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HISTORY OF KINGS COUNTY.
A.LITILE.
Cha Meynolds. ·
Reynolds, in May, 1883, took his two sons, Charles H. and Mortimer L., anet his brother-in-law, Gilbert M. Vander Water, into partnership under the firm name of C. H. Reynolds, Sons & Co. This gives him more time. to manage his large real estate interests, which now aggregate fourteen acres in the Eastern District, which he now owns, and on which he is constantly erecting more buildings. Such is the honorable record of one who, from a book-binder's apprentice, has, through his own unaided efforts, attained to a leading posi- tion in a community of prosperous and able men. December 3, 1862, Charles H. Reynolds married Naomi Adeline Vander Water, of South Oyster Bay. They have had 10 children (6 sons and 4 daughters), 8 of whom are living (4 sons and 4 (laughters).
Other well-known dealers in wood, coal, etc., are:
Abraham J. DeBauu . . . . . . 30-34 Jay street.
Wood and coal; established 1855.
Nelson J. Gates. .. 636 Groene avenue.
Wholesale coal merchant; established 1865, N. Y. Member Board of Education from 1874 to 1881.
Henry M. Peckham .
. . .
. 18 Columbia Heights.
Coal and wood. In 1852, became member of firm known as Samnel Thompson's Nephews, successors to Everitt, Thompson & Co.
Frederick E. Toves 280-296 2d street.
Coal and wood; established 1865, by J. & P. Wintjen, on cor. N. 3d and 3d streets. Mr. Toves succeeded the firm in 1878, and removed to his present address, 1882.
Charles D. Willits. . 644 Fulton street.
Coal and wood; established 1857, corner Fulton street and Clermont avenne.
Thomas W. Wood. 191 Schermerhorn street.
Coal; established 1866, corner State and Nevins streets. Native of Smithtown, L. I .; ancestors settled at South- ampton, Long Island, 1640. Was Supervisor of 3d Ward one year.
Daniel W. Wilkes . 491 State street.
Coal and wood contractor; established 1881, .corner Douglas and Nevins sts. Elected Supervisor for 1884.
DENTISTS.
(See pages 816 and 940-948).
Frank P. Abbott 100 Hanson place.
N. M. Abbott
11 Greene avenue.
S. W. Bridges
199 Clinton street.
Jas. F. Brogan 305 Fulton street.
11. T. Darrow 263 Fulton street.
M. Connor 60 Court street.
L. J. Elliot . 227 Clinton street.
Geo. W. Fraim .301 Fulton street.
Samnel S. Guy, Jr
132 Flatbush avenue.
O. E. Hill .
160 Clinton street.
Charles W. Harreys 108 4th street, E. D.
William Jarvie. 105 Clinton street.
GENERAL TRADE AND MERCHANDISE.
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KINDLING WOODFACTORY
MILI ..
C.H.REYNOLDS
OHAL LOADED WITHOUT LABOR
COALYARD.
CH.REYNOLDS COALI WOOD
COALYARD
C. H. REYNOLD'S COAL AND WOOD YARDS.
S. M. Lyon 119 Kent avenue.
D. R. Longneeker .519 Fulton street.
C. A. Marvin . 169 Clinton street.
HI. G. Mirick
. 156 Clinton street.
James E. Miller . 294 Henry street.
Charles E. Menseh 169 Clinton street.
I. C. Monroe. 191 Joralemon street.
J. K. Powell. New Lots.
T. A. Quinlan. 463 Fulton street.
W. M. Ramsdell 50 Livingston street.
David S. Skinner 124 Montague street.
JEWELERS.
(See, also, page 824).
