This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 Excerpt: ...Ward. Aldermen, John Van Ness, Jr... 288 J. N. Quackenbush, 281 John L. Winne, 228 James Gibbons, 270 Assistants, Frederick Porter, 263 William Gillespie, 290 Parker Sargent, 238 S. V. R. Ableman, 296 Supervisor, Robert Shepherd, .... 514 (No opposition). Assessor, Benjamin Wilson 258 Josiah Patterson, 291 May 6. In ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 Excerpt: ...Ward. Aldermen, John Van Ness, Jr... 288 J. N. Quackenbush, 281 John L. Winne, 228 James Gibbons, 270 Assistants, Frederick Porter, 263 William Gillespie, 290 Parker Sargent, 238 S. V. R. Ableman, 296 Supervisor, Robert Shepherd, .... 514 (No opposition). Assessor, Benjamin Wilson 258 Josiah Patterson, 291 May 6. In the house of assembly the bill chartering the Troy and Schenectady rail road was passed; the bill for the Greenbush and West Stockbridge rail road was lost, 75 to 19. May 7. John McDole died, aged 38. May 8. John Stone died, aged 42. Amos Gay died, aged 56. May 10. James P. Van Benthuysen died, aged 62. May 11. The legislature adjourned, having passed 311 laws, among which were the following relating to the city: An act to incorporate the Young Men's Association for mutual improvement. An act to amend the charter of the Second Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, giving it a right to invest a portion of the control of its affairs in pew holders, not members of the consistory. An act known as the Albany Ward Bill. An act allowing the Albany and Schenectady turnpike company to improve their road by laying down blocks of stone to form a track for the passage of vehicles. An act authorizing the removal of the bulkhead in the Albany basin. An act incorporating the Orphan Asylum. May 12. Isaac Jenkins, engineer of the steam boat Ohio, died in New York, aged 59. He assisted in building the engine of the North River, the first steam boat engine made. May 15. Peter Edmund Elmendorf died, aged 70. May 16. Hannah R. Morgan died, aged 27. May 25. The steam boat Robert L. Stephens, thought at the time to be the perfection of a steam boat model, began to ply on the river. The infant schools were suspended, and the managers of the society gave notice that if suffi...
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