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The method of managing the canals of the State has varied mate- rially under the present Constitution.1
The Commissioners of the Canal Fund remained the same, and the Board of Canal Appraisers continued as finally constituted under the Constitution of 1821.
1 See Canal Commissioners and Superintendent of Public Works.
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CANAL REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.
By the amendments to the Constitution, adopted in 1882 (art. 7, § 3), it is provided that, certain conditions having been complied with, no tolls shall hereafter be imposed on persons or property trans- ported on the canals. The Erie, Oswego, Champlain and Cayuga and Seneca canals are the only canals the Legislature is prohibited from selling. Funds derived from the sale of any canal are to be applied in payment of the canal debt.
The Legislature of 1875, upon the recommendation of Governor Tilden communicated in a special message, adopted a concurrent resolution March 25, providing for a commission to investigate the management of the canals, to be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Commission was constituted as follows : John Bigelow, of Orange; Daniel Magone, Jr., of St. Lawrence; Alexander E. Orr, of Kings; John D. Van Buren, Jr., of New York. The Commission was confirmed April 8, and submitted reports from time to time to the Governor. The same Legislature authorized the Governor, in his discretion (ch. 227), to appoint an Inspector of Public Works, with an annual salary of $5,000. The power has not been exercised.
THE CANAL FUND.
This Fund was created by an act passed April 15, 1817, and the Lieutenant-Governor, Comptroller, Attorney-General, Surveyor- General, Secretary of State and Treasurer, were intrusted with its management, as Commissioners of the Canal Fund. The Commis- sioners of the Canal Fund now consist of the Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer and Attorney-General.
CANAL BOARD.
The Canal Board was created by an act passed April 18, 1826, and consisted of the Canal Commissioners and Commissioners of the Canal Fund. The Canal Board was invested with the full care and responsibility of and for the canals, by an act passed in 1870 (ch. 35). The low toll system was then adopted with the concurrence of the Legislature, and continued to be the policy of the State until tolls were abolished by the constitutional amendment of 1882. The Board now consists of the Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney-General, State Engineer and Sur- veyor, and Superintendent of Public Works, the latter taking the place of the Canal Commissioners in the Board.
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MANAGEMENT OF THE CANALS.
CANAL COMMISSIONERS.
The first Canal Commissioners were appointed by an act passed April 17, 1816. Their duties were to construct canals from the Hud- son river to lakes Erie and Champlain. Vacancies were to be filled in the same manner as Senators in Congress were appointed. Under the Second Constitution the number of Commissioners varied at different periods, until May 6, 1844, when an act was passed redneing their number to four, and making the office elective, the term being four years, except two of the first four chosen, who served two years. Salary, $1,500. The Constitution of 1846 provided for three Canal Commissioners to be elected for a term of three years, so classified that one was to be elected each year. The canals were divided into three divisions,-eastern, middle and western -- each Commissioner having charge of one division. The annual salary of the Commissioners was fixed at $2,000, but was increased, in 1875, to $4,000.1 Canal Commissioners were formerly vested with ample powers, and, for a time, the repairs were carried on under what was termed the Superintendent system. This was finally abandoned, and contracts were made by sections for keeping the canals in repair. A Canal Contracting Board, consisting of the Canal Commissioners and Anditor of the Canal Department, was organized in 1854, modified in 1857 and abolished in 1870. The Constitution of 1846 included the State Engineer and Surveyor, with the other State officers, as a member of the Canal Board. The Board appointed superintendents, patrolmen and collectors of tolls, and fixed their salaries. The Constitutional Convention of 1867 proposed an amendment providing for the appointment of a Superintendent of Public Works, but it was defeated with the Constitution. The same amendment was recommended by the Constitutional Commis -. sion in 1874, and adopted by the Legislature in 1875. The Legis- lature of 1870' provided for the surrender or cancellation of con- tracts. Eighteen contracts were thus abrogated during the year, and the Superintendent system restored upon such sections, leaving ten contracts still in force. The same act placed the Canals under the full care and responsibility of the Canal Board, except that it was prohibited from entering into new contracts for repairs. This con- tinned to be the method for the conduet of the canals, until the inauguration of the new system directed by an amendment to the Constitution adopted in 1876.3
1 Laws 1875, ch. 145. 2 Laws 1570, ch. 35.
3 See Superintendent of Public Works.
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CANAL COMMISSIONERS.
