Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 130

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PHYTHIAN, Robert L .:

Commodore, U. S. Navy; born N. Y. ; appointed from N. Y., Jan. 28, 1852; Naval Academy, 1852-56 ; attached to frig- ate St. Lawrence, Brazil Squadron, 1857- 59. Promoted to master, 1859; sloor Jamestown, 1861. Commissioned as lieu- tenant, 1861; Naval Academy, 1862-63; commissioned as lieutenant-commander July 16, 1862 ; ironclad Lehigh, South At iantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-65 ; iron- clad New Ironsides, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1865-66; Naval Academy, 1866-69. Commissioned as com- mander, July 13, 1870 ; chief-of-staff, _ a- cific Squadron, 1870-72; Navy Yard, Bos- ton, 1873-74 ; commanding nautical school- ship St. Mary's, 1875-78 ; special duty, 1879. Promoted to captain, Nov., 1881; Navy Yard, Boston, 1882-83 ; commanding Trenton, Asiatic Station, 1883-86 ; superin- tendent Naval Observatory, 1886 to June, 1890; superintendent Naval Academy, June, 1890, to Oct. 1894. Commissioned as commodore, Sept. 7, 1894; superinten- dent Naval Observatory, Nov. 21, 1894, to 1897. Retired, 1898. Address, 6 Mary- land Ave., Annapolis, Md. PIATTI, Attilio:

U. S. Vice-Consul ; born N. Y .; graduate of College City of N. Y. Served on sev- eral occasions as British pro-Consul and as H. B. M.'s acting Vice-Consul and was offered the latter post at Nice and at the Principality of Monaco. On May 1, 1899, received decoration of Member Royal Vic- torian Order, for services rendered to

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Queen Victoria; appointed Vice-Consul of the U. S. at Nice, Jan. 6, 1898. Address, Nice, France.

PIERCE, Daniel Thompson:

Editor Public Opinion, 1895 to 1905; born Washington, D. C., March 22, 1874; educated in public schools of Washington and Columbian University. Admitted to Bar, 1894. Writer on political and social subjects for newspapers and magazines; member City and other clubs of N. Y. Residence, 239 West 103rd St .; office, 20 Broad St., N. Y. City.

PIERCE, Ray Vaughn:

Physician; born Starke, N. Y., Aug. 6, 1840; primary education was received in public and private schools; was graduated as a physician, 1862. After practicing for four years in Titusville, Pa., he moved to Buffalo, N. Y., where he has since been engaged in the manufacture and sale of proprietary medicines. He established in that city the Invalids Hotel and Surgical Institution. Was a State Senator in 1877- 79, and was elected to Congress on the Re- publican ticket in 1879, serving one term. Author of several medical works, most important of which is The People's Com- mon Sense Medical Adviser. Address, 663 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y.

PIERCE, Samuel C .:

Educator; graduate of University of Rochester, 1860; junior associate princi- pal Rochester Military School, 1860-61; first lieutenant and adjutant, Third N. Y. Volunteer Cavalry,, 1861-62 ; captain Com- pany K, Third N. Y. Cavalry, 1862-64; lieutenant-colonel, Third N. Y. Cavalry, 1864-65. In business, Rochester, N. Y., 1866 ; sergeant-at-arms of N. Y. Consti- tutional Convention, 1867-68; of N. Y. Assembly, 1869; in San Domingo, 1869- 71; principal Grammar School No. 17, Rochester, N. Y., 1873-74; No. 4, 1874- 1903. Member N. Y. State Teachers' As- sociation ; Association of Grammar School Principals; Rochester Historical So- ciety, and Rochester Academy of Sci- ence. Senior vice-commander Geo. H. Thomas Post No. 4, Department of New York, G. A. R .; past department com- mander, Union Veterans Union, Depart- ment of N. Y .; member of N. Y. Com- mandery, Military Order Loyal Legion; Past Master Genesee Falls Lodge No. 507, F. and A. M .; Past High Priest Hamilton Chapter, No. 62, R. A. M .; Past Thrice Illustrious Master Doric Council, No. 39, R. and S. M .; Past Eminent Com- mander Monroe Commandery, No. 12, K. T .; member Rochester Consistory A.

