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At a meeting of the merchants, Erastus Corning chair- man, it was resolved to close their stores and attend the funeral.
Feb. 20. Thomas Duncan died, aged 28. John H. Angus died, aged 50.
Feb. 23.
Stephen Thorn died, aged 48.
Feb. 28. Martha, widow of Dr. Abel Sherman, died, aged 65.
March 2. Maria Hoffman died, aged 34.
March 3. Dr. Jarvis Barney died, aged 33.
March 4. Mary, wife of Linus McCabe, died, aged 23.
March 5. Rosanna, widow of Sebastian Visscher, died, , aged 65. Alonzo L. Stewart, formerly of Albany, died at Kingston, Ulster county, aged 31.
March 6. Susan, wife of P. V. Shankland, died.
March 15. John Garnsey died, aged 41.
March 16. Timothy Pitkin, Jr .. sometime resident in this city, died at Columbus, Georgia, aged 25.
March 18. Maria, wife of Edward Dunn, died, aged 26. Elizabeth, wife of John Wright, died, aged 44.
March 19. The Utica arrived, first steam boat from New York.
The fifth ward burial ground having been advertised for sale, the board of common council ordered it to be discontinued, on the petition of David Pruyn and others.
March 22. A fire in Orange street destroyed several buildings. March 24. Sophia, wife of William McHarg, died, aged 48.
It was announced that the Presbyterian church in Montgomery street was to have the addition of a steeple, in which one of the famous Spanish bells was to be hung. These bells were brought over from Spain and sold in New York.
March 26. Rev. James Jope died, of the State street Methodist church.
March 28. Isabella, widow of John Shaw, died.
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March 29. Ann Eliza, wife of Henry Martin, late of Albany. died in Stanfortville, Connecticut.
March 31. A fire in Lawrence street destroyed a number of wooden buildings advertised to be sold by the canal commissioners.
April 2. Joanna, widow of John Hone, died, aged 73. Norman Seymour died, aged 22.
The common council passed a law for excavating the mound on the north side of Hamilton street, west of Eagle.
April 3. Alonzo Borne died, aged 49.
April 11. Lloyd Wm. Henry, died, aged 24.
Catharine, wife of Thomas Fish, died.
April 13. John Mansfield died.
Richard Tillman died, aged 88. Elizabeth M., wife of Anthony Blanchard, died.
April 14. Abram Burbank died, aged 60.
April 16. At a meeting of the common council, John Davis moved that the Lancaster school house be leased to the trustees of the Medical College for five years, rent free. He stated that application had been made to the legislature repeatedly for a charter, but that it had not been acted upon by that body, and it was proposed to commence a school without a charter; that the building was becoming dilapidated, and a nuisance; that the peti- tioners proposed to expend $5,000 in repairs upon it, and would surrender the premises in good condition at the end of the term. The motion was adopted unanimously. April 17. Lyman V. Moody died, aged 38. Mrs. Caroline Brown died, aged 34.
April 18. William Campbell died, aged 52. N. O. Covert died in Montreal. Thomas Rector was arraigned on charge of having murdered Robert Shepherd on the 11th March last.
April 20. Mrs. Hannah, mother of E. C. Delavan, died. John W. Merril died, aged 25. Robert P. Paine died at Pensacola.
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1838.
April 23. Walter R. Morris, an Albany merchant, died at Louisville, Ky., aged 36.
April 25. Ephraim Wilder, of the house of Wilder & Hastings, died, aged 53.
April 26. The bank of Albany recovered so far from the late panic as to begin paying out its own bills again. Its emission was from new plates.
April 29. Margaret, widow of William Foster, died, aged 56.
April 30. Benjamin Lattimore, a revolutionary soldier, died, aged 78.
May 1. The expenses of the city for the year past were $240,426.92.
May 2. The charter election terminated in the de- feat of the democrats, every ward giving whig majorities.
WHIG. DEMOCRAT.
First Ward.
Aldermen. G. V. S. Bleecker, ... 600
Chas. S. Olmsted, ... 591
Benjamin Thomas, 355
Assistants. William Barney, .... 584 Adam Todd, .. 387
Nathan Kingsley, ... 559 Burgess Wands, 367
Supervisor. C. W. Bender, ...
. 589 Edward Artcher,. 367
Assessor. David Bensen,. .... 588 George Warren, 367
Second Ward.
Aldermen. Ichabod L. Judson, .. 442
Josiah Winants, ..... 426
Timothy Seymour, . 390
Assistants. William Davis, ..... 438 John Kelso, 393
John F. Townsend, ..
