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PATRICK REYNOLDS. JAMES WRIGHT. CHARLES SEIFKIN. LAWRENCE HENRY. RICHARD SMITH.
Hook and Ladder Companies.
No. Name.
1. LAFAYETTE,
2. CLINTON,
Pearl street, near Concord,
3. EMPIRE, Bedford avenue, near Myrtle avenue,
4. DEGRAW,
Third avenue, near Nineteenth street,
Canton, near De Kalb avenue,
ROBERT KIRKUP.
Fire Districts -- Boundaries.
FIRST DISTRICT .- Bounded by Montague street, Clinton street, Fulton street, Tillary street, Washington street, and East River to Montague street.
SECOND DISTRICT .- Bounded by Montague street, Clinton street, Atlantic street, Court street, Gowanus Bay, New York Bay, and East River to Montague street.
THIRD DISTRICT-Bounded by Court street, Atlantic street, Smith street, Fulton av., Flat- bush av., Fifth av., Thirty-sixth street, and Gowanus Bay to Court street.
FOURTH DISTRICT .- Bounded by Clinton av., Atlantic av., Flatbush av., Fulton av., Jay street to Johnson street, a straight line thence to intersection of Navy street and Flushing av., and Flushing av. to Clinton av.
FIFTH DISTRICT .- Bounded by Washington street, Tillary street, Jay street to Johnson street, a straight line thence to south-west corner of Navy Yard, thence along Navy Yard wall to East River, and East River to Washington street.
SIXTH DISTRICT .- Bounded by Tillary street, Jay street, Smith street, Atlantic street, Clinton street, and Fulton street to Tillary street.
SEVENTH DISTRICT .- Bounded by Clinton av., Atlantic av., Fulton av., Bedford av., De Kalb av., Nostrand av., and Flushing av. to Clinton av.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Eastern District. CHIEF ENGINEER-WILLIAM T. JENNINGS. Ofice, South 2d, cor. 4th street.
Assistant Engineers.
Charles B. Elliott, .
Thomas M. Doyle, John Hanson, George W. Tomkins
Harvey Maugum.
Fire Commissioners.
William V. Hanson,
William Meeks, James Rodwell, Thomas Aimes,
Richard H. Harding, Chairman, R. T. Hendricks, Secretary.
Fire Wardens.
Thomas S. Gill,
Peter G. Breunen, George McGuire.
FIRE APPARATUS.
Engine Companies.
No. Name.
1. WASHINGTON,
2. PROTECTION, -
4. UNITED STATES,
Location. North Second street, near Third, Fourth street, near South First, Ewen, corner Wyckoff,
Foreman. James G. Brown. George Quinn. Thom. Williamson. Thomas Haydon.
5. NORTHERN LIBERTIES, Temporary location,
Foreman. JOSEPH MONTROSS.
JAMES C. BRYANT. SAMUEL BOWDEN.
WILLIAM WHITEHEAD.
5. RESCUE,
Van Brunt street, near Hamilton avenue,
Location. Henry street, near Cranberry,
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APPENDIX-FIRE DEPARTMENT (E. DIST.)
6. EAGLE,
7. NEPTUNE,
8. PACIFIC,
9. LAFAYETTE,
10. RED JACKET,
11. VALLEY FORGE,
12. FRIENDSHIP,
18. VICTORY,
Lorimer, near Meserole, Powers street, near Ewen,
South Sixth street, near Fourth, South First street, near Eleventh, Junction of North Second and Fourth streets, Green Point avenue, Devoe street, near Bushwick avenue, Clymer street,
Andrew Franklin. W. B. C. Mitchell. Bernard Haver. G. A. Dugan. Walter Graham. Joseph Droll. G. W. Williams. H. M. Dixon.
Hose Companies.
Location.
South First street, near Fifth,
2. ATLANTIC, Johnson, corner Morrell,
3. FRIENDSHIP,
4. ELLSWORTH,
5. METAMORA,
6. CONTINENTAL,
7. RIDGEWOOD,
8. VICTORY,
1. LADY WASHINGTON, 2. PUTNAM,
3. YOUNG AMERICA,
Fourth street, near North Seventh street, North Second street, near Lorimer, Seventh street, near Broadway,
S. T. Maddox. William J. Jones. James T. Coffin.
Fire Alarm Bells.