The first watchmaker and jeweler in Brooklyn, of whom there is any trace, is Thomas Smith, who was located at Brooklyn Ferry, in 1782. Later, April 1818, eame Samuel Carman, whose shop was on lower Fulton st. Soon after, 1819, Samuel Smith and John Lowe were engaged in the business. In 1820, James Gray, on Front st., and later still, one F. White, about 1826, on Sands st., and Pressac, a Frenchman. The oldest firm now existing is that of William Wise, 239 Fulton st., established in 1834, at old No. 79 Fulton st., about 50 yards above Ralph Patehin's house and grounds, which stood about where York st. enters Fulton st. In 1864, he built the store which he and his son now occupy. In 1848, Wm. R. Tice opened a store on Atlantic st., next Henry st., removed to 311 Fulton st., in 1860, and in 1870 retired, his brother Thomas S. Tice, succeeding. Jacob Weis, 104 Mon- trose ave., established in 1876, at 116 Mckibben st. Other prominent firms are:
Jas. H. Hart. . Fulton st.
Hayden & Stanwood. 451 Fulton st.
Jacob Moreh 110 Broadway.
B. F. Spink
.329 Fulton st.
D. Younger & Brother
. 276 Grand st.
P. W. Taylor
521 Fulton st.
Jolın D. Bennett.
East New York.
E. S. Browe .. 338 Grand ave.
Louis Finkelneier 336 So. 3d st.
Jeweler; established 1868, 23 Maiden Lane. Born in Germany; came to United States, 1853; member of N. Y. Volunteers, 1861-3; came to Brooklyn, 1865.
Charles Pope.
147 Ilopkinson ave.
Enos Richardson 116 Remsen st.
W. H. Weleh
85 Myrtle ave.
MERCHANT TAILORS.
(See, also, CLOTHING, page 788).
The first hundred and fifty years of this country's history were the days of homespun linens and woolens, when every man's clothing was cut and made at home by the "gude wife" or by the tailoress who went from house to house. After the Revolutionary War a more exaeting taste in men's apparel began to prevail, partly owing, no doubt, to the presence of the French soldiery and their influence on American society during our struggle with Great Britain. Then professional tailors began to be known in the larger towns of the Eastern States. In 1816, the sign " Merchant Tailor " hung over the shop of Peter Prest on the north side of Old Ferry Road, nearly opposite Elizabeth st., though he afterwards removed farther up town. Sylvanus B. Stillwell's tailor shop was in an old frame building, on the site of the Union Office. In 1818, occurs the
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name of G. Jay as a tailor. In 1820, Van Kensen & Dickerson were engaged in the business. Five years later, Wm. Cornwell had a shop in his dwelling, 45 Front st. In 1826, Elisha Bigelow was at 55 Fulton st. When the village became a eity, Hoyt & Hanabergh, John P. Emmens, Wm. Hewit Sharp & Sturges, F. H. Chichester, and J. W. Boues were located on Fulton st .; J. Proctor, 2 High st .; Wm. Evans, Atlantie ave., established in 1840, who was followed by the present house of E. W. Richardson, 156 Atlantie ave. The more prominent houses of to-day, arranged alphabet- ically, are :
Adam Sem. 63 Court st.
Merchant tailor; established 1871.
Arneberg & Brother
209 Montagne st.
T. Branagan Atlantie ave., E. N. Y.
Merchant tailor, and dry and fancy goods store; estab- lished 1866, on Miller, between Fulton and Atlantic aves., removing to present location in 1875.
E. B. Bundiek . 90 Broadway.
E. W. Richardson 156 Atlantie ave., e. Clinton
Importer and tailor; established 1840 by Win. Evans. IIis importations are selected by himself from Englishı and Scotch houses.
Wm. J. Collins 227 Court st.
G. H. Conklin 140 Franklin st.
John Craft & Son.
183 Montagne st.
John Donohue.
107 Montague st.
J. V. Dubernell. 333 Fulton st.
F. A. Ernst & Son 302 Court st.
James B. Healy, 1881. 205 Montague st.
E. J. Hntehings .53 4th st., E. D.
John S. MeKeon. Broadway, eor. 4th st.
(Mckeon & Todd) clothiers; originally of the firm of Gray, Mckeon & Co., having been admitted in 1872; the present firm being formed in 1878, on the admission of Mr. Todd.
James Mitehell 80 Montague st.