- A. Scottish Rite; life member Damascus Temple A. A. O Mystic Shrine. Address, 49 Greig St., Rochester, N. Y. PIERSON, Charles Wheeler:

Lawyer; was graduated from Yale Uni- versity, 1886. Instructor in N. Y. Practice Yale Law School. Member University, Yale and Lawyers Clubs, and City Bar Association. Residence, 49 East 53rd St .; office, 120 Broadway, N. Y. City.

PIEZ, Richard Keller:

Teacher of psychology, history of edu- cation, form and drawing in Oswego State Normal and Training School; was gradu- ated from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, 1887 ; instructor in same institution from 1887 to 1891; supervisor of drawing and manual training in Bay City, Mich., 1891 to 1893. Organized Manual Training School, Bay City; member of faculty of Oswego Normal School from 1893 to pres- ent time. Received degree of Pd.D. from N. Y. University, 1900. Is a contributor to educational journals. Address, Oswe- go, N. Y.

PIFFARD, Henry Granger:

Physician; born Sept. 10, 1842, at Pif- fard, N. Y .; son David and Ann Matilda Haight Piffard; was graduated from N. Y. University, 1862; College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1864. Emeritus professor of dermatology N. Y. University ; con- sulting surgeon City Hospital; Fellow N. Y. Academy of Science. Author of several treatises on diseases of the skin and kindred topics. Has received degrees of A, B., 1862 ; M. D., 1864; A. M., 1865 ; LL.D., 1899. Present address, 256 West 57th St., N. Y. City.

PILCHER, Major James Evelyn, M. D., L.H. D .:

Military surgeon ; born Adrian Mich., Mar. 18, 1857 ; son Elijah Holmes Pilcher ; was graduated A. B. from Michigan Uni- versity in 1879, and M. D. from Long Is- land College Hospital in 1880; received the degrees of A. M. and Ph.D. from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1887, and L.H.D. from Allegheny College in 1902. Imme- diately upon his graduation in medicine he became managing editor of the Annals of Anatomy and Surgery, of Brooklyn, N. Y., which position he retained until 1883, when he entered the medical department of the U. S. Ärmy as an assistant surgeon, and passing through the grades of lieutenant and captain in the regular service and major and brigade surgeon in the volun- teer service, was retired for disability in- curred in the line of duty in 1900. During this period he experienced considerable

