.
No. 17. N. Fifth, cor. Fifth.
HENRY D. WOODWORTH, Principal.
No. 18. Remsen street, n. Ewen. .EDWARD BUSH, Principal.
No. 19. S. Second, cor. Tentlı. THOMAS W. VALENTINE, Principal.
No. 20. S. Fourth, n. Eighth street. J. S. WOODWORTH, Principal. No. 21. McKibbin, n. Ewen. KATE MOWILLIAMS, Principal. No. 22. Union av., n. Java street. L. B. HELNAFORD, Principal.
No. 23. Bushwick av., n. Twenty-third street. S. M. MARTIN, Principal.
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No. 24. Washington, cor. Prospect street. J. E. RYAN, Principal.
No. 25. Walworth, n. Myrtle av. S. C. BARNES, Principal.
No. 26. Bowrenville. F. A. KNEELAND, Principal. No. 27. Nelson street.
L. F. LEWIS, Principal.
No. 28. Herkimer, n. Ralph av. ELIZA FOLGER, Principal.
COLORED SCHOOL'S. No. 1. Willoughby, n. Raymond. C. A. DORSAY, Principal.
No. 2. Weeksville. JUNIUS C. MORRELL, Principal.
No. 3. Tenth street, n. N. Second. SAMUEL S. RANKINS, Principal.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
No. 1. N. Sixth, n. First. ADELAIDE N. STEVENSON, Principal.
2. Unorganized.
3. N. First, n. Third. LOUISA O. TILLY.
4. Ninth, n. Ainslie. - HUNT.
5. Front, cor. Green la. M. A. LEECH.
FERRY COMPANIES.
GREENPOINT, Established April, 1854. Proprietor, G. Lee Knapp. Office, at the Ferry House, Greenpoint. This ferry runs from foot of Greenpoint avenue, formerly L street, Greenpoint, to foot of Tenth street, New York.
HOUSTON STREET ASSOCIATES. Established 1842.
Office, foot of Grand street, E. D.
Proprietors, Reuben Withers, W. Winans, James M. Waterbury. Agent, J. B. Brown. This ferry runs from foot of Grand street, E. District, to the foot of Houston street, New York.
NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN FERRY COMPANY.
Office, 73 William street, New York.
The following Ferries are owned by this Company :
From foot of Bridge street, Brooklyn, to James slip, New York.
Division Avenue Ferry, from South Sev- enth street, Williamsburgh, to Grand street, New York.
Grand Street, from Grand street, Wil- iamsburgh, to Grand street, New York.
Roosevelt Street, from South Seventh street, Williamsburgh, to Roosevelt street, New York.
UNION, OF BROOKLYN, Incorporated November, 1854.
Capital, $800,000. Shares, 8,000. Par, $100. Office, Fulton Ferry House, foot of Fulton street, Brooklyn.
OFFICERS .- President, Nathan B. Morse. First Vice-President, Henry E. Pierrepont. Second Vice-President, John Blunt. Trea- surer and Secretary, Joseph A. Perry. Managing Director, Cyrus P. Smith. Chief
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Engineer, William Martin. Cashier, Walter N. Degrauw. Directors, Henry E. Pierre- pont, Joseph A. Perry, Abiel A. Low, S. B. Chittenden, Henry R. Worthington, Charles E. Bill, James S. T. Stranahan, Nathan B. Morse, Cyrus P. Smith, Walter N. Degrauw, Horace B. Claflin, John Blunt, James How, Abraham B. Baylis, Ezra Lewis.
The following Ferries are owned by this Company :
Catharine Ferry, from Main street, Brook- lyn, to Catharine street, New York.
Fulton Ferry, from Fulton street, Brook- lyn, to Fulton street, New York.
Hamilton Avenue Ferry, from Hamilton avenue, to Whitehall street, New York.
South Ferry, from Atlantic to Whitehall street, New York.
