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DE LUCE, Percival:
Artist; born New York, 1847; studied at Antwerp Academy, also under Por- taels (Brussels), and Leon Bonnat (Par- is); associate National Academy of De- sign; member: Salmagundi Club, Sons of Revolution, American Water Color So- ciety and Artists' Funds Society. Stu- dio, 52 E. 23d St., N. Y. City.
DEMING, Charles Clerc:
Lawyer; born 1852, Hartford, Conn .; graduated from Yale College, 1872, and Columbia Law School, 1875; single; mem- ber of Psi Upsilon and Skull and Bones Fraternities, University, Union, Yale,
Manhattan, Racquet and Tennis, Lawyers and Hudson River Ice Yacht Clubs, Mary- land Club of Baltimore, Metropolitan Club of Washington, D. C., City Bar Association, and Ardsley Club. Resi- dence, 114 E. 27th St .; office, 120 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
DEMING, Henry Champion:
Vice-president Mercantile Trust Co .; born Hartford, Conn., 1850; graduate of Yale, 1872; director Union Pacific R. R. Co .; member of Psi Upsilon and Skull
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Fraternities, Union Uni- and Bones
versity and Lawyers Clubs. Residence, Union Club; office, 120 Broadway, N. Y. City.
DEMING Laurent C .:
Assistant secretary Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Co .; born Hartford, Conn .; graduate of Yale College, 1883; single; member of University, N. Y. Yacht, Gar- den City Golf and Yale Clubs. Address, 5 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
DEMING, Philander:
Author, stenographer; born Carlisle, N. Y., 1829; was graduated from University of Vermont and the Albany Law School; engaged in newspaper and legislative re- porting in several States; in 1866 he in- troduced short-hand into the Supreme Court Circuits of Albany and the ad- joining counties. During a noted trial a long altercation took place between the lawyers as to the exact character of a piece of disputed testimony. Mr. Dem- ing settled the matter by laying before the judge an exact transcript of the dis- puted passage, thus demonstrating the absolute necessity of stenography in court proceedings. His official appoint- ment as
court reporter soon fol- lowed, a position which he continued to hold until his retirement in the year 1882. Author: Adirondack Tales, Tomp- kins and the Other Folks, and various tales and sketches in the Atlantic Month- ly and other magazines; was one of the earliest to see the importance of the typewriter in connection with stenog- raphy. Address, 12 Jay St., Albany, N. Y.
DEMOND, Charles Mason :
Lawyer; born Jan. 23, 1860, Boston, Mass .; graduate of Williams College 1881; and Columbia Law School, 1885; married; member of firm of Logan, Demond & Harby member of Alpha Delta Phi Fra- ternity and Society of Medical Jurispru- dence. Residence, 41 South Eight Ave., Mt. Vernon, N. Y .; office, 27 William St., N. Y. City.
DEMOREST, William C .:
President of the Realty Trust; born N. Y. City, Aug. 2, 1859; son of late Wil- liam Jennings Demorest, one of the most noted men of N. Y. City. His education was completed at Columbia College, graduating therefrom, B. A., 1881; 1883 the degree of LL. B. was conferred upon him; studied law in the office of Nor- wood & Coggeshall, being especially con- nected with their title and mortgage de- partments, and for several years he de-
voted himself to the practice of the law,
but the management of his father's estate made such demands upon his time and attention that he finally aban- doned his law practice, and, having a thorough knowledge of conveyancing, de- voted himself entirely to the care of busi- ness affairs, and made real estate his specialty. He accordingly mastered that business in every detail and acquired a reputation for ability in that line, and in 1896, on the organization of Realty Trust, became its president, and has ever since held that position. Is an expert in the management of real estate, suburban as well as city, and upon all questions bearing upon the value of properties and upon financial operations connected with mortgages is a recognized author- ity. In his official capacity as an officer of Realty Trust and its allied com- panies, he has an extensive influence in the real estate field. In addition to being president of the Realty Trust, Mr. De- morest is a director and member of the executive committee of the Irving Na- tional Bank; director in the Bankers' Life Ins. Co .; president of the Cleveland, and director of the Royal and Price Baking Powder Companies and the Tar- tar Chemical Co., director of the Ameri- can Colnometer Co., treasurer and di- rector of the State Realty & Mortgage Co. and of Demorest & Little (incor- porated), and also trustee of the Irving Savings institution; member of the Chamber of Commerce, of the Bar As- sociation, Lawyers, University GIce, Nineteenth Century, National Arts, Mu- nicipal Art, Knollwood, Niantic and St. Bernard Clubs, of the St. Nicholas So- ciety, the Psi Upsilon Fraternity, and the Pilgrims; also a trustee of the Wo- mans' Hospital and the Hospital Guild: Holland Society, Sons of the American Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, and of St. Thomas Church; married, in 1884, Miss Alice Louis Gilbert, and has three children. Mr. Demorest's chief characteristics are his activity and strict attention to business details. He has a thorough grasp of his business affairs, and determination and individuality are strong traits in his composition; the em- inence he has achieved in his chosen pro- fession entitles him to be classed among successful Americans and as a thorough- ly competent authority on real estate. Address, 68 E. 66th St., N. Y. City, and Hukweem Lodge, Loon Lake, Adiron- dacks, N. Y.