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active service in the field against the | geon Generals of the U. S. Army, and the Sioux, Crow and Cheyenne Indians and actual editor of the fourth series of Penn- sylvania Archives, in addition to being the author of many articles in the medical and general press, among which may be noted an illustrated article in Scribner's Maga- zine entitled A New Field of Honor, arti- cles on the Transportation of the Disabled, (published by the Military Service Institu- tion and in the Reference Handbook of Medical Science), the Building of the Soldier and The Place of Physical Train- ing in the Military Service; valuable arti- cles relating to the history of surgery-the Annals and Achievements of American Surgery, Chauliac and Mondeville, Mun- dinus and the Anatomy of the Middle Ages, and a number of popular articles, among which may be mentioned Outlawry on the Mexican Border, One Sioux Dance, etc. Address, Carlisle, Pa. against Mexican insurrectos; was the au- thor of the first system of drill for the U. S. Army Hospital Corps, published in the U. S., and his work on First Aid in Illness and Injury (the first edition of which was issued in 1892) has main- tained its position as the principal text- book for instruction of the hospital corps from its publication to the present time. In 1896 he was appointed assistant secre- tary of the Association of Military Sur- geons of the U. S., becoming secretary and editor in 1897-a position which, with an interval of two years, he has held to the present time; established the journal of the Association of Military Surgeons of the U. S. as a quarterly in 1901, and as a monthly in 1902. Was surgeon of one of the first regiments of the army to be or- dered South at the opening of the Span- PILCHER, Lewis F .: ish-American War, and he served in that Architect and professor of Art; born May 1, 1871, Brooklyn, N. Y .; educated Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., and School of Mines, Columbia University, N. Y. City. Degree Ph.B .; member Psi Upsilon and honorary college societies, Beta Phi Kappa and Sigma Chi. Member Sons of Revolution, Companion Order of Loyal Legion, American Institute of Architects, T. Square Club, Philadelphia, etc. Lec- turer in Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, University Extension Society, N. Y. Free Lec- ture Department and Brooklyn In- stitute of Arts and Sciences. Pro- fessor of Art, Vassar College, Pough- keepsie, N. Y. Associate, American Insti- tute of Architects. Member architectural firm Pilcher & Tachau, N. Y. Architect for Troop C, Armory, Brooklyn; Louis- iana Free Public Library, etc. Author: Phrases of Florentine Art; Essay on Movement. Art writer for International Encyclopædia. Son of Lewis S. Pilcher, M. D. Address 32 East 28th St., N. Y. Citv. capacity at Mobile and at Tampa, going thence to Jacksonville as chief surgeon of the forces under Major-General Lawton. When these forces were formed into the Seventh Army Corps, under the command of Major General Fitzhugh Lee, he re- mained with them in the capacity of exec- utive and medical supply officer until the fall of 1899, when he was detached and placed in command of the Army Medical Supply Depot established at Savannah. Ga.,-a duty which occupied his attention until failing health required him to relin- quish active service. In addition to this service as military surgeon, he from time to time occupied the chairs of military surgery in the Ohio Medical University, Starling Medical College and Creighton Medical College; also for a time acted as professor of sociology and political econ- omy in Dickinson College and as professor of medical jurisprudence in Dickinson School of Law and directed the catalogu- ing of the Libraries of the Military Ser- vice Institution and of the State of Penn- sylvania in 1889 and 1899 respectively. Member Military Service Institution of PILCHER, Lewis Stephen: the U. S., Sons of the American Revolu- Surgeon; born Adrian Mich., July 28, 1845; son Rev. Elijah H. and Phebe Fisk Pilcher ; was graduated from University of Michigan, 1862, and from the medical de- partment of the same in 1866 ; received the degree LL.D. from the University of Mich- igan, and from Dickinson College of Penn- sylvania in 1900; married June 22, 1870, Martha S. Phillips of Brooklyn; was a hospital steward in the U. S. Army 1864- 65; assistant surgeon U. S. Navy, 1867- ution, and the Order of Foreign Wars of the U. S .; active in Masonic and other fra- ternal circles, and is a Fellow or mem- ber of numerous scientific bodies. Besides his book on First Aid in Illness and In- jury, which has passed through numerous editions, he is the author of the Life and Labors of Elijah H. Pilcher, the Colum- bus Book of Military Surgeons, the Seal and Arms of Pennsylvania, and The Sur-

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72 ; adjunct professor of anatomy in Long Island College Hospital, 1879-83 ; profes- sor of surgery N. Y. Post-graduate School, 1885-95; surgeon to the M. E. Hospital in Brooklyn since 1887; surgeon to the German Hospital, Brooklyn, since 1900. Fellow, American Surgical As- sociation; member Société Interna- tionale de Chirurgie, an honorary mem- ber of the N. Y. Surgical Society, member of the Brooklyn Surgical Society, and of the Medical Society of the State of N. Y .; member Military Order Loyal Legion. Editor of the Annals of Surgery. Author: Treatment of Wounds, (1883) ; part author American Text-Book of Sur- gery, (1890) ; Dennis System of Surgery, (1895) ; International Text-Book of Sur- gery (1900). Was president of the Medi- cal Society of the State of N. Y., 1891-92; vice-president of the American Surgical Association, 1893; president of the Medi- cal Society of the County of Kings, 1900; honorary chairman of the section on anat- omy in Pan-American Medical Congress in 1893 ; anniversary orator N. Y. Acad- emy of Medicine, 1899; consulting surgeon to Brooklyn Orphan Asylum, the Metho dist Episcopal Home for the Aged, and the Bethany Deaconess' Home. Retired from general practice in 1890, and has since devoted himself to surgery alone. Ac dress, 386 Grand Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. PILLOT, P. Stuyvesant:

Insurance; born Nov. 11, 1870, N. Y. City ; educated U. S. Naval Academy. First lieutenant, 12th Regiment, N. Y. Volunteers, in Spanish-American War. late Captain, 12th Regiment, N. G. N. Y. Member Union, Racquet Tennis, Knick- erbocker, New York Yacht Clubs, Mill- tary Order Foreign Wars, and Mili- tary and Naval Order Spanish-American War. Residence, 116 East 56th St .; of- fice, 32 Nassau St., N. Y. City. PILLSBURY, Harry N .:

Chess player ; born Boston, Dec, 5, 1872 : learned chess at 16 and soon developed genius in the game; played Champion Steinitz in Boston, April, 1892, and won 2 games out of 3, with odds of pawn and move in his favor; defeated all leading American experts ; won world's champion- ship at Hastings International Chess Con- gress, England, Sept., 1895; 1st Ameri- can champion since Paul Murphy in 1858; since then he has played in leading tour- naments in U. S. and Europe; Married Feb. 17, 1901, M. E., daughter Judge Albert J. Bush. Address, Brooklyn Chess Club, Brooklyn, N. Y.

