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tionary general of that name, and his wife, Mary Eliza (Chapman) Ver Planck. Their other children were Robert Isaac and Louise Bosworth Ver Planck. (See Ver Planck VIII.) Child: Helen Ver Planck, born in Albany, New York, December 24, 1899.
(IV) Frank Elmendorf, son of Alexander and Elizabeth Jane (Fee) Selkirk, was born in Albany, New York, March 10, 1871. He was educated in the city schools and the Al- bany high school, and commenced his business career in the old Hoyt coal yard, first as a clerk, later as manager for John E. Rathbun, who succeeded to the business, and still later for Howell & Company. in the same business and yards. In 1905 he entered the employ of Simon Stahl, as superintendent in the millin- ery business, and was continued in that ca- pacity when the business was sold to the pres- ent proprietor, Jonas Muhlfelder, where he was still employed in 1910. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American war, he enlisted May 2, 1898, as corporal in Company A, First New York Infantry Volunteers, was promoted ser- geant, July 20, 1898, and served until the mus- ter out, February 21, 1899. He served eleven and a half years in the New York State Na- tional Guard. He is a charter member of the Frank Rockwell Palmer Camp of Spanish War Veterans, and has filled the offices of junior vice-commander and senior vice-com- mander of that organization. He is also a member of the Old Guard, Company A, Al- bany Zouave Cadets, having served three years as secretary, and he is a member of Philip Livingston Chapter, Sons of the Revolution. He married, Albany, November 23, 1904, Ber- tha Elizabeth Riggs, born in Albany, New York, September 25. 1881, daughter of Fred- erick James and Emma Louise (Whiting) Riggs. (See Riggs X.) Child: Elizabeth Whiting, born in Albany, New York, October 22, 1906.
(The Ver Planck Line).
The family name of Ver Planck is found in many of the ancient as well as several of the modern languages, Greek, Latin, German, French, etc., signifying anything that is flat and broad, and while the common acceptance of the meaning in America seems to be confined in the main to a piece of timber or to signify a board, in foreign countries, whence the family came, it would mean rather a broad field or extensive, level plain, to risk tautology in making the definition a little more comprehensible, so as to adhere to the particu- lar significance, "flat and broad." The family in America originally dwelt on a plain in Holland. The name is also found, in the same family. Planck, Planche and Plancque,
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and with or without the prefix "Ver," because the progenitor in this country sometimes wrote his surname "Planck." The Ver Planck Arms -Shield: Ermine, on a chief engrailed sable ; three mullets argent. Crest: A demi wolf proper. Motto: Ut vita sic mors.
(I) Abraham Ver Planck was the first of this family in America, the progenitor of a number of individuals who gained prominence in the province and state of New York and intermarried with other families whose names figure largely in the founding of the common- wealth. His father, Isaac Ver Planck, lived in Holland, and hence the son sometimes wrote his name Abraham Isaacse Ver Planck, and often simply "Abram Planck." In the year 1638 he obtained from Governor Kieft a patent for land at Paulus Hoeck, previously granted to a director of the Dutch West India Company, named Pauw, a patroon, who, tiring of the project of colonizing, abandoned it. He gave to the tract a Latin name, Pavonia, a translation of his name meaning "Peacock." Thereon Abraham Ver Planck established a tobacco plantation, and likewise conducted a farm for cattle raising and dairying purposes. He married Maria Vinge. Children: 1. Abi- gel, married Adrian Van Laer. 2. Gelyn (Gu- lian), born January 1, 1637 ; married, June 20, (N. S.) 1668. Hendrika Wessels. 3. Catalyna, married October 13, 1657, David Pieterse Schuyler. 4. Isaac, baptized, New Amster- dam, June 26, 1641 ; died an infant. 5. Sus- sanna, baptized May 25, 1642: married, De- cember 4, 1660, Marten Van Waert. 6. Jaco- myntje, baptized July 6, 1644, died an infant. 7. Ariaentje, baptized December 2. 1646, mar- ried. December 4. 1660, Melgert Wynantse Vander Poel. 8. Hillegond, baptized Novem- ber 1. 1648: married David Ackerman in Al- bany. 9. Isaac, baptized February 26. 1651, see forward.