431 Francis McGuigan, . . 393
Supervisor. Hazael Kane,. .
437 John I. Burton, . .. 392
436 Thomas Carson, .... 394
Assessor. Moses Tyler, .. Third Wara.
Aldermen. John W. Bay, . .. 339 John R. Bleecker, .... 148
John Davis, .
344 C. Y. Lansing, . . 152
Assistants. William Thorburn, .. 343 N. N. Quackenboss, ... 151
Arnold Nelson ......
338 Cornelius Ten Broeck, . 153
Supervisor. Friend Humphrey, .. 342. Seth Hastings, 152
Assessor. Elihu Russell, . .... 342
William Muir,. 152
Fourth Ward.
Aldermen. Henry A. Williams,. 554 James Maher,. 474
Seth Jarvis, .. . . . .
566 George Hanford, 491
John Sharts, 475
John Osborn, . 486
Peter P. Staats, . 502
William Whiting, .. 485
Assistants. Stephen T. Thorn, .. 576 Joel R. Dickerman, . 563
Supervisor. Chas. A. Keeler, .... 546
Assessor. A aron Hawley, ..... 564
John E. Lovett, . 365
Hiram Perry, 398
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Notes from the Newspapers. 1838.
Fifth Ward.
Aldermen. Thomas McElroy, ... 366
Charles Chapman, .. .. 313
Andrew Kirk, ...... 372 James McCabe,. 311
Assistants. Parker Sargent,. ..
375 Timothy Spears, ... .. 315
Zebina Belknap, ..
370 John Kenyon, 309
Supervisor. Giles Sanford, . 375 John Van Ness, Jr., ... 300
May 3. Anna M. Slingerland, wife of Robert S. Lay, formerly of this city, died at Chesterville, aged 22.
May 8. The Albany Daily Advertiser establishment passed into the hands of its former owners, E. W., & C. Skinner, and was edited by John B. Van Schaick.
May 8. Abram Koonz and others petitioned the com- mon council to have Hallenbake street paved from Hudson to Lydius, which was granted. Very few of the den- izens of that street at this day have an idea of its aspect twenty years ago. The first, house built upon it is be- lieved to have been that of Mr. Koonz, on the north-east corner of Grand and Hamilton. It stood alone like an outpost upon the western verge of the city.
May 14. Joseph Wilson, died, aged 73.
May 17. Douw Fonda, died, aged 74.
May 16. The following were elected professors of the Albany Medical College :
Dr. Alden March, prof. surgery.
Prof. E. Emmons, chemistry and natural history.
Dr. Jas. H. Armsby, anatomy and physiology.
Dr. Henry Green, obstetrics and diseases of women and children.
Dr. David McLachlan, materia medica and pharmacy. Dr. Thomas Hun, the institutes of medicine.
Amos Dean, Esq., medical jurisprudence.
David M. Reese, theory and practice of medicine. The fees for the course were $75.
May 23. Peter Allanson died, aged 65.
May 25. The coach factory of James Goold & Co., was destroyed by fire ; loss $45,000, insured $19,500. There were a considerable number of other buildings burnt also in the vicinity. The loss of Mr. Goold was felt to be a public calamity, and a number of wealthy
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citizens loaned him $20,000 five years without interest, to rebuild his establishment and commence anew.
May 29. Isabella, widow of Barent Van Loon, died.
The following were the first trustees of the Medical College :
Teunis Van Vechten, mayor of the city, James McKown, recorder of the city, Daniel D. Barnard,
William Seymour, -
Samuel Stevens,
Israel Williams,
John Taylor,
George Dexter,
Friend Humphrey,
Oliver Steele,
James Goold,
Robert H. Pruyn,
John I. Wendell,
John Groesbeck,
Andrew Kirk,
John Trotter,
Conrad A. Ten Eyck,
Charles D. Gould,
Ira Harris,
Arnold Nelson,
Bradford R. Wood,
Thomas McElroy,
John O. Cole,
P. S. Van Rensselaer.
John Davis,
June 4. The common council removed John O. Cole from the office of police magistrate, which he had held several years to the discomfiture of evil doers, and ap- pointed Hazael Kane in his place.
June 4. Erastus Corning was elected president of the Utica and Schenectady rail road.
June 8. Mrs. Susanna McKenna died, aged 80.
A purchase was made by the state of the house of Edwin Croswell, in Elk street, for the use of the gov- ernor, for which $19,000 was paid.
