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MECHANICS' AND FARMERS' BANK, corner of Broadway and Exchange street: incorporated in 1811; charter expires in 1353; capital, $442,000; shares, $17; dividends, semi-annually, in May and November; dis- count days, Tuesdays and Fridays. Thomas W. Olcott, president; Samuel S. Fowler, vice-president; Edward E. Kendrick, cashier; Thos. W. Olcott, Samuel S. Fowler, Friend Humphrey, Henry Newman, James Kidd, Lemuel Steele, Thomas Hillhouse, Hugh Humphrey Harmanus Bleecker, W. W. Forsyth, James B. Jermain, Robert Shepherd, directors; Thomas Olcott, teller; O. M. Beach, second teller; Theodore Olcott, 2d, third teller; Constantine Kowalski, general book-keeper; William Mc- Hench, discount clerk; James A. Pratt, entry clerk; Edmund Winne, clerk; John F. Jenkins, notary; John Highland, porter; T. W. Olcott, pension agent; Lemuel Jenkins and Robert Shepherd, accountants.
Reminiscences .- The history of the origin and infancy of this institution, would be quite interesting to the present generation, since there were some phases in banking ope- rations at that remote period, which are unknown now. The capital stock was limited to 600,000 dollars. The first election for directors was held on Monday, June 1, 1812. It seems to have been very generally understood among the stockholders for some time previous, that two federalists should be admitted into the board, tho directors nanied in the law being all democrats; but whose seats should be vacated for their admission, was not so easily agreed upon. The election opened at 10 o'clock, at the Columbian Hotel, in Court street, and was continued to a late hour in the afternoon It was a warm and animated contest, and finally resulted in the election of the following: Solomon South- wick, president; Benjamin Knower, Elisha Dorr, Isaac Denniston, Benjamin Van Ben- thuysen, William Fowler, George Merchant, Thomas Lennington, Giles W Porter, Willard Walker, Walter Weed, Peter Boyd and Isaac Hutton. The two latter were elected in the place of Spencer Stafford and John Bryan. Of that board it is believed there are three or four survivors. At the next annual election Isaac Hutton was elected president, and the direction consisted of Thomas Lennington, Peter Boyd, Benjamin
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Banks.
Knower, Russell Forsyth, William Fowler, William Boyd, Elisha Dorr, Walter Weed, Giles W. Porter, Benjamin Van Benthuysen, Charles E. Dudley and Thomas Herring. This bank has ever been conducted with signal ability and success.
COMMERCIAL BANK, No 40 State street: incorporated in 1825; charter expired in 1847, and the institution is now under the general banking law; capital, $300,000; shares, $20; dividends, July and January; discount days, Mondays and Thursdays. John Townsend, president; John L. Schoolcraft, vice-president; James Taylor, cashier; John Town- send, J. L. Schoolcraft, John Gott, James Horner, Augustus James, Giles Sanford, James D. Wasson. Robert H. Pruyn, Andrew White, Anthony M. Strong, Anthony Gould, William C. Durant; John B. Was- son, teller; Frederick S. Pease, book-keeper; George C. Lee, Charles Lansing. James G. Stafford, clerks; John F. Batchelder, discount and Savings Bank clerk.
Reminiscences - On the 20th of October, 1813, John Bogart, George Webster, E. F. Backus, Joseph H. Webb and Vinal Luce gave notice of application to the legislature for a charter to incorporate the Albany Commercial Bank, with a capital of $1.250,000. The banking capital of the state was at this time $20,350 000, exclusive of $$10,000 which the state reserved the privilege of subscribing; making an aggregate $21,160,000. Notices of application were now given for eighteen more banks, with an aggregate capital of $15,- 250,000. Three of these were from Albany, viz .: the Merchants' Rank, Commercial Bank, and North River Bank; in New York, Millers' Bank, Grocers' Bank, Commission Company, Coal Company, Patent Cloth Manufacturing Company, North River Compa- ny, Vermont Mining and Smelting Company; also one at Utica, Schenectady, Johnstown, Cooperstown, Auburn, Canandaigua, Geneva and Oxford, No bank, however, was chartered in Albany until 1825, when the Commercial Bank went into operation, having no connection with the one above contemplated The present bauk has at different times lost nearly the whole amount of its capital by peculation, but by extraordinary good ma- nagement recovered itself again, and enjoys a high reputation for its soundness and the ability of its officers.
