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DIRECTORS.
Wm. C Rhinelander, | Abraham Van Nest; George P. Rogers John B Schmelzel, El: White, John J. Lagrave, Andrew C Zabriskie,
John Slosson, Lyman Denison, Samuel V. Hoffman, Jeremiah Lambert, Matthew Armstrong, John C. Tucker,
Peter Martin, Peter R. Warner, Howel Hoppock, Ebenezer Cauldwell, Stephen Conover,
Edward Slosson, Esek H. Williams, Wm.C. Brinckerhoff, Jay L Adams, Waldo Hutchins, Chn. Zabriskie, Jr.,
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Edward Jones, William H. Braman,. Joshua Jones, Ed. H. Van Winkle, Gulian C. Verplanck, Michael Allison.
JOHN HEGEMAN, Secretary.
PETER R. WARNER, President.
Cyrus P Smith, A. J. Beekman,
Jos. C. Johnson,
L. M. Sheldon, John Halsey,
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APPENDIX-BROOKLYN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Phenix Fire Insurance Company of Brooklyn, L. J.
Office-Court st., cor. Montague st., Brooklyn, Branch Office-No. 62 Wall st., New York.
CASH CAPITAL, $500,000, WITH A SURPLUS. INSURANCE AGAINST LOSS OR DAMAGE BY FIRE AND INLAND NAVIGATION.
DIRECTORS.
Stephen Crowell,
A. V. Stout,
Jotham Weeks. George W. Bergen, Alexis Bragg,
J. D Ingersoll,
John M. Hicks,
Charles C. Betts,
Henry Collins,
James S. Rockwell,
I. H. Frothingham,
Benj. F Wardwell,
Daniel F. Fernald, -
Alvin C. Bradley, Gustave Schwab, Moses F. Odell,
Joseph Coffin, Ezra Baldwin, Nathan T. Beers, William A. Budd, Gilbert Sayres, Samuel Booth, Loring Andrews,
Augustus Studwell, Joshua Atkins, Jr. Jeremiah V. Spader, William M. Vail, Edward A Low, Samuel W Burtis, Edwin T. Rice,
Edgar W. Crowell, Daniel Ayers, Harold Dollner, I. Brinkerhoff, William P Beale, James H. Elmore, Thos. H. Rodman.
PHILANDER SHAW, Secretary.
STEPHEN CROWELL, President. EDGAR W. CROWELL, Vice-President.
CASONI & ISOLA,
MONUMENTAL WORKS,
24th street, between 4th & 5th avenues,
GREENWOOD CEMETERY,
BROOKLYN.
V. CASONI.
L. ISOLA.
S. B. JAMES, SUCCESSOR TO GEORGE WALKER,
WARMING AND VENTILATING WAREHOUSE,
No. 295 Water Street,
Near Dover Street, NEW YORK.
Stoves and Cabooses, various kinds of Ranges, Patent Mirror Mantels. Emerson's Patent Corresponding Ship Ventilators, Emerson's Patent House and Car Ventilators. WALKER'S PATENT WARM AIR FURNACE.' N. B .- Particular attention paid to Repairing Ranges and Furnaces.
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APPENDIX-GAS-LIGHT COMPANIES-HOSPITALS, DISPENSARIES, &C.
GAS-LIGHT COMPANIES.
' BROOKLYN GAS-LIGHT CO. Office 136 Remsen st.
A. W. Benson, President. V. T. Hall, Secretary. Directors, W. Hunter, Jr., J. K' Brick, James How, P. C. Cornell, John Sne -* den, C. E. Bill, A. W. Benson, B. F. Ward- well, C. P. Smith.
CITIZENS' GAS-LIGHT CO.
Office 146 Atlantic st.
W. P. Libby, President. Hervey Warren, Secretary. James H. Stebbins, Treasurer. Directors, William P. Libby, Effingham H. Nichols, William Spence, James H. Steb-
bins, Edward Anthony, Samuel S. Powell, John Bloodgood.
GREENPOINT GAS-LIGHT CO.
Office Greenpoint av. cor. Franklin (E. D.)