A warm June ; state of thermometer :
6 A.M.
3 P.M.
9 Р.м.
June 10 Sunday,
66 deg.
93 deg.
82 deg.
11 Monday,
75
94
79
12 Tuesday,
72
80
77
13 Wednesday,
74
79
81
14 Thursday,
68
86
78
15 Friday,
71
88
75
16 Saturday,
72
88
77
17 Sunday,
73
87
77
18 Monday,
67
82
71
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The average temperature of the first half of June for the past ten years was as follows :
1829-70.30 deg.
1834-64.38 deg.
1830
65.75
1835
70.63
1831
74.60
1836
66.77
1832
65.54
1837
69.50
1833
63.85
1838
71.11
June 21. A fire destroyed a carpenter's shop and several small buildings in Spring street.
June 25. Helen, wife of Gerrit Y. Lansing, died.
June 9. J. J. De Lissa, a teacher of languages, was drowned by falling from the Troy steam boat.
July 4. Oration by Thomas W. Harman ; reading Declaration by J. B. Van Schaick. The procession had the unusual attraction of the presence of the Philadelphia State Fencibles. Oration before Young Men's Associa- tion by Wm. H. Fondey ; reading Declaration by A. M. Strong.
The celebrated traveler, J. Silk Buckingham, at this time delivered a course of lectures in the Female Acad- emy on Egypt, &c.
July 1. Mrs. Ruth Crane died, aged 86. Dr. O. Crosby died.
July 2. Ellen E., wife of Rufus King, died, aged 26.
July 4. The Daily Patriot, an abolition paper, was begun by J. G. Wallace.
July 5. Susan, widow of H. Dyer, died, aged 28.
July 7. John McMillen died.
July 8. Lydia, wife of Simeon Fitch, died, aged 61. Margaret, wife of Peter Smith, died, aged 45.
July 9. Elizabeth, wife of James Winne, died.
July 10. Magdalene, wife of Seth Arnold, died, aged 46.
July 14. Leverett Cruttenden, died at Bridgeport, Conn., aged 67. He was long and favorably known as Mine Host of the Hill, or in other words, the landlord of the celebrated public house, afterwards known as Congress Hall, and subsequently as the keeper of the Eagle Tavern. The
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House of Lords, as his establishment was called from its superior character, was established in 1814, and conti- nued about sixteen years. It was the head quarters of the old judiciary, which was swept away by the Jacobin hurricane of 1821-1822, and also of that glorious galaxy of talent, genius and learning which, adorned the bar of New York at that day, and of the most distinguished members of the legislature. It was likewise the principal resort of distinguished gentlemen in other walks of life. Mr. Cruttenden was a man of reading, and of ready and brilliant humor, and from his talents and great popularity, was usually one of the after-dinner social circles, for many years-being not only witty himself, but the cause of wit in others. Here was held the original Kent Club, and the Spencerian judges met ; and where were found suclı men as Williams, Emmett, Storrs, J. R. Van Rens- selaer, Riggs, Harrison, Bunner, and a score of others. Mr. Cruttenden relinquished his calling about eighteen menths before his death, and retired to Bridgeport, where he had built a house, and hoped to pass the evening of his days. But the change of an active life for one of leisure wrought unfavorably upon his health. He la- bored much of the time under a religious melancholy, which was followed by a paralytic attack. He was a native of Guilford, Conn.
July 19. Mrs. Jane Hanah died, aged 92.
July 20. Maria, wife of Isaac W. Vosburgh, died, aged 32.
July 22. The Third Presbyterian church, in Mont- gomery street, was opened for worship, having been closed some time for repairs, during which a steeple had been erected, and a Spanish convent bell, recast by As- pinwall, hung in it, and it was lighted by chandeliers.
July 24. James O. Wendell died.
July 29. Margaret McChesney died, aged 36.
July 30. Two frame buildings in Second street, Arbor hill, were destroyed by fire ; one of them, the bakery of James Dey Ermand.
Beebe's carpentry shop, in Montgomery street, was burnt.
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July 30. David Orr died, aged 30.
Aug. 1. Dr. Lewis H. Gregory died. Robert McFarlan died.
Aug. 2. Alfred H. Collins, died aged 22.
Aug. 3. Isaac P. Cole, died aged 53.
Aug. 4. Sarah L., wife of Watts Sherman, died, aged 22.
Alida, wife of James Boyd, died, aged 76.