Wall street Ferry, from Montague to Wall street, New York.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Western District. CHIEF ENGINEER-JOHN CUNNINGHAM. Office-No. 5 City Hall. Assistant Engineers.
Robert Barr, Peter Fitzpatrick, H. J. Whiting. David Simpson
William Taylor, Dennis Downey, Thomas Ryan.
Fire Commissioners.
Joseph Ketchum, Jr. John F. Phillips. Burdett Stryker.
Charles A. Field. William M. Boerum. Clerk, George H. Hayward. Meet at No. 9 Court street, every Thursday evening.
Fire Department Fund-Officers of the Board of Representatives.
President, Benjamin Wood, Jr. - Treasurer, William Burrell.
Vice-President, Stephen H. Powell. Secretary, John N. Wyckoff, Jr.
Counsellor, Roswell C. Brainard. Collector, Patrick Mckinney.
Officers of the Board of Trustees.
President, Felix Campbell. Secretary, John G. Gunning.
Association of Exempt Firmen.
President, Farrell Ward. Recording Secretary, John B. Pitt.
Vice President, William E. Sprague. Financial Secretary, Monroe T. Connor.
Treasurer, Alexander Anderson.
Board of Appeals,
President, John Naylor. Charles F. Elwell. Stephen Kidder. Wm. H. Boyd.
Farrell Ward. Clerk, Peter H. Taws.
Meet at No. 9 Court street, first Monday of each month. Fire Districts-Boundaries.
FIRST DISTRICT .- Bounded by Montague street, Clinton street, Fulton street, Tillary street, Washington street, and East river, to Montague street.
SECOND DISTIOT .-- Bounded by Montague street, Clinton street, Atlantic street, Court street, Gowanus bay, New York bay, and East river to Montagne street.
THIRD DISTRICT .-- Bounded by Court street, Atlantic street, Smith street, Fulton av., Flatbush av., Fifth av., Ninth street.
FOURTH DISTRICT. - Bounded by Clinton av., Atlantic av., Flatbush av., Fulton av., Jay street to Johnson street, a straight line thence to intersection of Navy street and Flushing av., and Flushing av. to Clinton av.
FIFTH DISTRICT .-- Bounded by Washington street, Tillary street, Jay street to John- son street, a straight line thence to southwest corner of Navy Yard, thence along Navy Yard wall to East river, and East river to Washington street.
SIXTH DISTRICT .- Bounded by Tillary street, Jay street, Smith street, Atlantic street, Clinton street, and Fulton street to Tillary street
SEVENTH DISTRICT .--- Bounded by Clinton av., Atlantic av., Fulton av., Bedford av., DeKalb av., Nostrand av., and Flushing av. to Clinton av.
EIGHTH DISTRICT .- Bounded by Court street, Church street, Ninth street, Fifth av., Thirty-sixth street, and Gowanus bay to Court street.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT. Eastern District. CHIEF ENGINEER, T. M. DOYLE. Office -- South 2d, cor. 4th street. Assistant Engineers.
Chas. B. Elliott, Geo. Frost, A. Wessels, John Jeffreys, B. Haven.
Fire Commissioners.
President, William V. Hanson, James Rodwell, William H. Mershon,
Romeyn Van Valkenburgh, John H. Perry, Clerk, Daniel Donevan.
Fire Wardens. John W. Smith, Michael Shields.
William Jones,
Board of Appenis.
President, Daniel D. Winant, John J. Griffin, David H. Brown, George W. Baker, Edward Ferry, Sen. Clerk, Daniel Donevan.
Representatives.
President, Joseph N. Hallenbake, Treasurer, Daniel D. Winant, Secretary, John Greaney.
Vice President, George P. Hamilton,
Collector, John R. Wilson.
Fire Districts.
FIRST DISTRICT .- Bounded by Newtown creek, Meeker av., East river, and Bushwick creek.
SECOND DISTRICT .- Bounded by East River, Bushwick creek, Union av., and Grand street.