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DEMUTH, William:
Merchant and manufacturer; born Ger- many, 1835. After leaving school he came, at the age of 17, to this country, engaging in the importation of smokers' articles; later went into business for him- self on Liberty St. He has built up the largest business of its kind, and re- ceived the gold medal at Paris; Repub- lican. Address, 507 Broadway, N. Y. City.
DENHARD, Charles Edward:
Physician; born Schluchtern, Germany, July 15, 1840; was educated in public schools and Schluchtern Gymnasium; came to U. S., 1865; was graduated in pharmacy in 1871; M. D., University of the City of New York. 1874; on staff Charity Hospital, Bellevue Hospital, and Park Hospital; German Poliklinik (of which he was also one of the founders), and St. Mark's Hospital; since 1875, com- missioner of relief to the poor; member New York Academy of Medicine. Society of Medical Jurisprudence, Obstetric So- ciety, County Medical Society, New York Medical Union, German Medico-Chirurgi- cal Society, New York Physicians Mu- tual Aid Society. Residence, 197 Edge- comb Ave .; office, 90 Madison St., N. Y. City.
DENISON, Mrs. Dimies T. S .:
Ex-president of Sorosis Club and hon- orary president of the Federation of Women's Clubs; as the pioneer club of N. Y. City, the founder of the Gen- eral Federation of Women's Clubs and of the New York State Federation, Sorosis must always occupy a position unique among clubs. It is purely a literary and social club, and in that quaint language of its certificate of incorporation, which is dated Dec. 30, 1868, several months after its organization, "the particular objects for which the said society shall be and is formed and incorporated, shall be and are hereby declared to be the pro- motion of agreeable and useful revela- tions among women of literary, artistic and scientific tastes; the discussion and dissemination of principles and facts which promise to exert a salutary influ- ence on women and on society; and the establishment of an order which shall render the female sex helpful to each other and actively benevolent in the world". In the last clause is seen the germinal idea of the great federation, which the latter years developed. Soro- sis has so long since passed the forma- tive stage that the club is sometimes
criticised because it retains its conserva- tism, but is has been a training school and has almost become a club of presi- dents-a "Loyal Legion"; it can afford to retain its customs and venerate its traditions, for its officers and members are leaders in the most practical activi- ties of the hour, and these are the bonds that connect it with all clubs and pro- mote the agreeable and useful relations among women for which the club was founded. Address, care Sorosis Club, N. Y. City.
DENNIS, Frederic Shepard:
Surgeon; born Newark, N. J., April 17. 1850; son of Alfred L. and Eliza Shepard Dennis; graduate of Yale, 1872; Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 1874; Royal College Surgeons, England, 1877; F. R. C. S., 1899; married, Brooklyn, 1880, Fannie Rockwell; professor clinical surgery, medical department Cornell University, N. Y .; on staff of Bellevue Hospital, St. Vincent Hospital, Montefiore Home and St. Joseph's Hospital, Yonkers, N. Y .; member: American Surgical Association, Clinical Society, of London, N. Y., Acad- emy of Medicine, German Congress of Surgeons, Berlin; clubs: Century, Univer- sity, Ardsley. Address, 542 Madison Ave., N. Y. City.