Aug. 5. Louisa B., wife of Eleazar Bliss, died, aged 42
Aug. 6. William Strain, died, aged 69.
Peter Drake died, aged 53.
Aug. 8. Mrs. Elizabeth Brown died, aged 50.
Aug. 10. Deborah Johnson died, aged 54.
Aug. 12. Sarah, wife of James Harrison, died, aged 26.
Aug. 15. Mary, wife of Thomas Morgan, died, aged 77.
A fire in Church street destroyed a part of Stark's tavern and a dwelling house.
Aug. 19. A fire in Van Schaick street burnt down several wooden tenements in that and Fox street, and a lad named Hagerman, perished in the flames.
Aug. 20. Margaret, widow of James Rodgers, died, aged .72.
Aug. 21. Mrs. Hannah Peck, died.
Mary D., wife of Jeremiah M. Ball, died, aged 35.
Aug. 23. Uri Scott died, aged 68.
A new bell was put in the tower of the North Dutch church, weighing 3,123 pounds, cast at the foundry of Aspinwall of this city.
Aug. 31. Notice was given that the Second Methodist Protestant church would open their meeting room over store No. 2 Green Street, on the next sabbath, seats free; that Rev. Thomas W. Pearson, recently of Hallenbake street church, had been duly appointed pastor of this church, and would officiate.
Sept. 5. Mrs. Ann Annesley died, aged 63.
Sept. 8. A fire destroyed the extensive stables on the southwest corner of Eagle and Hudson streets, occupied by S. W. St. John, and owned by Abel French; also 500
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cords of pine woods. The Troy and Greenbush fire en - gines came to assist in its extinguishment.
Sept. 15. Hiram Finch died, aged 35.
Sept. 17. The navigation committee reported to the common council that $96,090.55 had been expended in improving the basin, and that there were still 105,000 yards of excavation to be made, which would cost $36,250.
Sept. 19. Levi Bartlett died, aged 35.
Sept. 25. A public dinner was given to Harmanus Bleecker, on the occasion of his going abroad.
Oct. 4. Bayard G. Hand died at Savannah, Ga.
Oct. 14. The common council passed a law for the paving of Eagle street for the first time, between Hudson and Lydius.
Wm. Augustus Douglass died at St. Augus- tine, aged 23.
Oct. 15. Mrs. Jane Chapman died, aged 71.
Oct. 17. Nathaniel Judson died, aged 86.
Oct. 19. Daniel P. Marshall died, aged 48.
Oct. 20. Isaac M. Blake died, aged 27. Magdalen Fonda died, aged 41.
Oct. 22. James Frazer died, aged 21.
Oct. 29. Harriet, wife of Josiah Clark, died, aged 32.
Nov. 5. Mrs. Phoebe Hewlett died, aged 74. Capt. Orsemus Whipple died, aged 32.
Nov. 7. The fall election was closed, and the whigs were the winners. Daniel D. Barnard was elected to congress, and John Davis to the assembly. The vote for Gov. Marcy was 518 less than that of Mr. Seward.
Nov. 9. Franklin Hubbard died, aged 22.
Nov. 10. Margarey, wife of Joseph Briare, died aged 28.
Nov. 15. Abraham Oakey died, aged 38. Elisha Dorr was chosen treasurer of the county.
Nov. 20. John Carmichael died, aged 32,
Nov. 21. Elsie Van Rensselaer died, aged 79. James Hilton died, aged 49.
Nov. 7. Lavinia E., wife of A. J. Hill, and daughter [Annals, x.] 25
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of Willard Walker, died in England, and was buried in the graveyard of the First Presbyterian Church.
Nov. 27. Hector H. Crane, of the Eagle Tavern, died, aged 44.
Nov. 29. Lavinia Augusta Wilson died, aged 29.
Ellen W., wife of Sylvester T. Carr, died, aged 35.
Nov. 9. Elizabeth, widow of John Carson, formerly of Albany, died at Geneseo, aged 85. She was the mother of David and Thomas Carson, and a member of the First Presbyterian Church, as early as 1792.
Nov. 7. Mrs. Anne Grant, author of the American Lady, died at Edinburgh, aged 84.
Dec. 3. Elizabeth Brown died, aged 54.
Dec. 4, Catharine A., wife of Wm. Russell, died, aged 24.
Dec. 5. Joseph Clark, late of England, died, aged 70.
Dorephus Abbey, formerly a printer in this city, was executed at Kingston, Canada. He was second in com- mand of the Patriots at Prescott, and captured.