James Porter. 288 Fulton st.
J. J. Rife. 193 Atlantie ave.
S. H. Shipman 48 Bond st.
Smith, Gray & Co. ( 91 B'way, 60 4th st., E.D., &
Manhattan, C. Greenpoint.
C. E. Teall 611 Fulton st.
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
Frank J. Cole. 153 Flatbush avenue.
Ithamar Du Bois. 328 Fulton street.
See Biography, page 792.
A. W. DeGraw .. 73 Broadway.
Edward L. Tripler 407 Fulton st.
Willoughby Buildings; established 1871, dress shirts and underwear, a specialty.
T. E. Wallace 53 Broadway, cor. 2d st.
Men's Furnishing goods; established 1873, at 61 Broad- way, having been a carpenter previous to that time; in 1876, enlarged and removed to 55 Broadway; in 1879, on account of rapidly increasing business, was obliged again to remove and enlarge his establishment, which he
did by purchasing the building (104 2d st.) in the rear of his present location; in 1882, purchased the corner build- ing, Broadway and 2d street, forming the whole into one large store. He has about 45 employees, his specialty being the manufacture of shirts, of which some 15,000 are annually sold. Member of the Empire Club, the Amphion Musical Society, the Williamsburgh Athletic Club, Fraternity Council, Royal Arcanum; Bedford Lodge, Knights of Honor; and Crusader's Lodge, I. O. of O. F. Is also Director of the N. Y. Homoeopathic Life Ins. Co., and Secretary of the Brooklyn, E. D., Dispensary and Hospital.
H. C. Walters 161 and 163 Atlantic ave.
MILLINERY.
A. J. Foren 40 Boerum plaee.
James Murphy .
169 Grand street.
Millinery Goods and Notions. Est. 1857, near present locality, removing to above address in 1864.
John North . .249 Fulton street.
J. Rothschild . 269 and 271 Fulton st., and
56 W. 14th st., N. Y.
Importer and manufacturer of Millinery. Est. 1870, 56 and 58 W. 14th street. In 1874, started a branch house at 249 Fulton street, Brooklyn. In 1876, enlarged and removed to 261 Fulton street, removing from there to their present location in 1879. Is one of the largest and most extensive establishments of the kind in the United States, having branch houses at Philadelphia, Boston and Paris.
Henry M. Winter. 489 Fulton street.
David A. Herriek ..
423 Vanderbilt avenue.
Manufacturer of Embroideries and Millinery Goods. COSTUMER.
Annie E. Lawrence . .
. 166 Broadway.
UNDERTAKERS.
On Fulton street, just above Middagh, stood in 1815, the residenee of Richard HI. Cornwell, a " eabinet- maker and coffin-maker," who was well-known early in the century. It is by no means probable that he was the first eoffin-maker in Brooklyn, for it was the eustom to have eoffins made by meehanies in wood, even before coffin-making and furniture-making was combined. In 1828, Joseph HI. Van Nostrand advertised in the Long Island Star that he kept "ready-made coffins " for sale at 14 Hicks street. No evidence has been found that any one in Brooklyn made a business of buying and selling factory-made eoffins before him, though it is not improbable that he had predecessors. It is certain that local eoflin-makers plied their trade later than this, for from subsequent notices, it appears that there was rivalry between some such and dealers in " ready-made" coffins. The development of undertaking as a distinctive business was gradual, and during its later years very rapid. Undertakers established themselves in various localities until, at this time, the business has numerous re- presentatives, whose shops and warehouses are to be found in all parts of the eity. Among them it may not be without interest to refer to a few. The business of Samuel Henderson & Son was established at the corner
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of Washington and Tillary streets in 1852, and was re- moved from that point to 128 Myrtle avenue, and thenee to 62 Myrtle avenue. Owen Gallagher, 161 North Sixtlı street and 297 Fourth street, established his business in 1861, at 292 Fourth street, and has a livery in connec- tion therewith. Among the undertakers of Brooklyn, who are dealers in undertakers' supplies, may be men- tioned L. A. Whitehill, 78 First street, and Bain & Smith, 12 Boerum place. The following-named under- takers are well-known in various parts of the city.
