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18. The occultation of Venus by the moon was wit- nessed at 22 minutes before nine in the evening .. . . . . Keyes Stone drowned, aged 46. Mrs. Susanna Fryer died, aged 91. Rev. H. S. Smith died, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church on Arbor Hill.
19. Dyer Lathrop died, aged 67. He was born in Norwich, Conn., and came to Albany in 1811. where he resided until his death, in the capacity of a merchant. Upright, honorable and industrious, various trusts were confided to him. He was treasurer of the Orphan Asy- lum from its first organization, and frequently used his own money to relieve its embarrassments. He repeat- edly discharged the duties of the offices of Alderman and Supervisor with ability. He was the only merchant whose name appeared in the Directory of 1813, that had made no change in his business since that day.
20. Lydia, wife of Levi Cornell, died, aged 51. John Henry Langguth died, aged 24.
21. Truman S. Chiritree died, aged 31.
23. William A. Siver died, aged 45. Samuel Phipps died, aged 84.
24. Anna, wife of Isaac Huddleston, died, aged 73. Mary, wife of John Newman, died, aged 54. Francis
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Bryan died on his return from California, aged 53; for- merly of the firm of John Bryan & Son.
27. A fire on the corner of Hudson and Lark streets damaged the contents of a grocery, but was soon got un- der ...... A fire in Montgomery street destroyed a safe maker's shop and tools; loss $500 ... .. James Holiday, formerly of this city, died at Auburn, aged 78. He was for a long time a justice of the peace for the town of Bethlehem, residing just beyond the city line, and his court was a famous one, at which many singular cases were tried. He was one of the founders of the Hiber- nian Provident Society of this city, was its first Presi- dent, and held the office many years. For many years, and until the time of his leaving the county, he was a constant attendant at the First Presbyterian Church. of which he was a highly respected member. Some twelve years ago he retired from the active pursuits of life to a farm in the town of Cato, which he left two years be- fore his death, and resided at Auburn. He is charac- terized as a good citizen, a faithful friend, and an exem- plary Christian.
28. The Albany Museum, which was opened by Henry Trowbridge at least as early as 1809, was closed up. The curiosities had been carted away some weeks before, and transported to another part of the country. it is believed to form a floating museum on the Mississippi.
MAY.
1. Business commenced on the canals ...... A fire broke out in the garret of a house in Lydius street above the Cathedral, which was speedily subdued by the fire- men ...... The cartmen charged such as moved one dollar and fifty cents a load ...... A total eclipse of the moon took place in the evening, beginning at 9.20m P. M ...... James Fortune died, aged 25. Marie, widow of the late H. L. V. D. Holstein, died, aged 55.
2. The Green street Theatre was opened by the late manager of the Museum, Charles T. Smith ...... Gusta- vus Bacsko died, aged 55.
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3. Rev. Samuel T. Seelye installed pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church ...... Edmund James Young died, aged 21.
6. Rev. Ebenezer Halley commenced his pastorate over the Third Presbyterian church ...... Rev. S. T. Seelye began his ministry at the Fourth Presbyterian Church. . . James Gemmel died, aged 42. Philena M., wife of J. L. Roser, died, aged 37. Rose, wife of James Connell, died, aged 62. John Hughes died, aged 49.
7. Helena, wife of E. Emmons, Ir., died, aged 25.
8. A sturgeon 103 feet in length, and weighing 350 lbs. was exhibited at the Centre Market ... ... A policeman was attacked by an animal, at the corner of Lydius and Hawk streets, which proved to be a mink. The hens had been molested nights in that neighborhood, but no watchfulness could detect the depredator. None of his species had been known here for a long time.
10. Hannah M., wife of John D. Chism, died, aged 34.
11. A fire in Morton street, destroyed a small dwel- ling-house.
13. Benjamin Oakley died, aged 77. Gen. Anthony Lamb, a resident of Albany in the early part of the pre- sent century, died in New York, aged 84.