CANAL BANK, No. 40 State street: incorporated in 1829; charter ex- pires in 1854; capital, $300,000; shares, $20. This bank failed in July, 1848, the first bank failure in Albany, and its affairs are in the hands of a receiver.
ALBANY CITY BANK, No. 47 State street: incorporated in 1834; chiar- ter expires in 1864; capital, $500,000; shares, $100; dividends, April and October; discount days, Tuesdays and Fridays. Erastus Corning, pre- sident; Watts Sherman, cashier; Erastus Corning, Ellis Baker, Martin Van Alstyne, Bradford R. Wood, William Seymour, John V. L. Pruyn, John Knower, James M. Cook. Watts Sherman, William Smith, William Humphrey, H. H. Martin, Eli Perry, directors; C. L. Garfield, teller; D. W. C. Rice and John T. Marshall, book-keepers; Isaac Fondey, discount clerk and notarypublic; Simeon J. Leake, corresponding clerk; T. A. Knower, in western department; Jacob Downing, jr., Dudley Van Vliet, F. Van Vliet and - - Story, clerks.
ALBANY EXCHANGE BANK, No. 3 Exchange Building: certificates filed December 11, 1838, to continue 662 years; capital $311,100, with privilege to increase to $10,0 0,000; dividends, January and July; dis- count days, Tuesdays and Fridays. George W. Stanton, president; Noah Lee, cashier; George W. Stanton, Samuel Stevens, James Mc- Naughton, John Taylor, Oliver Steele, John M Newton, Ichabod L. Judson, Samuel Pruyn, Galen Batchelder, Gaylor Sheldon. L. G. Tay. lor, William McElroy, F. J. Barnard, directors; Andrew McElroy teller ; Joseph M. Lovett, book keeper; Wm. H. Lee, discount clerk; John Ward, clerk.
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Insurance Companies.
ALBANY SAVINGS BANK : incorporated in 1820; being the oldest in the state. Open at the Commercial Bank, No. 40 State street, every day, to receive deposits. It pays an interest of 5 per cent. per annum to de- positors, payable half-yearly, on the third Wednesday in January and July. John Townsend, president; Teunis Van Vechten, 1st vice- presi- dent; Samuel Stevens, 2d vice-president ; John L. Winne, 3d vice presi- dent; William Newton, William McHarg, James Taylor, Rufus H. King, Jacob H. Ten Eyck, Gerrit Y. Lansing, John I. Boyd, Frederick I. Bar- nard, Benjamin Tibbits, James Stevenson, William E. Bleecker, Robert H. Pruyn, Harmon Pumpelly, James D. Wasson, Friend Humphrey, di- rectors ; James Taylor, treasurer ; Robert H. Pruyn, secretary. Open during banking hours, from 10 to 2 o'clock.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
ALBANY INSURANCE COMPANY, NO. 56 State street: incorporated March 8, 1811; charter expires 1851; capital, $300,000; shares, $60. Teunis Van Vechten, president; Stephen Groesbeck, secretary; Gerrit Y. Lan- sing, Rufus H. King, Augustus James, Marcus T. Reynolds, Lewis Benedict, Archibald McIntyre, John Townsend, Wm. C. Miller, Henry Bleecker, Jacob H. Ten Eyck, Herman Pumpelly, John T. Cooper, di- rectors.
The original charter fixed the shares at $100, and limited the number at 500. The di- rectors named in the act of incorporation were, Elisha Jenkins, Philip S. Van Rensselaer, Isaiah Townsend, Dudley Walsh, Henry Guest jr., Charles Z. Platt, Simeon De Witt, Stephen Lush, Chas. D. Cooper, Thomas Gould, John Woodworth, Peter Gansevoort, Christian Miller.
FIREMEN'S INSURANCE COMPANY, corner of State and Green streets; Incorporated in 1831; charter expires 1861; capital, $150,000; shares, $10. James Stevenson, president; Richard Van Rensselaer, secretary; John Taylor, Peter Gansevoort, Thomas McElroy, Hugh Humphrey, George W. Stanton, Lemuel Steele, Egbert Egberts, William Adams, Lansing Pruyn, John M. Newton, Lyman Chapin, Benjamin Tibbits, Stephen Van Rensselaer, Henry Newman, Gerrit V. S. Bleecker, Joel Rathbone, E. P. Prentice, A. E. Brown, Joseph Davis, J. H. Ten Eyck, C. A. De Forest, Andrew White, S. S. Peck, A. Van Vorst, directors.
MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF ALBANY, No. 450 Broadway: incorporated in 1836; charter expires 1856. Eras- tus Corning, president; Matthew Trotter, secretary; B. P. Staats, Eli Perry, Watts Sherman, Daniel Fry, H. H. Martin, Giles Sanford, John Knower, J. G. Cotrell, Peter Relyea, Ellis Baker, John Van Valken- burgh, Jared A. Post, directors.
MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, S. Groesbeck, agent, No. 56 State street.
AMERICAN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, William C. Miller, agent, No. 56 State street.
NATIONAL LOAN FUND . LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF LONDON, Wm. Lacy, agent, Argus Office.
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD, CT., D. S. Durrie, agent, Albany.
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Clergy.
EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE, ANNUITY AND TRUST COMPANY, L. Birdseye, agent, No. 59 State street.
CITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, P. W. Groot, agent, No. 49 State street.
ATNA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD, CT., John F. Jen- kins, agent, No. 7 Commercial Buildings.
PROTECTION INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD, CT., John F. Jen- kins, agent, No. 7 Commercial Buildings.
PROTECTION INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY, L. Norton, agent, No. 10 Douw's Buildings.
EAGLE LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, C. W. Bentley, No. 80 Quay street; Wm. C. Schuyler, No. 10 Douw's Buildings; S. P Carter, at Wells & Co.'s Express Office, agents.
MUTUAL SAFETY INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, J. W. Ford, agent, No. 460 Broadway.
LEXINGTON FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, Heminway & Dowd, agents, No. 2. Exchange, first floor.
COLUMBUS INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, H. C. Southwick, agent, No. 15 Exchange, first floor.
NORTH AMERICAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, S. Groesbeck, agent, No. 56 State street.
CAMDEN FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY, C. W. Bentley, agent, No. 80 Quay street.
NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, E. Satterlee, agent, No. 61 State street.
LEXINGTON FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, agent.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY AT SOMERVILLE, Lambert Norton, agent, No. 10 Douw's Buildings.
HOPE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD, CT., Henry R. Gosman, agent, No. 440 Broadway.
NORTH WESTERN INSURANCE COMPANY, J. W. Ford, agent, No. 460 Broadway.
CLERGY.
J. W. Belknap, Arbor Hill Meth., J. Miles, Bethel,
S. D. Brown, Washingston st. “ J N. Campbell, 1st Presbyterian, W. H. Campbell, South Dutch, W. S. Clapp, Green st. Baptist, J. Clark, Hudson st. Methodist, J. J. Conroy, Ct. Joseph's,
B. M. Hall, Garretson Station,
E. A. Huntington, 3d Presbyterian, D. Kennedy, North Dutch, W. I. Kip, St. Paul's, T. A. Kyle, St. Mary's, M. Lawer, German Methodist,
J. Lowrey, Wesleyan
B. M. Martin, 4th Presbyterian,
S. F. Morrow, Associate Pres.,
J. Newbourg, Bethel Jacob,
H. N. Pohlman, Evan. Eb. Luth.,
H. Potter, St. Peter's,
Wm. Putnam, St. Mary's,
T. R. Rawson, City Missionary,
L. A. Sandford, Ferry st. Meth., F. W. Schmidt, Ger. Evan. Luth., E. Selkirk, Trinity,
W. B. Sprague, 2d Presbyterian,
R. Warren, State st. Baptist,
B. T. Welch, North Pearl "
- Barry, South
I. Wise, Synagogue,
J. McCloskey, bishop, Cathedral, I. N. Wyckoff, Middle Dutch. P. McCloskey, St. John's,
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Practicing Attorneys.
PRACTICING ATTORNEYS.
