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Marie S. Bonocheux, Howard C. Conraddy, Anthony Meyer, Keepers ; A. W. Shepard, Physician.
County Treasurer. No. 6 Court-house.
Thomas A. Gardiner, County Treasurer ; James Gar- diner, Clerk.
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APPENDIX-COURTS.
District Attorney. No. 3 Court-house.
Samuel D. Morris, District Attorney; Thomas E. Pearsall, Assistant Attorney.
Harbor Masters. Office, 4 Water.
Daniel Hart, Moses Richards.
Hospital, Flatbush. Dr. Tunis Schenck, Resident Physician.
Inspectors of Licenses. Office, No. 5, Basement, City Hall.
Daniel F. Jones, Inspector, Western District ; Jesse Lewis, Inspector, Eastern District.
Lunatic Asylum, Flatbush. E. R. Chapin, M.D., Resident Physician.
Nursery, Flatbush.
John Driscoll, Keeper; Catharine Driscoll, Matron.
Penitentiary. Nostrand av. n. Carroll.
Francis McNeely, Keeper.
Register. No. 16 Court-house.
Charles Schurig, Register; William Barre, Deputy Register.
Sheriff. No. 8 Court-house.
Anthony Walters, Sheriff; Thomas Murphy, Under Sheriff; Charles Cooper, Equity Clerk ; B. F. Mid- dleton, J. M. Perry, J. Madden, Deputies ; Crook, Bergen & Clement, Attorneys.
Superintendents of the Poor.
Thomas Foran, Office, 13 Court-house.
Henry Corr, 6. Fleet c. Willoughby.
Henry S. Seiler,
Unionav.c.Meserole(E.D.)
Cornelius Ferguson, New Utrecht.
John J. Scott, 66 Flatbush.
Surrogate. No. 2 Court-house.
William D. Veeder, Surrogate; Judah B. Voorhees, John Courtney, Clerks.
Supervisors of Kings County, 1870. No. 12 Court House.
William J. Osborne, Chairman; Edward B. Cadley, Clerk ; Martin Kalbfleisch, Mayor of the city and ex-officio Supervisor.
1st Ward, Charles D. Hutchins.
2d
.6 Robert Nelson.
3d = Dwight Johnson.
4th Edmund A. Kollmyer.
5th 66 Thomas Shevlen.
6th William J. Osborne.
7th
66 Thaddeus Buck.
8th 9th
Charles H. Foley.
66 James Cassidy.
10th James Duffy
11th 66 James Howell, Jr.
12th
Thomas Sheridan.
13th Howell Smith.
14th
John L. Murphy.
15th Joseph Wilkeyson.
66 Henry Wills.
16th 17th Joseph Droll.
18th James Fletcher.
19th Marvin Cross.
20th John W. Harman.
91st Charles B. Tobey.
92d John Hall.
N. Utrecht, William J. Cropsey.
Flatbush, Philip S. Crooke.
New Lots. Gilliam Schenck.
Gravesend, Jacques J. Stillwell.
Flatlands, John L. Ryder.
Standing Committees of the Board of Supervisors.
ACCOUNTS-Schenck, Howell, and Smith.
ACCOUNTS OF SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE POOR- Shevlen, Fletcher, and Wilkeyson.
ACCOUNTS OF COUNTY TREASURER-Hutchins Droll, and Harman.
ACCOUNTS OF STOREKEEPER-Cassidy, Murphy, and Hall.
COURT-HOUSE-Kollmyer, Sheridan, and Ryder. PENITENTIARY-Howell, Foley, and Cropsey.
JAIL-Nelson, Shevlen, and Smith.
ALMSHOUSE-Cassidy, Fletcher, and Wilkeyson.
LUNATIC ASYLUM-Hutchins, Duffy, and Tobey.
HOSPITAL AND NURSERY-Droll, Stillwell, and Buck.
UNITED STATES DEPOSIT FUND-Buck, Nelson, and Cropsey.
EQUALIZATION OF ASSESSMENT ROLLS-Cassidy, Duffy, Droll, Ryder, and Tobey.
GENERAL TAXES-Cross, Duffy, and Johnson. SPECIAL AND LOCAL TAXES Stillwell, Buck, and Wills.
LAWS AND APPLICATIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE- Crooke. Kollmyer, and Cross.