14. A law passed by the common council to prevent the use of martial music on Sunday, and imposing a pen- alty of $10 upon every one violating it .. ... Elias Gil- lespie died. aged 54.
15. An alarm of fire, caused by the burning of a ca- nal boat in the basin ...... Mary Bell died, aged 80.
16. Peter Johnson died, aged 29.
17. George Skerrett died, aged 45. Maria L. Boyd, wife of Hooper C. Van Vorst, died in New York; fu- neral in Albany on the 20th. John C. Spencer died, aged 68. (See vol. vi, p. 307, et seq.)
18. Margaret Gilchrist died, aged 21.
19. Horace Pearce, formerly of Albany, was drowned at Williamsburgh, Long Island.
22. Frances, wife of Isaac Jones, died, aged 24.
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23. Ezekiah C. McIntosh died. For many years Mr. McIntosh was among the most prominent, enterprising and successful of our business men. and during the same time had not been less distinguished for his high personal worth and character, and his warm interest in religious and benevolent institutions. As a member of the late firm of E. & E. C. McIntosh, having by integrity and well directed industry secured a competent fortune, he, some eight or ten years ago, on the dissolution of that firm, withdrew from mercantile pursuits, and soon after accepted the Presidency of the Albany and Schenectady Railroad Company-then laboring under financial embar- rassments. Under his able and efficient management the affairs of that company were soon placed in a sound and prosperous condition, and so continued with constantly improving prospects until the company was in 1853 merged by the act of consolidation in the general line of the New York Central Railroad.
At this time Mr. McIntosh, with a view to pleasure and information, as well as relief from the cares of busi- ness by which he had been solong engrossed, sat out up- on an extended tour in Europe and the East. While thus absent, he was attacked with a severe illness, and returned in the fall in a very feeble condition. After his return, although hopes were at times entertained of his restoration to health, they were variable and un- certain, and death unexpectedly put an end to his suffer- ings and to the ardent hopes of a wide circle of friends to whom he was justly endeared, and by whom his mem- ory will be long and fondly cherished.
24. The funeral of John DeGroot, a native of Holland, was attended by the military companies and the Ger- man lodge of Odd Fellows.
27. Lydia H., wife of Robert Davis, died, aged 80.
28. A fire in Lark street consumed a stable and a horse .. .. John Moran died, aged 48. William May- ell died, aged 83. He came to this city in June, 1795, from London, and opened his goods in a store on the east side of Broadway, below State street. He pursued the
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business of a manufacturing hatter many years, was an active member of the Albany Mechanics' Society, which was composed of prominent men of various trades. He was also a member of the Albany Institute for nearly half a century.
29. David Newland died, aged 82.
31. William Wallace died, aged 66. Eliza Hale, wife of Dr. H. D. Paine, died.
JUNE.
1. Levi S. Littlejohn died, aged 58.
2. John D. Carls died, aged 35. Mary, wife of Wil-
. say Hunter, died, aged 41.
3. Michael Garrity died, aged 58. 4. Richard Morrell died, aged 61.
5. Rebecca M., wife of Thomas Thacher, died, aged 52. Catherine, wife of E. Mitchell, died, aged 25.
6. Workmen commenced the demolition of the old State Hall, corner of State and Lodge streets. The ed- ifice was built in 1797, under John Jay's administration, and served the purposes of the state for about thirty five years.
7. Daniel Whiting died at Philadelphia, aged 87. He was admitted to the Albany bar about sixty years ago, and was one of the proprietors of the Albany Centinel.
11. The first high water of the season, which nearly reached the top of the docks.
12. Michael Farren died, aged 26.
13. An alarm of fire in the morning proceeding from a house in Orange street, occupied by several families ; damage small ..... The dry goods store of Fryer & Co., in Broadway, was robbed of a large quantity of goods. The burglars were traced to Castleton and arrested, and all the goods recovered. They proved to be adroit thieves from New York, who came up to Castleton in a yacht, and were about to return when captured. · Cornelius Truax died, aged 82.