CANAL COMMISSIONERS.
COMMISSIONERS.
IN WHOSE PLACE.
APPOINTED.
COMMISSIONERS.
IN WHOSE PLACE.
ELECTED.
Stephen Van Rens- selaer ..
Apr. 17, 1516
Frederick Follett.
Beach
Nov. 6, 1x19
De Witt Clinton 1 ...
Apr. 17, 1816
John C. Mather.
Hinds
Nov. 5, 1850
Joseph Ellicott.
Original 17.
Apr. 17. 1-16
Henry Fizhugh ..
Cook
Nov. 4, 1851
Samuel Young 2.
Apr. 17, 1816
Frederick Follelt.
Re-elected.
Nov. 2, 1 52
Myron Holley ....
Apr. 17, 11
Cornelius Gardiniet.
Mather ..
Nov. 8, 1553
Ephraim Hart 3.
Ellicott 17
1×18
Henry Fitzhugh ......
Re-elected.
Nov. 7, 1854
Henry Seymour.
Ellicott 17.
Meh. 21, 1519
Samuel S. Whallon 19
Follelt.
Nov. 6, 1955
( Additional )
Mch. 29, 1521
Charles S. Sherrill ...
Gardinier
Nov. 5, 1836
Seymour .
Jan. 9, 1532
John M. Javcox. .....
Fitzhugh
Nov. 4, 1857
( Additional)
Apr. 4, 1533
Sammel B. Ruggles ... Hiram Gardner
Ruggles
Nov. 2, 1:58
Redfield 17.
( Additional)
May 25, 183%
Jaycox
Nov. 6, 1800
Van Rensselaer Is
Feb. 15, 1839
Barnes 18
Jan. 16, 1861
Feb. 22, 1810
William W. Wright .
Bruce
Nov. 5, 1861
8. Newton Dexter 7 David Hudson 7 .... Geo. 11. Boughton 7 Henry Hamilton 7.
Feb. 22, 1%10
Franklin A. Alberger
Gardner
Nov. 5, 1861
Feb. 22, 1810
Re-elected ....
Nov. 4, 1x62
Jonas Earil, Jr ....... James Hooker .....
Feb. 8, 1812
Stephen T. Hayl ..... Bruce .
Nov. 6, 1566
Feb. 8, 1-12
Jolin D. Fay ..
Alberger
Nov. 5, 1867
Frb. 8, 1512
Oliver Bascom 22.
Dorn
Nov. 3, 1868
Stephen Clark & ....
Feb. 8,1812
Giro. W. Chapman 23 William W. Wright. John D. Fax.
Re-elected.
Nov. 8, 1670
(Act 1814) 9
Nov. 1, 1511
Alexander Barkley ...
Chapman
Nov. 7,1871
(Act 1811) 9
Nov. 4, 1:11
Renben W. Stroud ...
Wright ..
Nov. 3, 1872
John T. Hudson 12.
Earl Is.
Dec. 3, 1816
Barkley
Nov. 3, 1874
Thomas Clowes 13.
Jones 17
Nov. 15, 1> 17
Christopher A. Wal-
Charles Cook It ......
Nov. 2, 1817
rath 21. ..
Stroud
Nov. 2, 1875
Neison J. Beach 15.
Nov. 2, 1517
Darius A. Ogden
Jackson
Nov. 7, 1576
Jacob Hinds to ...