PINE, John B .:

Lawyer; born Feb. 2, 1857, in Iowa; was graduated from Columbia, A. B 1877; admitted to Bar, 1879. Trustee and Clerk of Board of Trustees of Columbia University. Member Board of Managers, St. Luke's Hospital. Member University Club, and City Bar, Century, Columbia Alumni, St. Nicholas, and Down Town Association. Residence, 20 Washington Square North; office, 63 Wall St., N. Y. City.

PINKERTON, Robert A .:

With his brother, William A. Pinkerton, of Chicago, are the principals of Pinker- ton's National Detective Agency, founded by their father, Allan Pinkerton; born Dundee, Ill., 1848. Educated at Notre Dame University, Indiana. Served in the U. S. Secret Service, Department of the Gulf from 1864 until the close of the Civil War. Has been established in the detective business in N. Y. for thirty-five years. Address, 57 Broadway, N. Y. City ; residence, 71 Eighth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. PLANK, Charles S .:

Republican Assemblyman, representing the First Assembly District of St. Law- rence County ; born Rodman, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1863 ; son Seymour S. Plank and Ro- sina Mattoon Plank; was graduated from the classical course of Ives Seminary, 1884, and from the Potsdam Normal School, 1887 Served three years as principal of the Waddington Union School and six years as school commissioner of the Second District of St. Lawrence Co .; has also served as trustee of the village of Waddington, justice of the peace of his town for eight years, and supervisor con- tinuously since 1898. Studied law with Azro B. Shepard, of Waddington; Wat- son M. Rogers, of Watertown, and Charles A. Kellogg, of Ogdensburg, and was duly admitted to Bar. He was elected to As- sembly in 1899, 1900, 1901 and 1902. In 1903 was appointed a member of the fol- lowing committees : Chairman of the Com- mittee on Excise, and a member of Ju- diciary, and of Canals; re-elected in 1903 and again 1904. In 1904 appointed chair- man of Excise, and member of Ways and Means and Internal Affairs. Gives special attention to education, good roads, tax- ation and agriculture. Mr. Plank is mar- ried and has four sons, Seymour L., Earl F., Chas. A., and Francis J. Address, Waddington, St. Lawrence County, N. Y. PLANT, Morton F .:

President and director, Canada Atlantic & Plant Steamship Co .; vice-president and

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director Gulf & Ocean Realty Co. and Pen- insula and Occidental Steamship Co .; director Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co., Casualty Co. of America, Interborough Rapid Transit Co., Lincoln Trust Co., Rapid Transit Subway Construction Co. and Windsor Trust Co. Member N. Y. Yacht, N. Y. Athletic, Larchmont Yacht and Manhattan clubs. Married Miss Nel- lie Capron. Address, 25 West 54th St., N. Y. City.

PLANTEN, John Rutger:

Consul-general of Netherlands at N. Y. ; born Amsterdam, Netherlands, Nov. 30, 1835; primary education was obtained in his native city ; parents moved to N. Y., 1846, where he passed through the schools of Columbia University and finished his ed- ucation under private tuiton. Was ap- pointed vice-consul of the Netherlands in 1874, and since 1884 has been consul-gen- eral of the Netherlands at N. Y., and in charge of the Legation of the Netherlands when its diplomatic officials are absent. Mr. Planten is commander in the order o: Orange Nassau, commander in the order of the Oaken Crown, and knight of the order of Bolivar; honorary member of the Historical Society at Utrecht, Frisian Society of History and Languages at Leen- waarden, and the Historical Society at Middleburg Zeeland. Life member N. Y. Geographical Society, Genealogical and Biographical Society of N. Y .; N. Y. His- torical Society and other kindred bodies in U. S. ; also life member Museum of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, N. Y .; honorary vice-president Netherlands Chamber 01 Commerce and member Netherlands Club, N. Y. Address, Consulate of the Nether- lands, and 44 Eighth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.