Towers-Corner South Second and Fourth streets, and corner Wyckoff and Ewen streets.
Bell Ringers.
13th Ward, John P. Haffy,
Thomas W. Eccleston, 16th Ward, John Benham, William E. Raynor. -
Fire Districts.
FIRST DISTRICT .- Bounded by Newtown creek, Meeker avenue, East river, and Bushwick creek.
SECOND DISTRICT .- Bounded by East river, Bushwick creek, Union avenue, and Grand street.
THIRD DISTRICT .- Bounded by Newtown creek, Meeker avenue, Union avenue, Metropolitan avenue, and Grand street.
FOURTH DISTRICT .- Bounded by City line, Newtown, Broadway, Union avenue, Grand street, and Metropolitan avenue.
FIFTH DISTRICT .- Bounded by East river, Grand street, Union avenue and Broadway. SIXTH DISTRICT .- Bounded by Wallabout bay, Flushing avenue, and Broadway.
Foreman. James O. Grim. Henry Keeffer. C. A. Johnson. M. W. Wells. M. H. Way. S. T. Waterhouse.
J. S. Barton. Wm. S. Smith.
Hook and Ladder Companies.
Schols, near Union avenue, Franklin avenue, near Green Point,
Graham avenue, near Grand,
No. Name.
1. MARION,
North First, near Fourth street,
South Third street, near Fifth street, Graham avenue,
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APPENDIX-BROOKLYN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Atlantic Fire Insurance Company of Brooklyn.
Offices, 14 Wall street, New York.
172 Atlantic street, Brooklyn.
Cash Capital, $150,000 .--- Assets, May 1, 1862, $251,828.
CHARTERED FEBRUARY 20, 1851.
HORATIO DORR, Secretary.
JOHN D. COCKS, President.
DIRECTORS :
Czar Dunning,
George A. Jarvis,
John Woolsey,
J. S. T. Stranahan, Walter S. Griffith, J. A. Davenport, Ezra Lewis. Robert H. Berdell,
S. L. Husted, Nehemiah Knight, J. J. Van Nostrand, James W. Martens, Matthew Vassar, Jr. William H. Slocum, Nathaniel Putnam, Edward Bridge,
Camille C. Roumage, Levi H. Brigham, Curtis Noble, W. M. Wilson, Jos. W. Greene, Seymour Burrell, W. M. Franklin,
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Charles Stanton, William W. Wickes, Samuel Osborne, S. W. Moore, E. W. Dunham, Jos. R. Skidmore, Wm. L. Cogswell,
John Schenck, David B. Baylis, John Alstyne, C. S. Knight, William Evans, Cornelius J. Sprague, Percy Pine.
Fireman's Trust Insurance Company of Brooklyn.
Offices, No. 9 Court st., Brooklyn, opposite City Hall ; No. 7 Wall st., New York, near Broadway.
CAPITAL, $150,000, ALL PAID IN CASH, WITH A SURPLUS.
Organized on the plan of paying one-half the profits above ten per cent. to the " Widows' and Orphans' Fund" of the Fire Department of the City of Brooklyn.
DIRECTORS:
George Hall, I. H. Frothingham, Richard P. Buck, Henry R. Pierson,
Aaron A. Degrauw, Crawford C. Smith, Warren D. Gookin, Van Brunt Wyckoff, Z. B. Wakeman,
WILLIAM BURRELL, Secretary.
Thomas Clark, Livingston K. Miller, Jonathan B. Stewart, Marcellus Massey, Daniel Van Voorhis, S. B. Chittenden, John Schenck, Harry Messenger,
C. H. Lippitt, F. J. Hosford, Smith Fancher, John J. Glover, William Beard, J. S. Thorne, M. D. Gilbert L. Haight, Joseph H. Field,
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Peter B. Anderson, Joseph B. Hall, Henry D. Peck, Gamaliel King, John M. Hicks, Valentine J. Hall, N. E. James, John S. Voorhees.
GEORGE HALL, President. ISRAEL D. VELSOR, Surveyor.
