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th r ee ma r t le ts or, f or G r ey .

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pub li ca ti o n o f t h e Pa ris h Re g i st e rs A n ci e n t ,
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“

chi l d ren of A b raham I saa cso n V erp l anck are given an d th ese th e sam e as those o f th e ,

t radi ti on ary A b raham Jacob son Ve rp l anc k .

A b rah am I saacson V erp l anc k cam e fro m H o l l an d accord i ng to th e sam e fam i ly tradi ti on ,

abou t th e y ear 1 6 40 an d mar ri ed “ th e wi d ow M ar i a R oss wh ose mai d en nam e wa s Vign e

, , ,

she bei ng a d augh t er of G u l ey n and A ri a n tje [C u v i lje ] Vi g n e Wh eth e r thi s marriage took .

p l ace b e fore h i s arriva l i n thi s C ou n t ry o r whe th e r i t was a second o n e consu m mated

"

af te rward s I am u nab l e to sa y
, Th e p re su m p ti on i s ve ry fai r that the y were marri ed here
. ,

and there i s no e vid ence that h e was a wi d ower as we l l a s sh e a wid ow for wh ich a l so th e re
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i s n o o th er p roo f than th e aforesai d t rad ition Bu t ce rtain i t i s that th e secon d chi l d of .

A b rah am Ve rp l anc k was bo rn Jan uary I s t 1 6 3 7 and name d G u l ey n the sam e as he r fathe r
, , ,
,

b u t wh eth er h e was b o rn h e re or i n H o l l an d I d o n o t k n ow F rom h i s chri s tian name I .

shou l d su pp ose h i m to have been h er chi l d whi ch i f so an d bo rn i n thi s cou nt ry wh ich I

, ,

al so thi n k m ost l i ke ly wou l d p l ace th e arri va l of A b r aham Ve r p l anc k h e re at an ea r l ie r d me

“

th an that given whi ch u nd o ub ted ly was th e case

, H e d rop p ed th e patrony m ic and w a s
.

k no n as A b ra ham o r “ A b ram Verp l anc k to wh o m i n th e y ears 1 6 4 3 and 1 6 4 4 [a n d

_

w “
, ,

g rants were mad e H e was a wi tness to a conve y ance from th e Ind ian s to
. G overnor S t u y v e

san t Jan uary 2 8 1 6 56 ; an d Sep tembe r sth 1 66 4 was on e of th e signe r s to a R e fi l O U S l m l ’C ‘

f

, , , ,

from th e p e op l e of N e w N e the r l an d s to th e D i r ec tor G en e ra l and C o un ci l of the Du tch W e st

”
Indi a C o mp an y
A fte r th e su rrend e r f N e w York to th e Eng l i sh h e was among
o t h e i i
c t zen s w h o i n
,

O c tobe r 1 6 6 4 swore a l l egianc e to the K ing ; b u t wh en o n M arch 3 1 5 t 1 6 6 5 21 "Vi e n n a O f

, , , .

3 nd
bu rghe rs an d inhabitan ts of th e ci t y o f N e w A m ste rdam wa s ca l l ed b y th e
Sc h e pen s to m ee t at the C it y H a l l and agre e u p on h ow man y of the Eng l i sh S O i d i ' J S f "C h
'

wou l d l odge i n thei r re sp ective h ou ses o p po si t e to hi s nam e ap pears the d eci sive a n s w e r
,
 N . Y . G E N E AL OG I C A L A N D B I O G R A P H IC A L SO C I E T Y .

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canno t tak e an y I t was fi n a l ly ord e red that tho se who cou l d not a c c o r um o d a te a n y of th e
.

so l d i ers shou l d be assessed a cer tain su m in l i e u of the accomm oda ti on s and hi s na m e i s on ,

'
the assessmen t l i st a s resid ing on th e Sme t V a l y e Smi t V a ly e o r S m i d t s V a l e v abb re vi
“
.
,

ated Smet or Smee s V i v was a marsh ex tend i ng from th e ri sing g roun d a l i tt l e n orth of th e,

ci t y wa ll s a l ong th e East river o r sho re of the p re sent Pear l Stree t t o th e ri sing g rou nd n ea r
, , ,

F u l ton Stree t T hi s va l l ey or sa l t ma rsh was bou nd ed westward b y th e h igh grou nd a l ong

.

th e rear o f t h e l ots on t h e n o rth we st e rn si d e o f Pear l Stree t an d i s sp ok e n o f b y th i s nam e as -

.

ear ly as t h e ti m e of V an T wi l l e r A braham Ve rp l anc k l ived on w hat wou l d be th e west si d e .

of the p resent Pear l Stree t between F rank l in Sq uare an d “f a l l St ree t T h e s ame l i st contain s ,
.

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the name of “A bi g a l Verp l anck resi di ng o n th e H ooge Straat or p resen t B roadway Sh e , , .

was l i ke ly th e A b i g i l Ve rp l a nck and chi l d w h o arrived in A p ri l 1 66 4 i n th e shi p C o n

“
, ,

cord and migh t have b een a si ste r i n l aw o r si ste r of A b raham V e rp l anck or i nd eed even
,
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,

hi s moth er from whom hi s e l de st chi l d and daught e r was nam ed

, .

