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SECRETARIES.
MOSES HALE, M. D., was born June Izth, 1780. H e began the
study of medicine with Dr.…
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His ancestry can be traced back to the fourteenth century.
In 1369 Sir Neil Campbell,…
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he was appointed a Justice of the Peace, which office he held
ten years; also a…
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a teacher in Bennington Academy, and next commenced the study
of law in Troy, N. Y. At…
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Memoirs of Thomas W. Blatchford, A. M., M. D., of Troy, 1866.
H e married, February 24th, 1836, Mary…
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elected trustee and secretary of the Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, which position…
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TREASURERS.
HON. HANFORD N. LOCKWOOD was born in Brookfield, Fair-
field County, Conn., April, 1788…
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until 1851.
In the fall of
1838 he was chosen a member of the Assembly from Troy, and…
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street, and entered upon an independent mercantile career, as
the head of the firm of Young &…
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REV. SAMUEL BLATCHFORD, D. D., was the first trustee ap-
H e served until…
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voted for the re-election of Thomas Jefferson. H e was elected
a member of the State…
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veyor-general of the United States in 1796, but declined. From
1798, regent; from 1819…
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Jr., No. 19 Second street. Mrs. George B. Warren,’Jr., is a
granddaughter of John D. Dickinson.…
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brother of Daniel and Isaac Merritt, at White Creek, Washing-
ton county. After…
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was given to the Rensselaer & Saratoga railroad. Under this
act an organization was effected in…
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dence, and there established a newspaper. This enterprise- was
not a success. H e then…
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grapes, often making fine exhibits of the same. H e visited
Europe in 1828, also in 1836. In 1855 he…
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For many years he was actuary and secretary of the Troy
Savings Bank, and it was owing…
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it what it is. H e was not a seeker of public positions, but was
sought for as one peculiarly…
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to 1843, and was elected trustee in 1864, holding the position
until the time of his…
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REV. N. S. S. BEMAN, D. D., LL. D., was trustee of the Insti-
tute from 1842 to 1865. See Presin’e?…
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REV. ALVA TABOR TWING, D. D., was born in Topsham, Vt.,
in 1811. After attending…
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country. After having an interest in this concern about ten
years, he retired from business. H e was…
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JARED S. WEED, son of Alsop and Clarissa (Swan) Weed, was
born at Greenfield, Saratoga…
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HON. DANIEL DEWEY BARNARD, LL. D., was born at Sheffield,
Mass., 1797, and died a t Albany, N. Y.,…