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meager facilities of the common schools of the time did not
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Judge Mann during his long professional, official and business
career was distinguished for his…
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1832, and graduated with his class October, 1833. After grad-
uation, choosing medicine…
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largely in railroads, of which he was a most successful manager,
and was connected with various…
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for the organization and construction of the Rensselaer and
Saratoga Railroad, and…
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justice of the peace in his native town. In 1836 he came to
Troy, where he soon engaged in the…
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bringing much business to Troy. H e was a man of social
nature, genial manner, and of…
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On the 5th of October, 1840, he delivered before the State
Agricultural Society an eulogy on the…
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West and North. For many years Mr. Plum transacted a large
wholesale business in…
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strict integrity and sympathy with everything that tended
toward the advancement of the welfare of…
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Fellow of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New
York, and subsequently…
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HON. JONATHAN EDWARDS, A. M., was born in Hartford,
Conn., September 27th, 1798. Jonathan Walter…
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HON. JONATHAN EUSTACE WHIPPLE, son of Jonathan and Ly-
dia (Leland) Whipple, was born…
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was able to meet all its obligations and to escape the extortions
of money lenders, from which many…
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supporting him ; serving during each term as a member of the
committee on naval affairs…
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has been eminently successful. Mr. McConihe has been prom-
inently identified with many of the…
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HON. LYMAN WILDER, (Hoosick Falls, N. Y.,) son of John and
Sarah (Kidder) Wilder, was…
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H e was elected trustee in 1861, and continued in office until
the time of his decease, which…
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HON. JAMES THORN, M. D., was born a t Colchester, England,
July 20, 1802. H e graduated…
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ter of Squire Johnson ; six children, five living.
the Institute, ex oficio, 1863-64, while Mayor of…
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ters in a thin layer of sand. In the hotel he met many of the
distinguished guests,…
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interest in machinery, and particularly in locomotives. In 1850,
Brown University having just…
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sion appears to have been caused by the (‘ hard times ” of 1857.
H e then visited…
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and Institution of Civil Engineers, of which he was a member ;
and his report on iron and steel,…
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England and Scotland, the programme of the work he had laid
out for himself. Relieved a…