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Dec. 29. Elizabeth, wife of Eldart J. Visscher, died, aged 26.
Isabella, widow of Charles McPherson, died in New York, aged 86.
Dec. 31. Rev. Frederick George Mayer, pastor of the Lutheran church, died. He had officiated 37 years.
1843.
Jan. 2. Thermometer 10 deg. below zero. The governor's message was expressed to New York by horse power in 10h. 25m.
Jan. 4. Thermometer 13. deg. below zero.
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Jan. 4. Dr. John Scudder, the oculist, died.
Jan. 6. Sarah Fergeson died.
Jan. 16. Nathaniel M. Hazard died at Yorkville, aged 36.
Jan. 18. Martin Spencer died, aged 42.
Jan. 20. David Pruyn died, aged 72.
Wm. Henry Dickenson died, aged 44.
Jan. 21. The steamboat Oliver Elsworth, left her dock here, and in the language of the Evening Journal, " found a passage through the dammed ice at Barren Island." [For Barren read Beeren, which is good Dutch.]
The winter route to New York was by the Housatonic rail road.
Feb. 1. Redmond Hastings died at New Orleans of yellow fever, aged 26.
Feb. 2. Isaac Denniston, Jr., died.
Feb. 5. Esther, widow of Peter Rosekrans, died, aged 74.
Feb. 6. Austin Rising died, aged 29.
Feb. 10. Susan A., wife of R. D. Granger, died, aged 24. William W. Crannell died, aged 32. Aaron Springsted died, aged 39.
· Feb. 15. Maria, wife of B. Bicknell, died, aged 41.
Feb. 17. Thermometer 15 deg. below zero.
Feb. 19. Elizabeth G., wife of Dr. L. Moore, and daughter of the late Horace Allen, died at Ballston, aged 34.
Mrs. Nancy Stevenson died, aged 59. Feb. 22. James Van Ingen died, aged 76.
Feb. 23. George Vance, Jr., one of the publishers of the Albany Atlas, died.
A meeting was held at the Capitol for the purpose of organizing an Emigrant Society, Garret L. Dox, chair- man; John Tracey, secretary. The following officers were elected :
Bradford R. Wood, president.
Teunis Van Vechten, John Q. Wilson, James Mc- Naughton, and Thomas Gough, vice-presidents.
Anthony Gould, treasurer.
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Arthur C. Southwick, secretary.
Wm. Cassidy, corresponding secretary.
And a board of 25 directors.
Feb. 24. Rosina M., wife of Andrew Colvin, died. Feb. 27. Michael Brossett died, aged 68.
March 2. Robert Hunter died, aged 50. He was born in Londonderry, N. H., in 1793; removed to Pal- myra in 1809, from which time till his death, he was engaged in the business of transportation. Until the completion of the canal he owned several of those cum- brous vehicles known as Pennsylvania six-horse wagons, one of which he drove himself for fifteen years. On the completion of the canal, he invested the whole of his earnings in the Pilot Line of canal boats, which by the mismanagement or dishonesty of agents in New York, brought ruin upon the association. Mr. Hunter soon found means to enable him to enter the Merchants' Line, in 1829, after which time his business relations expanded until he became prosperously concerned in the com- merce of the Hudson river and the lakes, as well as the canal. He was at the time of his death president of the Canal Bank, and was the third president of that institu- tion that had died within four years.
March 3. Joseph Dennison died. He was a native of Stonington, Ct., and came to this city in 1809, since which he had sustained the character of an intelligent merchant, a useful citizen and an honest man.
March 5. Harriet M., wife of Albert Conkling, and daughter of Erastus Hills, died, aged 22.
Harriet, wife of Stephen Van Schaick, died, aged 48.
March 6. The common council passed a law regu- lating the duties of the chief engineer of the fire depart- ment, and fixing his salary at $600.
March 7. Amelia Gibbons, wife of Joab Stafford, died at Utica.
March 10. Richard Walker died, aged 53.
