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| Source | Passages | Words | Link |
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| J. Thomas Scharf (1886) | 916 | 173,521 | Original → |
| Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900) | 572 | 106,421 | Original → |
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J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He then went into business on his own account at the same locality, and has continued it till the present time with energy and success. In 1875 Mr. McCord purchased an estate near the south limits of the village of Sing Sing…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] very young; the one now living is a daughter, Isabel. She was married in 1871 to Uu l'lesses M. Helm, a lawyer who is now engaged in a very successful practice in the city of New York. They have three children, David B., Jea…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The line then ran due north about as far as to Clinton Avenue of the present day, and from that point ran west, in a line not deviating much from the above-mentioned avenue, until it struck his own smaller farm, On the north…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] tions of the following farms: The southwestern cor-ner of the one hundred and forty-one acre tract of Samuel Drake, lying north of the Kill and east of the Post-road; a tract of fourteen and one-half acres, also belonging to…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Among the well known citizens who have made their summer residence in Westchester County, while their business life is identified with New York City, a prominent place must be given to Orlando B. Pot-ter, late representative…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] York City caused him to invest largely in real estate, and there have been few seasons when his workmen have not been adding to the taxable property, beauty and business capacity of the city, He is now en-gaged in completing…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the consideration of the national financial system, and one of his ablest speeches was delivered in the House of Representatives January 15, 1885, on "Refunding the Bonded Debt of the United States." Fie was also influential…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the floating palaces, for which our river is famous. These arc some of the elements, ever-varying, which combine to make a scene of indescribable and unsur-passed loveliness, which gives an attractiveness to 330 HISTORY OF W…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] present store directly opposite. Here is exhibited the finest display of cut flowers to be found in the « itv, offering a spectacle which never fails to attract the attention and excite the admiration of all observers. The t…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The whole business, which has been built up from a small beginning, has been the outgrowth of constant activity and enterprise, and his acknowledged success is the result that naturally follows when a man of talent gives his…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Its freedom from swamps, marshes, ponds and stagnant water: the universal prevalence1 of springs of clear pure water and hence of living streams; the elevation and inclination of the surface} the absence of shops and factori…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Then should follow the absolute abolishment of cesspools, and soil-vaults, which are the most dangerous and ab-horrent of all human devices ever permitted to exist in an intelligent and compact community. The deep gulch, kno…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] a month over forty additional cases occurred, of which eleven proved fatal. There were many cases of milder cholera, or choleraic diarrhoea. The writer was at that time the physician and surgeon of the male and female depart…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The people to this day speak of the " Albany Post Road," and now and then, between here and New York York City, one of the old brown milestones is to be seen by the road-sid like a lonely tomb-stone, which it much resembles,…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the township, including the inmates of the prison, reaches ahout ten thousand. In consequence of the numerous and extensive fires, an account of which will he found in another place, as well as from the rapid transit afforde…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] What the village particu-larly needs is a number of factories to furnish work for our laboring people. Our village is not noted for the wealth of its citizens; on the contrary, for the most part, our families are in very mod…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Greene; Assessors, Caleb Smith, William < >rser, Ste-phen Marshall; Commissioners of Highways, Kdward.1. Bayles, David C. Coddington, John Ryder; Over-seers of the Poor, Willet Holmes, William Mangain; Collector, Abraham Mil…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] A curious provision, or blue-law, was contained in the fifth section of the charter, which read as follows: "And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the trustees of said village of Sing Sing, or the ma…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] By the present charter the trustees have no power to order or enforce the construction of a sewer in any part of the corporation, unless the same is requested by a petition of one half of the property holders along the line …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] were as follows: Samuel C. Mott, Solomon Under-bill, Edward Kemeys, Jeremiah I). Fowler, Richard Austin, Gardner Ackerly, Samuel Trobridge, Robert K. Foster, John Clapp, Andrew Graham, Moses Stan-ton, David Delaney, Edward P…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The last-mentioned two engines were of a kind cal-culated to give the firemen plenty of exercise, as the water had to be lifted into their tanks in buckets. * • T * • Washington Engine, No. 1, was provided with suction appar…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 2, had by this time gone out of existence, leaving no trace behind. Some years prev ious to the purchase of the Washington Com-pany's new engine an engine company, composed of Dr. Benjamin Brandreth, William Codington and a …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] During the War of the Rebellion the Washington Engine Company fell into a state of disorganization, owing to the departure of many of its members to the scene of conflict, and Red Hover Company surren-dered their old engine …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Couch, second assistant fore-man; George Lockwood, secretary: A. Kipp, dr., engineer; and W. II. Dooley, fireman. This com-pany became known by the name of Sing Sing Steamer Company, No. 1, and is at present stationed on Mai…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 5th, Ossining Hose Company, with twenty eight men. 6th, Protection Hose Company, with twenty-eight men. 7th. Sing Sing Fire Patrol, with eighteen men. Total, two hundred and twelve members, In I8ti() Daniel D. Maugam purchas…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In his early youth he was a student at Mount Pleasant Academy, but left home and school at the age of fourteen, and found a position as clerk in a grocery store. He remained here for three years, and then entered a dry goods…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The 17th day of February, 1871, the village passed through another fiery ordeal. The tire originated in Olive Hall, which was completely destroyed, with its stores, Republican printing office, etc., some frame buildings in L…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Willett McCord, on Croton Avenue, in 18;>6, as a pri-vate mansion, was occupied about ten years by Miss Sarah Van Vleck, who had established there the ad-mirable school for young ladies known as the "Os-sining Institute." Tw…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] ried away several buildings, shops, pig-pens, etc, as well as the " Westchester Bridge," the road bridge and also the railroad bridge at the dock. The dam-age amounted to several thousands of dollars. The third and most dest…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Thus it is seen that our place ought to be well-known be-yond its immediate limits, and yet one of the flattest and stalest of jokes which is continually perpetrated on our citizens by outsiders is to say, when one of our pe…