SALARIES-Buck, Sheridan, and Hall.
JURORS -- Nelson, Droll, Shevlen, Foley, and Crooke. MILITARY AFFAIRS-Murphy, Cross, and Wills. PRINTING AND STATIONERY-Kollmyer, Howell, and Hall.
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COURTS.
Terms of the County Court and Court of Sessions of Kings County for 1870.
United States Court, 139 Montague.
Circuit Court :- Samuel Nelson, Charles N. Benedict. Judges; Charles W. Newton, Clerk; Charles W. Newton, Samuel T. Jones, United States Commis- sioners.
District Court, 139 Montague :- Charles L. Benedict, Judge; Samuel T. Jones, Clerk; Benjamin F. Tracy, District Attorney ; Francis L. Dallon, Mar- shal.
Court of Sessions, 12 Court-house : James Troy, County Judge ; Barnet Johnson, Stephen J. Voor- hees, Justices of Sessions; B. J. York, Clerk; -on the first Mondays of February, May, Septem- ber, and December,
City Court of Brooklyn, 24 Court-house :- George Thompson, City Judge; Joseph T. Sacket, Clerk ; George W. Knaebel, Deputy-terms held every month except August.
Police Justice's Court, basement City Hall :- Andrew Walsh, Police Justice. Open daily (Sundays and holidays excepted) from 9 A.M. to & P.M.)
Courts of Justices of the Peace.
Justice 1st District-John Delmar, Jr., Court c. But- ler Station-house.
Justice 2d District-James Buckley, basement City Hall, No. 1.
Justice 3d District-Thomas M. Riley, Myrtle av. c. Adelphi.
Justice 4th District-Zachariah Voorhies, Grand, n. 4th.
Justice 5th District-Theodore Eames, 441 Grand. Justice 6th District-John Lynch, Fulton n. Stuy- vesant av.
Supreme Court. 19 Court-house. General Terms, 1870. By all the Judges.
2d Monday of February, at the Court-house, Brook- lyn; 2d Monday of May, at the Court-house, Poughkeepsie; 2d Monday of September, at the Court-house, Newburgh ; 2d Monday of December, at the Court-house, Brooklyn.
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APPENDIX-EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT, EXCISE COMMISSIONERS, ETC.
Circuit Courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer.
1st Monday of June. 1870, Justice Pratt ; 1st Monday. of October, 1870, Justice Tappen ; 1st Monday of November, 1870, Justice Gilbert; 1st Monday of January, 1871, Justice Pratt ; 1st Monday of March, 1871, Justice Tappen : 1st Monday of April, 1871, Justice Gilbert.
Commissioner of Jurors. John Linskey, 9 Court-house.
Naturalization Offices.
Nos. 15 and 22 Court-house. Open daily from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. (except the month of August.)
EDUCATIONAL DEPART- MENT.
Board of Education-Meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 5 P.M. Office, Red Hook la. bet. Fulton and Livingston. J. Sullivan Thorne, Pres. ; E. J. Whitlock, Vice-Pres. ; John W. Buckley, City Supt .; Samuel B. Leonard, Supt. of Repairs; George A. W. Stuart, Sec. ; Henry Dean, Clerk.
Public Schools and Teachers.
No. 1. Grammar School, Adams c. Concord-Lyman E. White, Prin.
" 2. 47th n. 3d av .- Jacob Sand, Prin. :6
3. Jefferson c. Bedford av .- F. D. Clarke, Prin.
' 4. Classon av. n. Flushing av .- E. Knicker- bocker, Prin.
5. Myrtle av. c. Gold-Mr. Conklin, Prin.
" 6. E. Warren n. Smith-J. B. Beale, Prin.
7. York n. Bridge -- Samuel Taylor, Prin.
" 8. Middagh n. Henry-W. M. Jeliffe, Prin,
9. Butler c. Vanderbilt av. - Jane A. Dunckley, Prin.
" 10. 15th n. 4th av .- Peter Rouget, Prin.
" 11. Washington av. n. Greene av. - L. F. Lewis, Prin.
" 12. Adelphi n. Myrtle av .- Edwin S. Adams, Prin.
" 13. Degraw n. Hicks-W. N. Reid, Prin.
" 14. Concord c. Navy-B. F. Edson, Prin.