March 13. Magdalena, widow of Theodorus Van Wyck Graham, died, aged 77.
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March 13. Isabella, widow of Finlay Stewart, died, aged 85.
March 14. Mary, wife of Col. John Taylor, died.
March. 16. Nathaniel Smith, a soldier of the revolu- tion, died, aged 82.
Mrs. Martha Hoffman died, aged 68; mother of Lewis G. Hoffman.
March 17. Otis Bishop died, aged 47.
A snow storm blocked up all the avenues to the city, and the country for a great distance around lay under three or four feet of snow.
Mrs. Cornelia Williamson died, aged 50.
March 20. Mrs. Jane Nugent died, aged 67.
March 22. John Weaver died, aged 69.
March 25. Harriet, wife of Dr. Isaiah Breakey, died, aged 47.
March 26. A fire at the corner of Green and Beaver streets, formerly Dunn's Hotel, burnt out several trades- men; a Mrs. Coughtry was so severely burnt that she died; Fisher lost his eyesight and was disfigured for life; and Charles Pohlman, the chief-engineer, had both legs broken. Mrs. Coughtry kept a millinery store and board- ing house, and thinking one of her children had been left in the house, could not be prevented from going in.
The extraordinary snow storms of the last week ob- structed the railroads and shut up travelers in their hotels. It was estimated that 10 ft. 9 in. of snow had fallen during the winter.
March 30. William McCulloch died, aged 62.
April 2. Mary, widow of Leonard Gansevoort, died, aged 82.
William Proctor died, aged 42.
Solomon Van Rensselaer was removed from the post office, and was succeeded by James D. Wasson.
April 3. John Mabon died, aged 52.
April 5. Mark Little died, aged 33.
Adonijah Moody died, aged 72.
April 6. Daniel D. Stone died, aged 33.
Mary, wife of James Gibson, died, aged 71.
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April 9. Alice Cagger died, aged 31.
April 11. The charter election resulted in the defeat of the democrats, who had carried the city two years in succession. The vote for mayor was as follows :
Friend Humphrey, 3,199
Peter Gansevoort,. 2,994
The vote for aldermen was as follows:
WHIGS.
1st Ward .- Styles Mix,. 212
Richard Bortle, .. . . . 204
2d Ward. - Peter Van Buren, .... 237 W. W. Forsyth, .. 289 Wm. W. Monteath, ... 295
W. W. Frothingham, 241
3d Ward .- G. V. S. Bleecker, . . . 445
Chas. De Forest, .... 434
4th Ward .-- Wm. Adams, .. ...
D. Worthington, . ..
484 483
5th Ward .- Visscher Ten Eyck, . 357
Andrew White, . .. 344
6th Ward .- Wm. McElroy, . 305
E. M. Teall, 302
7th Ward .- Rensselaer West, 280
Robert McCollom, . .
257
John Bucklin,. 255 John McKnight, . 304
Jacob Downing,. 288
Bradford R. Wood, . 254
Robert E. Temple, .... 247
Anthony Gould, ... .. 209
Henry H. Van Dyck,. 203
April 12. Anna, widow of Rev. John De Witt, died, aged 46.
April 13. The river was open, and the steam boat Utica arrived.
Mary A., wife of Priestly Young, died.
April 15. Thomas Bayeux was appointed justice of the Justices' court in place of Gerrit L. Dox.
April 16. Robert Talbot died. aged 35.
Martha, widow of Gilbert R. Livingston, and sister of James Kane, died in New York, aged 88. Mr. Kane was now the sole survivor of his family.
April 18. The new board of common council made the following appointments :
M. Hendrickson, .. 484
John M. Hughes, 484 Henry H. Martin, . ..
278 George Warren, 331
G. Y. Lansing,. 291
Joel Rathbone, . . 292
D. V. N. Radcliff, . 218
Nathan T. Higbie, 217
James Maher, 247
8th Ward .- Wm. B. Scott, 237
Wm. Jones, . 231
9th Ward .- J. S. Van Rensselaer, 450 Ichabod L. Judson, .. 454
10th Ward .- Joshua I. Jones, .... 354 Thomas Kirkpatrick, 345
DEMOCRATS.