DENNIS, James Shepard :
Presbyterian clergyman and author; born Newark, N. J. Dec. 15, 1842; son of Alfred L. and Eliza (Shepard) Dennis; was graduated from Princeton University in 1863; studied law at Harvard Law School, 1863-04; entered Princeton Theo- logical Seminary, 1864, and was gradu- ated in 1867; ordained to the ministry by Presbytery of Newark in 1868; went to Syria as a foreign missionary in autumn of same year; was principal and pro- fessor of Theology in the Seminary of the Syria Mission at Beirut, 1873-1891; prepared several theological text-books in the Arabic language; returned to the U. S. in 1891; students' lecturer on mis- sions at Princeton Theological Semin- ary, 1893 and 1896, repeating the latter course, by invitation, at Lane, Allegheny and Auburn Seminaries the same year; chairman of committee on statistics, and member of executive committee of Ecu- menical Conference on Foreign Missions, New York, 1900; author: Foreign Mis- sions After a Century, Christian Missions and Social Progress (3 vols.), and Cen- tennial Survey of Foreign Missions; member of Princeton, Apawamis, anč Quill Clubs, Society of Mayflower De-
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scendants, Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of the Revolution, Presbyterian Union of New York, Chi Alpha, Sigma Chi, American Academy of Political and Social Science, Fellow of the American Geographical Society; member of Metro- politan Museum of Art, and of American Museum of Natural History; received honorary degree of D.D. from Princeton University, 1879. Address, 17 E. 37th St., N. Y. City.
DENNIS, Louis Munroe:
Chemist, educator; born Chicago, May 26, 1863; son of Joseph S. and Faustina Munroe Dennis; was educated in Chicago public schools; graduate of University of Michigan., Ph. B. 1885, B. S., in chem- istry, 1886; special studies; University of Munich, Polytechnikum of Dresden, Polytechnikum of Aix-la-Chappelle, and under Fresenius, of Wiesbaden; married, 1887, Minnie Clark, Grand Rapids, Mich .; has taught since 1886; now head of de- partment of chemistry and professor of inorganic chemistry at Cornell Univer- sity; Fellow A. A. A. S .; member: Am- erican Chemical Society, Sigma Xi. Au- thor: Chemical Problems in Inorganic Chemistry (with F. W. Clarke), Ele- mentary Chemistry; also Laboratory Manual of Elementary Chemistry; Man- ual of Qualitative Analysis (with Theo- dore Whittlesey); translator: Methods of Gas Analysis (Walter Hempel); contribu- tor to American and German chemical journals. Address, 722 University Ave., Ithaca, N. Y.
DENNIS, Rodney Strong:
Certified public accountant; born Dec. 17, 1868, Hartford, Conn .; son of Rod- ney Dennis and Clara Strong Dennis; educated at Hartford High School; sec- retary and treasurer of Laughlin Hough Co .; commissioner of accounts N. Y. City, by appointment of Mayor Strong, 1900-02; private, Governor's Foot Guard, Hartford, Conn., 1887-91; member Calu-
met, Country Cycle, Brooklyn and Crescent Athletic Clubs, American His- torical, American Geographical, and New England Societies, N. Y. State So- ciety of Certified Public Accountants, So- ciety of Colonial Wars, Society of May- flower Descendants, Sons of Revolution, Sons of American Revolution, Institute of Accounts, Veteran Artillery Corps of the Washington Continental Guards, Set- tlers and Defenders of America, Foun- ders and Patriots of America, Amer- ica's Founders and Defenders, and
American Association of Public Account- ants. Address, 148 W. 95th St.