14. George H. Nehmire died, aged 57.
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15. A fire in Canal street destroyed a large stable, and five horses were burnt.
17. Mrs. Sally, widow of George Vance, died, aged 73.
18. Mrs. M. M., wife of William Davis, died, aged 23. Edward W. Ford died, aged 44.
19. John Thornton died, aged 66. Christiana Rice, wife of John Dubois, died, aged 46. Hugh Robinson, formerly of Albany, son of John Robinson, died at Schenectady.
20. Isaac B. Briggs, formerly of Albany, died at Brat- tleboro, Vt., aged 54.
22. A child six years of age in attempting to catch rain drops, fell from the third story window upon the pavement, and received only a slight injury.
23. A floral celebration by the pupils of Mrs. Gour- lay, took place at Mount Hope, which was conducted with so much ingenuity and propriety as to form a very interesting fete ...... Russell Packard, formerly of Al- bany, died at Detroit, aged 49. John Van Zandt died, aged 80. [This is not the former cashier of the Bank of Albany, who still lives.]
24. A fire corner of State and Lodge streets destroyed the contents of a grocery ...... Rev. Duncan Kennedy preached his farewell sermon to the congregation of the North Dutch Church, of which he had long been the pastor.
26. Workmen commenced pull- ing down the house No. 106 State street, the residence of J. V. N. Yates during his lifetime.
27. Rev. Mr. Halley was instal- led pastor of the Third Presbyte- rian church. The sermon was preached by Rev. J. N. Campbell, the charge given by Dr. W. B. Sprague, and the charge to the people by Dr. Huntington, late pastor of the church.
Yates House.
28. Isaac Linacer died. Benjamin Hoffman died, aged
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54. He was connected with the Evening Journal from 1831 to 1842, as one of its publishers. Christopher B. Wait died. Dianthus O. Fanning, late of Albany, died at Nicaragua, aged 43.
29. First hot day of the season, 94° in the shade. ... A camphene lamp exploded in the office of the Freie Blatter, doing but little damage ...... Joseph Kirkland, aged 38, was killed by falling from a wagon. Maria Dunbar died, aged 70. James Wilson died, aged 60.
30. The thermometer in one locality rose to 99 de- grees in the shade ...... Wm. A. Melius died, aged 36. John Lee died, aged 72.
JULY.
1. Thermometer 97 degrees ... . . Abigal Van Steen- berg, wife of Wm. B. Frisbee, died, aged 26. Rebecca Fonda died.
2. Almira Putnam, wife of Robert H. Wier, died, aged 37. Mrs. Mary Parker died, aged 71.
6. A fire at half past one in the morning damaged a house in Green street near Hamilton.
7. The first complaint under the new liquor law was made against the proprietor of the City Hotel.
9. A race between two propellers took place on the river between Albany and Hudson. .. . Stewart Wilson died, aged 77. John F. Steele died, aged 34.
11. A cricket match between the Albany and Utica clubs resulted in the defeat of the Albanians by 3 runs. . James M. French died. He was the son of Abel French; graduated at Williams College; studied law with his relative James McKown, then recorder; and, in 1812, became connected with the Albany Atlas, as ed- itor and publisher, in which year he was an unsuccess- ful candidate for congress. In 1846 he left the Atlas and went into mercantile business. He was appointed pension agent in 1854; but disease had sometime before incapacitated him for active business.
12. Mrs. Ellen Baldwin died.
13. Stephen Hadley died, aged 49.
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14. John Hitchcock, one of the ancient skippers of the Hudson, died, aged 68.
17. Thermometer at 97 .. .. Mrs. Naomi Radcliff died, aged 90.
18. Luke F. Newland died, aged 63. Few among us were better known or more highly respected. He was for more than a quarter of a century the life of the so- cial circle, and the favorite and friend of all who knew him. With fine literary taste he combined a profound appreciation of harmony. and contributed largely to the cultivation of the love of music which has so generally obtained in this city. He was a pattern husband and fa- ther, an unobtrusive Christian and a warm friend. He leaves behind him the odor of a good name, and all who knew him will ever cherish a grateful recollec- tion of his many virtues. Isaac Waterman died, aged 71.