Wm. Chambers,. 296
Peter Carmichael, . ... 303
1843.
Notes from the Newspapers. 341
S. H. H. Parsons, clerk.
H. H. Hickcox, deputy chamberlain.
Horace B. Webster, attorney.
Wm. McC. Cushman, surveyor. Isaac M. Comstock, police justice.
John Morgan, almshouse superintendent.
April 19. Abigail, wife of John Boardman, died, aged 70.
April 20. William Nessle resigned the office of cham- berlain, and C. W. Bender was appointed.
April 25. James I. Wynkoop died. aged 52.
April 27. Rachel, wife of Robert Elliott, died.
April 30. Elisha Dorr died, aged 80. He was a na- tive of Lyme, Ct., and a volunteer in the revolution under Capt. Winslow, who was stationed on Long Is- land. At the close of the war he left home on foot, and came to this city, where he was successful in business, and by his intelligence and enterprise, contributed large- ly to the prosperity of the city during the sixty years he continued here.
May 6. Cornelia A. Winne died.
Margaret, wife of Henry T. Mesick, died, aged 43.
May 10. Thomas P. Jones died, aged 32.
May 14. Mrs. Jane Brewster died, aged 71.
Comparison of the city finances for two years :
Receipts to May 1, 1842,.
. $197,639.16
Expenditures, 193,877.50
Receipts to May 1, 1843,. 273,128.72
Expenditures, . 271,252.88
May 22. Roger Magennis died, aged 34.
May 29. Joseph A. Rust died, aged 65 ; formerly of Chester, Mass.
May 30. Philemon Van Cott died at Norwich, Ct., aged 46 ; formerly captain of the New York State Ar- tillery Company.
At a meeting of the friends of the Bethel at Stanwix Hall, the following were elected officers for the ensuing year :
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Wm. A. Tweed Dale, president.
Wm. N. Strong, vice-president.
P. Trainor, secretary.
Galen Batchelor, treasurer.
John Miles was elected chaplain, and Abraham Covert, general agent.
June 1. Elsie Lush died.
June 2. Juliaette, wife of Chauncey P. Kellogg, died, aged 29.
June 3. Ann C., wife of Daniel S. Flagg, died, aged 32.
The Manor House of the late Stephen Van Rensselaer, which had been under extensive repairs since his death, was now remodeled and rejuvenated, and the Young Patroon took possession of it.
June 4. George T. Bennett died.
June 6. David P. Winne died, aged 66.
John S. Van Rensselaer made a report to the common council on the Soup house, by which it appeared that there was a difference of $1,800 in its expenses over those of 1838, and that gross frauds had been committed.
June 18. Aaron Brown died, aged 69.
June 19. Jonathan Shaw died, aged 60.
June 21. Laban W. Keith died, aged 23.
Catelina, widow of Peter Brooks, died, aged 62
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Christiana, wife of Wm. Rankin, died, aged 32
A meeting was held at the Capitol ; Dr. B. P. Staats, president, to discuss the topic of Irish repeal, which agitated Great Britain.
Seth Hastings, formerly a merchant here, was ap- pointed post master at Brainerd's Bridge.
June 22. Hannah, wife of John Thomas, died, aged 42.
June 23. Sarah, widow of George Webster, died.
June 29. Elizabeth Sugden died, aged 62.
Mrs. Anna Cureton died, aged 73.
June 30. Philip Nash died, aged 45.
July 2. Hannah Nelligar died, aged 72.
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July 4. General celebration, oration by Willis Hall; reading Declaration, by Edward S. Willett. Young Men's celebration, oration by Isaac Vanderpoel; reading Declaration, by Addison Low.
John V. L. Pruyn was elected secretary and treasurer of the Utica and Schenectady rail road company in place of Gideon Hawley, resigned.