" 15. State c. Powers-Mr. Taylor, Prin.
" 16. Wilson n. Bedford av .- Leonard Dunckley, Prin.
" 17. N. 5th c. 5th (E. D.)-Henry D. Woodworth, Prin.
" 18. Remsen n. Ewen (E. D.)-Edward Brush, Prin.
" 19. S. 2d c. 10th (E. D.) -- Thomas W. Valentine, Prin.
" 20. S. 4th n. 7th (E. D. )-G. A. Martin, Prin.
" 21. McKibbin n. Ewen (E. D.)-Kate McWil- liams, Prin.
" 22. Java n. Union av. (E. D.)-L. B. Hanford, Prin.
" 23. Conselyea n. Smith-S. M. Martin, Prin.
" 24. Prospect n. Evergreen av .- A. J. Merwin, Prin.
" 25. Walworth n. Myrtle av .- C. E. Tuthill Prin.
" 26. Gates av. n. Ralph av. - J. E. Ryan, Prin.
" 27. Nelson n. Hicks-A. Y. Humphrey, Prin.
" 28. Herkimer n. Ralph-Eliza Folger, Prin.
" 29. Columbia c. Amity-A. S. Higgins, Prin.
Primary Schools.
No. 1. N. 7th n. 3d (E. D.)-James Priddy, Prin. " 2. Union av. (Greenpoint)-A. V. Davis, Prin.
" 3. N. 1st n. 4th (E. D.)-E. L. Petty, Prin.
" 4. 10th n. N. 2d (E. D.)-S. E. Hunt, Prin.
" 5. Gold n. Water-M. A. Leach, Prin.
" 6. 18th n. 5th av .- R. Leach, Prin.
" 7. Vanderbilt av. n. Park av .- Martha A. Dick- gels, Prin.
" 8. Prospect n. Bridge-F. S. Lowe, Prin.
" 9. Warren n. Smith-Jane Van Duyne, Prin.
Colored Schools.
No. 1. Willoughby n. Raymond-C. A. Dorsey, Prin.
" 2. Troy av. n. Bergen .- Junius C. Morrell, Prin.
" 3. 10th n. N. 2d (E. D.)-Samuel S. Rankins, Prin.
" 4. 80 High-Anna Ross, Prin.
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EXCISE COMMISSIONERS.
James Carboy, Pres. ; John Pyburn, Treas. ; Mar- tin Kalbfleisch ; W. Ellsworth, Clerk.
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FERRY COMPANIES.
Greenpoint-G. Lee Knapp, Proprietor. Office, Ferry-house, ft. Greenpoint av. This ferry runs from foot of Greenpoint av., formerly L st., Green- point, to foot of 10th and 23d, New York.
Houston Street Associates-Office ft. of Grand (E. D.) W. W. Winans, James M. Waterbury, John C. Winans, A. W. Winans, A. B. Winans, estate of R. Withers, Proprietors ; Andrew J. Stark, Agent. This ferry runs from ft. of Grand (E. D.) to the foot of Houston, New York.
Navy Yard. - Office ft. Jackson, N. Y. This ferry runs from foot of Hudson av., Brooklyn, to Jack- son, New York.
New York and Brooklyn -Office ft. B'way (E. D.) James Murphy, Pres. ; J. S. Hunt, Sec. ; W. Ravesteyn, Cashier. The following ferries are owned by this Company: From ft. of Bridge, Brooklyn, to James sl., New York ; Division Avenue Ferry, from S. 7th, Williamsburgh, to Grand, New York; Grand, from Grand, Williams- burgh. to Grand, New York; Roosevelt, from S. 7th, Williamsburgh, to Roosevelt, New York.
Union-Capital, $1,000,000. Shares, 1,000. Par, $100. Office, Ferry-house, ft. of Fulton. Nathaniel B. Morse, Pres .; Henry Pierrepont, 1st Vice-Pres. ; John Blunt, 2d Vice-Pres. ; Joseph A. Perry, Treas. and Sec. ; Cyrus P. Smith, Managing Di- rector ; William Martin, Chief Engineer; Walter N. Degrauw, Cashier. The following ferries are owned by this company : Catharine Ferry, from Main, Brooklyn, to Catharine, New York ; Fulton Ferry, from Fulton, Brooklyn, to Fulton, New York ; Hamilton Avenue Ferry, from Hamilton av., Brooklyn, to Whitehall, New York ; South Ferry, from Atlantic, Brooklyn, to Whitehall, New York, Wall Street Ferry, from Montague, Brookyn, to Wall, New York.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Office, 285 Jay.
