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The four children of this marriage were:
William Kirten, Tr., b. Oct. 6, 1710; d., New York, June 22, 1729; John Kirten, b. Dec. 25, 1713;
Anne Kirten, b. May 22, 1716; d. June 21, 1773;
Sarah Kirten, b. May 18, 1718, who m. and left issue.
In closing the estate of John and Anne Waddell, the various residences were offered for sale, thereby affording somewhat detailed information otherwise lack- ing to us.
"The pleasantly situated house and garden at Harlem near the waterside in which the late widow Waddell lived, opposite to Colonel Lewis Morriss; the garden is in fine order and plenty of fruit. The house has eight rooms, five fire places, and a good out kitchen with a pump in it; an excellent barn and out houses" (New York Gazette, June 17, 1773).
In the issue of the Gazette for February 3, 1774, two other residences were offered in like manner :
"The commodious and well furnished house and lot of ground belonging to the estate of Mr. John Waddell deceased in Dock Street, running through to Duke Street commonly called Bayard Street, now occupied by Henry Cuyler, Esq .- likewise the house and lot of ground in French-Church Street, now occupied by Wm. Waddell, nearly opposite to Rev. Dr. Rodgers-also 3000 acres of land in Hardenburgh Patent known and distinguished by Lot #24 in Lot #2."
For further references to Capt. John and Anne Waddell, see Lamb's "History New York," vol. v., pp. 7, 91, 156. Mrs. Ellet's "Queens of American Society." Barrett's "Old Merchants of New York," vols. iii. and iv. Also contemporary press.
John and Anne Waddell had the following children :
WILLIAM, b., New York City, July 16, 1737 (O. S.); of whom later;
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John, b., New York City, Aug. 7, 1739 (O. S.); Capt. John Waddell, Jr., was master of the brig, "Swan," owned two-thirds by his father; "she sailed in Captain Waddell's life time from New York to Carolina and Holland. Betwixt Carolina and Holland she was taken and Carr'd into France and condemn'd. Capt'n Waddell in his life time recovered the Insurance made upon the Vessel and Cargo at Philad'a, to the amount of £1493-6s-8d" (Inventory of Capt. John Waddell's estate) ; from MSS., in the hand of Capt. Henry Waddell (see following), "John was master of the Sloop 'Nancy' inward bound, and while at anchor within Sandy Hook, the wind blowing very hard he fell overboard at 6 in the even'g of the 3rd Dec .- 1771 and was drowned and seen no more"; by his will, dated Feb. 1, 1770, he made his brother, William, his heir; he was No. 23, of the thirty-three sea captains of New York City, who formed the Masonic Society of the City of New York, Jan. 8, 1770 (Barrett's "Old Merchants of N. Y." vol. iv. p. 61) ;
Mary, b., New York City, Sept. 28, 1741; m. John Taylor, of New York City, Oct., 1761, and d. 1789, leaving eight children, of whom seven m. and five at least left issue, namely, sons, William, George and Charles, also Phoebe, m. Francis B. Winthrop, of New York City, and Mary, m. Thomas Smith; John Taylor m. (second) Ann Waddell; Rev. Henry, b., New York City, Dec. 4, 1744; matriculated at Kings College (now Co- lumbia University), New York City, 1757, and in 1758, at the College of Philadelphia (later Univ. of Penna.), from which he received the degree of A. B. in 1762, and A. M. in 1766 (Penna. Gazette, No. 1953, in N. J. Col. Docs. for 1766) and D. D. in 1807 (U. of P. Biog. Cat. of Matriculates) ; under date, May 26, 1763, the following entry appears in his mother's "account book of sundry profit and loss"-"To Cash paid Da. Ogden Aprentice Fee, with Hen. Waddell, £145." This legal training to- gether with the knowledge and practice in the law gained in the settling of his parents estate is probably responsible in part for the comment in Sabines American Loyalists that "before the Revolution he was a distinguished lawyer in Monmouth County (N. J.)." He was Captain of a Grenadier Company in the Monmouth (N. J.) Militia, Continental Troops, which lost many men at the battle of Monmouth (Symmes His- tory "Old Tennant Church," p. 363 to 6). In 1776 he resigned his commission for disability (p. 487 Minutes Provincial Congress of N. J., 1775 and 6); and his sym- pathies, doubtless, more and more coinciding with the Loyalist tendencies of those of his family in New York, we find him, after numerous citations, appearing before the Council of Safety and being required by that body to give evidence of his peaceable intentions before being discharged (Minutes Aug. 30, 1777). Sabine records him among American Loyalists as "decided in his attachment to the Crown."