Dec. 12. Mary, wife of Hazael Kane, died, aged 35.
Christian, widow of John Humphrey, and mother of the above, died, aged 79.
The association of the Albany Exchange Bank was formed, with a capital of $100,000. John Q. Wilson was the first president, and Geo. W. Stanton vice-pres- ident.
Emily Ann, widow of Anthony I. Quackenboss, died in New York, aged 41.
Dec. 19. Mrs. Susan Kinnear died, aged 78.
Dec. 21. Agrippa Martin died, aged 72.
Dec. 23. Rachel Douw died, aged 64.
Dec. 25. Joseph Russell died, aged 62; president of the Canal Bank.
Dec. 27. Teunis Van Vechten was reelected mayor for the ensuing year.
Barnum Whipple, harbor master, reported that there had arrived at and departed from Albany, during the year 1838, the following vessels, (exclusive of canal boats.)
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1838.
Notes from the Newspapers.
226 sloops,. 11,445 tons.
123 schooners,
8,159
7 scows, . 360
14 steam boats, 4,853
15 steam tow boats, 1,618
2 brigs, 320
444 vessels. 36,721
Averaging the number of trips at 2 each, the whole number of trips will be 6,180.
1839.
Jan. 2. The Medical College was opened by a lecture from David M. Reese, M. D.
Jan. 3. Col. John B. Van Schaick, editor of the Al- bany Daily Advertiser, and a gentleman of distinguished literary reputation, died, aged 35.
A meeting of the common council was called to con- sider the propriety of granting the petition, asking the corporation to assume the entire expense of the con- struction of the Albany and West Stockbridge rail road. Jan. 6. William Ostrander died.
Jan. 7. Susan, wife of Samuel Stevens, died, aged 38.
The medical profession held a meeting, at which Dr. Jonathan Eights presided, and Dr. M. F. Cogswell was secretary, which passed a series of resolutions advocating the establishment of a hospital.
Jan. 10. John Van Ness Yates died, aged 60. He was the son of Chief Justice Yates, and came to this city at the age of 14, to study law in the office of John V. Henry.
Jan. 14. Adah, wife of Wm. Fitch, died, aged 26.
Jan. 19. Robert Bowie died, aged 60.
Jan. 21. Jared L. Rathbone was elected mayor in place of Teunis Van Vechten resigned.
Jan. 22. Cold day; thermometer 14 below 0.
Jan. 26. Gen. Stephen Van Rensselaer, the venerable patroon, died at the Manor House, aged 75. Respect ed for his services on the battle-field and in the counci
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1839.
chamber of the nation ; eminent for the virtues which adorned his public and his private life; beloved for the benevolence which made many partakers of the wealth bestowed upon him; after a long career of honor and usefulness, he sank calmly and contentedly to his final repose. An account of his life and services may be found in vol. III, p. 281.
Jan. 26. An express was started by Messrs. Baker & Walker, to carry the intelligence of the Patroon's death to New York. A Mr. Dimmick left Albany 14 minutes before 6 p. m. in a sulkey. At Redhook, he found a bridge gone, but mounted his horse and swam the stream drawing the sulkey after him. At Fishkill the ·obstruction was much more formidable. The bridge was gone, and the road for more than half a mile inundated. He again mounted his horse, who pushed gallantly into the flood and swam, with his rider and sulkey over a quarter of a mile, bringing both safely to the opposite shore. Notwithstanding these and other obstructions the express arrived at the Carlton House at 20 minutes past 8 o'clock in the morning, having rode over the dis- tance of about 150 miles in 14h. 31m. The record of such an enterprise enables us more fully to realize the advantages of the telegraph.
There was a great freshet at this time, and the river rose to an unusual height. A soup house was opened at the City Hall for the benefit of those who had been driven out of their homes.
Jan. 27. Loren Webster died at Toronto, Canada. Robert Swain, Jr., died in Texas, aged 24.
.Jan. 31. Mrs. Elizabeth Watters died, aged 64.
Adelia, wife of William Brown, died, aged 25. The number of paupers in the Almshouse, was 532. There was besides a soup house for the accommodation of the hungry, which was a much abused institution.
The profits of the Greenbush ferry for the year past, amounted to $1,081.92.
Feb. 1. Mrs. Mary McKay died, aged 62.
Feb. 5. Mrs. Rebecca McChesney died, aged 63.
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1839.
Feb. 6. The Rev. Edward Allen was installed pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian church.
Feb. 7. James Porter, register of the court of chan- cery, died, aged 52.