Nov. 2, 1817
The office of Canal Commissioner, according to the terms of the Constitution, was abolished on the appointment of a Superintendent of Public Works, which took place February 8, 1878.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
The Legislature of 1875 agreed to an amendment to the Consti- tution, as recommended by the Constitutional Commission, abolish- ing the office of Canal Commissioner and creating the office of Su- perintendent of Public Works. This amendment, which originated with the Constitutional Convention of 1867, was agreed to by the Legislature of 1876, and submitted to the people at the ammal election held in that year, by whom it was approved and ratified, and made part of the Constitution of the State.
1 Removed by concurrent resolution of the Legislature, April 12, 1-21.
2 Removed by Legislature, February 22, 1510.
3 Appointed by the Governor in ISIS, until the Legislainre could Ill vacancy.
4 Appointed under act of February 9, 1821, authorizing another Commissioner.
5 Under an act of March 25, 1533, which allowed any number not exceeding three to serve as acting 6 Acting Commissioner under act of May 25, 1836.
Commissioners.
8 In place of those removed by the Legislature.
7 Removed by the Legislature, February 28, 1812.
9 Passed May 6 ; Terms of office to continence Ist Monday in February, Ist5.
lo Terms two years; extended to December 31. 1247, by sec. 3, article 14, Constitution of lot6.
11 Torms Four years; expired December 31. 1267, bv see. 3, article 14, Constitution of 1816.
12 Appointed by Governor, to hold till December 31, 1817.
13 Appointed by joint ballot of the Legislature, to hold till December 31, 1817. 11 Term one year.
15 Term two years. 16 Term three years. 17 Resigned. 18 Deceased.
19 Died at Erie. Pa., July 5, 1868. 20 Died at Norwich, November 13, Ist0.
21 Apppointed by the Legislature, vice Barnes, decreased. 22 Died. 23 Appointed by the Governor.
21 Elected at general election 1575; appointed by Governor December 2, 1575, vice Stroud, deceased.
Win. C. Boniek 2, 4 ... Jonas Baarll, Jr. 2 .... Michael Hoffman 5. Heman J. Redfield. John Bowman 2. ... William Baker 2, 6.1 Samuel B. Ruggles. Asa Whitney 7 ..
Hoffman 17.
May 4,1835
William 1. Skinner ... Sammel 11. Barnes 201 Benjamin F. Brucezl
Sherrill
Nov. 8, 1-59
Feb. 22, 1510
Wright.
Nov. 3, 1863
Feb. 22, 1- 10
William I. Skinner ... Benjamin F. Bruce ... Franklin A. Alberger Robert C. Dorn ...
Re-elected. Skumer.
Nov. 7, 1865
George W. lal tle s. Daniel P. Bissell 8 ... Benjamin Enos 8.
Feb. 5, 1812
Bascom 38. llayt .
Nov. 2, 1809
(Ac1 1-41) 9
Nov. 1, 1511
Nathaniel Jones 10. Jonas Earl, Jr. 10 ... Stephen Clark 11 . ... Daniel P. Bissell 11 ..
( Ac) 1841) 9
Nov. 4, 1511
James Jackson, Jr ... Adin Thaver
Nov. 4,1573
Fay
Nov. 8, 1864
Feb. 8, 1812
Whallon 18.
July 14, 1858
Charles Cook
Re-elected.