20. Mrs. Rebecca Van Zandt died, aged 87. Mrs. El- linore, wife of William Williams, died, aged 64.
21. The last of the dwelling houses on the east side . of Montgomery street, forming the block between Steu- ben and Columbia streets, was demolished to make room for the Central rail road. This was once a row of very elegant residences, and the site of the Female Academy for several years.
22. Mrs. Rebecca Shaver died, aged 67. Richard Van- denburgh died, aged 63.
24. The famous old North River steamboat Commerce sank in the river opposite Harlem Flats.
28. A large reservoir in Lydius street, above Eagle, which had been built several years, caved in and present- ed a vast chasm. It was constructed of plank, and sup- plied from a spring. A great number of people were supplied by it, its vast capacity answering the severest tests by drouth. The pump which had been so long and . actively exercised was swallowed up with nearly a hun- dred cartloads of earth and stones, and still there was room for more ...... Margaret Cain died, aged 70. Pat- rick O'Reilly died, aged 31.
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30. The demolition of the Atheneum building in Broad- way was begun, with the intention of erecting a banking house for the Exchange Bank and Bank of the Union.
AUGUST.
3. Aaron S. Ward died, aged 30.
4. Anne Fitzsimmons died, aged 50. Catherine Dickie died, aged 84.
6. Elizabeth Hilton died, aged 70.
8. Anna, wife of Sidney W. Seelye, died, aged 28. Maria, wife of Philip Luke, died.
9. An alarm of fire at an early hour in the morning, was caused by the light of a fire in the direction of Troy. .Thomas Newborg, a German, aged 64, was found dead in a barn in rear of 349 Bowery.
11. An alarm of fire occasioned by the explosion of a lamp ...... John Dickson died, aged 40. Helen Feather- ley died, aged 35. John Hun Meads died, aged 20.
12. A fire in a basement near the upper end of Wash- ington street was extinguished without much damage.
13. A fire destroyed a stable in Washington street, in which a horse was burnt. There was a fire at the same time in Dallius street ...... Gilbert C. Angus died, aged 27. Mrs. Margaret Dunnigan died, aged 42.
15. A fire destroyed the cooperage of Charles Radcliff, which was the largest in the city, extending from the track of the Northern rail road to the canal above North Ferry street ...... Nathaniel Crocker, some years since a resident of Albany, died at Buffalo, aged 98.
19. A fire broke out on the corner of Pearl and Van Rensselaer streets, which was extinguished before it had done much damage. . .. Mrs. Alice McAlister died, aged 87.
22. John V. S. Visscher died, aged 57.
23. A great shower inundated the basements in many streets, turning the thoroughfares into foaming torrents, and carrying away all obstructions in its impetuosity. It . began about one o'clock. All the streets running east and west were soon filled to the top of the curbstones,
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and in many the sidewalks were covered with an angry flood, which pouring into basement windows and down the passages, caused great damage to household effects in particular, and soaking every thing in general. In State street the pavements were completely hidden, and large boulders and several of the foundation stones, to be used on the Geological Hall, were taken by the force of the water to the corner of Pearl street, and there de- posited. Dry goods boxes, fruit stands, and in one in- stance a horse and cart came down the street. At the corner of each intersecting street, huge piles of alluvial deposits were left as standing relics of the effects of the shower. On Howard street, below Lodge, nearly every basement was inundated. Furniture, stoves, &c., were completely ruined. So great was the current of water in this vicinity, that at the corner of Howard and Lodge, it passed through the first story or ground hall of several houses, and flooded all the yards and cellars in the rear on Beaver street. At the corner of Beaver and Daniels, the pavements were torn up, and carried to Pearl street, as was also several cylinder stoves, left standing in front of Treadwell, Perry & Norton's foundry. In Lydius street the damage was very great. The work of laying a new drain was under headway, and the street was excavated for a long distance. The flood poured into the opening with terrific force, washing away the earth and doing much damage. Many of the kitchens in this street were flooded. Near the dock were several large piles of sand which were swept entire into the river. On South Broadway, many cellars were flooded with several inches of water. The Marble Pillar was also nearly submerged in water. So sudden was the entrance of the water, that several present sprang into chairs to save themselves. The water came in with a rushing noise, as though some vast reservoir had suddenly been opened upon them. In all quarters of the city more or less damage was sus- tained by the overflow of drains and flooding of cellars. The storm, though extremely violent, did not last as long nor was the quantity of water that fell as large as on a [ Annals, vii.] 29
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certain Sunday in 1848, but it was sufficiently destructive enough to cause hope that another will not occur soon- if accompanied with the same consequences .- Express. . .. . . Eleanor Emma Jean, wife of Peter Smith died, aged 45.