The Hassan Fire Insurance Company of Brooklyn.
No. 10 Court st., corner Remsen, Brooklyn; 11 Mer. Ex., Wall st., New York.
Directors :
Wm. M. Harris, Abiel A. Low, John Schenck, John T. Martin,
Geo. D. Morgan,
H. K. Corning,
Jos. C. Johnson,
Samuel L. Mitchell, L. M. Sheldon, John Halsey, Wm. C. Fowler, John Hunter, H. B. Claflin, H. C. Murphy,
Samuel Smith, Wm. Hunter, Jr., D. Van Voorhis, A. Underhill, Jas. Weaver, John French, Silas Ludlum,
Thomas Stratton, Isaac Carhart, A. Van Brunt, John A. Cross, Conklin Brush, Cyrus P. Smith, Henry Ruggles,
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James A. H. Bell, B. F. Wardwell, James W. Harper, B. Valentine, Geo. A. Thorne, Thomas Clark, Daniel McCabe.
WM. M. HARRIS, President.
A. J. BEEKMAN, Secretary.
A. A. Low, Hobart Ford, Frederick T. Peet, Peter Duryee, Eli Robbins, Nehemiah Knight, S. Warren Sneden, William Wall,
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APPENDIX-BROOKLYN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Long Island Insurance Company.
CHARTERED, 1888.
Ofices, 41 Fulton street, Brooklyn, and 48 Wall street, New York.
Capital, $200,000. Shares, 4,000. Par, $50.
DIVIDENDS-JANUARY AND JULY.
PRESIDENT, B. W. DELAMATER. SECRETARY, WILLIAM W. HENSHAW.
Directors:
Henry Young,
Peter C. Cornell,
Daniel Ayres,
Frederick Marquand, John H. Prentice,
H. K. Corning, Charles E. Bill, Joshua C. Skidmore, B. W. DeLamater, Minturn Post,
R. V. W. Thorne, John Schenck, John A. Lott, Thomas Baylis, Smith Woodhull,
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Neziah Wright,
Geo. W. Thompson, Charles P. Leverich, Daniel A. Robbins, Charles H. Rogers,
Isaac Hyde, Jr., George A. Thorne, John G. Vassar, W. Augustus White.
Aetna Fire Insurance Company OF NEW YORK, No. 170 BROADWAY.
CAPITAL, $200,000. CHARTERED, 1824.
LIVINGSTON SATTERLEE, Secretary. JACOB BROUWER, President.
Alechanics' Fire Insurance Company, Brooklyn.
CASH CAPITAL, $150,000.
Offices, No. 1 Montague street (Mechanics' Bank Building), Brooklyn, and No. 31 Wall street, (Mechanics' Bank Building), New York.
DANIEL CHAUNCEY, PRESIDENT. WALTER NICHOLS, SECRETARY. WALTER K. PAYE, ASST. SECRETARY.
DIRECTORS :
Daniel Chauncey, Samuel Sloan, Abram B. Baylis, John Brownson, John P. Rolfe, Samuel W. Slocum, Loomis Ballard, Isaac Carhart, Stephen L. Spader,
David M. Chauncey, | Thomas Stratton, Samuel Smith, Peter O'Hara, Hosea Webster, N. E. James, John Schenck, Leonard Cooper, Henry F. Vail, Thomas Sullivan, Livings'n K. Miller, Sylvester Hondlow, Daniel Ayres, Jr., Jacob H. Sackmann, J. P. Van Bergen, George W. Bergen,
Robert J. Davies, Theo. Polhemus, Jr., George L. Shaw, Henry James, Edwin K. Scranton, Robert H. Berdell, George G. Hastings, Barnet Johnson, SAMUEL HUBBS, Surveyor.
Theodore Rogers, Daniel F. Fernald, Jobn H. Baker, John French, Henry Boerum, Henry M. Brush, John Barter, John Halsey.
The Lafayette Fire Insurance Company of Brooklyn.
Ofice, 347 Fulton street, Brooklyn; Branch Office, 14 Wall street, New York.
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APPENDIX-BROOKLYN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Phenix Fire Insurance Company of Brooklyn, T. J.