DENNISTON, Henry Martyn:
Rear Admiral U. S. Navy; born New York, June 13, 1840; son of Hon. Robert Denniston, who was an important mem- ber of the N. Y. State Senate for several years and comptroller of the State in 1860-61. The great-grandfather of the latter came from Ireland in 1729 in com- pany with his brother-in-law, the grand- father of De Witt Clinton; entered the service as assistant paymaster,
Sept. 9, 1861; promoted to paymas- ter, April 14, 1862; pay inspector, Aug. 19, 1876; pay director July 31, 1884;
duty as follows: Nov., 1861,, to Sept., 1862, gunboat Winona, West Gulf Squad- ron; at bombardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and capture of New Or- leans; Dec., 1862, to Jan., 1863, supply steamer Blackstone; March, 1863, Ticonderoga; to May, 1865, steamer at both battles of Fort Fisher; Aug., 1865, to Aug., 1868, storeship Onward, South Atlantic Squadron and naval storekeeper, Rio de Janeiro, Oct., 1868, to Oct., 1871; steamer Michigan on the lakes; Sept., 1872, to Sept., 1874, fleet paymaster, North Atlantic Squadron, flagship Wor- cester; Sept., 1875, to Jan., 1876, navy yard, Philadelphia; Jan., 1876, to Jan., 1879, navy yard, League Island; Feb., 1880, to June, 1882, member of board of inspection; June, 1882, to July, 1884, fleet paymaster, Pacific Squadron, flagship
Hartford; Oct., 1884, to July, 1887, in- spector provisions and clothing, navy yard, Mare Island; July, 1887, to June, 1888, navy pay office, San Francisco;
March 1889, to March, 1892, Naval Home, Philadelphia; March, 1892, to May 1895, navy pay office, Philadelphia; April, 1896, to June, 1899, general storekeeper, navy yard, Portsmouth; July, 1899, navy pay office, New York; July, 1899, to July, 1902, retired June 13, 1902, with rank of rear admiral. Address, Washingtonville, N. Y. DENSLOW, William Wallace:
Illustrator; born Philadelphia; son of William Wallace Denslow; studied draw- ing at Cooper Institute and National Academy of Design, New York; worked on most of the principal newspapers and magazines and for the Roycroft Shop of East Aurora, N. Y. Among his best- known works are pictures: What's the Use, and Victory; since 1899 he has de- voted himself principally to the illustra- tion of books for children, which are as
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follows: Father Goose, His Book; The | Nantes, and founded New Rochelle, in
Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Dot and Tot of
Merryland, Denslow's Mother Goose,
Denslow's Night Before Christmas, Denslow's One Ring Circus, Denslow's Humpty Dumpty; Denslow's Scare Crow and Tin Man, and Denslow's Picture Books for Children
(16 vols.), the last four mentioned being compiled or written by Mr. Denslow; The Pearl and the Pumpkin, a collaboration in the text with Paul West, illustrated by Denslow. Mr. Denslow designed the eccentric cost- umes for the play of The Wizard of Oz, and is making designs for the entire stage production of The Pearl and the Pump- kin. He signs his drawings with a totem, the Hippocampus or Sea Horse. Much of Mr. Denslow's time is spent in Bermuda, where he has built a winter home upon an island named after him. Address, 129 Riverside Drive, N. Y. City.
DENSMORE, Emmet :
Physician; born Crawford Co., Pa., May 19, 1837; son of Joel and Sophia Dens- more; was educated in local schools and at Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa .; was graduated from New York University Medical College, 1885; married, Blooming Valley, Pa., 1855, Elizabeth Heard; Chi- cago, 1881, Helen Barnard. In 1862 in business with his brothers in develop- inent of oil wells on Tarr Farm, Oil Creek, Pa., and invention of tank cars; became interested in development of Sholes Typewriter and in British patents of Remington typewriter; in partnership with his brother, developed and put upon the market the Densmore typewriter. He and his wife's estate, the late Dr. Helen Densmore, are sole proprietors of Garfield Tea. Author: Natural Food of Man; How Nature Cures; Consumption and Chronic Diseases. eRsidence, 84tlı St. and 11th Ave .; office, 145 41st St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
DENTON, Edgar:
Lawyer; born May 11, 1855, Ulster Co., N. Y .; district attorney of Chemung County, 1886-93; clerk of police board. 1881-86; president Board of Education, City of Elmira, 1894-1898; city judge, Elmira, 1895-1898; mayor of City of El- mira, 1898-1900; married, in 1881, Miss Bidwell, of Massachusetts. Address, El- mira, N. Y.