(II) Isaac, son of Abraham and Maria (Vinge) Ver Planck, was born in Albany, New York, baptized February 26, 1651, and lived there, dying about 1729. He married Abigail Uyten Bogart (or Bogaart, also Bo- gaert ) who was alive in 1728. Children: I. Isaac, born in Albany, died about 1721. 2. Jacobus. 3. Abigail. 4. Jacob, born in Al- bany, June 21. 1684. 5. Dirkje, baptized in Albany, September 16, 1686. 6. Jacob, bap- tised in Albany, October 28, 1688. 7. Guleyn (Gulian), baptized June 18, 1693. 8. David, baptized in Albany. April 14, 1695, see for- ward. 9. Catalyntje, born June 19. 1698 ; mar- ried, February 23, 1734, Landert Whitbeck. 10. Rachel, baptized in Albany, May 12, 1700; married, January 2, 1726, Jan Winne.
(III) David, son of Isaac and Abigail Uy-
ten (Bogart) Ver Planck, was born in Al- bany. April 4. 1695, baptized April 14, 1695. He was commonly known as David of Baeren Island because of his residence there. He mar- ried Ariantje, daughter of Barent Pieterse Coeymans, and when she died, without issue, she left to her husband a great part of the patent granted to her father. Barent P. Coey- mans was the miller to Patroon Van Rensse- laer, and he bought of the Catskill Indians a large tract of land adjoining those of the pat- roon, having one length, it is estimated, of twelve miles along the Hudson river. The Indians had previously granted it to Van Rensselaer, or had an understanding with him, yet he had not taken full possession, hence a suit in the courts which was decided in favor of Coeymans, who afterward, in 1714, ob- tained a patent from Queen Anne, confirming title to his heirs. Beeren (Baeren, or Bear's) Island was therefore part of the Coeymans Patent, and lies along the western bank of the Hudson, about fourteen miles below Albany. In 1900 it was known as Baerena. and was a place for river excursions to land and hold picnics. David Ver Planck married (first), July 16, 1723, Ariantje Cocymans ; married (second) Brouwer : married (third) November 12, 1752, Catrina Boone. Children : I. Johannes, baptized November 12. 1753. 2. Ariantje, baptized July 1, 1755: married (first) Abraham Gardinier : married (second) Levi Blasdell : died January 10, 1814. 3. Har- riet, baptized in 1757. 4. Isaac David, bap- tized in 1759, see forward.
( IV) Isaac David, son of David and Ca- trina (Boone) Ver Planck, was born in 1759 died February 24, 1836, at Coeymans, New York.
He married Lena Houghtaling. Chil- dren: I. Helena, born June 22, 1783; mar- ried John McCarty. 2. David I. D., born May 30, 1785, sec forward. 3. Catherine, born December 14, 1787, died September 22, 1817; married Peter Van Antwerp. 4. Har- riet, born April 12, 1789; married, February 14, 1808, Eliphalet Ackerman. 5. Abraham, born December 4, 1793. 6. Elizabeth, born April 12, 1796; died in Brooklyn. 7. Ann, born December 15, 1799; married, October 8. 1823, Dr. B. B. Fredenburgh. 8. Maria, born January 25, 1802; married, December 30, 1824. Isaac Whitbeck. 9. Caroline, born March 7. 1807: married Van Lenner Over- paugh.
(V) David I. D., son of Isaac D., and Lena (Houghtaling) Ver Planck, was born May 30, 1785. died September 26, 1854. He married Elizabeth Whitbeck. Children : I. Isaac, born August 27, 1809. see forward. 2. Maria, born
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October 29, 1812; married, July 10, 1829, Aaron Dorman.
(VI) Isaac (2), son of David I. D. and Elizabeth ( Whitbeck) Ver Planck, was born August 27, 1800 : died July 20, 1854. He mar- ried (first) September 2, 1835, Charlotte Eliz- abeth McCarty ; married ( second) Phoebe Ann Edgett. Children: 1. John McCarty, born January 17, 1838, see forward. 2. David I. D., born February 14. 1840. died March 28, 1904; married. December 25, 1860, Lettie Northrup Powell. 3. Isaac, born July 12, 1854; married Lillie Ingalls, of Nortonhill, New York.