Otis Allen, C. L. Austin,
Nicholas Hill, Jr., Robert J. Hilton,
R. L. G. Bancroft,
W. J D. Hilton,
D. D. Barnard,
W. Barnes,
L. Benedict, Jr., Sur'gateCharles M. Jenkins, Lucien Birdseye, A. Blanchard,
B. P. Johnson. R. L. Joice, N. G. King,
Charles H. Bramhall, Dudley Burwell,
Hale Kingsley,
James L'Amoreaux,
W. L. Learned,
Charles B. Lansing,
L. J. Lansing, Jacob Lansing,
E. C. Litchfield,
John A. Livingston,
J. D. Livingston,
H. H. Martin,
H. S. McCall,
W. C. McHarg,
Matthew McMahon,
D. McMartin,
E. F. De Lancey,
E. A. Doolittle, Isaac Edwards,
James Edwards,
F. S. Edwards, M. Fairchild,
Wm. W. Frothingham, William S. Paddock,
Dennis B. Gaffney, Albert Gallup,
Peter Gansevoort, F. W. Gibb, Stephen Groesbeck, William J. Hadley,
William Parmelee, S. H. H. Parsons, George W. Peckham, R. W. Peckham,
S.H.Hammond, Dis. Atty Calvin Pepper,
Nathan Hawley, Ira Harris, Hamilton Harris, John E. Hermans, S. F. Higgins, John J. Hill,
Calvin Pepper, Jr., John Percy, John K. Porter,
John V. L. Pruyn, Robert H. Pruyn, C. A. Pugsley, Marcus T. Reynolds,
Julius Rhoades,
A. D. Robinson, James R. Rose, James B. Sanders, M. Sanford, William C. Schuyler, George Scoville, Jacob M. Settle, S. O. Shepherd, E. J. Sherman, Cyrus Stevens, John C. Spencer, Samuel Stevens, Alfred B. Street, J. B. Sturtevant, Azor Taber, Cornelius Ten Broeck, A. Ten Eyck, M. Trotter, John J. Tyler, T. B. Van Buren, J. S. Van Rensselaer, S. D. Van Schaack, Teunis Van Vechten, Abraham Van Vechten, H. C. Van Vorst, C. C. Wasson, Robert D. Wasson, Wm. G. Weed, Robert H. Wells, J. I. Werner, Henry G. Wheaton, James M. Whelpley, A. D. L. Whipple, William D. White, Jonas Wickes, John Q. Wilson, G. L. Wilson, E. S. Willett, Bradford R. Wood, D. Wright, Recorder, Horace Wyman, T. G. Younglove, Wm. A. Young.
DENTISTS.
J. C. Austin, Josephus Brockway, Jr., J. Monroe, Alexander Nelson, Robert Nelson,
L. D. Holstein, Thomas D. James,
J. B. Brinsmade, Jr., James Brown, John I. Burton, Peter Cagger,
J. Callanan. Jr.,
D. Campbell, William R Cantine, William Cassidy, John Cole, John A. Collier, Joseph S. Colt, A. J. Colvin,
S. Daniels, Jr., Amos Dean,
Orlando Meads, W. D. Morange, A. Morrell, John Newland,
Richard H. Northrup, John Olcott, J. F. O'Toole,
S. Paddock, Jr., Levi H. Palmer,
David Newcomb, N. B. Sherwood, S. Van Namee, U. H. Wheeler, J. S. Wood.
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Practicing Physicians.
PRACTICING PHYSICIANS.
James H. Armsby, William Bay, U. G. Bigelow,
Barent P. Staats,
Peter P. Staats,
James P. Boyd,
B. A. Sheldon, Rufus B. Sperry,
James M. Brown, Carhart.
R. H. Thompson,
J. H. Case,
John F. Townsend,
Edward H. Clark,
John H. Trotter,
Mason F. Cogswell,
Peter Van Buren,
James Cox,
John Van Buren,
Dr. Curtis,
Peter Van OLinda,
H. B. Fay, Alms House Physician, D. E. Fonda,
C. C. Waller, Peter Wendell,
John O. Flagler,
Herman Wendell,
Samuel H. Freeman,
David Wiltsie,
Edmund E. W. Gale,
Joel A. Wing,
Patrick Gannon,
William I. Young,
C. C. Griffin,
E. D. Jones, J. A. Paine,
Otto Heinsius,
John W. Hinkley,
Henry D. Paine, Homeopathic,
Thomas Hun.
Abel Lyon,
James McNaughton,
Peter McNaughton,
Alexander McNaughton,
Alden March,
William B. Stanton, Gerrit Westervelt,
Nicholas Markey,
George Cooke, Lock Hospital,
Dr. Lacroix, Lock Dispensary.