July 6. Lewis Lewis died, aged 66.
July 8. Daniel Pohlman died, aged 75.
July 10. William Richards died, aged 44.
July 12. John Keyes Paige was elected president of the Canal Bank.
July 13. William D. Johnson died, aged 26.
July 17. John Gill died at Philadelphia, aged 66.
July 23. Phebe Ann, wife of Jubal T. Russell, died.
July 24. Mary, widow of Stephen Ball, died, aged 81; formerly of Ballston.
Aug. 2. John Quincy Adams arrived in the city and was received with great enthusiasm.
Aug. 7. It appeared by a debate in common council that the expenses of removing snow from the streets during the past winter was $1,245.72; of which sum $882 was expended during the first ten days of April.
Aug. 8. Emily Townsend died, aged 25.
Jesse Peters died, aged 23.
Charles C. Many died at Philadelphia, aged 35.
Aug. 9. Mrs. Nancy Bloomingdal died, aged 70.
Aug. 11. Mary, widow of Thomas Dowling, died, aged 61.
Aug. 12. John C. Yates died, aged 29; son of the late John Van Ness Yates.
Aug. 18. The Knickerbocker, steam boat, arrived from New York in 7h. 33m. running time; her first trip.
Aug. 19. Wilmarth Southwick died, aged 65; brother of Solomon Southwick.
Aug. 22. Julia A., wife of Stephen McKissick, died, aged 31.
Cornelius Vanderbelt, of the firm of Robinson & Vanderbelt, died, aged 53.
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Aug. 23. Thomas Tilt died, aged 38.
Aug. 23. Mary M., wife of Daniel Berthelon, died, aged 45.
Aug. 27. Anna, daughter of Nathaniel Miller, died, aged 24.
Sophia Matilda, daughter of Wm. Gladding, died, aged 18.
Caroline, wife of Lansing Van Zandt, died, aged 23.
The friends of the late Cicero Loveridge erected a monument to his memory in the Reformed Dutch Church burial ground.
The common council abolished the sale of meat in wagons in State street, and directed that such vehicles should stand in Howard street or the vicinity of the markets.
Sept. 2. George M. Stevens died, aged 52.
Sept. 4. The Daily Knickerbocker was begun by Hugh J. Hastings.
Sept. 5. George W. Merchant died, aged 53.
Sept. 6. Elias Mather died, aged 67.
Sept. 19. Mrs. Grizel McHarg died, aged 96.
Sept. 20. Gen. James McCabe died, aged 53.
Sept. 24. Rev. Henry N. Pohlman was installed pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Ebenezer church, corner of Lodge and Pine streets.
Sept. 25. John R. Martin died, aged 32.
Oct. 3. James Vanderpoel died, aged 57 ; for many years one of the circuit judges of this state.
Oct. 6. Nancy, widow of John Lovett, died.
Oct. 13. The Rev. Samuel Fisher, of West Bloomfield, N. J., was installed pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian church.
Oct. 16. The common council appropriated $150 for a steering wheel ornamented in a peculiar manner, for the new government frigate which had been named Albany in honor of this city.
Oct. 16. Isaac Burton died, aged 67.
Oct. 17. Ann, wife of Spelman Hickcox, died, aged 48.
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Oct. 20. Teunis Brinckerhoff, of the firm of J. & T. Brinckerhoff, died, aged 37.
Oct. 22. A snow storm commenced in the evening, leaving a coat of about one inch in thickness.
Oct. 23. Sarah, wife of Zebulon Utter, died, aged 80.
Oct. 27. Mrs. Elizabeth Nutt died, aged 97 ; the . heroine of the Pye tavern robbery, on the Troy road.
The Unitarian society held their meetings in Blunt's Building, corner of State and South Pearl streets, but had no settled pastor.
Nov. 1. Mary, wife of Jeremiah J. Austin, died, aged 22.