THIRD DISTRIOT -- Bounded by Newtown creek, Meeker av., Union av., Metropolitan av. and Grand street.
FOURTH DISTRICT .-- Bounded by City line, Newtown, Broadway, Union av., Grand street, and Metropolitan av.
FIFTH DISTRICT .- Bounded by East river, Grand street, Union av., and Broadway. SIXTH DISTRICT .-- Bounded by Wallabout bay, Flushing av., and Broadway.
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APPENDIX-BROOKLYN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Detna, of Het Bork, Fire Insurance Company, No. 170 BROADWAY.
CHARTERED, 1824.
CAPITAL, -- $200,000.
SCRIP DIVIDEND OF 1861, - 50 Per Cent.
1862, 50
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1863, - 50
H. C. BEACH, Secretary.
JACOB BROUWER, President.
Atlantic Fire Insurance Company of Brooklyn, D. J.
14 Wall street, New York. 172 Atlantic street, Brooklyn.
Cash Capital, $300,000. Assets, March, 1864, $394,948.71. CHARTERED, FEBRUARY 20, 1851.
HORATIO DORR, Secretary. JOHN D. COCKS, President.
DIRECTORS.
John D. Cocks,
Czar Dunning,
George A. Jarvis, Jas. S. T Strananan, Walter S. Griffith, John A. Davenport, Ezra Lewis. Robert H. Berdell,
Seymour L. Husted, Nehemiah Knight, John J. Van Nostrand Nathaniel Putnam, Edward Bridge, James W. Martens, Matthew Vassar, Jr. Camille C. Roumage,
William H Slocum, Levi H. Brigham, Seymour Burrell, Joseph W. Greene, William W. Wickes, Joseph R. Skidmore, Samuel Osborne, William L. Cogswell,
Samuel W. Moore, Charles Stanton, David D. Baylıs, John Alstyne, Percy R. Pyne, C S. Knight, William Evans, John Woolsey,
Curtis Noble, John C Hoyt, William M. Wilson, Walter M. Frankim, Albert G. Lee, Horatio Dorr, Hugh Allen, Thomas Sullivan.
Brooklyn fire nsurante Company.
Chartered, April, 1824.
CAPITAL, over $153,000. SURPLUS, over $130,000.
NEW YORK, 18 Wall street. BROOKLYN, 11 Court street.
DIRECTORS. FRANCIS P. FURNALD, President.
Francis A. Palmer, James Barnes, Francis P. Schoals, Charles Burkhalter, John Bodine,
- John R. Lawrence,
Isaac V. Briggs, Joshua Sutton, John T. Bruce, Gilbert L. Beeckman,
Bryan H. Smith, Jesse Seligman, George C. Peters, Benjamin M. Stilwell, Samuel F. Whiting,
Jedediah Miller, M. D. George Gilfillan, M. D. Edward C Badeau, Robert Knight, Jeremiah V. Spader.
JOHN W. CHENEY, Secretary.
TUNIS C. BERGEN, Ass't Secretary.
CHARLES BURKHALTER, Vice-President. GEORGE ALGER, Surveyor.
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Fireman's Crust Insurance Company of Brooklyn. Cash Capital, $150,000, with a Surplus.
Offices-No. 9 Court street, Brooklyn ; No. 7 Wall street, New York.
Organized on the plan of paying one-half the profits above ten per cent. to the " Widows' and Orphan's Fund" of the Fire Department of the city of Brooklyn.
WILLIAM BURDELL, Secretary. GEORGE HALL, President.
C. H. McDONALD, Assist. Secretary. ISRAEL D. VELSOR, Surveyor.
George Hall, Frederick T. Peet, I H. Frothingham, Richard P Buck, Peter Duryee, Eli Robbins, Henry R. Pierson, Nehemiah Knight, George S. Cary, S. Warren Sneden, William Wall, Thomas Clark,
DIRECTORS.