(VII) John McCarty, son of Isaac (2) and Charlotte Elizabeth (McCarty) Ver Planck, was born in Indian Fields, Albany county, New York, January 17, 1838; resided there, where he was engaged in the foundry busi- ness. He married in Greenville, New York, September 6, 1858, Mary Eliza Chapman, born in South Westerlo, Albany county, New York, December 18, 1840, died in Albany, January 30, 1899, daughter of Robert W. and Eliza (Hickok) Chapman. Children: 1. Robert Isaac, born in Dormansville, Albany county, New York, August 27, 1859; married Ida May Oakey, Albany, New York, July 19, 1894. 2. Clara Hartt, see forward. 3. Louise Bosworth, born in Greenville, New York, Au- gust 10. 1876; married in Coxsackie, New York, November 29, 1893, Merton E. Allard, and had children, Walter Joseph Allard, born October 10, 1894, and Frank Ver Planck Allard, born December 11, 1896.
(VIII ) Clara Hartt, daughter of John Mc- Carty and Mary Eliza ( Chapman ) Ver Planck. was born in Indian Fields, Albany county, New York, September 20, 1874. She married, Coxsackie, New York, August 12, 1897, Alexander Selkirk. They have one child, Helen Ver Planck Selkirk, born in Albany, New York, December 24, 1899. (See Sel- kirk IV.)
(The Riggs Line).
The family name of Riggs is derived from the Dutch word "rig," meaning wealthy, rich ; or the name may be local, and denote a steep elevation, a range of hills, or the upper part ·of such a range.
(I) Edward Riggs was born about 1590 in Lincolnshire, England. He landed in Boston, Massachusetts, early in the summer of 1633, with his family, consisting of his wife, Eliza- beth, two sons and four daughters. Children : Edward, born in 1614, sce forward; Lydia, born about 1616, died August, 1633; John, born about 1618, died in 1634; a daughter, born about 1622, married a Mr. Allen : Mary, born about 1625, married a Mr. Twitchell.
(II) Edward (2), son of Edward (1) Riggs, was born in England in 1614; came to America with his parents in 1633. He was a sergeant in the Pequot war, in 1637, and dis- tinguished himself by rescuing a band of his companions from an ambuscade into which they had been led by the Indians, and by which subterfuge all of his party would have been cut off but for his great act of bravery. He was known as Sergeant Riggs through a long and honorable life. In 1665 he removed to New Jersey. Children: Edward, see for- ward: Samuel, born in 1640, married Sarah Baldwin; Joseph, born in 1642, married Han- nah Brown: Mary, born in 1644, married George Day.
(III) Edward (3), son of Edward (2) Riggs, was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, in 1636. He accumulated considerable prop- erty, leaving at his death an estate of much value. Children : Anna, born in 1662, married J. Gage; James, born in 1664; Mary, born in 1666, married Joseph Lindsley: Edward, born in 1668, married Aphia Stoughton ; Jos- eph, born in 1675, see forward; Martha, born in 1677, married S. Freeman ; Elizabeth, born in 1678, married John Lyon; John, born in 1679, married Frances Colburn ; Samuel, born in 1681 ; Charity, born in 1685, married John Bowers.
(IV) Joseph, son of Edward (3) and Mary Riggs, was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1675. He was an active member of the first church society in Orange, New Jersey, which was called the Mountain Society. He died and was buried there, September 11, 1744. Children: Josiah, born in 1703; Miles, born in 1705, married Elizabeth Whitney ; Hannah, born in 1707, married Mr. Hedden ; Mary, born in 1709, married Thomas Cush- man ; Benjamin, born in 1711 : Gideon, born in 1713; Dinalı, born in 1716; Zebulon, born January 23, 1719; Joseph, born in 1720, see forward; Daniel, born in 1724. married Sarah Lamson ; Sarah, born in 1726, married Thom- as Roberts.