He was ordained deacon, Oct. 18, 1787, in the Episcopal Church, by Bishop Provost of New York (N. Y. Hist. Soc. Col. for 1870, p. 387), and from 1788 to 1798 was rector of Trinity Church, Shrewsbury, N. J. (Stillwell's Hist. & Gen. Misc., vol. i., p. 219), and from 1798 to 1811, rector of St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Trenton, N. J., where he d. Jan. 20, 1811, and was bur., a stone bearing this inscription still standing to his memory :
"In memory of Henry Waddell, D. D., Rector of St. Michaels Church, Trenton, and St. Andrews, Aimswell, who departed this life the 20th of Jan. 1811 in the 66th year of his age. A faithful and affectionate pastor, a sincere and zealous christian, an amiable and honest man; his body is buried in peace but his soul shall live for evermore."
On Nov. 5, 1769, he m. Lucy (or Lucia) Lawrence, of Shrewsbury, N. J., and had seven children, whose issue was extinct before 1850;
Ann, b., New York City, Oct. 30, 1748; m. Eleazer Miller, Jr., Oct. 25, 1771; following her husband's death she later m., as his second wife, John Taylor, who had, firstly, m. her sister, Mary Waddell; Capt. Henry Waddell, in a letter to his father, Lieut. Col. William Waddell, dated Oct. 3, 1803, in referring to the fever then raging in New York City, writes, "Uncle John Taylor died on the day of my arrival, unattended by any except Mrs. T .; such is the fatality of this disorder that even his children did not come near him"; Ann d. Feb. 13, 1816, and was bur. from her late residence, 13 Dey st., New York, her obituary notice commenting on her relationship to the then late Rev. Henry Waddell, her brother;
Sarah, b., New York City, Feb. 14, 1750 (O. S.) ; d. young;
George, b., New York City, Nov. 15, 1752 (N. S.) ; his name is found in the list of those matriculates of King's College, New York City, in the class of 1770, who did not graduate; with the added note indicating his death in 1767; the Waddell MSS. records his death as May 14, 1768; from this early death and the apparent solicitude of his father for his well being (as expressed in the latter's will), it is probable that George had from early youth, either some infirmity or poor health which threatened his future; Sarah (2nd), b., New York City, Dec. 5, 1755 (N. S.); m. Joseph Taylor (brother to John, who married, firstly, Mary Waddell, and, secondly, Ann Waddell, widow of Eleazer Miller), June 1. 1774; children, living in 1816, were: Harriette, Caroline, William, Charlotte and Sarah.
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LIEUT. COL. WILLIAM WADDELL was born, New York City, July 26, 1737 (O. S.). As early as 1757, during the French and Indian War, he was evidently en- gaged in the hazardous adventures of the shipping trade, when he appears as part owner of two French prizes brought into the port of New York by the privateer "Royal Ester" (Gaine's New York Mercury, No. 275). Likewise in 1758 (see same No. 324) "all persons that are indebted for goods bought at vendue out of the ships 'Vryherd,' 'St. Fernando,' 'Anabella,' and 'Sea Horse,' are desired to pay the same to Peter Keteltas or William Waddle (Waddell)." He was a prom- inent and successful merchant in New York City until the Revolution, living in King street. From 1773 to 1777 he was one of the six members of the Board of Aldermen (an honor of greater significance then than now), and one of those deputized to sign on behalf of the corporation of the city of New York, the currency issued by the latter to pay for the "water works" then being erected near Broadway and Chamber streets. (Common Council minutes). An interesting and perfectly preserved broadside inviting the support of his friends, in the inter- est of his candidacy for the office of Alderman, is exhibited in the Colonial Docu- ment Room, Library of Congress, Washington.