F. H. Wolcott, President. William H. Down, Secretary. Directors, F. H. Wolcott, C. M. Wolcott, James Howland, Smith Clift, James Kent.
WILLIAMSBURG GAS-LIGHT CO.
Office, 4th st. cor. S. 3d (E. D.)
Benjamin H. Howell, President. C. F. Blodett, Secretary.
HOSPITALS, DISPENSARIES, INFIRMARIES, &C.
Brooklyn Academy of Medicine- 184 Washington st.
Incorporated, June, 1861. Pres., Wm. W. Hadley, M. D. Vice-Pres., R. S. Newton, M. D. Secretary, J. T. Burdick, M. D. Treas., B. J. Stow. Cor. Sec. D. E. Smith, M. D.
Brooklyn Central Dispensary.
Office, Flatbush avenue near Nevins st. President, Wm. H. Peck. Secretary, S. H. Cahoon. Treasurer, John S. Mackay ATTENDING PHYSICIANS .- S. J. Holley, A. J. Willetts, Drs. J. H. Barbour, G. H. R. Bennett, J. Eagleton, Apothetary.
Brooklyn City Hospital Raymond street De Kalb av.
President, John Haslett. Acting President, Richard Field. Treasuree, John Blunt.
Secretary, Henry P. Morgan.
Physicians, James Crane, M.D., D. S. Landon, M. D., H. S. Smith, M.D., A. Nelson Bell, M.D.
Surgeons, James M. Minor, Dewitt C. Enos, Daniel E. Kissman, J. C. Hutchison, George Cochran.
Resident Physician, G. A. Harrison, M.D. Resident Surgeon, James McMillan, M. D. Superintendent, John T. E. Nichols.
Brooklyn Dispensary, and Eye and Ear In- firinary, No. 7 Tillary street. Open daily from 11 A. M. to 2 P. M. President, Thomas Clark. Vice-Presidents, L. B. Wyman, James Howe, Jr.
Treasurer, Isaac H. Frothingham. Secretary, Wm. W. Henshaw. Surgeon, Samuel T. Speir.
Edward Bennett, M.D., Diseases of Children, the Skin, Vacination, Digestive Organs and Nervous System.
Robert Ormiston, M.D., Diseases of the Heart, Throat and Lungs.
J. B. Jones, M.D., Diseases or Females W. H. Marschalk, Apothecary and Dentist
Brooklyn Homccpathic Dispensary 186 At- lantic street. Founded in 1852.
President, O. A. Townsend, Vice-Pres. N. B. Morse, Treasurer. S. S. Townsend. Secretary Edward Dunham. Resident Physician, A. E. Sumner, M. D.
Consulting Physicians, A. Cook Hull, P. P. Wells, E. T. Richardson, A. C, Burke, A. Wright, J. P. Duffin, W. L. Perrine, R. C. Moffatt, J. Barker, J. F. Tolmyer, J. B. Elliott, J. Rorman, H. Minturh, J. Lester Keep.
Brooklyn Medico-Chirurgical Society.
President, J. H. Hobart Burge, M.D. 1st Vice-President, G. D. Ayers, M.D. 2d Vice-President, Andrew Otterson, M. D. Recording Secretary, Thomas P. Morris, M. D. Corresponding Secretary, Joseph P Colgan, Jr., M.D. Treasurer, H. O. Simms, M.D.
Homeopathic, Medical Society of the County of Kings.
President, John Barker, M.D.
Vice-President, S. S. Guy, M.D. Recording Secretary, J. L. Keep, M.D. Corresponding Secretary, H. E. Morril, M.D.
Treasurer, Henry Minton, M. D.
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APPENDIX-HOSPITALS, &C .- LITERARY INSTITUTIONS AND LIBRAR.FS.
CENSORS.
Drs. A. Wright, G. W. Burroughs, F. W. Skiles.
DELEGATES TO STATE SOCIETY.
Drs. Henry Minton, E. T. Richardson, S. S. Guy, Wm. Wright, W. L. R. Perrine, J. Duffin, and B. Firske.
Medical Society of the County of Kings, OFFICERS.
President, Joseph O. Hutchison, M. D. Vice-President, E. R. Squibb, M. D.
