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Page 52
... ability that have never been surpassed by any of his successors . He took a prominent part in the great railroad war as opposed to the monopoly , and for an expression used in a public speech earned the sobriquet of " Captain of the ...
... ability that have never been surpassed by any of his successors . He took a prominent part in the great railroad war as opposed to the monopoly , and for an expression used in a public speech earned the sobriquet of " Captain of the ...
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... ability long adorned the highest equity bench in the State . He was one of the most popular jurists that ever presided over the Courts of Errors and Ap- peals and Chancery . As a citizen , lawyer , and judge he was universally respected ...
... ability long adorned the highest equity bench in the State . He was one of the most popular jurists that ever presided over the Courts of Errors and Ap- peals and Chancery . As a citizen , lawyer , and judge he was universally respected ...
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... ability and fidelity during the last twenty years . Mr. Hopper has also been a promi- nent figure in public affairs . He was Town Collector of Hackensack for three years and a Justice of the Peace for ten years , and has served as a ...
... ability and fidelity during the last twenty years . Mr. Hopper has also been a promi- nent figure in public affairs . He was Town Collector of Hackensack for three years and a Justice of the Peace for ten years , and has served as a ...
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... ability and superior judgment which have characterized his entire business career . He is a member of the Board of Directors and a member of the Jersey City Board of Trade , of which he was President in 1892. He is also a member of the ...
... ability and superior judgment which have characterized his entire business career . He is a member of the Board of Directors and a member of the Jersey City Board of Trade , of which he was President in 1892. He is also a member of the ...
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... ability , sound judgment , and broad and accurate learn- ing , and , although a young man , he has gained a leading position at the Hudson County bar . His legal connections with important real estate matters led him finally into a ...
... ability , sound judgment , and broad and accurate learn- ing , and , although a young man , he has gained a leading position at the Hudson County bar . His legal connections with important real estate matters led him finally into a ...
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Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey Cornelius Burnham Harvey No preview available - 2018 |
Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey Cornelius Burnham Harvey No preview available - 2017 |
Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey Cornelius Burnham Harvey No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 52 - ... remained in Troy for seven years, then removing to Albany, where he established the firm of Erastus Corning & Co., hardware merchants. He held several local offices in Albany, among them alderman, and mayor (183437), and was also prominently identified with the financial interests of the city. In 1842 he was elected state senator and served three years. He was a representative in the 35th congress. 1857-59; was defeated for the 36th and elected to the 37th congress. He was re-elected to the 38th...
Page 200 - June, 1882, when he was graduated to the College of the City of New York, from which he was graduated with the degree of...
Page 7 - That in the eastern division, the county of Bergen shall begin at Constable's hook, and so run up along the bay and Hudson's river to the partition point between New Jersey and the province of New York ; and so run along the partition line between the provinces, and the division line of the eastern and western division of this province, to Pequaneck river; and so run down the said Pequaneck and Passaick river to the sound ; and so to follow the sound to Constable's hook, where it began.
Page 413 - TO THE WEST ! TO THE WEST ! TO the West.! to the West ! to the land of the free, Where mighty Missouri rolls down to the sea, Where a man is a man, if he's willing to toil, And the humblest may gather the fruits of the soil.
Page 371 - Masonic fraternity and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a member of the North Reformed Church of Newark, and in all the relations of life has achieved both success and honor.
Page 82 - WE bid thee welcome in the name Of Jesus, our exalted Head ; Come as a servant : so he came, And we receive thee in his stead. 2 Come as a shepherd ; guard and keep This fold from hell, and earth, and sin.; Nourish the lambs, and feed the sheep, The wounded heal, the lost bring in. 3 Come as a teacher, sent from God, Charged his whole...
Page 347 - Society, and a member of the New Jersey State Medical Society, the New York State Medical Association, the New York Academy of Medicine, and the American Medical Association. He was appointed by Governor Griggs one of the managers of the New Jersey State Hospital for the Insane at Morris Plains, and is surgeon for the Erie Bailroad.
Page 595 - I received the degree of doctor of medicine from the college of physicians and surgeons, Baltimore (University of Maryland) in 1896.
Page 535 - In the year 1842 he became the founder of the Society for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of Medical Men...
Page 110 - The insignia of the Veterans of the Mexican War. the Military Order of the Loyal Legion...