DEPEW, Chauncey M .:
Senator; born Peekskill, N. Y., April 3, 1834; on his father's side he comes from Huguenot stock, his ancestors having left France on the revocation of the Edict of
Westchester County, N. Y .; on his moth- er's side is descended from Roger Sher- man; was graduated from Yale, 1856; studied law in Peekskill and was admit- ted to the Bar in 1858. He had already manifested a decided tendency towards politics, and developed that oratorical ability to which he owes his widespread reputation; while still studying law, he was recognized as a valuable aid to his party, and was sent as a delegate to the Republican State Convention of New York in 1858; in 1859 began legal practice, but in the same year took the stump in the political campaign, in which he showed marked power as an orator. In 1860 Mr. Depew became a candidate for the State Legislature, and was elect- ed, though his district was Democratic; he was re-elected in 1862, and during this term served as chairman of the Commit- tee on Ways and Means; in 1863 he re- ceived the Republican nomination for Secretary of State of New York; in the campaign he showed an industry and capacity that have rarely been equaled; for six weeks he made speeches twice a day, and with such effect that he was not only elected, but received a majority of thirty thousand. In 1866 Mr. Depew withdrew from political life to devote himself to his profession, and was ap- pointed attorney for the New York & Harlem Railroad. In this position he showed such industry and skill that in 1869 he was made attorney for the New York Central & Hudson River Rail- road. Ten years later the entire Vander- bilt system of railroads was placed under his legal care, and he was made a di- rector in the board of each road; this important field of duty gave him an abundance of labor, much of it requiring the highest legal skill. In 1874 he was made regent of the University of the State of N. Y., and was appointed on the commission to superintend the erection of the State Capitol; in 1881, at the time of the resignations of Senators Conkling and Platt from the U. S. Senate, Mr. Depew became one of the candidates for the vacant seats; the struggle was a pro- tracted one, his force growing till on the twenty-fourth ballot he lacked but ten votes of election; the murder of Presi- dent Garfield ended the struggle. It be- came imperative that New York should be represented in the Senate, and Mr. Depew withdrew his name in favor of his leading opponent. In 1885 he was elect-
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ed to the presidency of the N. Y. Central; this important post he filled until 1898; he was president of the West Shore rail- road Co. Mr. Depew was elected U. S. Senator, 1899; delegate-at-large to five National Republican Conventions; candi- date for President of the United States in convention of 1888, receiving ninety- nine votes, but withdrew in favor of Ben- jamin Harrison, who was nominated and elected. Among other positions which have been occupied by him are those of president of the Union League and of the Yale Alumni Association, director in the Union Trust Co., the Western Union Telegraph Co., the Equitable Life Assu- rance Co., and St. Luke's Hospital, and member of the N. Y. Chamber of Com- merce. As a lawyer, Mr. Depew has been a remarkably hard worker; he is best known, however, for his telling oratory, which has been heard effectively in national Republican conventions (as in his striking presentation of ex-President Harrison's claims at the convention), at the Chicago World's Exposition, and on many other important occasions; mar- ried, in 1901, Mary Palmer. Address, 27 W. 54th St., N. Y. City.
DEPEW, Ganson:
Lawyer; born March 6, 1866, Buffalo, N. Y .; son of William B. Depew and Helen S. G. Depew; was graduated from Buffalo High School, 1884; admitted to the Bar, 1887; married, Nov. 15, 1894, Grace E. Goodyear; is one of the attor- neys for the Central R. R. Co .; mem- ber of Buffalo, Saturn, Liberal, Independ- ent and Country Clubs, and Sons of Am- erican Revolution. Address, Buffalo, N. Y.
DE PEYSTER, Frederic James:
Lawyer; born New York Feb. 5, 1839; son of Capt. James Ferguson and Frances Goodhue Ashton De Peyster; was gradu- ated A. M., College City of N. Y .; LL. B., LL. M., Columbia Law School; married, 1871, Augusta McEvers, daught- er of William H. Morris; treasurer Am- erican School classical studies, 1881; lec- turer on history and archaeological sub- jects; officer of many philanthropic in- stitutions, including N. Y. Dispensary, Institute for Deaf and Dumb; Home for Incurables; member of N. Y. Historical Society, Colonial Wars, Nat. Acad. De- sign, Amer. Geog. Society; Alumni Col- lege of the City of N. Y., St. Nicholas Club, N. Y. Archaeol. and Numismatic Society; member University, N. Y. Yacht, Country and
City Clubs. Residence,
[ Lakewood, N. J .; office, 156 Broadway, N. Y. City.