(V) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (1) Riggs, was born in Orange, New Jersey, in 1720. He was a magistrate for many years, and a leading man in the business affairs of his neighborhood. At the opening of the revolu- tion he was one of the committee of safety for the county of Essex. His wife's name was Abigail. Children: Prudence, born in 1746, married John Young; Jerusha, born in 1748, married Mr. Swan; Cyrenus, born in 1750, see forward: Anna, born in 1752, married Mr. Ward; Experience, born in 1754, married Mr. Smith; Caleb S., born in 1756, married Abigail J. Barnett; Abigail, born in 1758,
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married James Crane ; Sarah, born in 1760, married Benjamin Myer.
(VI) Cyrenus, son of Joseph (2) and Abi- gail Riggs, was born in Orange, New Jersey, in 1750. He was a soldier in the war of the revolution from Bergen county. New Jersey. In 1791 he removed to Amsterdam, New York. He married Esther Crane. Children : Isaac, born November 8, 1779, see forward; Electa, born in 1781, married David Crane ; Ogden, born in 1783, married Joanna Crane ; Abraham, born in 1785: and Mary, born in 1787.
(VII) Isaac, son of Cyrenus and Esther (Crane) Riggs, was born in Orange, New Jersey, November 8, 1779. He removed, with his father's family, to Amsterdam, New York, where he learned the printer's trade and founded the Schenectady Cabinet. in 1809. He died in Fonda, New York, June 18, 1850. He married Catherine Seaman in 1808. Children : Stephen Seaman, born May, 1809, married Julia H. Vedder ; Mary E., born July 31, 1812, married Henry Brown; James, born Febru- ary 13, 1815, see forward; Caroline, married Vernon Cuyler; William, married Jellica Coons.
(VIII) James, son of Isaac and Catherine (Seaman) Riggs, was born February 13, 1815, died August 21. 1854. He married, May 22, 1843. Anna Odell, of New York City, born April 13, 1818, died November 8, 1907. Chil- dren : Katharine Elizabeth, born February 22, 1844, died October 22, 1904 : Frederick James, born in Amsterdam, New York, May 3, 1847, see forward : Anna Odell, born May 20, 1854. ·died August 24, 1855.
(IX) Frederick James, son of James and Anna (Odell) Riggs, was born in Amsterdam, New York, May 3, 1847. He married, in Holliston, Massachusetts, December 19, 1872, Emma Louise Whiting. Children: I. Harry Whiting, born in Amsterdam, New York, Oc- tober 19, 1873; married, Albany, September 7, 1899. Jennie Malcolm Tygart, residing in 1910 at No. 190 Western avenue, Albany, New York. 2. Frederick William, born, Al- bany, January 13, 1876; died, Albany, May 13, 1876. 3. Bertha Elizabeth, born in Al- bany, September 25, 1881, see forward. + Waldo Elbridge, born in Albany, November 27, 1884, died in Albany, January 19, 1885. 5. Katharine Estelle, born in Albany, May 23, 1890. 6. Marguerite, born in Albany, August 18, 1892.
(X) Bertha Elizabeth, daughter of Fred- erick James and Emma Louise (Whiting) Riggs, was born in Albany, New York, Sep- tember 25, 1881. She married, Albany, No- vember 23, 1904. Frank Elmendorf Selkirk.
Child: Elizabeth Whiting Selkirk, born Al- bany, October 22, 1906. (Scc Selkirk 1V. )
The "Patronymica Brittannica" PITKIN gives the following derivation from the parent name Peter- "Petre, Peters, Peterkin, Pitkin, Peterken, Peterham, Pierce, Pierson, Perkin, Perkins, and others." The name of Pitkin is an ab- breviation or derivation of Peterkin, which is kin to Peter. The Royal borough of Berk- hamsted, St. Peters, Hertfordshire, appears to have been the English home of the Pitkins at an early date, but the family is traceable over portions of Europe and the West Indies, ir- respective of the American branches. The name William seems to have been a favorite one in the family and was the name of the first representative in America. The name in America is an honored one and borne by a United States senator, three members of con- gress and state senators, a speaker of the house, forty members of the house and sen- ate, two attorney generals, three judges of supreme court, several judges of county and probate courts, several with degrees of D.D. and LL.D., colonial commissioners, a founder of the Western Reserve College, thirty clergy- men, two generals, a quartermaster-general, six colonels, numerous majors and command- ers, three graduates of West Point, two gover- nors, a lieutenant-governor, a historian of the United States, mayors. bank presidents, sur- geons in the United States army and navy, physicians, lawyers, business men innumerable, not to mention other important trusts con- ferred. "Seldom is it the fortune of any fam- ily to have numbered so many individuals raised to places of distinction, in the affairs of state.