Nov. 7, 1818
Nov. 11, 1:69
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
The amendment to the Constitution provides that a Superintend- ent of Public Works shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and hold his office until the end of the term of the Governor by whom he is nominated, and until his successor is appointed and qualified. He is charged with the execution of all laws relating to the repair and navigation of the canals, and also of those relating to the construction and improve- ment of the canals, except so far as the execution of the laws relat- ing to such construction or improvement shall be confided to the State Engineer and Surveyor. He makes the rules and regulations for the navigation or use of the canals, subject to the control of the Legislature. The office of Canal Commissioner was abolished from and after the appointment and qualification of the Superintendent of Public Works, who was thereupon to perform all the duties of the Canal Commissioners and the Board of Canal Commissioners, until otherwise provided by the Legislature. The Superintendent may be removed from office by the Governor whenever, in his judg- ment, the public interest shall so require. The Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, fills vacancies; if a vacancy occurs when the Senate is not in session, the Governor may issue a commission which shall expire at the end of the next succeed- ing session of the Senate. The Superintendent1 receives an annual salary of 86,000; is a member of the Canal Board, and appoints not more than three Assistant Superintendents, whose duties are pre- scribed by him, subject to modification by the Legislature. They receive an annual salary of 83,000.1 They hold their office for three years, subject to suspension or removal by the Superintendent, who fills all vacancies.' All other persons employed in the care and man. agement of the canals, except those in the department of the State Engineer and Surveyor, are appointed by the Superintendent of Public Works, and subject to suspension or removal by him. He provides all necessary tools, materials and labor on the canals; sub- divides them, and makes the rules for their navigation, protection and maintenance, and for the goverment of employees .? The seal of the office in use prior to 1883 is shown on Plate N, No. 2. The present seal is the Arms of the State as described in chapter 190, Laws of 1882, surrounded by the inscription, "State of New York - Superintendent of Public Works."
1 Laws 1877, ch. 85.
2 Laws 1880, ch. 493.
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FINANCES OF THE CANALS.
SUPERINTENDENTS - ASSISTANTS.
OFFICERS.
DIVISION.
APPOINTED.
OFFICERS.
DIVISION.
APPOINTED.
Superintendents.
Benjamin S. W. Clark
Resident Superintendents. William V. Van Rensselaer Limus Jones Peck ..
Western ...
Mch. 16, 1578
James Shanahan
Feb. 8, 1578 Jan. 15, 1 - . 0 Jan. 17, 1'853
Henry B. Fish
Western ... Western ...
Mchs. 11, 18-1
Assistant Superintendents. James shanahan 1 James D. Hancock
Eastern Eastern Middle
Feb. 9, 1578 Nov.22, 12-0 Feb. 9,1575
Charles Zielkey Jolm Stebbins.
Eastern ... Middle
Oct. 1,18 1
John Stebbins
AUDITOR OF THE CANAL DEPARTMENT.
A Second Deputy Comptroller was directed to be appointed by an act passed March 11, 1833. He was authorized to perform any of the duties of Comptroller relative to the canals, except those de- volving on that officer as Commissioner of the Canal Fund. This office was abolished May 13, 1840, and the Commissioners of the Canal Fund were directed to appoint a Chief Clerk, on whom should devolve the duties of the former officer, and who should likewise act as Clerk of the Canal Board. This office was abolished April 3, 1848, and the office of Auditor of the Canal Department was created by the same act. In this office were vested all the powers and duties of the Chief Clerk and of the Comptroller, except as a Commissioner of the Canal Fund. He was also Clerk of the Commissioners of the Canal Fund, and of the Canal Board, and was a member of the Contracting Board during its existence. He was also the chief financial officer of the canals, instructing, disbursing and collecting agents, issued warrants for payments out of the Canal Fund, and reported annually to the Commissioners of the Fund the receipts and payments on account of the canals and canal debt. He was designated a Commissioner of the New Capitol in 1875.2 His term of office was three years, and he received his appointment from the Governor and Senate. Salary, 85,000. He was allowed a deputy.3 The seal of this office ordered by the act of April 3, 1848, is shown on Plate N, No. 1. The office was abolished by an act of the Legislature passed March 1, 1883. Its duties were, by the same act, devolved upon the Comptroller, in whose office there was established a Bureau of Canal Affairs, to which the archives of the former office were transferred.
CANAL AUDITING OFFICERS.
SECOND DEPUTIES.
QUALIFIED.
CHIEF CLERKS.
QUALIFIED.
George W. Newell ..
Mch. 13, 1533
Visscher Ten Eyck
May 14, 1840
William W. Treadway
Mch.
4,1539
George W. Newell.
April 11, 1>12
Visscher Ten Eyck
Feb.