Livingston K Miller, ) John J. Glover, Jonathan B. Stewart, Marcellus Massey, S. B. Chittenden, Harry Messenger, C H. Lippitt, F. J. Hosford, Smith Fancher,
William Beard, Alfred M Wood, J. S. Thorn, M. D. Gilbert L. Haight, Peter B. Anderson, Joseph B. Hall, Henry D. Peck,
Valentine G. Hall, Z B Wakeman, Gamaliel King, John M. Hicks, John I. Voorhees, A. F. Campbell, Edwin Hillyer, James Eaton.
ope fire Insurance Company.
Office, No. 92 Broadway, New York.
CASH CAPITAL, $200,000. SURPLUS, $58,410. DIVIDENDS, January and July.
THOMAS GREENLEAF, Secretary. JACOB REESE, President. CHARLES D. HARTSHORN, Assistant Secretary.
DIRECTORS.
Stephen Cambreleng, Robert Schell, Jacob Reese, James S. Sandford, Henry M. Taber, -
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John Penfold, Stephen Hyatt, D. Lydig Suydam, Joseph Foulke, Theodore W. Riley,
Henry S. Leverich, Joseph Grafton, John W Mesereau, William Remsen, Thomas P. Cummings,
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Amos Robbins, Lebbeus B. Ward, Joseph Britton, William H. Terry, Frederick Schuchardt.
The Lafayette Fire Insurance Company of Brooklyn.
Office, 347 Falton street, Brooklyn.
Branch Office, 14 Wall street, New York.
CASH CAPITAL, $150,000.
This Company insures Property of all kinds against Loss or Damage by Fire, on as favorable terms as similar Institutions.
JAMES B. THOMPSON, Jr., Secretary. GEO. W. HUNT, Assist. Secretary.
JAMES FREELAND, President.
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James Freeland, Henry J. Cullen, Leveritt H. Sage, Philip S. Crooke, James B Cooper, John G. Schumaker, John J. Vanderbilt,
DIRECTORS.
Hiram E. St. John,
Edwd T. Backhouse, James Harper, Lewis Hurst, John L. Spader,
Henry Tienken, James Cruikshank, Alexander McCue, D. S. Voorhees, Michael Nevin, Samuel Garrison,
James Titus, Jesse C. Rowan, Edward Harvey, Stephen A. Dodge, Andrew Fitzgerald, Calvin B. Camp,
Sami Van Benschoten, Curtis Noble, Edmund T H. Gibson, Rufus R. Graves, Edward W. Tapp, Theodore W. Young.
Aaron A. Degrauw, Crawford C. Smith, Warren D. Gookın, Van Brunt Wyckoff, A. A. Low,
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ong Island Insurance Company.
Organized, 1833; Reorganized, 1863. Ofices-No. 41 Fulton street, Brooklyn; and No. 48 Wall, near William street, New York.
CAPITAL, $200,000. SHARES, 4,000. PAR, $50. DIVIDENDS-JANUARY AND JULY.
DIRECTORS. B. W. DE LAMATER, President.
Henry Young,
H. K. Corning, Charles E. Bill,
Minturn Post,
Smith Woodhull,
Neziah Wright,
Daniel Ayres,
Joshua C. Skidmore,
R. V. W. Thorne, Wm. Aug. White,
George A. Thorne,
John G. Vasar, Daniel A. Robbins, Jonathan Thorne,
John A. Newbould,
John H. Prentice,
B. W. De Lamater, Isaac Hyde, Jr.
Geo. W. Thompson,
Henry S. Loverich,
Charles H. Rogers,
WM. W. HENSHAW, Secretary.
Atlechanics' Fire Insurance Company, Brooklyn.
CASH CAPITAL, $150,000,
WITH A LARGE SURPLUS.
Offices-1 Montague street (Mechanics' Bank Building), Brooklyn ; and 31 Wall street (Mechanics' Bank Building), New York.
WALTER NICHOLS, Secretary. WALTER K. PAYE, Assist. Secretary. DANIEL CHAUNCEY, President.