Henry Burhenne N. J. & Liberty.
James Benson . 397 Atlantie ave.
Wm. H. Burrill 13 Flatbush ave.
Wm. H. Bryan
149 4th street.
Geo. F. Corlis 702 Fulton street and 107 Flatbush avenue.
James Conley 195 Park and 552 Myrtle
avenue.
J. H. Farrell.
274 Jay street.
Peter Farrell. .302 Bergen street.
Thomas Foran 506 Court and 273 Van Brunt streets.
J. M. Hopper
Court, cor. Joralemon sts.
Estab. on Montague st., 1850, with S. N. Burrill (of S. N. B. & Co.); partnership existed five years; a year later, Mr. B. located at present place, where he has been for 28 years; has conducted the funerals of many most dis- tinguished citizens, among whom were Gens. O. M. Mitchell, Underhill, Sanford and Dakin (the largest funeral ever held in the city), Louis Tappen, Hon. Owen Lovejoy (who died in Brooklyn), Rev. Lyman Beecher (father of Henry Ward Beecher), Col. J. M. Perry, and John Brown, "the Liberator."
Moses Genung .370 Fulton street.
David Longworth 42 Fourth street, E. D.
Andrew Lennart 297 Columbia street.
W. F. Moore. Penn avenue, East N. Y.
M. McMahon. 144 Hamilton avenue.
George H. Nason 196 Franklin.
John T. Parker 135 Union ave., E. D.
Established 1859.
Franeis E. Pouch & Bro .. 305 Adams street, and 893 Gates avenue.
Established 1877.
Leonard Ruloff 244 Devoe street.
John H. Snyder 409 Grand avenue.
Taylor & Halvorsen 10 Hoyt street & 13 Market street, N. Y.
Edward M. Wunder . 817 Flushing avenue.
JOHN W. NEWMAN, General Furnishing Undertaker, 181 Court st., bought, in 1879, the premises, and erected the building now occupied by him. The business was estab. by his father, Michael Newman, about 1850, on Jay st., opposite the old St. James' Catholic Church; from there he moved to Court st., corner of Pacific, continuing in the same avoca- tion till his death, which occurred in August, 1863. Tlie Newmans have always been among the leading undertakers in Brooklyn, having performed their part in the last rite of burial at the decease of many of lier most noted and worthy citizens.
LIVERY STABLES.
Charles H. K. Smith . . 846 Fulton.
Jno. Bennett.
155 Division avenue.
Wm. Burtensliaw 13 College Place.
P. Bartlett 214 5tli street, E. D.
C. R. Collyer 2 College Place.
Geo. R. Cate Flatbush.
Douglass & Peterkin 165 Clymer street.
J. J. Donnelly . 104 Henry street.
Owen Gallaghe 297 4tli street, E. D., & 161 N. 6th.
William Greene
17 Red Hook Lane.
George Hudson
120 De Kalb avenue.
G. H. Henje. Bath.
A. B. Lane.
174 Carlton ave.
Wm. T. Morford, 515 Classon & 464 Clermont aves.
Chas. H. McGovern. 46 Love Lane.
Oakley & Sons
21 Hoyt st.
A. & G. Polhemus 106 Division ave.
A. L. Rogers.
Sterling pl., near 7th ave.
F. Roemmele & Son
522 Nortlı 2d st.
W. H. Rynus & Son
Clinton, cor Degraw st.
S. E. Sturdevant
Warren & Henry sts.
James W. Van Riper 431 5tli ave.
Franeis J. York. 343 Union
Ruloff R. Bennett, 228 and 261 Greene avenue, first established his boarding and livery stables, in 1874, at 311 Grand avenue, and was formerly known in connec- tion with the old Volunteer Fire Department, having been a member of Hose Company No. 10.
George W. Oakley, liveryman, 21 and 23 Hoyt street, began business in 1855, at 18 and 20 High street. The business is now owned by Messrs. Oakley & Sons.