Nov. 7. Election; whigs triumphant. Samuel Stevens was elected to the assembly, and Christopher Batterman sheriff.
Nov. 14. Joshua Tuffs, an extensive merchant, died, aged 59.
Nov. 16. James McClure, of the firm of J. & A. Mc- Clure, died, aged 45. Mr. McClure was sometime alder- man of the tenth ward, and found time, while prosecuting an active business, to assist in the furthering of import- ant civil and benevolent enterprises. Long before the organization of the present gas company, he made an effort to engage the attention of capitalists in that direc- tion, and made experiments to illustrate the advantages and the feasibility of the project, but without success. He was one of the founders of the Second Presbyterian sabbath school.
Nov. 17. Abel French died, aged 78. He was eight years a resident of Oneida county, and followed the pro- fession of a land surveyor, and during the whole time was a representative in the state legislature. He had been a citizen of Albany nearly sixty years, and re- presented this county in the legislature for several years. He was an active participant in all the enterprises which attended the progress of the city, and contributed to its prosperity. He was a man of great force of character, sagacious, energetic and independent, and accumulated a considerable fortune.
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Nov. 17. Uriah Hughes died, aged 63.
Nov. 21. Lemuel L. Steele died, aged 40.
Nov. 21. Myndersen Van Zandt died, aged 30.
Nov. 24. John G. Wasson died, aged 67.
Nov. 26. James W. Robinson died at Worcester, Ot- sego county.
Nov. 27. The common council sanctioned the contract executed by the mayor 26th September, with the Mo- hawk and Hudson rail road company, by which a loan of $125,000 was made to them for 20 years at 5 per cent, at which rate it could be borrowed by the city. A sum not exceeding $60,000 was to be expended by the city for the track and depot, and leased to the company for 20 years at a nominal rent ; at the expiration of that time the company was to pay for the track and depot the amount of its cost, or an annual rent equivalent to 5 per cent, on such amount. The company to proceed immediately to construct a new branch on the route of the Patroon's creek to the Boston rail road ferry.
Nov. 30. Joseph G. Jenkins, late commander of the steam boat Albany, died at Hudson, aged 49.
Daniel C. Gager died, aged 46.
Nov. 31. Adam P. Bradt died, aged 56.
Dec. 2. Jane Reynolds died, aged 22.
Dec. 5. The river was so nearly closed that the night boat did not venture above Hudson. The press relied upon the Harlem rail road for early news.
Dec. 6. Edward Brown died, aged 28.
Dec. 8. Horace B. Webster, city attorney, died, aged 31.
Dec. 9. Atwood Steele died, aged 25. Wm. Darke died, aged 39.
Dec. 10. James Waide died, aged 75.
Dec. 11. Abraham Van Vechten was elected city at- torney in place of Horace B. Webster, deceased.
Dec. 14. John H. Dwyer, a noted elocutionist, and personator of Falstaff, died, aged 60.
Dec. 15. Sylvanus Jocelyn died, aged 53.
Dec. 16. Clarissa Ann, widow of Daniel S. Kittle, died, aged 43.
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Dec. 25. The South Baptist Society dedicated their new church edifice in South Pearl street at the head of Herkimer.
Dec. 26. Edward Jordan died, aged 48.
Dec. 28. Lydia, wife of Abraham Grovestein, died, aged 50.
1844.
Jan. 1. Jane Shepherd, wife of G. V. S. Bleecker, died, aged 43.
Jan. 2. Otis Dimmick, who had made two remarkable express trips to New York, already noticed, carried the governor's message to Troy on horseback, in 24 minutes. Jan. 8. Nicholas Bleecker died, aged 86.
Charles E. Jenkins, Matthew Trotter and Lafayette D. Holstein were admitted to practice as attorneys in the supreme court.
Jan. 17. Mrs. Urania Smith died, aged 69.
Jan. 22. Anthony Rhoades Armington died, aged 37.
Jan. 23. Mrs. Elizabeth Malcom died, aged 40.