ALBANY CHARTER OFFICERS.
The original charter of the city of Albany was granted by Gov. Don- gan, on the 221 of July, 1686, and the following persons were the first who officiated under the charter.
Peter Schuyler, Mayor, Dirk Wessels,
Aldermen. Assistant Aldermen- Joachim Staats,
Isaac Swinton, Recorder, Jan Jans Bleecker, John Lansing,
Robert Livingston, Clerk, David Schuyler, Isaac Verplanck,
Jan Bleecker, Chamberlain, Johannis Wendell,
Lawrence Van Ale,
Richard Pretty, Sheriff, James Parker, Marshal.
Lavinus Van Schaack, Albert Ruyckman, Adrian Garretse.
Melgert Winantse.
These were good substantial Dutch burghers, as their names indicate. The charter has undergone important alterations since that day, and the city councils are filled with the descendants of all nations and tongues upon earth. The succession of mayors from 1686 to 1848, will be found on page 25. The annual election takes place in April, and the follow. ing are the present city officers, who hold their places until April, 1949.
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Horace M. Paine, J. M. Ward, Noah S. Dean, John Fondey, Andrew W. Russell, Botanic,
David Martin, John V. P. Quackenbush,
John Swinburne,
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Officers of the City of Albany. OFFICERS OF THE CITY OF ALBANY,
Clerk-L. D. Holstein.
Chamberlain-Christopher W. Bender.
Deputy Chamberlain-H. H. Hickcox.
Attorney-Hooper C. Van Vorst.
Surveyor-George W. Carpenter.
Assistant Surveyor-Samuel McElroy.
Marshal-Nelson Scovel.
Overseer of the Poor-Thomas Kirkpatrick.
Superintendent of the Alms House-John Morgan.
Superintendent of the N. D .- David Benson.
Superintendent of the S. D .--- George H. Herbert.
Police Justices-John O. Cole and S H. H. Parsons.
Deputy Excise Officer-C. W. Bender.
Superintendent of the Markets -- Jacob Featherly.
Chief Engineer of the Fire Department-James P. Gould.
Assistant Engineers-P. B. Leddy, J. Parker, S. P. Winne, R. J. Grant, G. W. Burdick.
Alms House Physician-Henry B. Fay.
City Physicians-1st district, James M. Brown; 2d, John Swinburne; 3d, Alexander W. McNaughton; 4th, Alfred Clark; 5th; B. A. Sheldon.
Police Constables-George Brainard, Elisha Mack 3d, Thomas Cowell, Charles Phillips, B. B. Whalen, Robert Nixon.
City Inspectors-1st and 2d wards, John Milliman; 3d and 4th, Wm. Leggat; 51h and 6th, Harmon G. Wynkoop; 7th and 8th, S. V. A. Hilton; 9th and 10th, Richard Bygate.
Captains of the Night Police-John Vandervolgen, Absalom Sharp, Henry Pottenburgh, Levi Ewing, John N. Parker, Walter Coleman.
Assistant Captains-James L. Coley, Nicholas W. Groot, William F. Peacock, Henry Hubbell, Royall Thompson, Joseph Coughtry.
Inspector of Weights and Measures-Paul C. Barney.
Fence Viewers-John Morgan, Barent Sanders.
Receiver of Taxes-H. H. Hickcox, deputy chamberlain.
Supervisors-1st ward, Richard Parr; 2d, Matthew McMahon; 3d, J. Hurdis; 4th, Franklin Townsend; 5th, Wm. White; 6th, Samuel Pruyn; 7th, George W. Welch; 8th, Oliver Wallace; 7th, James A. Tremere; 10th, Adam Van Allen.
Assessors-1st ward. Philip Foy; 24, Abraham M. Purdy; 3d, James P. Gould; 4th, Cyrus L. Woodruff; 5th, Levi Chapman; 6th, Garret L. Winne; 7th, Josiah Patterson; 8th, Myers Henderer; 9th, Sylvester Rathbone; 10th, Job R. Borden.
Ward Constables-1st ward, John McDonald; 2d, John Kinney ; 3d, Daniel Van Buskirk; 4th, Amos Dodge; 5th, John R. Peacock; 6th, Ar- chibald Thompson ; 7th, Samuel Winchester; 8th, Francis Bray ; 9th, William Pearcey; 10th, S V. R. Brayton.