Harris & Stilwell, Flatbush avenue, opp. Prospeet Park. Prospect Park Carriage Serviee. Mr. Harris established the Park work in 1873. In 1875, Mr. Stil- well entered into partnership with Mr. Harris, under the firm name of Harris & Stilwell. They ran first public conveyance on Coney Island ; also have boat privilege in Prospect Park.
OILS, &c.
Wm. S. Purdy .56 6th ave.
Inspector of petroleum, oils, etc. Resident of Brooklyn for 35 years; established 1862, 118 Maiden. Lane, N. Y. Was member Volunteer Fire Department for 11 years. Samuel Van Wyek . . .. . 65 New York ave. Oil Commissioner; established 1863, 155 Maiden Lane. N. Y. Supervisor 24th Ward, 1879-'80.
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS.
John Bauer 121 Graham av., c. Boerum Wines and liquors; established in Brooklyn about 18 years. The head-quarters of the 32d Regt., N. G., S. N. Y. Robert Hill Hunterfly Place.
Cigars; established 1883. Served as a member of tlie Board of Aldermen from 1872 to 1882.
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Herman Colell. 171 South 9th st.
Leaf tobacco; established 1860, 202 Chatham street, N. Y. Excise Commissioner of Brooklyn in 1880-'81.
William N. Moeneh . ... 29 Humboldt st.
Manufacturer of tobacco; established, 1869, Brooklyn, E. D.
William B. Vredenburgh. .. 104 Court st.
Cigars, tobacco and pipes; established Sept. 1, 1873.
BREWERS.
(See also p. 771.)
Warren G. Abbott . 234 Bushwick ave.
S. Blumenstoek.
14 Union ave.
Edgar Conklin. Kent and Division aves.
Dahlbender & Greiner 174 Ewen st.
Joseph Fallert 66 Meserole
C. A. Goetz
948 Dean
Henry Grass 435 1st st.
Otto Huber Bushwick ave., e. Meserole.
S. Leibman's Sons 36 Forest st.
Joseph Leibman. 33 Forest st.
Geo. Maleom .Flushing ave. & Skillman.
Obermeyer & Liebman 67 Bremen st., E. D.
William Ulmer.
Beaver, e. Belvidere.
Fred. W. Witte
102 Luqueer
John Welz.
. Myrtle ave., e. Wyekoff.
Chas. Zerwiek. Myrtle & Wyckoff aves.
IRON MERCHANTS.
John O. Carpenter. 7 St. Felix st.
Iron merchant; established in John street, N. Y., 1868; has been connected for more than ten years with some of the largest iron and steel manufacturers of the United States; also has connection in London; has resided 15 years in Brooklyn, twelve years in the 11th Ward. His firm, J. O. Carpenter & Co., are agents for the Rome Merchant Iron Mills, the Fort Pitt Iron and Steel Works, the Manhattan Rolling Mill, the Kensington Spike Works and the New Haven Nut Company.
ICE COMPANIES.
RIDGEWOOD ICE COMPANY, organized 1874, by John M. Lawrence, who bought out the Brooklyn Ice Com- pany, and was President of the new company until 1879. The company was then reorganized with ad- ditional capital and working capacity; John Clark, Pres .; J. M. Lawrence, Treas., and E. II. Close, Sec., which board of officers still remains. Capital, $1,000,- 000, of which $140,000 is paid in; business mostly whole- sale, extending largely to New York. The Brooklyn depots are at the Wallabout, and foot of Sackett street; offices, 186 Flushing avenue, and 207 Montague street; Hudson river ice is entirely used; capacity of ice- houses, 250,000 tons.
ROOFING.
John M. Otto 453 Grand st,
PILOTS.