17,1810
Francis 11. Ruggles
Mch. 1,1818
1 Resigned November 22, 1880.
2 Laws 1875, ch. 031.
3 Laws 1861, ch. 177.
24
Feb. 10, 1><1
Stas B. Dni. her ...
Feb. 21, 1-79
O-sian Bedell .. .. Ira Betts.
Western ...
April 1, 181
Mch. 1, 1881
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APPRAISAL OF DAMAGES.
AUDITORS OF THE CANAL DEPARTMENT.
AUDITORS.
APPOINTED,
AUDITORS.
APPOINTED.
Francis HI. Ruggles.
April
3,1848
James A. Bell
April 5. 1-6%
George W. Newell .
Jan.
5,1852
Gilson A. Dayton
April
6,1:71
Marius Schoonmaker.
Jan.
3, 1-51
Francis S. Thayer.
April 8.18.4
William I. Cornwell ..
April 16, 1.55
George W. Schuyler ..
Jan.
1. 1.76
Nathaniel S. Benton
Jan.
6,1856
Jolm A. Place.
May 20, 1850
CANAL APPRAISERS.
By an act passed February 9, 1821, the Legislature was authorized to appoint, by concurrent resolution, three Canal Appraisers for each the western and eastern sections of the Erie canal, and three for the Champlain canal. The journals of the Legislature do not show any appointments under this law. The act was superseded by one passed April 20, 1825, directing the Governor and Senate to appoint two freeholders, to act with any one of the Canal Commissioners as Appraisers. By an act passed May 10, 1836, three Appraisers were to be appointed by the Governor and Senate, for a term of two years, who were to receive a per diem allowance of $4 for the time em- ployed, and five cents per mile as mileage. The Board remained as thus constituted until April 15, 1857, when an act was passed pro- viding for their appointment by the Governor and Senate for a term of three years. Their duties were the appraisal of damage to indi- viduals growing out of the construction of the canals. Salary, 82,000, increased to 85,000 in 1872, and $500 for traveling expenses, at three cents per mile. They were allowed necessary clerks. By an act passed April 7, 1883, the office was abolished and its records were directed to be transferred, on the 31st day of May following, to the Board of Claims, created by the same act.
CANAL APPRAISERS.
APPRAISERS.
APPOINTED.
IN WHOSE PLACE.
APPRAISERS.
APPOINTED.
IN WHOSE PLACE.
David Woods .
April 21,1825
William I. Cornwell 3
July
1,1850
Wilkin.
Joseph D. Schlen ..
April 12, 1:25
George H. Boughton ..
Nov. 16, 1852
Brach.
Benjamin F. Skinner ..
Feb.
2, 1:31
Woods. 1
Darius A . Ogden ... ...
Mch.
1. 1:53
Bonghton.
Sammel Cheever ..
May
26,1436
Wshbell B. Parmelee.
April
5,1535
Calhoun.
William Mann
May
26,1536
Henry HI. Hull
April
5. 1:55
Cornwell.
Benjamin F. Skinner ..
May
26, 1836
William Wasson.
April
5,1855
Ogden.
George 11. Bonghton.
Oct,
7,1839
Mann. 1 Bonghton.
Thomas B. Carroll 4.
Jan.
12, 1560
Hull.
Thomas Clowes.
April Is, 1:1)
Cheever.
Beman Brockway .....
Mch.
22, 1865
C'arroll.
Allen Warden
April 18, 1810)
Skinner.
Elijah P. Brooks.
Mich. 22, 1-65
Parmelee.
Chester Hayden
April 15, 1813
Martindale.
William Wasson
April 27, 1865
Re-app'nted
George W. Chvier
April 18, 1-13
Samuel North
Jan.
27, 1870
Wassoll.
Ambrose Salisbury
May
11, 1813
George C. Greene
lan.
27,170
Brock way.
David Hamilton
Jmm.
5,1811
Clowes.
Jesse Gay
Feb. 26, 1870
Brooks.