Feb. 9. Thomas Breeman died, aged 30.
Feb. 13. A fire destroyed the plaster factory of Thos. Carroll, in North Market street, and nearly destroyed the old Payn tavern ; loss about $3,000.
Feb. 14. Mrs. Ann McConnell died, aged 70.
Feb. 15. Gertrude, widow of Richard S. Treat, and daughter of the late Dr. Stringer, died.
John Tayler Cooper was appointed Major-General of the Ist Division of New York State Cavalry, in place of Stephen Van Rensselaer, deceased.
A fire destroyed the stable of Gregory & Nelson, corner of Quay and Orange streets.
Feb. 19. Simeon P. Haskell died, aged 57.
Feb. 20. Joseph Barrett died, aged 21.
Feb. 21. Parmenas Jones died, aged 87.
Harriet, wife of Gerrit Lansing, Jr., died, aged 57.
Feb. 22. James Boyd died, aged 77.
Feb. 25. Edwin A. Seymour died in New York, aged 34.
Feb. 26. Eliza, wife of Henry Morse, died.
The chamberlain reported the receipts of his office for the month of February $32,205.56 ; expenses, $17,715.54. That the cost of the new steam boat for the Greenbush ferry was $8,688.25. A resolution passed the board to allow the Mohawk and Hudson rail road to be extended from Gansevoort street north, to Ferry street.
March 1. Susan, wife of Isaac La Grange, died, aged 31.
Mary, wife of Matthew Howard, died, aged 51.
March 2. The Museum Building took fire, and greatly damaged that establishment and the stores beneath.
March 4. Irene, wife of John Rockenstyne, died, aged 39.
Books were opened at the City Hotel for subscriptions to the increased stock of the Exchange Bank.
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Notes from the Newspapers. 1839.
March 9. Peter Van, Wie died, aged 66.
March 11. Mary Augusta, wife of Oliver Steele, died, aged 37.
March 13. A fire destroyed a part of Many's furnace, in Beaver street.
March 14. John C. Shifter died, aged 36.
March 16. H. W. Preston announced that in conse- quence of the sudden and unexpected transfer of the Theatre to the vestry of St. Paul's Church, which pre- vented the fulfillment of many prominent engagements, he proposed to erect a new theatre.
March 21. The carpenter's shop of Ruel Clapp, corner of Franklin and Bass streets, was burnt.
March 23. Martha, wife of Denison Worthington, died.
March 25. The river was open, and the steam boat Swallow arrived.
March, Gen. Solomon Van Rensselaer was removed from the post office, where he had officiated seventeen years. His successor was Azariah C. Flagg.
April 2. The stable belonging to Hatch's tavern, corner of North Market and Orange streets, was burnt, with the entire contents including seven horses.
April 4. Hiram Traver died, aged 28.
Noadiah Johnson, a senator, from Delaware county, died.
April 9. The Centre Market building took fire, and was much damaged.
April 12. Jacob Hiney died, aged 66.
April 15. Mary Ann, wife of Richard Bedell, died.
April 16. Laura Ann, wife of Hiram Perry, died, aged 29.
April 20. A fire broke out in the stable of the Pearl Street House, which produced the greatest conflagration that had occurred in this city for a great many years. It burnt down almost the whole square formed by Pearl, Lydius, Rose and Hamilton streets ; and the sparks from it set fire to an out building in Herkimer street, which extended to and destroyed the Methodist Church, in that street, and several other buildings. The loss was over $100,000.
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April 18. The journeymen masons held a meeting, and resolved to require $2 a day for their labor.
April 22. The chamberlain reported the city finances for the last four years as follows :
1836
1837
1838
1839
Expenses,
179,172.11
241,681.65
190,658.85
161,128.92
Taxes, .
40,525.54
48,845.14
47,622.57
56,309'06
Poor tax, .
10,000.00
17,000.00
25.009.00
24,000.00
50,525.54
65,845 .14
72,622.57
80,309.06
April 23. Nancy, widow of Peter Bain died at Galway. Mrs. Wilhelmina Van Schaick died.
The number of paupers in the Almhouse had steadily increased from 257 in Aug., 1835, to 639 in Feb., 1838; the number was 527 in April, 1839.
April 27. Mary Margaret, widow of Capt. Isaac Sea- man, died at Schenectady, aged 82.
April 28. A fire in High street, destroyed· several ten- ements.
April 29. Martha, wife of Edward C. Dennison, died, aged 47.
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