DE PEYSTER, John Watts:
Soldier and historian; born N. Y. City March 9, 1821; in both his lines of de- scent can be traced a succession of sol- diers, during the Colonial and Revolu- tionary periods, an ancestry which natu- raly predisposed him towards a military career. Military reading was his youth- ful delight, and mock battles, in associa- tion with his cousin, Philip Kearney, aft- erwards major-general, U. S. Vol., a vet- eran of four wars and of three contin- ents,; became a writer and critic on military matters of very unusual powers; from his youth he controlled his own studies in this direction, and became in a true sense self-educated in military lore; became connected with the N. Y. Fire Department, in which he was so active as to bring on an affection of the heart, from which he suffered severely ever afterwards; was among the first to advocate a paid fire department and also to recommend the organization of a police force conducted on principles of military discipline; he entered the State military service in 1845, and was com- missioned colonel; was appointed briga- dier-general in the State service, being the first officer of this rank to be ap- pointed by the governor; was sent to Europe as special military agent of the State, fully endorsed by the Federal Gov- ernment with recommendations to U. S. ministers abroad and authority to call upon them for assistance in the perform- ance of his duties to report on the or- ganization of the militia and of munici- pal military organizations in foreign lands; his report became of great service in the organization of State troops and in the Civil War; appointed by Governor Clark in 1855 adjutant-general upon his staff. He resigned in a few months, having found the department so con- trolled by political influences as to ren- der military reform next to hopeless; he combated this condition of affairs vigor- ously, and only resigned on finding his efforts unavailable; when
war was threatened, he offered President Lincoln three regiments, and made a similar offer in the autumn of 1861; General de Peys- ter did not share in the general feeling, at that time, that the war would soon be over; he predicted in advance the extent and greatness of the struggle, and was the first to advocate the employ- ment of colored men as soldiers. In
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1869, on the occasion of the State of New river and harbor work, Louisville, Ky., York appointing him brevet major-gen- 1902. Address, Globe Building, St. Paul, Minn. eral, flattering testimonials of his great military knowledge and the value of his DERBY, Orville Adelbert: advice and influence during the war were Genealogist; born Niles, N. Y., July 23, 1851; graduate of Cornell 1873, receiving M.S., 1874; went as assistant to geologi- cal expeditions to Amazon Valley, 1870- 71; instructor of Geology, 1874-75; again in Brazil, 1875-78; assisting in imperial geological expedition; 1880-91 director of geological and mineralogical department of National Museum of Rio de Janeiro; in Brazil continued his activity in geo- logical expeditions; member Geological Society of London, American Geological Society; vice-president of International Geological Congress, Chicago, 1893; as- sociate editor of the Journal of Geology; has published many reports of his scien- tific investigations. Address, San Paulo, Brazil. given by Generals Kearney, A. A. Humphreys, Pleasanton, Grant, Hooker, Rosecrans and others; General de Peyster has been a voluminous writer on the sub- ject of his special study and on historical subjects in general. In addition to his service in this direction he has followed the philanthropic example of his father, and given much attention to matters of charity; he has built a home for con- sumptives and a hospital and home for invalid children, and furnished a home for girls in Dutchess County, N. Y., and in connection with it has erected a train- ing school and donated nearly 300 acres of ground, part of the old family estate; he also has built and equipped a Metho- dist church at Madalin, Dutchess County; DERBY, Richard H., M. D .: he has received the thanks of the New Ophthalmologist; Harvard A. B., 1864, M. D., 1867; member of N. Y. County Medical Society, Academy of Medicine, American Ophthalmological Society, sur- geon Eye and Ear Infirmary, ophthalmic surgeon, Trinity Hospital; consulting ophthalmologist to Orthopaedic Hospital. Address, 9 W. 35th St., N. Y. City. Jersey and Pennsylvania Legislatures for portarits of military celebrities pre- sented to them, and has given the State of New York a bronze bas-relief repre- senting the Continental camp at West Point during the Rebellion. General de Peyster, while retaining his city rest- dence, on ancestral domain, dwells prin- DE REMER, John A .: cipally in his beautiful country seat at Tivoli, on the banks of the Hudson. Ad- dress, Rose Hill, Tivoli P. O., N. Y.
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