28. A torch light procession was got up as an escort to the Yacht Club. ..... Harriet A. wife of Edward Burt, Jr., died, aged 28.
29. Charity, wife of Daniel Bedell, died, aged 58. Thomas Hewson died at Greenbush, aged 90. He resided in Albany upwards of eighty years, and had voted at every presidential election from Washington to Pierce. He witnessed the entrance of Burgoyne into Albany. At the time of his birth, 1766, the city of New York con- tained 20,000 inhabitants, and Schenectady was the only city between the Hudson river and the Pacific ocean. Mr Hewson was a master carpenter upwards of fifty years. He assisted in building the old State Hall in 1799, and the Capitol in 1806. During the war from 1812 to 1815, he held the office of assistant quarter master, and was stationed at Sacketts Harbor, where he remained till the declaration of peace.
SEPTEMBER.
2. Mrs. Margaret Buckbee, relict of Stephen Buckbee died, aged 29. Hebertie Lansing, widow of David Pruyn died, aged 83; a lady of exemplary piety and benevolence, who had done much towards establishing Sunday schools in the city at an early day.
3. Thomas Magee died, aged 41.
4. Charles O. Dobbs died, aged 24.
5. Rev. George T. Simmons, sometime pastor of the Unitarian church in this city, died at Concord, Mass., aged about 43.
6. The New World, the most successful and gigantic specimen of steamboat architecture in the world, made its first appearance at the landing. The New World was a creation of Isaac Newton, a native of Albany.
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8. Isaac Hutton died at Stuyvesant Landing, aged 88; formerly a silversmith at Albany.
9. A fire about three o'clock in the morning, destroy- ed four wooden buildings in Montgomery street.
12. Thomas Martin died, aged 49.
13. The coal dealers subscribed $200 for the relief of the sufferers by yellow fever at Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va ....... J. Stacey Phelon died, aged 29.
16. Edward C. McClintock died, aged 35.
17. Mary Mesick died, aged 24. Wm. W. Roser, a na- tive of Albany, died at New Orleans of yellow fever.
21. John Cottle Huston died, aged 27. Mary Deyo died, aged 27.
22. Cyrenus St. John died, aged 33. Olive Amelia Bolles, wife of Thomas Easterly died, aged 29.
23. Accident on State street bridge; one hundred per- sons were precipitated into the water by the falling of a portion of the side. They were witnessing the extin- guishment of a fire in a canal boat.
24. Mary Walsh, widow of Andrew H. De Witt, died.
28. Mrs. Catharine Schuyler died at Watervliet, aged 92.
29. Sillick Mead of Albany died in New York, aged 72.
OCTOBER.
1. Mr. Samuel Wilkeson became one of the editors of the Evening Journal, in the palce of Thurlow Weed, who retired.
2. Mrs. Catharine Burk, wife of James White died, aged 36.
3. George B. Riggs, formerly of Albany, and sometime captain of the steamboat Rip Van Winkle, died at Du- buque, Iowa.
5. John Moore died, aged 37.
7. The priests of the Roman Catholic diocese of Albany opened the first diocesan synod of the see of Albany, at the Cathedral, in the presence of several thousand spec- tators.