Secretary, John S. Young, M. D. Assistant Secretary, Joseph P. Colgan, Jr., M. D. Treasurer, Andrew Otterson, M. D. Librarian, Geo. J. Bennett, M. D.
Loug Island College Hospital, Henry street, corner Pacific.
BOARD OF REGENTS .-- Pres. Theodore Polhemus, Jr., Esq. Vice-Pres. Joseph Ripley, Esq. Sec. Win. J. Osborne, Esq. Treas. George White, Esq.
COUNCIL-T. L. Mason, M. D., President. Wm. H. Dudley, M. D., Registrar. O. L. Mitchell, M. D., Secretary. J. H. Henry, M. D.
S. FLEET SPEIR, M. D., Demonstrator of Anatomy. ROB'T NEWMAN, M. D., Prosector to Professor of Surgery.
FACULTY OF THE HOSPITAL.
PHYSICIANS .- E. N. Chapman, M. D. ; A. HALLETT, M. D.
SURGEONS .- D. A. Dodge, M. D .; Wm. Gilfillan, M. D. ; J. H. Hobart Burge, M. D. ADJUNCTS .- C. H. Murphy, M. D. ; J. P. Colgan, M. D .; J. M. Allen, M. D. PHARMACEUTISTS. - Heydenreich Brothers.
Williamsburgh Dispensary.
131 Fourth street (E. D.) President, John J. Hicks.
Vice-Presidents, Nathaniel Briggs, Gard- ner S. Harding. Secretary, Richard H. Harding. Treasurer, John Broach.
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Attending Physicians .- Edward Malone, M. D. ; S. N. Fisk, M. D .; Samuel Acheson, M. D .; E. S. Olcott, M. D.
Consulting Physicians .- John A. Brady, M. D .; L. N. Paliner, M. D.
Consulting Surgeons .- N. L. North, M. D .; J. Joseph Acheson, M. D.
Apothecary .- Hiram P. Hardcastle.
LITERARY INSTITUTIONS AND LIBRARIES.
BROOKLYN ART ASSOCIATION.
Rooms, Academy of Music; office, 137 Montague street.
President, R. Gignoux. Vice-President, C. Congdon.
- Treasurer, G. L. Ford. Secretary, John Williamson.
BROOKLYN COLLEGIATE AND POLY- TECHNIC INSTITUTE-Livingston st., bet. Court and Boerum.
President, Isaac H. Frothingham.
Secretary, Josiah O. Low.
Treasurer, Alexander M. White. Registrar and Clerk, Robert Foster. TRUSTEES.
J. S. T. Stranahan, Luther B. Wyman, 'S. B. Chittendon, Josiah O. Low, John T. Martin, George A. Jarvis, Charles S. Bay- lis, James How, D. S. Landon, I. H. Froth- ingham, Charles R. Marvin, Albert S. Barnes, Alexander M. White, E. T. H. Gibson, Wal- ter T. Hatch, John L. Pope.
FACULTY.
John H. Raymond, LL. D., Pres., George W. Collord, A.M., Robert R. Raymond, A.M., Jean Gustave Keetels, A.M., Robert Foster, A.M., Rufus Sheldon, A.M., Geo. W. Plymp- ton, A. M., E. C. Seymour, A.M.
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS SEMINARY-86 88 and 90 Montague place.
BOARD OF INSTRUCTION.
Charles E. West, LL. D., Principal, Proprie- tor, and Lecturer on the Natural Sciences, and the Fine Arts.
Rev. R. S. Storrs, Jr., D. D., Lecture on the Evidences of Christianity.
Rev. John Lord, Lecturer on History.
A. N. Bell, M. D., Lecturer on Physiology. And twelve teachers in other departments of instruction.
BOARD OF VISITORS.
Rev. R. S. Storrs, Jr., D.D., President, Rev. Frederick A. Farley, D.D., Hon. John
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APPENDIX-LITERARY INSTITUTIONS AND LIBRARIES.