Office, Court st., cor. Montague st., Brooklyn ; Branch Office, No. 62 Wall st., New York.
CASH CAPITAL, $200,000, WITH A SURPLUS.
INSURANCE AGAINST LOSS OR DAMAGE BY FIRE.
Directors :
Stephen Crowell,
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Charles C. Betts,
William A. Budd,
A. V. Stout,
James S. Rockwell,
J. D. Ingersoll,
Alvin C. Bradley,
Gilbert Sayres, Samuel Booth,
John M. Hicks,
Gustav Schwab,
Samuel Halsted,
Henry Collins,
Moses F. Odell,
Loring Andrews,
I. H. Frothingham,
George B. Archer,
Augustus Studwell,
Benj. F. Wardwell,
Ezra Baldwin,
Joshua Atkins, Jr., Jeremiah V. Spader,
William P. Beale,
Jotham Weeks,
Thos. H. Rodman,
William M. Vail,
Thomas H. Rodman,
George W. Bergen,
Clement S. Parsons,
Edward A. Low,
Benj. F. Breeden.
Alexis Bragg,
PHILANDER SHAW, Secretary. E. W. CROWELL, Vice-President. STEPHEN CROWELL, President.
The Montauk Fire Insurance Company OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN.
Cash Capital, $150,000.
January Ist, 1862.
Ofices, No. 7 Court street, Brooklyn, and No. 60 Wall street, New York.
EDWIN BEERS, SECRETARY.
JOHN J. STUDWELL, PRESIDENT.
Directors :
New York. John Halsey,
J. O. Whitehouse, Stephen Linington, A. A. Low,
G. D. Pitkins, John Winslow, R. C. Brainard, Amasa S. Foster,
Brooklyn. Edward D. White, Thomas Baylis, Brewster Valentine,
John D. Prince, Wm. M. Ingraham,
Charles C. Betts, Nathan T. Beers, T. A. Newman, S. B. Stewart, J. W. Campbell, J. J. Raymond, Henry Boerum, Josiah T. Smith, Richard H. Tucker,
D. B. Powell, Warren Richmond, John G. Bergen, S. F. Whiting, Nehemiah Mason,
Abraham Lott,
John M. Phelps,
Elbert H. Willets, S. W. Burtis.
Foster Pettit, Alexander Studwell, E. H. Nichols, Eli Robbins.
Augustus Embury, John Vanderbilt, Edwin Beers, John J. Studwell, S. L. Husted, F. D. Mason, Wm. M. Thomas,
Harold Doliner,
Daniel F. Fernald,
Nathan T. Beers,
Edward F. Rice, E. W. Crowell, Daniel Ayres, Isaac Brinkerhoff,
Samuel W. Burtis, Leonard C. Dewing,
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APPENDIX-HOSPITALS, DISPENSARIES, INFIRMARIES, ETC.
HOSPITALS, DISPENSARIES, INFIRMARIES, &c.
Brooklyn Academy of Medicine, Brooklyn | ham. Vice-President, N. B. Morse. Treasurer, Institute, 184 Washington street. Incor- porated in 1861.
President, William W. Hadley, M. D.
Vice-President, Levi Reuben, M. D.
Treasurer, D. E. Smith, M. D.
Secretary, J. T. Burdick, M. D.
Brooklyn Central Dispensary. Office, Flat- bush avenue.
President, W. H. Peck. Vice-President, C. C. Noble. Secretary, P. D. Leys. Treasurer, J. S. Mackay.
Physicians, John Hill, T. K. Marcy, A. D. Wilson, W. E. Whitehead.
Apothecary, J. Eagleton.
Brooklyn City Hospital, Raymond street, near De Kalb av. .
John Haslett, President.
Richard Field, Acting President.
John Blunt, Treasurer.
Henry P. Morgan, Secretary.
Physicians : James Crane, M. D., D. S. Lan- don, M. D., H. S. Smith, M. D., A. Nelson Bell, M. D., Chas. J. Seymour, M. D.
Surgeons : James M. Minor, De Witt C. Enos, Daniel E. Kissam, J. C. Hutchison, George Cochran.