Commissioners- F. S. Massy, Pres .; Hugh McLaugh- lin, Treas .; William A. Brown, A. F. Campbell ; C. A. Sparks, Sec. Board meets every Tuesday.
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GAS-LIGHT COMPANIES.
Brooklyn, office, 136 Remsen -- A. W. Benson, Pres .; V. T. Hall, Sec.
Citizens', office, 166 Atlantic-William P. Libby Pres .; Charles T. Catlin, Jr., Sec .; J. W. Bergen, Treas.
People's, offices, Washington n. Fulton, and 41 1st (E. D.)-W. If. Husted, Pres. ; Fredric Cromwell, Vice-Pres .; S. J. Edwards, Sec.
Williamsburgh, office, 4th c. S. 3d (E. D.)-Benjamin H. Howell, Pres .; C. F. Blodget, Sec.
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APPENDIX-HOSPITALS, DISPENSARIES, INFIRMARIES, ETC.
HOSPITALS, DISPENSA- RIES, INFIRMARIES, etc.
Brooklyn Academy of Eclectic Medicine, 236 Myrtle av .- H. C. Cooper, Pres. ; William B. Warner, Vice-Pres. ; H. E. Firth, Sec. ; B. J. Stow. Treas. Brooklyn Central Dispensary, office, Flatbush av. n. Nevins-Michael Bennett, Pres .; Joseph S. Spin- ney, Vice-Pres. ; James Rorke, Sec. ; John S. Mac- kay, Treas. ; Thomas Wilde, House Physician.
Brooklyn City Hospital, Raymond n. De Kalb av .- John Haslett, Pres .; Richard Field, Vice-Pres .; John Blunt, Treas. ; Henry P. Morgan, Sec. ; John E. Nichols, Supt. ; Frederick A. Guerin, Apothe- cary.
Brooklyn Dispensary and Eye and Ear Infirmary, No. 7 Tillary Open daily from 1 to 4 P. M. For Dental Surgery, irom 9 A.M. to 1 P.M .- William W. Hen- shaw, Pres. : L. B. Wyman, - Sanford, Vice- Pres. ; John J. Studwell. Treas. ; Robert S. Buss- ing, Sec. ; William H. Marschalk, Apothecary.
Brooklyn Eclectic Dispensary, 236 Myrtle avenue.
Organized under the auspices of the Brooklyn Academy of Eclectic Medcine, October 5, 1865. Incor. porated May 10, 1869.
JOSHUA P. POWERS, President. A. N. COLE, Vice-President. H. E. FIRTH, Secretary. D. E. SMITII, Treasurer.
ATTENDING PHYSICIANS.
D. E. Smith, M.D .. H. E. Firth, M.D.,
W. B. Warner, M.D., John Horton, M.D.,
J. Y. Tuthill, M.D., II. C. Cooper, M.D.,
J. E. Danelson, M.D .. L. B. Irish, M.D., F. Myers, M.D. (Electrician) E. H. Sands, M.D., J. C. Callahan, M.D.
CONSULTING SURGEONS.
Prof. E. Freeman, M.D., II. L. Firth, M.D.
HOUSE PHYSICIAN. I. B. Firth, M.D.
Hours from 10 A. M. to 2 P. M., daily.
Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital, 190 Washington-S. B. Chittenden, Pres .; N. D. Morgan, Vice-Pres ; C. D. Wood, Treas. ; 'S. B. Chittenden, Jr., Sec .; Joseph Rose, Supt.
Brooklyn Homeopathic Dispensary, 186 Atlantic. Open daily from 12 M. to 3 P. M .- Charles A. Town- send, Pres. ; James R. Cowing, Sec .; Clark T. Hamilton, House Physician ; W. S. Searle, William Briggs Garside, J. W. Eliot, Physicians; A. E. Sumner, Medical Director.
Dental Infirmary, 260 Washington. Under the man- agement of the Brooklyn Dental Society. O. E. Ilill, Pres .; E. S. Childs, Sec .; J. C. Monroe, Treas.