Greenwood, Rev. William J. Budington, D. D., Hon. James Humphrey, Rev. J. S. Holme, Rev. J. E. Rockwell, D.D., Rev. Charles Robinson, J. Carson Brevoort, Esq., Rev. James Eells, D.D., Alexander H. Dana, Esq., John H. Raymond, LL. D., Rev. A. Little- john, D. D., Luther B. Wyman, Esq., Isaac H. Frothingham, Esq., Rev. A. Elmendorf, D.D., Rev. J. B. Waterbury, D.D., Rev. E. L. Taylor, D.D., Hon. Jesse C. Smith, C. L. Mitchell, M.D., W. K. Brown, M.D.
BRYANT, STRATTON, & CLARK'S BROOKLYN COMMERCIAL & BUSI- NESS COLLEGE-Hamilton Building, 13, 14, 15, 16, Court st. (Opposite the City Hall.)
An important link in the great interna- tional chain of business colleges located in eighteen of the leading commercial cities in the United States and Canada, as follows :- Brooklyn, New York city, Philadelphi, Port- land, Providence, Albany, Troy, Buffalo, Rochester, Toronto, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukie, St. Louis, Hartford, Newark, and Burlington. Conducted upon actual business principles, and designed to impart a sound business education to the young men of the country.
The branches receiving special attention, are Book-keeping, Commercial Law, Com- mercial Arithmetic, and Penmanship.
H. B. Bryant, H. D. Stratton, W. H. Clark, Proprietors.
H. D. Stratton, General Superintendent of the chain of Colleges.
H. B. Bryant, General Superintendent of the Course of Instruction.
W. H. Clark, Resident Principal.
FACULTY.
W. H. Clark, H. B. Bryant, H. D. Strat- ton, Thomas H. Wilson, S. R. Gray, George E. Marsh, Instructors in the Science of Ac- counts, Commercial Law, and Mathematics, and Lecturers on the Theory and Practice of Business.
Theodore W. Dwight, LL. D., President of of Law School of Columbia College, New York, Lecturer on Commercial Law.
A. W. Talbott, and W. H. Clark, Instruc- tors of Spencerian Penmanship and Commer- cial Correspondence.
BROOKLYN INSTITUTE AND YOUTHS' FREE LIBRARY - 184 Washington st. near Concord.
ESTABLISHED 1823. CHARTERED 1824. President, Peter G. Taylor. Vice-President, Oliver Hull. Treasurer, Thomas Rowe. Secretary, John W. Pray.
TRUSTEES.
Isaac H. Frothingham, Crawford C. Smith, James Howe, S. W. Sneden, Peter G. Taylor, Thomas Rowe, Hosea Webster.
DIRECTORS.
Thomas Woodward, J. S. Thorne, Wil- liam Everdell, Jr., Jesse C. Smith, George Kissam, Alfred M. Wood, Duncan Little- john, Charles H. Baxter, Henry W. Herrick, Alfred Young, E. J. Whitlock.
Librarian, J. McGeorge.
CATHOLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION- Court street, near Jornlemon.
James Rorke, President ; John Courtney, Vice-President; David L. Williams, Record- ing Secretary; J. Mclaughlin, Corresponding Secretary; Charles Doherty, Treasurer.
DIRECTORS .---- Thomas Carroll, John F. Hennessy, Michael H. Hagerty, Robert Stackpole, Thomas P. Norris, James W. Sheredan, Martin E. Degan, P. H. Bren- nan.
HAMILTON LITERARY ASSOCIATION OF BROOKLYN.
Founded 1832. Chartered 1842.
Rooms, Hamilton Building, 14 Court street.
President ---- Jonathan B. Stewart ; Vice- President, - Knaebel ; Secretary, John G. Baker; Treasurer, Joseph M. Pray.
LAW LIBRARY OF BROOKLYN-377 Fulton street.
President, Philip S. Crooke.
Secretary, Henry Hagner.
Treasurer, John P. Rolfe.
TRUSTEES .---- P. S. Crooke, H. Hagner, John P. Rolfe, H. C. Murphy, N. B. Morse, J. W. Gilbert, John Greenwood.
LIBRARY COMMITTEE .---- H. Hagner, J. P. Rolfe, J. W. Gilbert.
LIBRARIAN .---- S. C. Betts.
Long Island Historical Society.
Rooms, No. 14 Court street, Hamilton Building.