(1) William Pitkin, progenitor of the American family, came from England in 1659. Possessing an excellent education he soon gained the full confidence of the colonists. He settled at Hartford, Connecticut. He was educated for the law and perhaps also for the ministry, but the little colony into which he entered had no need of either lawyer or minis- ter, so he applied for and received permission to teach school at a salary of £8 per annum and a load of wood from each pupil or "three shillings in lieu of the wood." He was a man of wealth (part of which no doubt he brought with him from England), as there is evidence that he was the largest land owner on the east side of the river. He bequeathed in his will nearly eight hundred acres of land and his estate inventoried £700. He was admitted a freeman of Hartford, October 9, 1662, and appointed the same year prosecutor for the
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colony. In 1664 he was appointed by the King as attorney-general from 1675 to 1690, and annually represented Hartford in the co- lonial assembly. In 1676 he was chosen treas- urer of the colony, in 1676 he was appointed with Major Talcott to negotiate peace with the Indian tribes; in 1690 he was elected a member of the colonial council and so re- mained until death; he was often employed by the governor as commissioner to settle dis- putes with other colonies. Aside from his profession he was a large planter, and had in- terests in a saw and grist mill. Although a member of the Church of England he asked for the rites of baptism for his children in the Puritan Church, and they were so bap- tized. The records, assert that they all "owned their covenant" with and became members of the "First Church in Hartford." He left a large manuscript volume of reli- gious writings which shows him to have been a man of deep piety and of no mean knowl- edge of theology. "After having filled various and important offices, distinguished for his vir- tues and ability, he died December 16. 1694." He married, in 1661, Hannah Goodwin, born in England in 1637, died February 12, 1724, only daughter of Hon. Ozias and Mary (Woodward) Goodwin, the progenitors of the Goodwin family in America. Children: Rog- er, see forward: William, born 1664, died April 5, 1723, married Elizabeth Stanley, was a most prominent man ; Hannah, born 1666, married Timothy Cowles; John, born 1668, died 1706, unmarried ; Nathaniel, born 1670, died February 20, 1733, married Hester Hos- mer : George, born September, 1675, died De- cember 23, 1702, unmarried ; Elizabeth, born October, 1677, married John Marsh; Ozias, born September, 1679, died January 29, 1747, married Elizabeth Green.
(Il) Roger, eldest child of William "the ancestor," and Hannah (Goodwin ) Pitkin, was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1662, died November 24, 1748. He was a farmer. He built and settled near his father on the first main street on a portion of his father's land. He was a leading citizen. He was one of the selectmen of the town for many years and its first school committeeman in 1720 ; was commissioner on the "Great Meadows," was appointed by the general assembly captain of the first militia company on the east side of the river. the then (1698) Third Company State Militia. He was actively engaged with his command in defense of the town against the Indians in 1704 and in other troublous times. He "owned the covenant" with the "First Church of Hartford," November 22, 1685 ; together with his wife, his brother Wil-
liam and his wife, he was received into full communion August 14, 1692. He married,. in 1683, Hannah, born October 13, 1666, died November 1, 1703, daughter of Captain Caleb and Hannah (Cowles) Stanley, of Hartford. Children : Hannah, married John Bidwell; Caleb, see forward; Mary, married Timothy Porter : Rachel, married Joseph House ; Ma- bel, died in infancy ; Jonathan, married Re- becca Smith; Mabel, married James Porter ; Roger, married Esther Cowles.