Resident Physician-M. H. Wilson, M. D.
Resident Surgeons-W. H. Bates, M. D., W. J. Gifillan, M. D.
Superintendent-John T. E. Nichols.
Brooklyn Dispensary, and Eye and Ear In- firmary, No. 109 Pineapple street, Incor- porated under the' General Act, 1850, Open daily from 11 A. M. to 2 P. M.
President, Alanson Trask.
Vice-President, - Secretary, Wm. H. Henshaw.
Treasurer, I. H. Frothingham.
Surgeon, Jos. B. Jones, M. D. Adjunct, A. J. Pearsall, M. D.
J. Fred. Moore, M. D., Diseases of Children, Skin, and Vaccination.
S. Fleet Speir, M. D., Diseases of the Digestive Organs and Nervous System.
Robert Ormiston, M. D., Diseases of the Heart, Throat, and Lungs.
John Ball, M. D., Diseases of the Eye and Ear. J. B. Jones, M. D., Special Diseases of Females. P. D. Leys, Ph., Apothecary and Dentist. George Murphy, Clerk.
Brooklyn Homeopathic Dispensary, State street, corner Court.
OFFICERS FOR 1862 .- President, M. W. Dun-
Sylvanus S. Townsend. Corresponding and Re- cording Secretary, James L. Dunham. Open daily from 12 M. to 1 P. M.
Brooklyn Surgical Institute, 230 Washing- ton street.
MEDICAL FACULTY .-- Louis Bauer, M. D., A. J. Willetts, M. D., John Cooper, M. D., John Duff, M. D., S. Fleet Spier, M. D., Fred. Zins- ser, M. D.
House Surgeon, Geo. H. R. Bennet.
Superintendent, H. Davies Smith.
Brooklyn Medico-Chirurgical Society.
President, Daniel Ayres, M. D.
1st Vice-President, U. Palmedo, M. D.
2d Vice-President, G. J. Bennett, M. D.
Recording Secretary, W. Mitts, M. D.
Corresponding Secretary, A. Moore, M. D.
Treasurer, G. D. Ayres, M. D.
Eclectic Medical Society of the County of Kings, 184 Washington street.
President, James T. Burdick, M. D.
Vice-President, Wm. W. Hadley, M. D.
Secretary, D. E. Smith, M. D.
Treasurer, B. J. Stowe, M. D.
Homeopathic Medical Society of the County of Kings.
President, W. Wright, M.D.
Vice-President, R. C. Moffat, M. D.
Recording Secy., T. F. Allen, M. D.
Cor. Secretary, H. E. Morrill, M. D.
Treasurer, W. L. R. Perrine, M. D.
CENSORS-A. Wright, M. D., H. Minton, M. D., E. T. Richardson, M. D.
King's County Medical Society.
President, Dr. Samuel Hart.
Vice-President, Dr. John A. Brady.
Secretary, Dr. A. N. Bell.
Assistant Secretary, Dr. J. S. Young.
Treasurer, Dr. A. Otterson.
Librarian, Dr. G. J. Bennet.
CENSORS-Drs. T. L. Mason, Jos. Howard, J. H. Teller, N. L. North, and H. J. Cullen.
DELEGATES TO AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION -Drs. James Crane, A. N. Bell, J. M. Minor, C. L. Mitchell, Jos. C. Hutchison, D. L. Landon, H. S. Smith, A. Otterson, E. N. Chapman, and S. Hart.
DELEGATES TO THE NATIONAL QUARANTINE AND SANITARY CONVENTION .- Drs. A. N. Bell, S. Hart, E. R. Squibb, W. E. Whitehead, Jos. C. Hutchi- son, J. A. Brady, J. M. Minor, John Hill, and J. B. Jones.
Long Island College Hospital, Henry street, between Pacific and Amity.
This institution, chartered in 1858, with full collegiate powers and hospital privileges, and having both an IN-DOOR and OUT-DOOR department, is open daily, Sundays excepted, for the reception and treatment of patients. Its affairs are managed by twenty-five Regents, a Medical Council, a Faculty of the College, and a Faculty of the Hospital.