W. Baulsir 455 Hudson ave. Robert Willians 158 Hart st.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Wm. Kampfmuller, 71 Broadway, between 2d and 3d streets, Bird and Gold-Fish Depot and Sporting Goods. Established 1869, at Broadway, between 3d and 4th sts. The first bird and gold-fish store opened in Brooklyn ; has several gold-fish ponds on Long Island, where he breeds the 'ish ; has sales all over the United States and Canada. In 1877 he published a book on Cage Birds, named "Our Pets," that has now reached its fourth edition.
R. W. Sawers, 189 Washington st., Artist. Makes a specialty of coloring, transferring and crystalizing photographs on glass.
Joseph Hegeman, 21 Willoughby avenue, Auctioneer. Est. 1841, 14 Fulton street.
Joseph Harris, 245 Court street, Pawn Broker. Est. 1870, at 191 Smith street.
Cotton and Woolen Rags, Paper Stock, Bags and Bagging .- Peter Young, wholesale dealer, 233, 235 and 237 Tillary street ; also at 261 and 263, corner of Tillary and Raymond streets ; storehouses, corner Di- vision avenue and 1st street. Amount of rag and other paper stocks bought and sold runs from 7,000 to 8,000 tons per year, besides his bag trade, which often is 15,000 per day. In 1881, he bought the machinery in the Loeust Valley Paper Mills, which he moved to 7 and 9 Elm street, N. Y. He rented the old Man- hattan Well, that yields an abundant water supply, and eommeneed manufacturing wrapping and Manilla paper. The product the first year has been 1,000 tons, consuming 1,200 tons of material. He employs 30 men in Brooklyn and New York.
LIST OF THE MAYORS OF BROOKLYN.
NAMES.
TERMS OF OFFICE.
BORN.
DIED.
George Hall. .
1834
Sept. 21, 1795 April 16, 1868
Jonathan Trotter.
1835-36 May,
1797 April 5, 1865
Jeremiah Johnson
1837-38 Jan. 23, 1766 Oct. 20, 1852
Cyrus P. Smith
1839-41 April 5, 1800 Feb. 13, 1877
Henry C. Murphy
1842
July 5, 1810 Dec.
1, 1882
Joseph Sprague.
1843-44 July 25, 1783 Dec. 12, 1854
Thos. G. Talmage
1845
Oct. 22, 1801 May
4, 1863
Francis B. Stryker
1846-48 Dec. 11, 1811
Edward Copeland.
1849
May 30, 1793 June 18, 1859
Samuel Smith
1850
May 26, 1788 May 19, 1872
Conklin Brush
1851-52 March 8, 1794 July
4, 1870
Edward A. Lambert
1853-54 June 10, 1813
George Hall ...
1855-56 Sept. 21, 1795 April 16, 1868
Samuel S. Powell.
1857-60 Feb. 16, 1815 Feb.
6, 1879
Martin Kalbfleischı.
1861-63|Feb. 8, 1804 Feb. 12, 1873
Alfred M. Wood.
1864-65 April 19, 1828
Samuel Booth.
1866-67 July 4, 1818
Martin Kalbfleisch
1868-71 Feb. 8, 1804 Feb. 12, 1873
Samuel S. Powell
1872-73 Feb. 16, 1815 Feb.
6, 1879
John W. Hunter.
1874-75 Oct. 15, 1807
Fred. A. Schroeder
1876-77 March 9, 1833
James Howell.
1878-81 Oct. 16, 1829
Seth Low
1882-85 Jan. 18, 1850
.
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ADDENDA.
ADDENDA AND ERRATA.
ADDENDA.
THE MOTTO OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN.
"Eendracht maakt macht." The meaning of the motto literally is, " Unity makes miglit," which is sub- stantially, "In union there is strength," and it was the motto of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, the inhabitants of which had very good reason to appreci- ate its value. At the time of the Dutch Republic, each of the United Provinces coined its own money, and many of those coins (which were in extensive circula- tion not so very long ago, and may be occasionally met with now) bear the legend " Eendracht maakt macht," or its equivalent in Latin, " Concordia facet fortes." The motto bore about the same relation in the United Provinces of the Netherlands as the " E pluribus unum " does in the United States of America.