DIRECTORS.
Daniel Chauncey,
Samuel Sloan,
. Abram B. Baylis,
John Brownson, John P. Rolfe,
Henry H. Crocker,
Loomis Ballard, Isaac Carhart,
David M. Chauncey, | Thomas Stratton, Thomas Sullivan, Livingston K. Miller, Sylvester Hondlow, Daniel Ayres, Jr. Jacob H. Sackmann, J. P. Van Bergen, George W. Bergen,
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, Henry N. Brush, John Barter, John Halsey, Stephen L. Spader, Felix Campbell, R. B. Leverich.
Hontank Fire Insurance Company of the City of Brooklyn.
CASH CAPITAL, $150,000, AND A LARGE SURPLUS.
Offices-No. 7 Court street, Brooklyn ; 168 Broadway, near Maiden lane, New York.
DIRECTORS.
Wm. Ellsworth,
A. A. Low, Seymour L. Husted, J. O. Whitehouse, John Halsey, Edward D. White, Alex. Studwell, John W. Lewis, Stephen Linington, Brew. Valentine,
Wm. M. Thomas, Thos. W. Coughlan, Henry G. Reeve, Wm. M. Ingraham, G. D. Pickin, John Winslow, R. C. Brainard, Amasa S. Foster, Foster Pettit,
John J. Studwell, Eli Robbins, E. H. Nichols, Francis A. Gale, S. B. Stewart, S. F. Whiting, D. B. Powell, F. D. Mason, Chauncey L. Cooke,
John D. Prince, Charles C. Betts, T. A. Newman, J. W. Campbell, J. J. Raymond, Henry Boerum, E. H. Willets, Josiah T. Smith, Geo. A. Thorne,
Warren Richmond, Nehemiah Mason, Abraham Lott, John M. Phelps, Samuel W. Burtis, J. G. Johnson, Garret G. Bergen, James Eaton, Edmund Titus.
ABRAM M. KIRBY, Secretary. JOHN C. PHILIP, Surveyor. WM. ELLSWORTH, President.
Peter C. Cornell,
Frederick Marquand,
John A. Lott,
Chas. P. Leverich,
Samuel Smith, Hosea Webster, N. E. James, Leonard Cooper, Robert J. Davies, Theo. Polhemus, Jr. George L. Shaw,
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The Nassau Fire Insurance Company of Brooklyn.
No. 10 COURT STREET, corner of Remsen, BROOKLYN. No. 65 WALL STREET, NEW YORK.
DIRECTORS.
Wmn. M. Harris,
Abiel A. Low,
John A. Lott,
Samuel L. Mitchell,
John T. Martin,
Wm. C Fowler,
Geo. D. Morgan,
John W Hunter,
H. K. Corning,
H. B. Claflin,
H. C. Murphy,
Samuel Smith, Wm. Hunter, Jr. D. Van Voorhis, Silas Ludlam, A. Underhill, Jas Weaver, John French,
Thomas Stratton, Theodore Rogers, S. L. Husted, John A. Cross, Conklin Brush,
James A. H. Bell, B. F Wardwell, J. W Harper, B. Valentine,
Geo. A Thorne,
Thomas Clark, Daniel McCabe.
A. J. BEEKMAN, Secretary.
WILLIAM M. HARRIS, President.
New York Equitable Insurance Company.
No. 58 WALL STREET (opposite HANOVER STREET).
CASH CAPITAL, $210,000, WITH A LARGE SURPLUS.
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CHARTERED, 1823.
This Company continues to Insure against Loss or Damage by Fire on the most favorable terms.
JOHN MILLER, Secretary.
RICHARD J. THORNE, President.
Forth River Insurance Company,
Office, 202 GREENWICH STREET, in the City of New York.
CAPITAL, $350,000.
Continues to Insure against Loss or Damage by Fire and the casualties incident to inland navigation, upon favorablo terms.
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