Eclectic Dispensary, 240 Myrtle av .- Daniel P. Bar- nard, Pres. ; John T. Sheppard, Vice-Pres .; Eben- ezer D. Smith, Sec .; Jonathan Jones, Treas .; W. H. Bowlsby, Supt.
Gates Avenue Homeopathic Dispensary, junction of Fulton and Gates avs. Open daily from 12 M. to 2 P.M .- Stewart L, Woodford, Pres. ; John Simpkins, Treas .; V. Aldridge, Sec.
Long Island College Hospital, Henry c. Pacific- Board of Regents: John J. Van Nostrand, Pres .; Thomas J. Rodman, Vice-Pres .; William H. Dud- ley, Treas .; William J. Osborn, Sec.
Medical Association of the Eastern District, 131 4th (E. D.)-Dr. Chaps, Pres. ; Dr. Sanford, Sec .; George Wieber, Treas.
Medical Society of the County of Kings, 16 Court, Room 17-J. Hobert Burge, Pres .; John S. Young, Vice-Pres .; Richard M. Wyckoff, Sec .; J. S. Prout, Treas.
Homeopathic Medical Society of the County of Kings, 261 Washington-Joseph B. Elliott, Pres. ; William Wright, Rec. Sec .; W. L. R. Perrine, Cor. Sec .; Ward C. Pardee, Treas.
St. Mary's Female Hospital, 153 Clinton. Under the charge of the Sisters of Charity.
St. Peter's Hospital, Hicks c. Congress. Under the charge of the Sisters of the Poor.
Williamsburgh Dispensary, 131 4th (E. D.)-Samuel Groves, Pres .; Daniel Mauger, Gardiner S. Harding, Vice-Pres .; II. H. Robertson, Sec .: John Broach, Treas .; Hiram P. Hardcastle, Apothecary.
Atlantic Fire Susurance Company OF BROOKLYN.
Cash Capital, - - -
- $300,000,
AND A LARGE SURPLUS.
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Offices-No. 172 ATLANTIC STREET, Brooklyn ; No. 178 BROADWAY, New York. CHARTERED FEBRUARY 20, 1851.
JOHN D. COCKS, President. HORATIO DORR, Secretary.
DIRECTORS.
John D. Cocks, Czar Dunning, George A. Jarvis,
J. S. T. Stranahan, Walter S. Griffith, Robert H. Berdell, S. T. Husted, Nehemiah Knight,
J. J. Van Nostrand, Nathaniel Putnam, Edward Bridge, James W. Martens, Matthew Vassar, Jr., C. C. Roumage, William H. Slocum, Levi II. Brigham,
Joseph W. Greene, William W. Wickes, Joseph R. Skidmore, Wm. L. Cogswell, Horatio Dorr, Thomas Sullivan, Samuel W. Moore, Charles Stanton,
David B. Baylis, Percy R. Payne, William Evans, John Woolsey, Curtis Noble, John C. Hoyt, Charles P. Burdett, Hugh Allen.
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APPENDIX-BROOKLYN AND NEW YORK FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Brooklyn fire Insurance Company.
CHARTERED APRIL, 1824.
SURPLUS, $186,663.47. ASSETS, $339,663.47. CASHI CAPITAL, $153,000.
New York, 191 Broadway; Brooklyn, 30 Court Street, corner Remsen Street.
FRANCIS P. FURNALD, President. TUNIS C. BERGEN, Secretary. CHIAS. BURKHALTER, Vice-President. GEORGE K. BRAND, Surveyor. BE PRUDENT-KEEP INSURED.
DIRECTORS.
Francis P. Furnald, | John Bodine,
Francis A. Palmer,
Francis P. Schoals,
Chas. Burkhalter,
John T. Bruce, Joseph Rudd, Charles Curtis, George W. Platt, Jesse Seligman,
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George C. Peters, Benj. M. Stilwell, Sam'l F. Whiting, John J. Vanderbilt,
G. Gilfillan, M.D., Edward C. Badeau, Robert Knight, Jerem. V. Spader.
fireman's Orust
Insurance Company
OF BROOKLYN.
Offices-No. 26 Court Street, Brooklyn ; No. 60 Wall Street, New York.
O. D. MILDEBERGER, Secretary. DWIGHT JOHNSON, President. E. B. WOOD, Assistant Secretary.
DIRECTORS.