(III) Caleb, eldest son of Roger and Han- nah (Stanley) Pitkin, was born in Hartford, Connecticut, August 19, 1687, died January 16, 1773. He married (first) Dorothy, born February 19. 1697, died April 17, 1746, daughter of Jonathan and Dorothy (Hale) Hills. Children: Dorothy, married John Goodwin ; Mary, married Samuel Bidwell ; Thankful, died December 17, 1742, unmar- ried ; Sarah, married Nathaniel Olmstead ; Ca- leb, see forward; Nathaniel, married Thank- ful Porter ; Hannah, married Aaron Burn- ham ; Joshua, married Ann Stanley ; Jerusha, married Samuel Olmstead. He married ( sec- ond) Deborah -
(IV) Caleb (2), son of Caleb (I) and Dor- othy ( Hills) Pitkin, was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1727, died October 2, 1768. He was known as "Ensign" Caleb. He mar- ried, in 1750, Damaris, died September 18, 1773, daughter of Timothy and Hannah ( Goodwin) Porter, who settled at New Hart- ford. Children : Caleb (3), died unmarried ; Stephen, married Jemima Tyler ; Dorothy, married Isaac Steele ; Damaris, married Jon- athan Marsh; John, see forward; Hannah, married John Porter ; Timothy, married Sybil Cowles.
(V) John, fifth child of Caleb (2) and Damaris ( Porter) Pitkin, was born in Hart- ford, January 5, 1761, died August 1, 1837. He married, February 5, 1788, Rebecca, born December 24, 1764, died January 8, 1837, daughter of Elijah and - --- (Roberts) An- drus, of Colebrook, Connecticut. Children : Sally, died at age of eighteen; John, died in infancy : John R., see forward ; Lucy, married Calvin N. Barber ; Elizabeth, married Bethuel Gilbert ; Dorothy, married Sleiting Frisbie.
(VI) John Roberts, third child of John and Rebecca (Andrus) Pitkin, was born in Hartford, Connecticut, September 24, 1794, died September 2, 1874. He began his busi- ness career in early life with S. and L. Hul- burt, of Winchester, Connecticut, in a mercan- tile enterprise in Augusta, Georgia. He re- mained in the south engaged in this and other lines until 1832, when he located in New York in the dry goods business. He was a man
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of great worth and varied talents. He fore- saw the enormous growth of New York City and the advantageous location of some of the Long Island contiguous property. He pro- jected, planned, and with indomitable will and energy founded the city of East New York and Woodhaven, Long Island, and lived to see their growth and prosperity assured. He was a profound student of the questions affecting capital and labor and his fond hope was to see a union between them. He early argued that organized labor must be a competing ele- ment in many trades. He saw his position justified, more especially in the boot and shoe trade with which he was familiar. His resi- dence was in Woodhaven, and he died in Brat- tleboro, Vermont. He married (first ) October 1, 1823. Sophia M. Thrall, of Torrington, Connecticut, who died November 30, 1849. He married (second) June 1I, 1857, Mary Allyn, born in 1826, died in the eighties, daughter of Luther and Mary Olive (Dickin- son) Allyn. Children of first wife: George D., born November 18, 1824, died February 14. 1886, married Magdelene Vanderveer ; Frances A., born October 17, 1827, married Isaac W. Vanderveer; Henry F., died in in- fancy : Georgianna L., born February 2, 1834, married Edgar W. Allyn; Frederick E., born April 29. 1836, married Jane A. Hall ; Wol- cott H., of whom Further; John W. S., born October 25, 1841, married Julia S. Pratt. Children of second wife: Mary Ella, born April 28, 1858: William T., died in infancy ; Emma V., born July 15. 1866.
(VII) Wolcott H., sixth child of John Rob- erts and Sophia M. (Thrall) Pitkin, was born in Brooklyn, New York, December 22, 1838. Upon the death of his mother he went to live with his uncle, a farmer near Torrington, Connecticut. When nineteen years of age he entered mercantile life with the wholesale boot and shoe jobbing house of William Smith- Brown & Company. At the outbreak of the civil war that firm retired from business and he became interested in the East New York Boot and Shoe Leather Manufacturing Com- pany, founded by his father in 1858, at East New York, Long Island. In 1859 he was placed in charge of the company's works at Providence, Rhode Island. In 1866 he dis- continued the manufacture of the company's goods there, and under contract from the state of New York organized workshops in the Albany County Prison, where they manufac- tured goods until 1870. In that year the company built a factory on Hamilton street, Albany, fitted it with modern shoemaking ma- chinery, and operated it until 1895, when it was discontinued. Mr. Pitkin was manager
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