William Waddell was a consistent and ardent loyalist (see Sabine's "American Loyalists"), and took so active a part in harmony with that profession as to incur the equally active opposition of the Continental sympathizers, an interesting record of which he has left us in his memorial to Parliament for reimbursement of his losses. On the occupation of New York City by the British, he is found heading the address of welcome to Lord and Sir William Howe, and promptly after the occupation served as one of the magistrates of the city (commission dated Sep- tember 15, 1776), the enlargement of whose powers brought it within the scope of his duties to also perform the services of Coroner, Health Officer, and to inaugu- rate a supervision to prevent disastrous fires. On October 23, 1776, he was com- missioned by Gov. Tryon, as lieutenant colonel of one of the loyalist regiments raised in New York City, which served there during the British occupation (see "N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Record," vol. ii, p. 156, also Mott's "New York of Yesterday," p. 44). On the evacuation of New York by the British and as did so many of the New York loyalists (see Van Tyne "Loyalists in American Revolution" and Flick's "Loyalism in New York"), he removed to London where he resided until his death there, July 13, 1813. While not attainted as were so many of the active loyalists, the unfriendly legislation against them, particularly when absent, gave occasion for his exclusion in the division of the yet unclosed estate of his parents, John and Anne Waddell, and especially as to his participation in the amount ow- ing to the estate, and in the lands formerly owned by Lord Stirling (William Alexander). The legal documents in later suits (see Judgment New York Su- preme Court awarded in favor of Anne Delancey and Abraham Russel against James Jackson, signed February 17, 1815), to attempt to enforce such division furnish considerable data which would otherwise have been lost. His memorial to Parliament reciting his services and losses in detail was presented November 30, 1787, the latter aggregating £6055 Sterling. A corrected and amended memorial was dated from No. 3 Sherborn lane, Lombard street, London, February 1, 1790, and presented the same date.
William Waddell married, April 3, 1761, Geesie, daughter of Hon. Francis Fil- kin (N. Y. Hist. Soc. Col. III, page 226), and Catherine (Lewis) Filkin, at Mr.
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Filkin's residence, Pearl street, New York City. She was born in Poughkeepsie, March 25, 1740 (O. S.), died, New York City, January 19, 1773; buried Waddell vault, Trinity Churchyard, New York, (New York Journal, January 28, 1773, in N. Y. Hist. Soc Col. III, p. 226).
Francis Filkin, born, Flatbush (now Brooklyn), New York, October 24, 1704, was long one of the prominent merchants and magistrates of New York City. He received the commissions of a Judge and a Justice in Dutchess county, New York, in 1733, and resided there until 1748, when he removed to New York City. He was an Alderman from the South Ward, New York City, 1752 to 1769, and from the Dock Ward, 1770 to 1773; and one of His Majesties Justices of the Peace in New York City, as early as 1754 (New York Gazette, No. 573, January 21, 1754) ; he was the sixth of ten children of Lieut. Col. Henry Filkin, of the Colonial Wars, born May 26, 1651, and his wife, Catryina Vonck, born March 9, 1669-70, and died 1758 (daughter of Cornelius Vonck and his wife, Madeline Rixe or Hend- ricks, of Southampton, Long Island-see Howell's Southampton, new Ed., p. 440; also N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record, July, 1903), both of Flatbush before 1684. Henry Filkin was member of Assembly for Kings county, 1693-96; Justice of the Peace, 1693; heads the list of census of Flatbush, 1698, as of English descent (Bergen's "Register Early Settlers Kings Co., Long Island") ; Lieutenant Colonel, Kings county regiment (Cal. Hist. MSS. N. Y. Ivi, p. 47) ; one of the Trustees of Flatbush (ibid li, p. 118) ; Sheriff Kings county (ibid lxxiv, p. 177) ; Elder in Reformed Dutch Church, Flatbush, etc. (Stile's Hist. Brooklyn I, 179). He was also one of the grantees of the "Great Nine Partners" patent in Dutchess county, granted in 1697 to Caleb Heathcote, Henry Filkin, etc., "nine men of wealth and high social standing" (P. H. Smith Hist. Dutchess Co., p. 129). He died October 24, 1713, will dated September 22, 1713, recorded Lib. 8, p. 273, New York City.