PLATT, Frank C .:

Republican Assemblyman, representing the First Asesmbly Ditrict of Steuben County ; born village Painted Post, Jan. 23, 1866; son Cephas F. Platt and Mary E. Platt; received a public school educa- tion, and upon the death of his father in 1883, engaged in farming. Was elected supervisor of the farm of Erwin in 1896 and held the office for four years. Was elected to Assembly in 1899, 1900, 1901. 1902, 1903 and 1904. In 1903 appointed a member of following Assembly commit- tees: Chairman of the Committee on Sol- diers' Home, and member of Ways and Means, Banks, and Privileges and Elec- tions. Address, Erwin, Steuben County, N. Y.

PLATT, Frank Hinchman:

Lawyer; born, 1856, Owego, N. Y .; son Thomas Collier Platt and Ellen Barstow Platt; was graduated from Yale Univer- sity, A. B. 1877, and Columbia Law School, 1879. Member firm, Boardman, Platt & Soley. Director U. S. Express Co., City Trust Co., and Rathjens Ameri- can Composition Co. Formerly assistant U. S. District Attorney. Member of University, Lotos and Yale clubs. Resi- dence, 242 W. 74th St .; office, 35 Wall St., N. Y. City.

PLATT, Henry Barstow:

Banker; born Feb. 2, 1860, Owego, N. Y .; son U. S. Senator Thomas C. Platt and Ellen Barstow Platt; was graduated from Yale College, 1882; married Miss Phelps, daughter John Phelps of Wilkes- barre, Pa. Vice-president Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland; general man- ager of U. S. Express Co .; member Colon- ial, Lawyers, University and Yale Clubs. Residence, 303 West 76th St .; offices, 35 Wall St., 1 Madison Ave., and 49 Broad- way, N. Y. City.

PLATT, Henry Clay:

Lawyer; born N. Y., Oct. 22, 1840 ; wa: graduated from Princeton, 1858 ; admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1862, and since in continuous practice in State and Federal Courts. Married Jennie Dusenberry, granddaugh- ter of Judge Munson, of Connecticut. Member N. Y. State Legislature for two terms, 1864-66; assistant U. S. attorney, 1886-94; U. S. attorney for Southern Dis- trict of N. Y., 1894; assistant U. S. attor- ney since 1895. City residence, 150 West 47th St .; country residence, "Meadow lawn," Huntington, L. I .; office, 50 Post Office Building, N. Y. City.

PLATT, Isaac Hull:

Physician; born Brooklyn, May 18, 1853 ; son Frederick A. and Augusta Hull Platt; educated at Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn; Columbia Law School and Long Island College Hospital. Practiced medi- cine in Brooklyn and Lakewood, N. J., 1886-97; since then being mostly in N. Y. Member American Climatological Associ- ation, N. Y. Academy of Medicine, Society of the Cincinnati, Sons of the Revolution, Society of War of 1812, N. Y. Genealogi- cal and Biographical Society, Players, Na- tional Arts Club, New York, and Art Club, Philadelphia. Married Emma Haviland, of Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1886. Au- thor of Walt Whitman in Beacon's Biog- raphies and of various papers on Shakes-

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perian subjects. Address, Wallingford, [ America. Member University, Yale, and - Pa., or The Players, 16 Gramercy Park, N. Y. City.

PLATT, Thomas Collier:

U. S. Senator, Republican, of Owego; born Owego, N. Y., July 15, 1833; pre- pared for college at Owego Academy ; was a member of the class of 1853 of Yale Col. lege but was compelled to give up the course in that institution on account of ill-health; received the honorary degree of M. A. from that college in 1876. Ent- ered mercantile life soon after leaving school, and has been in active business since ; was president of the Tioga National Bank at its organization ; became largely interested in the lumbering in Michigan ; was county clerk of the county of Tioga in 1859, 1860 and 1861; was elected to th( Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses ; was elected U. S. Senator, Jan. 18, 1881, and resigned that office May 16, of the same year; was chosen secretary and di- rector of the U. S. Express Co. in 1879, and in 1880 was elected president of the company ; was a member and president of the board of quarantine commissioners of N. Y. from 1880 till 1888; was dele- gate to the national Republican conven- tions of 1876, 1880, 1884, 1888, 1892, 1896, 1900, and 1904; has been a member of the National Republican Committee; was elected U. S. Senator in 1896, and took his seat March 4, 1897; was re-elected in 1903. His term of service will expire March 3, 1909. Address, 49 Broadway, N. Y. City.