Incorporated pursuant to a general act of the Legislature of the State of New York, April 6, 1863.
President, J. Carson Brevoort.
First Vice-President, John Greenwood. Second Vice-President, Charles E. West. Domestic Corresponding Secretary, John Winslow.
Foreign Corresponding Secretary, Henry C. Murphy.
Recording Secretary, A. Cooke Hull. Treasurer, Charles Congdon. Librarian, Henry R. Styles. Standing Committee.
R. S. Storrs, Jr., Pres. J. M. Van Cott, E. S. Mills, G. W. Parsons,
Henry Sheldon, A. J. Spooner.
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APPENDIX-MILITARY.
MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN.
Athenaeum, Atlantic street, cor. Clinton. Organized, 1857. President, Franklin Woodruff. Vice-Pre- sident, John R. Kenneday. Corresponding Secretary, Adrian Van Sinderen. Recording Secretary, G. Hubert Van Wagenen. Treas- urer, James H. Frothingham.
Directors.
Coe Adams, B. P. Blunt,
Chas. W. Beebe, J. W. Chapman,
J. T. Talmage, D. W. Van Ingen,
James Thorne, S. B. Wellington.
Librarian, S. B. Noyes.
TERMS .--- Clerks, Students, Journeymen Mechanics, and Apprentices .---- Initiation fee, $1; dues, payable quarterly, if desired, $2; annual subsequent subscription, $3; merchants and others, $3.
MOUNT PROSPECT WORKINGMEN'S LI- BRARY ASSOCIATION-No. 7, Putnam av. President, Eugene D. Berri. Vice-Presi-
dent, Samuel Teather. Secretary, T. F. Philcox. Treasurer, W. Everett. Librarian, Dr. Maden.
PACKER COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE FOR FEMALES - Joralemon street, bet. Court and Clinton.
President, A. A. Low. Treasurer, John H. Prentice. Secretary, Jos. W. Harper. Trustees, Richard P. Buck, A. B. Baylis, C. P. Smith, J. S. Thorne, P. C. Cornell, J. W. Harper, J. H. Prentice, A. W. Benson, A. A. Low, Fisher Howe, Loomis Ballard, John Haslett, J. M. Van Cott, S. B. Chittenden, David Coope, and his Honor, the Mayor.
Principal, A. Crittenden, A. M.
PRESCOTT LITERARY ASSOCIA- TION.
Meetings every Monday evening, at their Room, Gates avenue, cor. Washington avenue.
President, Joseph B. Maxfield. First Vice President, W. F. Taylor. Second Vice- President, G. P. Butler. Secretary, James E. Wood. Treasurer, John Strong.
MILITARY.
H. B. Duryea, of Brooklyn, Major-General Second Division New York State Militia, comprising the counties of Kings, Queens, Suffolk, Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, and Sullivan.
Division Staff.
Inspector, Col. William J. Steele.
Engineer,
Julius W. Adams.
Judge Advocate, " Harmanns B. Hubbard. Surgeon, George Cochran. Qua termaster, Lt. Col. William H. Hasted. Paymaster, Maj. William H. Bergen.
Aid-de-Camp, Maj. D. M. Tallmage.
Fifth Brigade.
Brigadier-General, Philip S. Crooke, Flat- bush. (Located in Kings county, con- sists of 13th, 14th, 28th, and 70th Regi- ments.)
Brigade Staff.
Inspector, David J. Dean.
Surgeon, Thomas McAllister, M.D.
Quartermaster, James Mooney.
Aid, John L. Bergen.
Engineer,
Vacant.
Paymaster,
Vacant.
Judge Advocate,
Vacant.
13th REGIMENT -- INFANTRY.
Colonel, John B. Woodward. Lieutenant-Colonel, William A. McKee. Joseph B. Leggett.
Major,
Adjutant,
Robert B. Woodward.
14th REGIMENT-INFANTRY.
(now in the United States service.) Colonel E. B. Fowler.
28th REGIMENT-INFANTRY.
Colonel, David A. Bokee.
Lieutenant-Colonel, (Vacant.)
Major,
Adam Schepper.
Adjutant, Julius Kopp.