Jan. 24. Mrs. Hannah, widow of Wilmarth Southwick, died, aged 75.
Elizabeth, wife of Francis Tows, died, aged 60.
Jan. 28. Thermometer 14 deg. below zero. The past week had been remarkably cold.
Jan. 30. Roswell Bellows died, aged 66.
Feb. 1. Henry L. Webb announced that he had sold his stock in trade to Gregory & Co., the successors of Gregory & Bain in the crockery business. The house of Webb & Dummer was established in 1807; the firm name was afterwards J. H. & H. L. Webb, H. & C. Webb, and Webb & Douglas, and finally Henry L. Webb, and was now discontinued after a period of 37 years. It was the first house in this branch of business that extended a credit to the merchants of the Northwest territory, then almost a wilderness, often astonishing the burgers of Albany by a display of packages marked Fort Winnebago, Green Bay, Chicago, Saut Ste. Marie, Pontiac, Detroit,
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&c., places having a very uncertain whereabouts in the far west, absolutely beyond the reach of civilization. Michigan, until the establishment of their branch in De- troit in 1834, drew her supplies almost exclusively from them.
Feb. 1. Wm, W. Dougherty died in New York, aged 60.
Feb. 4. Mrs. Mary Mills died, aged 56.
Feb. 6. Charles Smyth died, aged 60. He was one of the pioneers of those extensive transportation enterprises to the far west which have enriched so many others, and was the first agent of the tow boats on the Hudson river.
Feb. 9. Catharine, widow of Rufus L. Slawson, died.
Feb. 10. Spencer Stafford died, aged 72.
Feb. 14. Benjamin Austin, a soldier of the revolution, died, aged 87.
Feb. 15. William R. Hills died, aged 50.
Feb. 19. Nancy, wife of Samuel Boyd, died, aged 60.
Feb. 23. Hannah Spencer died, aged 73.
Feb. 25. John McDowall died, aged 69.
Salem Dutcher died in New York, aged 41 ; formerly of the firm of Dutcher & Harris, of this city.
Feb. 26. John Goodrich died, aged 70.
Feb. 28. Hagar, wife of David Van Vrankin, died, aged 53.
Feb. 29. Sally, widow of Major Brown, died, aged 59.
March 1. Sybrant Kittle died, aged 68.
March 2. Ellen, wife of James Boyd, died, aged 31.
March 3. Lawrence Paddock died, aged 47.
March 5. Smith Cogswell died, aged 73.
March 8. Mary S., wife of Luther Tucker, died. Charles Anderson died, aged 37.
March 10. Col. Robert Elliott, for nearly a quarter of a century assistant postmaster, died.
March 11. John V. Henry died at Jackson, Michigan. He was a son of the late John V. Henry, of this city, had been postmaster at Ann Arbor, and a judge of the county court.
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March 14. Mary Anderson died, aged 27.
The ice broke up, and as usual, cut off all communi- cation with the rail road terminus, on the opposite side. March 15. John Van Vorst died, aged 60.
March 18. David Wooster died, aged 53.
March 21. Ephraim L. Van Buren died, aged 37.
March 22. Wm. H. Pitkin died, aged 33. He was a native of Connecticut, and a son of Hon. Timothy Pitkin.
Mar. 24. Dorothy wife of John M. Hughes died, aged 48. March 25. John Carson died, aged 37.
March 29. Abraham S. Groat died, aged 61.
The Third Presbyterian Society sold their church edifice in Montgomery street, and purchased the site corner of Patroon and Chapel streets, on Clinton square.
March 30. Although the river had been open a few days, there came on a snow storm which, with the severity of the weather, prevented the arrival of boats for several days.
April 1. The common council took measures favor- able to the project of the establishment here of the State Normal School.
April 2. Alexander Guthrie died, aged 25.
April 7. Susan Knapp died, aged 73.
April 9. Magdalene, widow of Benj. Van Wie, died, aged 67.
Charter election: Whig mayor elected.