School Commissioners-Gerrit V. S. Bleecker, John O. Cole, John Simpson, Eli Perry, Henry B. Haswell, John O. Flagler, James Maher; George W. Carpenter, Thomas Mc Elroy.
Justices of the Justices' Court-Abraham Morrell, Conrad A. Ten Eyck, David Russell; David Russell, clerk.
Harbor Master-Thomas Hillson, Jr.
Dock Master-John L. Hyatt.
U. S. Collector of Customs-Albert Gallup.
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Common Council and Standing Committees.
COMMON COUNCIL.
John Taylor, Mayor.
Deodatus Wright, Recorder.
1st ward-Wm. L. Osborn, Lucien B. Laney.
2d ward-George B. Riggs, John W. Harcourt.
3d ward-Charles W. Godard,
Stephen T. Thorn.
4th ward-George T. Ladue, Abram Koonz.
5th ward-Henry Bleecker,
James McNaughton.
6th ward-J. A. Livingston,
Charles M. Jenkins. 7th ward-John Benson, William Gillespie. 8th ward-P. M. McCall, John Harrison. 9th ward-William Cumming, Richard H. Thompson.
10th ward-Michael Artcher, Daniel E. Bassett.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Academies and Schools-Thompson, Gillespie, Godard.
Accounts-Bleecker, McCall, Thompson.
Applications to the Legislature-McNaughton, Harcourt, Bleecker. Alms House-Artcher, McCall, McNaughton.
Board of Health-Mayor, Recorder, McNaughton, Laney, Riggs.
Board of Magistrates-Recorder, Livingston, Jenkins, Osborn, Har- rison. Cumming.
City Hall-Mayor, Recorder, Harrison, Benson, Bassett, Artcher. Engines-Cumming, Harrison, Thorn.
Ferry-Thorn, Riggs, Ladue.
Finance -- Jenkins, Laney, Bleecker.
Flagging and Paving, N. D .- Livingston, McCall, Bleecker.
Flagging and Paving, S D .- Bassett, Laney, Koonz,
Lamps-Koonz, Benson, Jenkins.
Law-Recorder, Osborn, Jenkins.
Levels-Godard, Harcourt, Cumming. Markets-Ladue Gillespie, Koonz.
Navigation-Godard, Harcourt, Ladue.
Night Police-Artcher, Osborn, Ladue,
Police-Cumming, Harrison, Koonz.
Streets-Bassett, Riggs, Godard.
Wells and Pumps-Thompson, Gillespie, Thorn,
Land-Livingston, McCall, Bleecker.
ALBANY GALLERY OF FINE ARTS.
The following gentlemen were elected trustees at the annual meeting held on the evening of the 1st of January, viz: John L. Schoolcraft, E. Satterlee, J. McD. McIntyre, Dr. Herman Wendell, Wm. W. Forsyth, Orlando Meads, Dr. David Newcomb, James Kidd, Dr. J. A. Armsby.
ALBANY EXCHANGE COMPANY.
Directors .- John Townsend, John Q. Wilson, James McNaughton, Samuel Stevens, R. H. King, Andrew White, Friend Humphrey,
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Incorporated Companies, S.c.
ALBANY WATER WORKS COMPANY.
The officers and trustees of the Albany Water Works are as fol. lows:
O. Meads, Treasurer. datus Wright, recorder (ex offi-
John Meads, Robert Boyd, Eli cio), Trustees.
Perry, Wm. E. Bleecker, Deo-
ALBANY HYDRANT COMPANY.
The following are the trustees of this company for the year commenc. ing July, 1848. John Townsend. Erastus Corning, Watts Sherman, James D. Wasson, Rufus W. Peckham, John Taylor, John C. Spencer.
DE WITT CLINTON ENGINE NO. 2.
At an annual meeting of this company, held at their house, Dec. 23, 1848, the following were the officers elected for the ensuing year: Wm. O'Brien, Foreman. James Jones, Clerk. -
Wm. Kilbourne, 1st Assistant.
Richard Waddy, Steward.
Peter Donelley, 2d Assistant.
EAGLE ENGINE CO. NO. 7.