70th REGIMENT -- CAVALRY.
Colonel, William J. Cropsey.
Lieutenant-Colonel, Francis C. Gruning.
Major, Robert Smith.
Adjutant,
John McLeer.
11th BRIGADE.
Organized December 31, 1861, in the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8tl1, 10th, and 12th Wards of the city of Brooklyn-Brigadier- General, Jesse C. Smith, Brooklyn-consists of the 23d, 47th, 52d, and 56th Regiments.
Brigade Staff. Major Benjamin Haskell, Brigade Major and Inspector.
Roswell C. Brainard, Judge-Advocate. Edward Malone, Hospital Surgeon.
= Edward O. Hotchkiss, Engineer. Captain John Berry, Aid-de-Camp.
Lebeus Chapman, jr. Quartermaster.
4 Henry J. Cipperly, Paymaster.
" Zachariah Voorhees, Assistant Com- missary of Subsistence.
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APPENDIX-MISCELLANEOUS SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS.
23rd REGIMENT --- INFANTRY. Colonel, Calvin E. Pratt.
52nd REGIMENT --- INFANTRY.
Colonel, M. W. Cole.
Lieutenant-Colonel,
Lieutenant-Colonel,
W. C. Booth.
Adjutant,
S. W. Waldron, Jr.
47th REGIMENT --- INFANTRY.
Colonel, Jeremiah V. Meserole.
Lieutenant-Colonel,
William J. Irwin.
Major, Henry W. Banks.
Adjutant,
Isaac J. Geery.
Adjutant,
Major, Thomas A. O'Neil. Edwin Ludlam.
MISCELLANEOUS SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS.
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, Henry E. Pierrepont. George F. Thomas. Vice-President,
Treasurer, Isaac H. Frothingham.
Secretary, A. Cooke Hull.
DIRECTORS.
Edward Whitehouse, Robert R. Raymond, Alexander McCue, W. M. Richards,
Edward Lambert, John Greenwood,
Gordon L. Ford, E. J. Lowber,
E. S. Mills, Willard M. Newell, Alexander M. White, A. W. Benson, Edwin D. Plimpton, John W. Degrauw, A. Cooke Hull, G. W. Hennings,
J. O. Low, Henry E. Pierrepont,
G. S. Stephenson, Luther B. Wyman, H. R. Worthington, Samuel Sloan,
George F. Thomas, Isaac H. Frothingham Marcellus Massey.
Brooklyn Association for Improving the con- dition of the Poor. Office, Washington Building, 22 Court street.
President, R. W. Ropes. Vice-Presidents, Caleb - Barstow, T. C. Fanning, Horace B. Claflin, A. A. Low, J. E. Southworth. Treasurer, Henry Roland. Recording Secre- tary, Joseph E. Paine. Corresponding Secre- tary and General Agent, Rev. Samuel Bay- liss, Executive Committee, Isaac H. Frothing- ham, Arthur W. Benson, William Poole, Henry Messenger, Stephen Crowell, Geo. Hall, J. B. Hutchinson, Dwight Johnson.
Brooklyn Benevolent Society.
Office, 66 Amity street. Rt. Rev. J. Loughlin, President. Charles Kelsey, Secretary. T. J. Glover, Treasurer, Michael Burke, Agent.
Brooklyn Horticultural Society. Established in 1852. President, J. W. Degrauw. Vice-Presi-
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dents, W. R. Anthony, R. W. Ropes, D. P. Barnard, C. H. Baxter. Treasurer, J. W. Degrauw. Corresponding Secretary, A. S. Fuller. Recording Secretary, G. H. Van Wagenen. Librarian, S. B. Brophy.
Meetings held at the Academy of Music, the 1st Tuesday in every month.
Brooklyn R. C. Asylum.
Female Asylum, Congress street, n. Clin- ton. Male Asylum, Jay, cor. Chapel street. President, Rt. Rev. J. McLoughlin. 1st Vice-President, Thomas Carroll. 2d Vice- President, J. J. O'Donahue. Secretary, Mi- chael Barnicle. Assistant Secretary, J. J. Doran. Treasurer, William Casey.