Calvin H. Bryan
April
4,18h;
Salisbury.
Thaddeus C. Davis ...
Jan. 24, 1:73
Greene. North. Gay:
Eile II. Phillips,
April
4.1818
Hamilton.
Hezekiah Sturges.
Feb.
16, 1577
Davis.
Nelson J. Beach
Jan.
11,1550
Abell.
William J. Morgan ..
Jan.
29,1×50
Smith.
Samnel J. Wilkin
July
1,1850
Phillips.
William I. Bostwick.
.lan.
29, 1x50)
Myers.
Andrew H. Calhoun ..
July
1,1850
Hard.
Charles M. Dennison
May
20,1880
Sturges.
1 Resigned.
2 Declined.'
3 Resigned April 16, 1855.
4 Appointment took effect April 11, 1860.
David H. Abell .
Jan
8. 1.18
Hayden. Bryan.
Vivas W. Smith.
Jan. Jan.
21, 157 3
Gideon Hard
April
4,151%
Charles G. Myers
...
21,1:73
Re-app'nted
Henry C. Martindale .
Feb.
28,1840
Warden. Cuyier. 2
Ashbell B. Parmelee ..
Mch. 17,1858
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PENAL INSTITUTIONS.
STATE PRISONS.
The Legislature by a law passed March 26, 1796, provided for the erection of two State Prisons, one to be located in New York and the other in Albany. The act provided that the Governor and Council were to appoint a Board of Inspectors for each prison, to consist of not more than seven persons. Their duties were, to statedly visit the prisons; purchase clothing, bedding, raw material for mannfac- turing purposes, etc., and to keep an account of the expenses and earnings of each prisoner, giving him the surplus earnings when dis- charged. The law also directed the Governor and Council to ap- point a Keeper, who was to be of some mechanical profession. The power of appointing this officer was transferred to the Board of Inspectors, by an act passed March 30, 1798.
Philip Schuyler, Abraham Ten Broeck, David Hale, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer and Tunis T. Van Veghten were named as Commission- ers to build the Albany prison, but their powers were suspended Feb- ruary 3, 1797.
The Commissioners to build the New York prison were: John Watts, Matthew Clarkson, Isaac Stontenbergh, Thomas Eddy and John Murray. The powers were transferred to Inspectors February 15, 1799. The New York prison was known as Newgate, and was opened for inmates November 25, 1797.
The Legislature, by a law passed April 12, 1815, authorized the building of a State prison at Anburn, and Elijah Miller, James Glover and John H1. Beach were appointed Commissioners for that purpose. By an act passed April 2, 1819, the Governor and Council of Ap- pointment were directed to appoint five Inspectors for the prison. The power of appointment was conferred on the Governor and Sen- ate, April 19, 1823.
Newgate being found inadequate to accommodate the convicts in the eastern section of the State, it was determined to sell it, and build a new prison ; and on the 7th of March, 1825, George Tibbits, Stephen Allen and Sammel M. Hopkins were named Commissioners for that purpose. The site was to be selected within the first or sec- , ond senatorial districts. Sing Sing was chosen chiefly because of an extensive quarry of marble on the premises, which would afford em- ployment to the convicts. Upon its completion three Inspectors were directed to be appointed by the Governor and Senate.
The prison in the town of Dannemora, Clinton county, was erected in consequence of the assertion by artisans that the pursuit of me- chanical employments by convicts was prejudicial to their interests,
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INSPECTORS OF PRISONS.
which led to the passage of a law, May 1, 1844, directing the Gov- ernor and Senate to appoint an agent to build a prison in Clinton county, to be erected for the purpose of mining and working iron. Under this law, Ransom Cook, of Saratoga Springs, was appointed May 7, 1844. The Governor, Attorney-General, and Comptroller were directed to appoint three Inspectors on its completion, but the law was superseded by the provisions of the new Constitution.
INSPECTORS.
INSPECTORS.
APPOINTED.
INSPECTORS.
APPOINTED.
New York Prison.