Catherine Lewis, born September 15, 1702 (widow of Peter Van Kleek), mar- ried (second) Francis Filkin, 1733, was the daughter of Col. Leonard Lewis, of the Colonial Wars, New York City and Poughkeepsie, and Elizabeth Harden- burgh, his wife. Col. Lewis was born 1669, in New York City, where he was "ad- mitted freeman,"1698 (Valentine's Hist. N. Y., p. 372) ; Captain of Foot Com- pany, New York City, 1700 (Doc. Hist. N. Y., vol. i, p. 361) ; Alderman, 1696-99 (Valentine's Manual) ; recorded as a resident of Dutchess county, New York, 1714 (Doc. Hist. N. Y., vol. i, p. 368) ; Justice Court Common Pleas, 1715 (Hist. MSS. N. Y., 1x, p. 85) ; Treasurer of Dutchess county, 1716; first resident repre- sentative to Assembly from Dutchess county, 1713-26 (J. D. Smith, Hist. Dutchess Co., pp. 51-123 and 125). He died in Poughkeepsie, August 19, 1730, and his grave is marked by a headstone in the graveyard near corner of Church and Main streets, near the site of the early Lewis home. His will dated February 8, 1723, proven August 23, 1733, is recorded Lib. A, p. 191, Dutchess County Registry of Deeds (not Wills), mentions his daughter "Catherina now the wife of Peter Van Kleek." The same book records a deed for 12,000 acres of land in Dutchess county (including part of present site of Poughkeepsie) to Leonard Lewis, of New York, the governors confirmation of title following. Leonard Lewis was the fourth son of Thomas Lewis, of New York City as early as 1666, and in regard to whom the following data among the genealogical collections of his son-in-law, Francis Filkin, has only recently come to light :
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"the said Thomas was borne in belfast in Ireland and came over from there to new york in march in cromwells wars.
and his two (sic) siester first fled into holland before said Thomas Lewis came to said New York
and the said Thomas maryed heare in albany and did use to go and trade to virginigh and to boston and Road illand in the year Anno 1666 and 1669 by his book and pepers and by his other book before and after
and the said thomas Lewis did diye here in new york Suptr 28, 1684
and he was then about 56 years old and left for sons Lodiwick, barent, thomas, Leonard. his will is recorded here in fort office * * *
and this barent (son of Anthony son of Barent above. PHWS) Lewis has a great deel of the books and pepers of his old (great) grandfather thomas Lewis
and said thomas had considerable habitations in new york the square where Samuel Lawrence lives and the catlic kerk and soundrie other plasis.
Copy of the above sant to Irland."
From the genealogical MSS. Record made by Justice Francis Filkin in a book now among the records of the County Clerk of Dutchess county, and which aside from a few court judgments records genealogical data regarding, first, Filkin family records; second, list of marriages performed by Francis Filkin; third, Lewis family (his wife's family) data. See also N. Y. Gen. Biog. Record, vols 34 and 35.
As Francis Filkin left Dutchess county in 1748 the beginning of the record at least must be prior to that date; the record does not disclose the source of the Lewis data quoted, but it conflicts in no point with known though less complete data from other sources.