At a meeting of Eagle Engine No. 7, held December 27th, 1848, the following persons were elected officers for the enguing year:
Edward Stevens, Foreman.
Julius Tremper, Ist Assistant.
C. M. Beach, 2d Assistant.
J. S. Harrison, Steward. Edmund Stevens, T. A. Johnstone, Delegates to Fire Department.
L. W. Murray, Clerk.
NEPTUNE ENGINE CO. NO. 10.
At a meeting of Neptune Engine Co. No. 10, held at their house on the evening of December 22, 1848, the following gentlemen were elected officers of said company for the ensuing year:
Archibald Young, Foreman. Samuel N. Payn, Clerk.
Benjamin Turner, 1st Assistant. - Jno. Hayden, Steward.
Sylvester Lawler, 2d Assistant.
Patrick McLaughlan, Treasurer.
ALBANY AND COHOES RAIL ROAD COMPANY.
The following were elected officers of this company ; M. T. Reynolds, John L. Schoolcraft, E. P. Prentice, James Edwards, Theodore Olcott, Archibald McClure, James Kidd, A. White, C. F. Crosby, David Ha. milton, Egbert Egberts, Wm. N. Chadwick.
MOHAWK AND HUDSON RAIL ROAD.
Directors .- John T. Norton, Watts Sherman, Rufus H. King, Gerrit Y. Lansing, Edward C. Delavan, Harmen Pumpelly, H. H. Martin, Au- gustus James, Isaac Newton.
Office .- Dean street, above Maiden lane.
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Benevolent Societies, S.c.
FIRST GREAT WESTERN TURNPIKE:
Directors .- Gerrit Y. Lansing, Teunis Van Vechten, Gideon Hawley; John V. L. Pruyn, John Townsend, C. Y. Lansing, R. J. Hilton, Henry Bleecker, John T. Cooper, Jacob H. Ten Eyck, Robert H. Pruyn, Wm. C. Miller, Stephen Groesbeek.
ALBANY AND BETHLEHEM TURNPIKE.
Directors .- Marcus T. Reynolds, Rufus H. King, Philip S. Van Rens. selaer, Wm. McHarg, Joel Rathbone, John V. L. Prvyn, Robert Boyd, Ezra P. Prentice, George Dexter. -
CHRISTIAN MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION. Officers for the year 1849.
Friend Humphrey, President. Thos. W. Valentine, Rec'g Sec'y. Isaac P. Hand, Edward B. Slason, Vice-Presidents. Wm. Tuton, Financial Secretary. Noah Lee, Treasurer.
Abram Kirk, Corresponding Sec'y.
Place of meeting, Sons of Temperance Hall, No. 7 North Pearl street, on the 1st and 3d Tuesday evenings in each month.
BOARD OF TRADE.
This association of dealers commenced business on the 15th of May, 1848. The following are its officers:
William Chapman, President. -
Benj. C. Raymond, 1st Vice- Pres. Thos. Schuyler, 2d Vice-President. David H. Carey, Sec'y.
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Rufus K. Viele, Treasurer. Chas. Wright, M. H. Read, O. N. Chapin, T. P. Crook, John Tweedle, Com. of Reference.
HIBERNIAN PROVIDENT SOCIETY.
On the 17th April, 1833, Jas. Halliday, Jas. Maher, Patrick Cassidy, William L. Osborne, Peter C. Doyle, Thomas Gough, Wm. O'Donnell, Michael Cagger, and others, were incorporated under the name of the Hi- bernian Provident Society, the avowed objects of which were charitable; " to create a fund by a general subscription among the members, which should contribute to their mutual advantage; if, by reason of sickness, they should at any time become destitute of the conveniences of life; and also to organize in one body a numerous class of Irishmen residing in this city, and to concentrate their moral energies, so as to bring fairly before the American people the republican features of their national character; that a number of individuals should combine and reserve a portion of the fruits of their industry, while enjoying health and happi- ness, for the establishment of a fund for their support, when overtaken by misfortunes or infirmities; especially, that a body of men. who have been oppressed in their native land. by a despotic government, and who are influenced by the same associations and sympathies, and are led on by the same devotion in the path of freedom. should associate together for the purpose of vindicating their national character, and of procuring
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for themselves, in a proper time, the privileges of American citizens." The officers of the society for the year 1848, are as follows:
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