Stewart F. Randolph.
Robert Bowne
March 28, 1797
Thomas Eldy
March 28, 1797
Thomas Franklin
March 28, 1797
John Murray, Jr.
March 2, 1797
.lotham Post. ..
March 28, 1797
Isaac Stoutenburgh
March 28, 1797
George Warner
March 28, 1797
llorace Hills.
March 13. 1-24
William Few
April 3, 1:02
Ezekiel Williams 1
March 1:1. 1824 March 13, 1821
William W. Gilbert ..
March 24, 1903 Oct. 7, 14033
Walter Weed 1
March 13, 1521
John Mills. .
March 9, 1801
John 11. Hardenburgh
March 28. 1:25
Philip 1. Arcularins
April 9, 1504
Gershom Powers.
April 2.1-30
Abraham Bloodgood
April 10, 1805
April 2. 130
Peter A. Schenck ....
Ilbrace llills ..
April
6, 1832
Jasper Ward.
March 3, 1809
John Potter.
April 6, 1:32
Joshua Baker ....
Feb. 23. 1810
Israel Haviland.
Feb. 25, 1810
Roger Strong.
Feb. 25. 1>10
Josiah Smrges.
Feb. 28. 1-10
Feb. 25. 1×34
Joseph Watkins.
Feb.
25, 1-10
Feb. 25. 1834
Bradley Tuttle ....
Feb. 25. 1531
William Few
Feb.
9, 1%11
.loshna Haskins ..
April
10, 1538
Jasper Ward.
Feb. 9. 1>il
April 10. 1:35
Peter Bounett.
March 11, Is1]
Robert Cook
April 23 1339
James Teller.
April 1, 1-11
Feb.
7. 1>10
Thomas C. Butler.
March 26, 1813
Ellery A. Howland
Feb. 7. 1-40
Charles Stewart.
March 26. 1513
Henry Iverson, Jr
April
March 2. 1-43
Samuel Whittemore.
Michael S. Mvers.
March 2.1513
Philip 1. Areularins.
March 17, 11
Elijah Wheeler ..
March March
2. 1-13 2,1-13
Peter Bonnett ..
March 17, 1815
Charles D. Flich
3. 1×15
Israel Lewis.
March 17, 1815
Elvazur R. Palmer
May 3. 1815
James Teller
March 17, 1815 March 17, 1815 March 17, 1-15 April 7. 1517
Sing Sing Prison.
John Webb ...
July
9, 1×19
Pierre Van Cortlandt ..
March 30, 1830
Isaac S. Donglass.
July 9. 1519
Allan McDonald
April 3, 1830
Henry Eekford
July 9, 1$19
Jolin Fisher.
April 9. 1-30
Herman Vosburgh.
.Inly 9. 1:19
Walker Todd ..
April 24. 1:32
John Pollon.
7. 1520
Chauncey Humphrey
March 10. 18H
Samuel Webb.
Samuel M. Thompson
Feb. 4, 1821
Elward Kernvas.
April 2. 1. 10
Peter Bonnett
Feb. 21. 1821
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Jolin Drake
Isaac G. Graham, Jr.
April 9, 1、10
Cornelius Harsen
Feb. 24,1821
Undson Me Farlan
April 9, 1-10
Jacob B. Taylor.
Feb. 21. 1-21
Isaac Nelson, Jr.
9, 1510
Stewart F. Randolph
March 21. 1521
John W. Edmonds.
April
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March 15, 1821
Thornton M. Niven
April 7,1813
John Drake
March 15, 1821
Henry Romer.
April 7,1-13
Cornelios larsen
March 15, 1821
Isaac Birdsall.
August 16, 1513
Stewart F. Randolph
August 16, 1813
Samuel M. Thompson.
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Nov. 19, 1821
May 1,1-45
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March 11, 1820 March 11, 1826 John Fisher
August 16, 1845
Thomas Miller.
March 11, 1826
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July 21,1810
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Ulysses F. Doubleday
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