BOARD OF REGENTS-Pres., Hon. Samuel Sloan. Vice-Pres., Charles Christmas, Esq. Sec., Gustavus A. Brett. Treas., George White. .
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL-Theodore L. Mason, M. D .; William H. Dudley, M. D. ; Chaun- cey L. Mitchell, M. D. ; James H. Henry, M. D.
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APPENDIX-LITERARY INSTITUTIONS AND LIBRARIES.
FACULTY OF THE COLLEGE.
Austin Flint, M. D., Prof. of Practice and Pathology.
Frank H. Hamilton, M. D., Prof. of Surgery.
James D. Trask, M. D., Prof. of Obstetrics. D. G. Eaton, Prof. of Chemistry and Toxicology.
J. C. Hutchison, M. D., Prof. of Surgical Anatomy and Operative Surgery. Austin Flint, Jr., Prof. of Physiology and Microscopic Anatomy. De Witt C. Enos, M. D., Prof. of Anatomy.
E. N. Chapman, M. D., Prof. of Mat. Med. and Therapeutics.
George K. Smith, M. D., Demonstrator of Anatomy.
PHYSICIANS-E. N. Chapman, M. D. ; Wm. Heuser, M. D. ; J. E. Clark, M. D. ; Wm. H. Daval, M. D. ; Arnold Hallett, M. D.
SURGEONS- Frank H. Hamilton, M. D. ; J. H. H. Burge, M. D. ; D. A. Dodge, M. D. ; Wil- liam Gilfillan, M. D.
HOUSE SURGEON-F. H. Colton.
APOTHECARY-C. S. Fougera.
Williamsburgh Dispensary.
Office, 131 Fourth street (E. D.)
President .- SAMUEL GROVES.
Vice-Presidents .- John J. Hicks, Nathaniel Briggs.
Secretary .- Samuel J. Burr. Treasurer .- John Broach.
LITERARY INSTITUTIONS AND LIBRARIES.
BROOKLYN COLLEGIATE AND POLY- TECHNIC INSTITUTE - Livingston St., bet. Court and Boerum.
President, J. H. Raymond, LL. D. Principal Academic Department, Prof. E. C. Seymour, A. M. Secretary, Josiah O. Low. Treasurer, John T. Martin. Registrar and Clerk, Sylvester H. Clark.
Trustees.
President, J. H. Frothingham.
J. S. T. Stranahan, L. B. Wyman, S. B. Chittenden, J. O. Low, John T. Martin, George A. Jarvis, Charles S. Baylis, James How, D. S. Landon, M. G. Harrington, J. H. Frothing- ham, J. E. Southworth, Charles R. Marvin, Abram B. Baylis, A. S. Barnes, Alex. M. White, B. R. Blydenburgh.
Faculty.
John H. Raymond, LL. D. ; Geo. W. Col- lard, A. M. ; Chas. S. Stone, A. M. ; Robert R. Raymond, A. M. ; Jean Gustave Keetels, A. M. ; Robert Foster, A. M. ; Edward C. Seymour, A. M. ; Elbridge C. Allen, A. M.
BROOKLYN INSTITUTE AND YOUTHS' FREE LIBRARY ---- 184 Washington St., near Concord.
ESTABLISHED 1823. CHARTERED 1824.
Trustecs.
A. W. Benson, Gerrit Smith, Charles Cong- don. Ex-officio, Mayor of the city of Brooklyn, and the President of the Brooklyn Savings Bank.
President, Peter G. Taylor. Vice-President, Oliver Hull. Treasurer, Thos. Rowe. Secretary, John W. Pray.
Directors.
Thomas Woodward, Austin Melvin, William Everdell, Jr., Jesse C. Smith, George Kissam, Alfred M. Wood, Charles H. Baxter, Duncan Littlejohn, Henry W. Herrick.
Librarian, John McGeorge.
CATHOLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION- Court street, near Joralemon.
President, F. G. Turner. Vice-President, Michael Taggart. Corresponding Secretary, Hugh McCrossin. Recording Secretary, Thomas Rorke. Treasurer, Felix Gallagher.
Directors.