Van Brunt Wyckoff, Anth'y F. Campbell, J. P. Robinson,
Israel D. Velsor, George L. Nichols, Sidney Green,
Henry R. Pierson, John F. Cook, John S. Ward,
Crawford C. Smith, George S. Cary, Dwight Johnson,
Gamaliel King, Joseph B. Hall,
I. H. Frothingham, James P. Wallace,
John M. Hicks,
John F. Phillips,
F. J. Hosford,
Peter B. Anderson,
S. B Chittenden, William Wall,
Sidney Sanderson, William Burrell,
John I. Voorhees, Henry R. Jones, Alexander McCue,
Eli Robbins, James Eaton,
Lawrence W. Clark, William W . Wickes, (J. S. Thorne, M.D., Edwin ilillyer.
Home Insurance Company,
No. 135 BROADWAY, New York; No, 151 MONTAGUE STREET, Brooklyn,
CAPITAL,
$2,000,000.
CHARLES J. MARTIN, President.
A. F. WILLMARTH, Vice-President. D. A. HEALD, 2d Vice-President. J. H. WASHBURN, Secretary. GEORGE M. LYON, Ass't Sec'y. T. B. GREENE, 2d Ass't Sec'y.
Richard P. Buck, Warren D. Gookin, S. Warren Snedcn, William Beard.
Archibald Baxter, Ilarry Messenger, Marcellus Massey, C. Parish, Henry D. Peck,
Liv'gston K. Miller, A. A. Low,
Peter Duryee,
J. B. Blossom, Bryan HI. Smith, Joshua Sutton,
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APPENDIX-BROOKLYN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Lafayette Fire Insurance Company.
CASH CAPITAL,
$150,000.
Brooklyn Office, 359 Fulton Street, Opposite City Hall; New York Office, 165 Broadway, near Cortlandt Street.
JOHN W. CHENEY, Secretary. HUBERT GIROUX, President. HENRY W. BRAND, Surveyor.
DIRECTORS.
James Harper. James Freeland, Curtis Noble, Jacob Philip, John H. Seebeck,
John G. Schumaker, Amos Robbins.
Andrew Fitzgerald,
Wm. L. Shuttleworth, William Taylor,
John J. Vanderbilt, Calvin B. Camp, Philip S. Crooke, J. L. Spader,
Henry Tienken, Samuel Garrison, John T. Howard, Michacl Nevin.
Three-quarters of the net profits returned to the Insurers.
Long Island Insurance Company.
Organized, 1833; Reorganized, 1863.
Offices-No. 151 Montague St., near Court St., Brooklyn ; No. 48 Wall St., near William St., New York.
Capital, $200,000. Shares, 4,000. Par, $50. Dividends-January and July.
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WILLIAM W. HENSHAW, Secretary .. B. W. DE LAMATER, President.
DIRECTORS.
B. W. De Lamater, [H. K. Corning.
Henry Young, Charles E. Biff, R. V. W. Thorne,
Peter C. Cornell,
Daniel Ayers, John A. Lott.
Charles H. Rogers, Jonathan Thorne, W'm. W. Henshaw,
Federick Marquand, Neziah Wright,
Geo. W. Thompson, John A. Newbould, John Lefferts.
mechanics' Fire Insurance Company of Brooklyn.
Cash Capital, $150,000, with a large Surplus. 1
Offices- No. 1 Montague Street (Mechanics' Bank Building), Brooklyn; No. 33 Wall Street (Mechanics' Bank Building), New York.
JOHN H. BAKER, President. DANIEL CHAUNCEY, Vice-Pres. MERRITT TUTTLE, Ass't Sec'y.
WALTER NICHOLS, Secretary.
DIRECTORS.
Daniel Chauncey, John P. Rolfe, Samuel Sloan, A. B. Baylis, D. M. Chauncey, Daniel Ayres, Jr.,
|Edwin K. Scranton, Geo. G. Hastings, Abram Lott,
John French,
Robert J. Davies, Hosea Webster, George W. Bergen, Sylvester Hondlow, Henry HI. Crocker,
Henry N. Brush, William Marshall, Samuel Smith, Thomas Stratton, Thomas D. Carman, Theo. Polhemus, Jr. R. W. Adams, John Halsey,
IL. K. Miller, Isaac Carhart, Thomas Sullivan, J. H. Sackmann, Leonard Cooper, George L. Shaw, Henry James, Daniel Fernald,
Jacob J. Bergen, David H. James, Jacob Cole, William B Nichols, Charles Lowrey, William Boger, William Pate, Nathan B. Morse.