THE POPULATION OF BROOKLYN IN 1884.
This, according to LAIN'S Brooklyn Directory, is- sued June 14th, 1884, amounts to 704,610, instead of the 650,000 with which the city has been generally cred- ited. In this Directory there are 161,238 families nien- tioned. In 1875 there were only 85,000, so that the population has nearly doubled in less than fifteen years. The book contains 1,450 pages of names, against 1,368 last year. Altogether it contains about 1,600 pages, and 8,500 names have been added.
Mr. Lain, in his Preface, says:
" We took occasion in the Directory of 1880 to refer to the great annual increase in population in our city. There has since been no subsidence of that growth. Taking the rule stated in 1880, based upon the National and State census, it was found, by comparing that census with the number of names in the Directory, that the proportion of the latter to the former was 4 37-100. Adopting that rule this year, we demonstrate that as the Directory of this year contains 161,- 238 names, an increase of 8,950 names over last year, so the population of Brooklyn is 704,610.
SPIRITUALISM IN BROOKLYN.
Any one who believes that communication under any circumstances, be it ever so rare, between those who live on this earth, and those who have lived on it, is possible and actual, is reckoned by those who do thus believe, essentially a spiritualist. Not the nature of the communication, but the fact, covers all that is vital in the tenets of this numerous body of believers.
Spiritualism dates back in Brooklyn to earlier days of the movement. Dr. WM. FISHBOUGH, formerly a Universalist clergyman, and who was the amanuensis of that remarkable book, "Nature's Divine revelations," through the medium-
ship of Andrew Jackson Davis, was prominent in conducting spiritual meetings which were held in the Brooklyn Institute, on Washington street, near Concord. These meetings were fairly attended. Children's Lyceums have been established in different parts of the city, with varied success. As far back as 1860, Mr. I. A. WILSON was President of the Brooklyn So- ciety of Spiritualists, who held their meetings in the Brooklyn Institute, and at the Hall, corner of Smith and Fulton streets. E. V. WILSON, a well known medium and pioneer, organized the
Brooklyn Society of Spiritualists in 1876. Mr. Charles R. Miller was elected to the Presidency of this organization and held it until 1881, when Mr. Benedict was its President, suc- ceeded, in 1884, by Mr. Johnson. This society holds meet- ings in Conservatory Hall, cor. Bedford and Fulton avenues, which are fairly attended.
The Brooklyn Spiritual Fraternity was organized Jan., 1880, with S. B. Nichols for Pres .; D. M. Cole for Vice-Pres .; Charles J. Warner, Treas .; Dr. John C. Wyman. It held Sun- day services in Fraternity Hall, cor. Fulton and Gallatin place, and in Brooklyn Institute; hias a membership of 150, including some of the active workers in the cause, and has been fairly prosperous.
The Brooklyn Spiritual Conference was organized by E. V. Wilson, July, 1878. S. B. Nichols was its chairman until Jan., 1880, when Capt. I. David was elected its presiding offi- cer. These meetings have always been held in Everett Hall, 398 Fulton street, on Saturday evenings.
A conference meeting was organized in 1878, in the East- tern District. Mr. C. R. Miller has been its President since its organization; it holds its meetings weekly in Composite Hall.
The South Brooklyn Spiritualist Society was organized in July, 1884, S. B. Bogert, Pres., and hold Sunday and week- day meetings in Franklin Hall, 3d ave. and 18th st.
The Second Eastern District Spiritualist Association has recently been organized, and liolds regular Sunday evening meetings in Masonic Temple, corner Grand and Seventh streets. Mr. N. A. Schroeder is President, and Mr. A. A. Conklin, Treasurer.
There are two publications in Brooklyn devoted to the elucidation and defense of the phenomena and philosophy of Spiritualism, viz .: Miller's Psychometric Circular, and The Gallery of Spirit Art. The former is a monthly of 16 pages. royal size; the latter, an illustrated quarterly maga- zine. Both are published by C. R. Miller & Co., at No. 16 Willoughby street.
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