Brooklyn Society for the Relief of Respect- able Aged Indigent Females. (GRAHAM INSTITUTE.)
OFFICIAL BOARD .- First Directress, Mrs. J. S. T. Stranahan. Second Directress, Mrs. Hosea Webster. Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. J. R. St. John. Recording Secretary, Mrs. Nathan Burchard. Treasurer, Mrs. David M. Stone.
Church Charity Foundation.
Albany avenue, near Bedford avenue. President, Rev. A. N. Littlejohn, D.D. Vice-President, Rev Jacob W. Diller, D.D. Secretary, Mr. A. B. Blake, 144 Henry street, Treasurer, Mr. John C. Smith.
Female Employment Society.
65 Court street. Established in 1854. President, Mrs. A. A. Low. Vice-Presi- dent, Mrs. H. Starr. Secretary, Mrs. William Brooks. Treasurer, Mrs. A. A. Bedell.
Industrial School and Home for Desti- tute Children. Organized 1854.
East Baltic street, near Flatbush avenue.
First Directress, Miss Fisher Howe, Second Directress, Mrs. Jesse C. Smith. Treasurer, Miss Ellen Thurston. Secretary, Mrs. E. S. Mills. Corresponding Secretary, Miss H. Tucker.
Major,
Rodney C. Ward. Major, Adjutant.
56th REGIMENT --- INFANTRY.
Colonel, John Q. Adams.
Lieutenant-Colonel, John A. Walsh.
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APPENDIX-POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Juvenile House of Industry.
Established at Flatbush, under the act of
April 12, 1853, entitled "An Act for the care and instruction of truant children."
Supt. and teacher, A. C. Van Epps. John Murray,
Truant officers, Francis A. Gallagher, Owen Dennin.
Mt. Prospect Industrial School Society,
Atlantic avenue, cor. Grand avenue. First Directress, Mrs Jenkins. Second Directress, Mrs. Messenger. Recording Sec- retary, Mrs. M. C. Robinson. Correspond- ing Secretary, Mrs. R. J. Mangam. Trea- surer, Mrs. M. A. Welch.
Museola Association Rooms.
Fulton avenue, cor. Jay street. President, E. L. Sanderson. Vice-Presi- dent, Luther S. Lawrence. Secretary, Wm. L. Gill. Treasurer, Charles C. Sawyer.
Orphan Asylum Society of the City of Brooklyn, (Protestant.)
Cumberland street, near Myrtle avenue.
First Directress, Mrs. John B. Hutchinson. Second Directress, Mrs. A. H. Dana. Trea- surer, Mrs. D. M. Delamater. Corresponding Secretary, Miss A. B. Cary. Recording Sec- retary, Mrs. A. Wyckoff. Matron, Celia Matern.
Philharmonic Society of Brooklyn. Incorporated pursuant to a general Act of the Legislature of the State of New York, May 5, 1857.
President, L. B. Wyman. First Vice-President, John Greenwood. Second Vice-President, Charles Congdon. Treasurer, A. Cooke Hull. Secretary, A. V. B. Van Dyke. Executive Committee.
William Pool,
C. A. Townsend,
N. K. Sheldon,
J. Ryan,
G. W. Warren.
Williamsburgh Industrial School. 5th street, cor. South 3d (E. D.) First Directress, Mrs. Lyons. Secretary, Mrs. D. Farnsworth. Treasurer, Miss M. Mason.
Woman's Relief Association. Depot, 33 Court street. President, Mrs. J. S. T. Stranahan. Secretary, Miss Kate E. Waterbury.
War Fund Committee of the City Brooklyn and County of Kings.
15 Court street. Chairman, Hon. J. S. T. Stranahan. Treasurer, Isaac H. Frothingham. Secretaries, Walter S. Griffith, William P. Strickland.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Inspector-JOHN S. FOLD,
Office 9, City Hall, Basement.
Clerk-CHARLDS VIDETO, Surgeon of Police-GEORGE COCHRANE, "
Patrolmen detailed to the Inspector's Office. Henry W. Van Wagner, Israel Denton, Charles S. Frost, David M. Corwin.
FORTY-FIRST PRECINCT-Joel Smith, Captain, Station, Washington, n. Johnson. 66
George Latham, Sergeant.