Thomas Lewis bought in 1668 of Burgher Joris, the house and lot occupying the northeast corner of Hanover square and William street, New York City, which was later the site of the residence and place of business of William Brad- ford, the first established printer in New York, and is now the site of the new Cotton Exchange (Innes "New Amsterdam and Its People," p. 233). He was Alderman of New York City, 1675 and 1679; a register of vessels hailing from port of New York in 1684 lists a sloop as belonging to Thomas Lewis. He died September 24, 1684; will dated September 13, 1684, recorded New York City, Lib. 19 B, p. 110, mentions his wife Geesie and children Lodewick, Barent, Leon- ard, Catharina and Thomas; the latter married a daughter of Mrs. Gov. Leisler. Lieut. Col. William and Geesie (Filkin) Waddell had the following children, all born in New York City :
John, b. Sept. 10, 1762, christened by Rev. Samuel Auchmuty, of Trinity Church, Oct. 20, 1763, and d. Sept. 17, 1768;
William Filkin, b. Dec. 17, 1764, christened by Rev. Samuel Auchmuty, Jan. 5, 1765, and d. Aug. 27, 1768;
Catherine, b. March 14, 1766, christened by Mr. Anchmuty, April 1, 1766, and d. Oct. 31, 1781;
HENRY, b. March 31, 1767; of whom later;
Ann, b. April 6, 1768, christened by Mr. Auchmuty, May 2, 1768, and d. June 8, 1770; Mary, b. May 6, 1769, christened by Mr. Auchmuty, July 7, 1769, and d. June 9, 1770;
Ann (2nd), b. July 8, 1770, christened Ang. 6, 1770; m., Jan. 1, 1797, by Rev. Dr. Beach, of Trinity Church, to Lucas Elmendorf, Esq., of Esopus, N. Y., a prominent member of the Ulster County Bar; member of Congress, 1797 to_1803; member of Assembly, 1804-05; State Senator, 1814-17; member of the famous Council of Appointment, for recommending dispensation of the "loaves and fishes" of those days; President Van Buren is reported to have regarded him as his political preceptor (Barrett's "Old Merchants of New York," vol. 3, p. 135, also Parton's "Andrew Jackson," vol. 3. chap. xix) ; children : William Henry, Julia, Ann, Annette and Charlotte; issue ex- tinct ;
John Filkin, b. Jan. 19, 1773, christened by Mr. Auchmuty, Feb. 26, 1773; "Sailed from New York in the Summer of 1794 as Chief mate of the brig 'Mary,' commanded by Jonathan Reynolds to Hamburg or Petersburgh in Russia and has not been heard of since. The vessel was sold in Hamburg and Reynolds says that the crew was paid off, and discharged. John is supposed to have been drowned. This Mem. made by his brother Henry, May 14, 1816." (From Genealogical MSS. of Henry Waddell in pos- session of Philip H. Waddell Smith).
CAPT. HENRY WADDELL, son of William and Geesie (Filkin) Waddell, was
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born, New York City, March 31, 1767, christened by Rev. Samuel Auchmuty, of Trinity Church, New York. He did not (nor did the other children) accompany his father to London on the evacuation of New York in 1783, but remained in America. He was master of a vessel as early as 1794, as evidenced by his admis- sion as a full member of the Marine Society of the city of New York in that year. For the greater part of his life he was a ship master and owner, of the port of New York, usually accompanying his vessels which frequently visited European and South American ports. He was also one of the port wardens of the port of New York. He was senior member of the firm of Waddell & Taylor, in 1799, located at 199 Front street, New York. His residence was at first 58 Wall street, and from 1809 to 1818 at 53 Wall street (New York Directories). On October 30, 1803, he writes his father to report his arrival from London after a passage of 48 days, and comments, "met with good fortune not to be boarded by any cruisers," adding in conclusion " I find Eliza (his wife Eliza Martin Daubeney, see below) and my little son (Wm. Coventry H. Waddell, born May 28th, 1802, See below), in good health." In February, 1805, he was awaiting in New York the return of his vessel, the "Martha," from Amsterdam, preparatory to making a voyage in her to "some part of Europe" (letter from H. W. to W. W. Feb. 28th, 1805), but he reports his plans as changed in August of the same year through having disposed of his interests in her. Later he again writes his father "I have been absent from home a long time while on a voyage to the river of Plata, and only returned to my fam- ily about a month ago (H. W. to W. W. July 23rd, 1807)." On March 31, 1810, while accompanying his vessel, the "Gov. Gore," bound for Tonningen, he was captured by the French Corsair, the "General Caffarelli," Capt. Louis Renaux, who seized and conveyed her as a prize to France under the famous Berlin and Milan decrees of Napoleon, because his vessel had permitted herself to be boarded by an English man-of-war, of which the decrees of the Emperor did not admit. His personal liberty if not more, was in jeopardy, until as a last resort he made himself known as a Mason, when he received his liberty and every consideration (H. W. to W. C. H. W. to P. H. W. S.). Barrett states that he was absent from New York three years on his voyage (Barrett's "Old Merchants," vol. iii, p. 136), which would allow considerable time for his detention in Paris, from which under date of May 15, 1810, he wrote his father at London. Mementos of this enforced visit to Paris are still preserved in the form of a brass clock with a case of astro- nomical and nautical design, and in an open-faced gold watch from the firm of J. Bte Lenoir, Paris, which were brought back by Capt. Waddell, constituting further evidences of the fact that he was not left stranded or destitute by the seizure of his vessel.