Friend Humphrey,. 3,268
George W. Stanton,
2,638-630 maj.
WHIGS. Aldermen. DEMOCRATS.
1st Ward-Samuel Watson, . 197
Wm Mink, .. 188
2d Ward .- Stephen Groesbeeck, ... 264 · Peter Carmichael, .. 257
A. D. L. Whipple, . ...
253 P. Van Benthuysen,. 286 3d Ward .- G. V. S. Bleecker, .. 544 ... J. E. Hermans, .... 348 Robert Freeman, 517 M. Hendrickson, ... 357 Ath Ward .-- Wm. Adams, .. 434
D. Worthington, 476
5th Ward .- Thos. Mc Mullen, 296
George Dexter, . 300
6th Ward .- Wm. McElroy, 287
E. M. Teall,. 278
Wm. Chambers, .... 278
H. R. Phelps, ..... . 276
Wm. Smith, . 360 322 J. W. Harcourt,. ...
B. P. Staats .. 202
Thomas Gough, ... 198
Robert Whitlock, ... 173
F. H. Hastings, .... 1S0
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Notes from the Newspapers. 1844.
WHIGS.
7th Ward .- Rensselaer West, .. . 244 John Van Ness, Jr., 230
Robert McCollom, 232
8th Ward .- Josiah Winants, 178
Wm. Jones, 214
9th Ward .- Alfred B. Street, Chr. Adams, 392
10th Ward .- Michael Artcher, 336
437
Timothy Spears, .. . 282
John McKnight,. 283
D. D. Ramsey,. 249
Eli Perry, . 402
Watts Sherman,. . . 332
John K. Paige, . .... 233
Philander Coley, .. .. 341 H. H. Van Dyck, .. 220
There was also a Native American ticket in the 7th ward of from 50 to 67 votes, and what was termed a Bolter's ticket in the 8th ward, of from 72 to 125 votes.
Bills passed the legislature about this time, incorporat- ing the Albany Medical College, the Albany Penitenti- ary, and the Albany Hydrant company.
April 11. Rebecca, wife of John G. Whitney, died, aged 27.
April 14. Mary, widow of A. Richardson, died, aged 67.
April 16. The new board of common council elected its officers, when the following were reelected : S. H. H. Parsons, clerk of the board ; H. H. Hickcox, deputy chamberlain; Abraham Van Vechten, city attorney.
At a meeting of the common council, it was announced that a contract had been made with Kirkpatrick and La Grange, to supply the Almshouse with meat at 22 cts. a pound.
April 25. Anne, wife of Joshua I. Jones, died, aged 36. Nancy, widow of Cornelius Van Wie, died, aged 77.
Hugh Humphrey, who had been superintendent of the Water Works company more than twenty-six years, re- signed the office.
April 30. Angeline T., wife of H. W. Allen, died, aged 25.
The old Montgomery Hall was demolished ; also the old hotel at the corner of Broadway and Steuben street was razed to make way for the Delavan House.
The chamberlain reported the receipts of the past year to have been $322,809-65; expenditures, $303,344.98.
May 6. Cynthia, wife of Benj. Deuel, died.
May 7. Adam Helmer died, aged 72.
May 8. Christiana, wife of N. B. Shaw, died, aged 28.
Edmund Knower died in New York, aged 37.
DEMOCRATS.
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Notes from the Newspapers.
May 11. Elizabeth, wife of James Selkirk, died, aged 79.
May 12. Dr. Henry Greene dicd, aged 54.
May 15. Dr. Abraham G. Lansing died.
May 18. Eliza Hoffman died, aged 50.
May 22. Andrew McMullen died in New York, aged 69. May 24. Mrs. Anna Cook died, aged 71.
May 29. Funeral honors were paid to the memory of Col. John Mills, who fell in battle at Sackett's Harbor, 29th May, 1813. His remains had been removed to this city, and reinterred in the Capitol Park. A eulogy was delivered on the occasion by Robert E. Temple, Esq.
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