Thomas Carroll, Kieran Egan, Thomas Kelly, John Flynn, P. P. McHugh, Thomas Hughes, Edward Rorke, Patrick Leach.
SUBSCRIPTION-One dollar initiation fee, and wo dollars per annum.
THE HAMILTON LITERARY ASSOCIA- TION OF BROOKLYN.
Founded 1830. Chartered 1842.
President, John D. Pray. Vice-President, G. R. Walton. Secretary, F. E. Dana. Treasurer, Lewis B. Reed, Jr.
Rooms, Hamilton Building, 16 Court street.
MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN.
Atheneum, Atlantic st. cor., Clinton, Organized 1857. Officers for 1862, 1863. President, James Thorne. Vice-President, F.
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APPENDIX-MILITARY.
Woodruff. Corresponding Secretary, A. U. B. Van | PACKER COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE FOR Dyck. Recording Secretary, C. W. Beebe. Trea- FEMALES -- Joralemon St., bet. Court and Clinton. surer, Henry M. Evans.
Directors.
H. W. Merian, William Sheerer, G. Van Wage- nen, James H. Frothingham, G. L. Haight, J. How, Jr., P. M. Myers, J. R. Kennaday, A. Van Sinderen.
Librarian, S. B. Noyes.
Subscription .- One dollar initiation fee, and two dollars per annum, in advance.
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Pres., A. A. Low. Treas., John W. Prentice. Sec, Jos. W. Harper. Trustees, Richard P. Buck, A. D. Baylis, C. P. Smith, J. S. Thorne, O. H. Gordon, P. C. Cornell, J. W. Harper, J. H. Prentice, A. W. Benson, A. A. Low, Fisher Howe, Loomis Ballard, John Haslett, J. M. Van Cott, and His Honor the Mayor.
Principal, A. Crittenden, A. M.
MILITARY.
Head-Quarters of Second Division New York State Militia, Brooklyn, New York, comprising Long Island, Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, and Orange Counties.
OFFICER IN COMMAND.
Major-General H. B. Duryea.
Division Staff.
Inspector, Col. Marlborough Churchill
Judge Advocate, " John Fowle, Jr.
Surgeon, " George Cochrane.
Engineer, " Samuel Fowler.
Quar .- Mast., Lieut .- Col. William J. Steele.
Paymaster, Major Stephen H. Debevoise.
Aid-de-Camp, William H. Husted. David W. Talmage.
Fifth Brigade.
Brigadier General, Philip S. Crooke, Flatbush. (Located in Kings County, consists of 13th, 14th, 28th, and 70th Regiments.)
Brigade Staff.
Brigade Inspector, William R. Brewster (now in command of 73d Regt., New York Volunteers, at Yorktown).
Engineer, William H. McNary.
Judge Advocate, Stephen A. Dodge, (now in command of 87th Regiment New York Volunteers, at Yorktown).
Surgeon Charles McAllister,
Aid, Anthony Conk.
Quartermaster, James Mooney.
Paymaster, (Vacancy), in place of Julius L. Ellis, deceased, mortally wounded at Manassas, July, 1861, whilst in command with 71st Regiment, N. Y. S. M.
13th REGIMENT --- ARTILLERY.
Colonel, Robert B. Clark. Lieutenant-Colonel, John B. Woodward. Major, Samuel K. Boyd. (In the United States service in Maryland from April 21st to August 6th, 1861.)
14th REGIMENT --- INFANTRY.
Colonel, Alfred M. Wood.
Lieutenant-Colonel, E. B. Fowler.
Major, Debevoise.
(Now in the United States service. Volun- teered for the war, May, 1861; fought at Manassas with distinguished gallantry. Colonel Wood, badly wounded and taken prisoner, made remarkable forced march to Fredericks- burgh, April, 1862.
28th REGIMENT --- RIFLES.
Colonel, Michael Bennett. Lieutenant-Colonel, Charles Kiehl. Major, Adam Schepper. (In the United States service in Washington and Virginia, from May to August, 1861 ; gar- risoned Fort Bennett, &c., Arlington Heights.)
70th REGIMENT --- CAVALRY AND LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Colonel, Samuel Graham. Lieutenant-Colonel, Caspar Urban, Major, William J. Cropsey.