PLUMB, William T .:

Lawyer; was graduated from the Uni- versity of Rochester; received Townsend scholarship; studied law and has since practiced in Rochester ; secretary, Roches- ter Civil Service Commission, 1895; alder- man, 1900-1903. Address, 612 Wildel Building, Rochester, N. Y.

PLUMMER, James H .:

Broker; treasurer and director Aurora Extension Gold Co., treasurer and di- rector Homestake Extension Mining Co., assistant secretary and director Mexi- can Exploration & Development Co., and Union Consolidated Refinery Co. Resi- dence, 2350 Broadway; office, 66 Broad- way, N. Y. City.

PLUMMER, John Franklin, Jr .:

Automobiles ; born Oct. 21, 1871, Brook- lyn, N. Y .; was graduated from Yale Uni- versity, A. B., 1891. Married. Assistant secretary Columbia University, 1894-99. N. Y. manager of the Locomobile Co. of

Ardsley Clubs. Residence, Irvington-on- Hudson, N. Y .; office, 2156 Broadway, N. Y. City.

PLUNKITT, George W .:

Ex-State Senator; born Nov. 17, 1842, N. Y. City, in a place called the "Negro Village," now a part of the Central Park, of Irish parentage; attended the public schools of N. Y. City until eleven years of age, when he was compelled to leave and begin work; after various employ- ments he apprenticed himself to the trade of butcher, finally starting in business for himself in Washington Market, where he remained for twenty-one years; 1876, sold out his business and embarked in the har- bor transportation and general contract- ing business, in which he is still engaged. He is active in politics; in 1866 was elected to Assembly as an independent candidate; re-elected as Democrat in 1868 and 1869; member Board of Aldermen 01 N. Y. 1870, 1871, 1872 and part of 1873 ; also served two years as acting police magistrate. In 1883 elected to State Sen- ate; served as Senator during the years 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1892 and 1893. During his Senatorial career was chair- man on several important Senate commit- tees and introduced many important bills, among them being these: Providing for day labor in all the departments of N. Y. City, and that $2 per day of eight hours be the lowest rate of wages paid for such work. In the defense of school teachers' salaries; in defense of the Museum of Art in Central Park. Establishing the Bureau of Factory Inspectors to protect the factory operatives. Establishing the Eighth Avenue grade from Fifty-ninth Street to One Hundred and Fortieth Street. Building of the viaduct at Eighth Avenue and One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Street. Providing for the extension 01 the Ninth Avenue Railroad. Providing for the construction of Washington Bridge. Establishing public parks in the Twenty- third and Twenty-fourth Wards. Estab- lishing a public park at Seventy-second St. and Boulevard. Appropriating $400,- 000 for the Museum of Natural History in Central Park. Establishing the Harlem River Speedway. Returned to the Senate in 1899, having been nominated by the Democrats of the Seventeenth District; re- elected in 1900 and 1902. In 1903 Senator Plunkitt was made a member of the fol- lowing Senate committees : Railroads, Pub- lic Printing, and Indian Affairs. Address, 323 W. 51st St., N. Y. City.

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PLIMPTON, George Arthur:

Publisher; born July 13, 1855, Walpole, Mass .; prepared at Phillips Exeter Acad- emy, and was graduated from Amherst College, 1876, and attended Harvard Law School, 1876-77; member firm of Ginn & Co., book publishers. Donated to Wellesley College, 1904, in memory of his wife, Frances Taylor Pearsons, a library of the early manuscripts and first editions of nearly all Italian writ- ers, making it the best library of Italian literature in this country. Possessor of the best collection of early school books in the world. Trustee of Amherst and Barnard Colleges and Phillips Exeter Academy; treasurer of Barnard College and of Academy of Political Science; director in Union Exchange Bank; mem- ber of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity; clubs: Grolier, University, Century, Bar- nard; New England Society, Union Club (Boston). Address, 70 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City.

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 130

Author: Publication date: 1904- Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co., etc. Number of Pages: 1100

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Publication date: 1904-
Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co., etc.
Number of Pages: 1100