John H. Baker, Robert H. Berdell,
|Chas. P. Leverich, |George A. Thorne, | Alexander M. White Isaac Hyde, Jr., Henry S. Leverich, John T. Martin, Daniel A. Robbins, John G. Vassar, Ed. Whitehouse,
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APPENDIX-BROOKLYN AND NEW YORK FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
ontank fire usurance Company OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN.
Cash Capital, $150,000, and a Large Surplus.
Offices-No. 22 Court Street, Brooklyn; No. 128 Broadway (near Maiden lane), New York.
DIRECTORS.
William Ellsworth, C. L. Cooke, M.D.,
Stephen Linington, Jacob Phillip,
Ezra Baldwin, James Eaton,
Garret G. Bergen,
Amasa S. Foster,
Charles C. Betts,
Francis S. Gale,
Samuel Booth.
Alfred Hanabergh,
T. A. Newman,
E. II. Nichols,
Eli Robbins. S. B. Stewart, AlexanderStudwell,
J. O. Whitehouse, S. F. Whiting,
R. C. Brainard,
Seymour L. Husted,
Foster Pettit,
D. B. Powell,
John J. Studwell, Edmund Titus,
E. H. Willets, John Winslow, John Williams.
O. T. SEARING, Secretary.
WILLIAM ELLSWORTHI, President.
Hassan fire Insurance Company OF BROOKLYN.
No. 28 Court Street (old No.10), corner Remsen Street, Brooklyn; No. 65 Wall Street, New York.
Cash Capital, -
Capital and Surplus,
I $150,000.00 339,850.77
DIRECTORS.
Thomas B. Jones, [George B. Archer,
A. A. Low.
J. W. Harper,
B. Valentine, Wm. Hunter, Jr., Samuel Smith,
A. J. Beekman, John W. Hunter,
Silas Ludlam,
H. B. Claflin, C. H. Baxter,
John Halsey.
Joseph C. Johnson,
Cyrus P. Smith,
Wm. C. Fowler,
James A. H. Bell,
John A. Lott,
H. C. Murphy, Foster Pettit, James Weaver,
Alex. Underhill, D. Van Voorhis, L. M. Sheldon. John J. Vanderbilt, Alex. McCue.
H. K. Corning,
Theodore Rogers,
|Conklin Brush,
John French,
THOMAS B. JONES, Pres.
THOMAS M. HARRIS, Asst. Sec.
New York Equitable Insurance Company.
No. 58 WALL STREET, OPPOSITE HANOVER STREET.
Cash Capital,
$210,000,
WITH A LARGE SURPLUS.
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.
J. J. Raymond,
Wm. M. Thomas, Geo. A. Thorne,
Abraham Lott, A. A. Low, F. D. Mason,
Rufus Resseguie, Warren Richmond,
Brewster Valentine, Edward D. White,
Samuel W. Burtis,
John Halsey,
J. W. Campbell.
Stephen B. Conklin,
Wm. M. Ingraham, John W. Lewis,
John M. Phelps, John D. Prince,
John T. Martin,
Samuc. L. Mitchell,
S. L. Husted,
WILLIAM T. LANE, Sec.
[George A. Thorne, Thomas Stratton,
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APPENDIX-BROOKLYN FIRE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANIES.
Phenix Insurance Company, Brooklyn, D. V.
OFFICES: Nos. 12 and 14 Court Street, Brooklyn; No. 173 Broadway, New York. (BRANCH OFFICE, No. 84 BROADWAY, BROOKLYN, E. D.)
Cash Capital,
Surplus, -
$1,000,000.00
831,017.47
Assets, -
$1,831,017.47
INSURANCE AGAINST LOSS BY FIRE, MARINE, LAKE, CANAL, AND INLAND TRANSPORTATION.
PHILANDER SHAW, Secretary. STEPHEN CROWELL, President.
Phoenix Insurance Company, Hartford, Conn. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $1,681,148.86. D. W. C. SKILTON, Sec. H. KELLOGG, Pres. J. A. SIMONSON, Agent.