Edgar S. Boyd,
T. J. Cornell
"
Andrew Drake,
FORTY-SECOND PRECINCT-Enoch Jacobs, Captain, York, cor. Jay. 66
William Meeks, Sergeant.
" Rufus W. Crafts,
James Hanford,
Levi Crowe, "
FORTY-THIRD PRECINCT-George Rhodes, Captain, Court, n. Butler.
66
Michael Haggerty, Sergeant.
John Matthews, 66
= John Du Four,
Chester R. Bromley,
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APPENDIX-BROOKLYN POST-OFFICE.
FORTY-FOURTH PRECINCT- James Powers, Captain, Myrtle av. cor. Vanderbilt av.
" C. Wright, Sergeant.
John Beatty,
W. T. Skidmore,
Josiah Casler,
FORTY-FIFTH PRECINCT-Cornelius Woglom, Captain, N. 5th, h. 5th, E. D. John D. Hunt, Sergeant.
¥ John Stilwell,
66
" William H. Maddox, "
¥
John Doughty
FORTY-SIXTH PPECINCT-James Mullin, Captain, Wyckoff, n. Ewen, E. D.
Phineas Jacobs, Sergeant.
George Forrester, =
John Sloat
George W. Bunce
FORTY-SEVENTH PRECINCT-John Davis, Acting Captain, Franklin, cor. Union av. 66
Hiram Davis, Sergeant.
FORTY-EIGHTH PRECINCT-Willam H. Brown, Captain, 4th av. cor. 19th.
W. P. Williams, Sergeant.
FORTY-NINTH PRECINCT-George A Waddy, Captain, Fulton av. cor. Bedford av. 66 Oliver B. Leach, Sergeant.
Samuel Smith, Thomas P. Wright, "
FIFTIETH PRECINCT -Daniel Ferry, Acting Captain, Flatbush av. n. Bergen st.
James Aston, Sergeant. Samuel H. Reed,
SANITARY POLICE. Office 9 City Hall, Basement Henry Boice, Acting Sergeant, Charles H. Lott, James R. Morrell, Horace Strang, George Bell.
BROOKLYN POST-OFFICE.
Montague Street, near Court.
Office open, from April 1, to October 1, 7, A. M., to 8, P. M .; October 1, to April 1, 7} A. M. to 72, P. M. Sundays, from 8} to 93, A. M.
Upon the arrival of the mails in New York, they are immediately brought to Brooklyn.
A mail for Jamaica and Hempstead will close daily at 123, M.
The Carriers will leave the Office at 8, A. M. and 3, P. M. Owners of boxes will re- ceive their letters at 74, A. M.
Foreign and California mails close one half-hour before the time of closing in New York. Long Island mail closes at 7}, A. M. New York mails close at 8.30, A. M., 125, P. M., 2, 4.15, and 8, P. M.
The mail from Williamsburg arrives at 9.30, A. M. and 3.30, P. M. The mail for Flat- bush, Flatlands, Canarsie, closes daily (Sundays excepted) at 2, P. M. Arrives daily (Sun- days excepted) at 10, A. M. The mail for Crescoe and Gravesend closes daily (Sundays excepted) at 7.30, A. M. Arrives daily (Sunday excepted) at 7.30, A. M. Fort Hamilton mail closes at 2, P. M. and 8, P. M. Arrives at 9.30, A. M. and 3.30, P. M. New Utrecht mail closes at 2, P. M. and arrives at 8, P. M.
Postage to England, Ireland, and Scotland, 24 cents ---- not exceeding half an ounce ; to France, 15 cents, every quarter of an ounce; Germany --- Bremen mail, 15 cents ; Prus- sian closed mail 30 cents.
GEO. B. LINCOLN, P. M. JOSEPH M. SIMONSON, Assist.
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APPENDIX-RAILROAD COMPANIES.
Williamsburgh Post-Office. 78 4th street, E. D.
Office open from 7, A. M. to 8, P. M .; and from 7, A. M. to 7.30, P. M. during the winter. Sundays from 7.30 A. M., to 9, A. M. Mail closes at 7 P. M.
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