(This regiment volunteered, but was not needed. Colonel Graham is also Colonel of 5th Regiment New York Heavy Artillery (volun- ters), in garrison at the forts in New York har- bor. Lieutenant-Colonel Urban is Major in same regiment (5th).
11th BRIGADE.
Organized December 31st, 1861, in the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 10th and 12th Wards of the city of Brooklyn-Brigadier- General Jesse C. Smith, Brooklyn-consists of the 23d, 47th, 52d and 56th Regiments.
Brigade Staff.
Brigade Inspector, Edward L. Molineaux. 66 Engineer, Benjamin Haskell.
Judge Adv., Roswell C. Brainard.
Hospital Surgeon,
John A. Brady.
Brig. Quartermaster, Matthias W. Cole.
" Paymaster,
Judah B. Voorhees.
Aid-de-Camp, John Berry.
47th REGIMENT --- INFANTRY.
Colonel, Jeremiah V. Meserole. Lieutenant-Colonel, George Sangster. Major, Jeremiah Johnson, Jr. Six companies organized in this regiment.
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Staff Officers.
23d REGIMENT --- INFANTRY.
Four companies are organized in this regi-
ment. Captain,
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William Everdell, Jr. Edwin Beers. Leonard D. Atwater. - Bassett.
MISCELLANEOUS SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS.
Brooklyn Academy of Music. Montague street, bet. Clinton and Court. Incorporated pursuant to a special act of the Legislature, March 19, 1859. CAPITAL, $200,000.
President, Vice-President,
Henry E. Pierrepont. George F. Thomae.
Treasurer,
Isaac H. Frothingham. A. Cooke Hull.
Directors.
Edward Whitehouse,
Alexander McCue,
Robert R. Raymond, W. M. Richards, John Greenwood,
Edward Lambert,
Gordon L. Ford, E. J. Lowber,
Willard M. Newell,
E. S. Mills, Alexander M. White, Edwin D. Plimpton, A. Cooke Hull,
A. W. Benson,
John W. Degrauw,
Peter C. Cornell,
C. H. Sand,
Henry E. Pierrepont,
John Kellum,
H. R. Worthington,
Luther B. Wyman, Samuel Sloan,
George F. Thomae,
Isaac H. Frothingham,
Marcellus Massey.
Brooklyn Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor.
Office, Washington Building, 22 Court street.
OFFICERS FOR 1861. President, George Hall. Vice-Presidents, Caleb Barstow, T. C. Fanning, H. B. Claflin, A. A. Low, J. E. Southworth. Executive Committee, Isaac H. Frothingham, J. I. Studwell, Arthur W. Benson, William Poole, R. P. Buck, Thomas H. Rodman, Henry Mes- senger, Stephen Crowell. Treasurer, Henry Rowland. Recording Secretary, N. G. Burgess. Corresponding Secretary and General Agent, Samuel Baylis.
Brooklyn Benevolent Society.
Most Rev. John Hughes, President. Glover, Secretary. Cornelius Dever, Treasurer. Michael Burke, Agent. Office, 66 Amity street.
Brooklyn Horticultural Society. Established in 1852.
President, J. W. Degraw. Vice-Presidents, S. J. Eastman, I. A. Wallace, Lyman Burnham, R. W. Ropes. Secretary, C. B. Miller. Exhibitions and meetings at the Academy of Music, Montague street.
Terms of membership, $3 per year, admitting a member and family to all the exhibitions, meetings, &c.
Brooklyn R. C. Orphan Asylum. Female Asylum, Congress street, 450 girls.
Male Asylum, Bedford avenue, 350 boys. President, Rt. Rev. J. Loughlin. Treasurer, Francis Geraty. Secretary, Thomas Kelly.
Brooklyn Society for the Relief of Respect- able Aged Indigent Females. (GRAHAM INSTITUTE.)
OFFICIAL BOARD FOR 1861-First Directress, Mrs. J. S. T. Stranahan. Second Directress, Mrs. Hosea Webster. Cor. Sec., Mrs. I. R. St. John. Rec. Sec., Mrs. Nathan Burchard. Treas., Mrs. David M. Stone.
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