In 1816 he found time to complete a manuscript record of Waddell and Kirten genealogy, doubtless preserving some data that must otherwise have been lost, and thus deserves the grateful recognition of his descendants genealogically inter- ested, here so long after recorded.
Trustworthy tradition (W. C. H. W. to P. H. W. S.) states that his letters to his wife were always in verse, and frequently with the lines crossing and recrossing, or with different colored inks in accordance with the custom of the day when post- age was levied on the number of sheets rather than their weight ; also that Capt. Waddell could intuitively approximate the time with great exactness even when roused from sleep at night ; doubtless the result of his extended sea-faring life.
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There is extant a water color medallion portrait of Capt. Waddell, also a bust portrait in 61/2x71/2inch contemporary framing, the latter bearing the authentication of W. C. H. Waddell endorsed thereon. Capt. Waddell died July 13, 1819, and was buried in the Waddell vault, Trinity Churchyard (Trinity Church record). His will is dated May 9, 1815, and was probated July 16, 1819; it is recorded New York City and mentions his grandmother, Anne Waddell, his father Lieut. Col. William Waddell, his wife Eliza Martin (Daubeney) Waddell, and his children as later recorded herein, executors Eliza Martin Waddell, John Henry Hobart, Lloyd S. Daubeney and Anthony Bleeker.
Capt. Henry Waddell was married, November 8, 1800, by the Rev. Dr. Benja- min Moore, of Trinity Church, to Eliza Martin Daubeney, daughter of Mr. Lloyd Daubeney and Mary (Coventry) Daubeney, of 53 Wall street, New York City. She was born, New York City, October, 1779, and baptized by Rev. Mr. Inglis. of Trinity Church, November 10, 1779; she died, New York City, June, 1835, and was buried Waddell vault, Trinity Churchyard.
Capt. Henry and Eliza Martin (Daubeney) Waddell had the following children, all born in New York City :
WILLIAM COVENTRY HENRY, b. May 28, 1802; of whom later;
John Henry, b. June 18, 1804, bapt. June 18, 1804; mentioned by name in his father's will; was graduated from Columbia College, with degree of A. M. in 1821; failing health requiring his seeking a different climate, he removed to St. Thomas, West Indies, where he d. unm., and was bur .;
Francis Lucas, b. May, 1808; mentioned by name in his father's will; he m. Louisa Smith, daughter of Thomas H. Smith, of New York City, the greatest East India merchant and importer of his day, but d. without issue; his residence was on Seventeenth st., be- tween Gramercy Park and Fourth ave., until his wife's death in 1855 or 57, after which until his own death, about two years later, he resided on Nineteenth st., near Sixth ave .; he was bur. in Waddell vault, Trinity Churchyard, Nov. 10, 1859; he was promi- nently identified with the social life of New York City of his day; the loquacious Sco- field, in his Barrett's "Old Merchants of New York," says :
"Francis L. Waddell was probably the most widely known young man in his day. I could write a book about "Frank" as he was called. He possessed a gentlemanly impudence that was sublime. Upon our rich nabobs who possessed no other shining quality than money, Frank absolutely looked down. There were men in the City that Frank would not have borrowed money from in the days of his hardest need, and Frank did see some tough times. It was a curious trait about Frank that he would spend his money as free as water, when he had it. He had no selfishness. He was clever in every sense of the word. He was a shining light in our highest society. He was courted by every one and when he died no one in our great living crowd was ever more missed. * * * No one was better known at our celebrated watering place Sara- toga, than Frank Waddell. He never failed to be at Marvin's United States Hotel as the seasons came around, and probably no person was ever more identified with the gayeties of a fashionable resort like this than our friend Frank. He was the Beau Brummel of the place * * * and on no account was the host more entitled for the fashionable recherche character of the House, than he was to our interesting friends. * * * Frank was a bon vivant of the first order. He was the most remarkable man for wit and humor at the table that we ever saw and could place in accord the most incongruous material and the make the whole affair pass off under all circumstances with the greatest eclat."
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