Corn Exchange Jusurance Company of New York. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $415,265.73.
G. W. HOFFMAN, Sec. E. J. LOWBER, Pres.
Branch Office-No. 363 Fulton Street. Brooklyn. J. A. SIMONSON, Agent.
J. A. SIMONSON, REAL ESTATE,
363 Fulton Street, Brooklyn. Bonds and Mortgages negotiated and money loaned.
The Brooklyn Trust Company, Corner Court and Joralemon Streets, Brooklyn, N. Y.
CAPITAL,
-
$250,000.
Deposit Accounts received subject to Check at Sight, and Interest allowed for the whole period they may remain with the Company.
This Company is authorized by special charter to act as Receiver, Executor, Trustee, Adminis- trator, or Guardian.
It can act as Agent in the sale or management of Real Estate, collect Interest or Dividends, receive Registry and Transfer Books, or make purchase and sale of Government and other Securities.
Religious and Charitable Institutions, and persons unaccustomed to the transaction of business, will find this Company a safe and convenient Depository for money.
JOSIAH O. LOW, Vice-President. ETHELBERT S. MILLS, President.
ALEX. McCUE, Attorney and Counsel.
Martin Kalbfleisch, Henry E. Pierrepont, J. S. Rockwell, D. Chauncey,
John Halsey, Henry Sanger, W. S. Tisdale, Josiah O. Low,
TRUSTEES : John P. Rolfe, Alex. M. White, Edward Harvey, James D. Fish,
Ethelbert S. Mills, Alex. McQue. H. J. Cullen, M.D.
M. T. RODMAN, Secretary.
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APPENDIX-LITERARY INSTITUTIONS AND LIBRARIES, MILITARY, ETC.
LITERARY INSTITUTIONS AND LIBRARIES.
Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute, Liv- ingston, bet. Court and Boerum-Isaac H. Froth- ingham, Pres .; Josiah O. Low, Sec .; Charles S. Baylis, Treas. ; A. J. Leffingwell, Registrar and Clerk.
Brooklyn Institute and Youths' Free Library, 184 Washington-W. Everdell, Pres .; T. K. Horton. Vice-Pres .; Duncan Littlejohn, Treas .; J. B. Wood- ward, Sec .; Louisa N. Rose, Librarian.
Brooklyn Library Association, 90 S. Sth (E. D.)- W. J. Combs, Pres .; T. F. Jackson, Vice-Pres .; R.T. French. Rec .; Sec .; John A. Taylor, Cor. Sec .; Watson Sanford, Treas. ; George W. Frost, Li- brarian.
Catholic Library Association, Court n. Joralemon- E. Rorke, Pres .; J. C. McGuire, Vice-Pres .; John C. Fitzgerald, Rec. Sec .; John R. Kuhn, Cor. Sec .; Thomas Lamb, Treas .; John J. Molony, Librarian. CLARK'S BRYANT & STRATTON Brooklyn Busi- ness College and English Training School, Nos. 13 to 16 Court, opp. City Hall-S. A. Clark, Principal. Law Library of Brooklyn, 4 Court-house-Philip S. Crooke, Pres .; Henry Hagner, Sec .; Henry C. Mur- phy, Jr., Treas.
Library of School Districts Nos. 16, 17, 18, 19, and 23, S. 3d c. 5th (E. D. )-Free to all inhabitants within the limits of said districts ; open to the public, on Tuesdays and Fridays, from 4 to 6 and from 7 to 9 P.M .; open to children, on Wednesdays and Satur- days, from 4 to fi P. M .; S. S. Martin, Librarian.
Long Island Historical Society, Joralemon c. Court -J. Carson Brevoort, Pres .; John Greenwood, 1st Vice-Pres .; Chas. E. West, 2d Vice-Pres .; John E. Winslow, Home Cor. Sec .; Henry C. Murphy, For- eign Cor. Sec .; E. S. Mills, Treas .; Geo. Hannah, Acting Sec. and Librarian.
Mechanics' Free Reading Rooms, 15 Hicks ; open every evening from 6 to 10 P. M .- George A. Bell, Supt .; Thomas H. Bird, Asst. Supt .; Gen. John Anderson, Sec .; R. S. Bussing, Treas .; Moses S. Beach, Librarian.
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