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8. Mary Ann, wife of G. A. Birch, died, aged 23.
12. Helen Pruyn, wife of S. G. Wood, died, aged 24.
13. Eliza M. Cook died at Poughkeepsie, eldest daugh- ter of the late John Cook of this city. She was buried from St. Paul's church on the 16th.
14. William Finehout died, aged 49. Garret Hayes died at Springfield, Illinois, aged 30, formerly of Albany.
16. A fire destroyed three wooden buildings on the pier, of small value and well insured.
17. Albert Hayden died, aged 62.
18. Mary Clemshire died, aged 69. Peter McQuade died, aged 77.
19. Catharine, wife of Cornelius Brady, died, aged 55.
21. Ann Crouch died, aged 62.
22. Eliza Chase died. William Bradford, formerly of Albany, died at Brooklyn, aged 62.
23 Benjamin Turner died, aged 45.
24. Seth Crapo, a merchant respected for his integrity and urbanity, died, aged 54. Frilla Pennet died, aged 63.
26. Mary, wife of Charles M. Gillespie, died, aged 20.
27. Christiana. wife of John Goldwait, died, aged 29.
28. Hugh Johnson died, aged 29.
30. Mrs. Margaret Kirkpatrick died, aged 62. She was a native of England, but had resided many years in Albany, where she was not less extensively known for her enter- prise and intelligence in business, which she conducted herself, prosperously, than respected for the charities and kindness daily and hourly extended to all who were des- titute and sick .- Journal. John Mangan died, aged 21. Margaret Bain, wife of Robert C. Campbell, died, in the 61st year of her age.
31. The hull of the steamboat Diamond, used as a coal barge, was run into and sunk at the foot of Hamilton street, with 200 tons of coal on board. John Moffat died, aged 65.
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NOVEMBER.
1. Elizabeth Smith died, aged 20.
2. Augustus F. Pond died, aged 24. Mary L. An- drews died, aged 73.
3. An alarm of fire from the burning of a cabinet shop in James street; loss $300. Another from a dwelling house in Ferry street; damage slight ...... Esther, wid- ow of the late Elisha Putnam died, aged 80. Mrs. Jo- hanne Dorr died.
5. Thomas G. Copeland died. '
6. Election day-the Know Nothings carrying nearly all their candidates into office. .. Michael Brennan shot at the polls in a riot ; aged 33.
8. Elizabeth Crounse died aged 24.
9. James Wilson died, aged 85. Wm. Van Rensselaer died, aged 62.
10. Rebecca Knower, daughter of the late Benjamin Knower, died in New York.
12. Geo. W. Scmarendyck died, aged 41.
13. The body of Owen McGraw was found in the river at the foot of Cherry street, supposed to have drowned himself.
14. Cornelia H., wife of Geo. Baker died, aged 20.
16. William Russell died, aged 83. Judith, wife of James Clinton, died, aged 55.
17. The wooden ware factory of Woolley & Harris, No. 120 Washington street, took fire in the evening and communicated to three dwellings adjoining, the upper stories of all of which were burnt, one man fatally in- jured, and several others wounded. . The first snow of the season fell in the city.
18. John Gardiner died, aged 33.
19. Dr. T. Romeyn Beck died, aged 64. An obituary notice will appear in the next volume of this work.
22. Anna Bellew died, aged 20.
23. Patrick Galvin died, aged 52.
24. The basement of the Third Presbyterian Church was entered at night, and the communion service broken
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so as to render it useless The city was visited by a gale, which did considerable damage to property of vari- ous kinds. It blew down an ancient elm which was planted in the Dutch church yard on Beaver street, but which, since the widening of the street, has stood, with its fellow, outside the fence. David Martin died, aged 70.
25. Matthew Clark died, aged 56.
29. Mary, wife of Hugh Tanney, died, aged 27.
30. The canal was found to have been effectually closed by the chills of the preceeding night; but not for the season.
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