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In Feb ruary afte r th e recap tu re o f N e w York from the Eng l i sh th e Bu rgomaste r s an d

, ,

Schep en s o f th e cit y n o ri e d the governo r that having b ecom e great ly i n deb ted an d being , ,

d ai ly vexed by som e of thei r c red i to rs to mak e pay m en t th ey so l i ci ted that som e ex p ed ien t -

might b e i nvented b y which th ese d eb t s cou l d be l i q u idated A fter ta k ing i t i n to se riou s c on .

si de rati on the govern or d eci d ed that n o remed y cou l d be ap p l i ed m ore p rom p t than that th e
, ,

mon ey shou l d b e ob tained b y taxation o f th e W ea l thi est i nhabi tan t s a s often i n si mi l ar

occu rrence s had been p u t i n p racti ce i n ou r Fath er l an d th erefore b e d ee med i t n ecessary
.

to co mmand that by ca l c u l ation a tax b e l evi ed o n th e p rop ert y of thi s State wi tho u t e x c e p
“

tion from a l l the inhabi tan ts of th i s C it y of N e w O range th ose on ly exce p ted whose e stat e s are _
,

ca l c u l ated no t to exceed th e su m of one thou san d gi l d e rs seawant va l u e a n d na me d si x ,

“

i mparti a l m en to l e v v an d co l l ect th e same F ro m th e l i st so mad e ou t of the m o st w ea l th y .

“

i nhabi tan ts I fi nd ,

A b raham Ve rpl anck Estate va l u ed a t G i l d e rs H o l l and va l u e 30 0 .

,

G u i l i a n e Verp l anck .

I t may ap p ear st range at first sigh t that G u i l i a n e or m ore p r op e r l y G e l e y n s hou l d have ,

at that ear ly da y an e state of so m uch greater va l u e than h i s fa th e r b u t thi s statem en t i s recon ,

c i l a b l e fro m the fact i f fro m n o other reason tha t si x y ears b efo r e he had ma rried i nto the
,
_
,

W esse l s fam i ly on e o f t h e wea l th i est i n o l d N e w York th ro ugh wh ich connecti on he d oub t

,

l ess obtain ed a l a rge e state T he d i ff erence be tween gi l d ers seawan t va l ue an d gi l d ers .

H o l l and v al u e was ve ry consi d erab l e ; th e e xact p rop orti on howeve r I am u nab l e to g i ve

, ,

bu t a brai de d str i ng of seawant a fathom l ong wa s worth a few v e a rs b efo re on l y three fo u rth s , ,
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of a gui l d e r and i t was rap id ly dep reciati ng i n va l u e T hi s seawa nt or seawan was th e nam e
,
.

o f the In di an m on e y co mmon ly ca l l ed wam p u m I t con si sted as i s we l l k nown , o f bea d s

‘
‘ ‘

.
,
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forme d of th e she l l s of the q ua / mug and pm rw u kl c ; she l l fi sh fo rm er ly a b o u n d i n g o n ou r coa st ,

a n d w a s of t w o co l o rs t h e b l ack being he l d of d o ub l e th e va l u e of th e wh i te
'

, .

M rs Ve rp l anc k d i ed i n th e y ear 1 6 7 1 , an d her h usban d su rvi ve d h e r many y ear s d y i n g

.
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a t an advanced age bu t exac t l y a t what date I have been u nab l e to di scover : i t i s however
“

be l i eved t o have been abou t 1 6 8 0 H e h ad nin e chi l d ren i n the fo l l o w ing ord er v i z
‘

.
,

1 A bigai l married A Van La e t s 2 G e l e y n of who m h ereafte r: 3 C a ta l y n a marri ed

. ,
. . .
, .
,

Davi d Pi e te rson Sch u y l e r O c tobe r 1 3 1 6 57 4 I sa ac bap ti zed J u ne 2 6 1 6 4 1 d i ed doub t l e ss

, , .
, , ,

i n in fanc y 5 S u ssa n n a bapti zed \I a v 2 5

. . ma rri ed M arti n Van \Va e rt D ecember I 1 6 6 0
,
.
,
-

, .

6 Ja co n n y n tje bap ti zed J u ly 6 1 6 44 7 A ti a n t je bap tized Decem be r 2 1 64 6 8 H e l l eg o n d

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. , , , , . .

bap tized N ove m b er 1 1 6 48 9 Isaac bap ti zed F ebru ary 2 6 1 6 51 ma rri ed M i ss C oe y mans o f
'

. .
,
, , ,

C oe y ma ns Patent whose des cen dan ts l ive i n the n eighb orh ood o f Al ban y
. .

G el e y n V e rpi a n c k th e second chi l d of A b rah am was bor n Janua ry 1 1 6 3 7 an d marri ed

, , , , ,

J u ne 2 0 1 6 68 H en dric kj e W esse l s o f A e r n h a m H e was a p romi nen t m erchan t and ci tizen

, ,
.
,

and on A ugu st 1 6 1 6 7 3 was nominated fo r Schep en a s b ei ng o n e of th e best an d most re s

,
'
, .
.

0 whi ch p o
pe c ta b l e c i ti ze n s of the refo rmed ch ristian re l igi on si t i on h e was sub se q u ent ly -

e l ect ed In th e same y ear he h e l d th e p osi tion of En sign in a com pany of M i l i tia and was
“

. .

again Sche p e n I n 1 6 74 D u rin g th e y ears 1 6 7 7

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7 9 an d 8 3 we fin d h i s n ame in th e l i st o f
-
.
, ,

C i ty Al d ermen the l ast y ear fo r the N orth “l a rd A fte r the recap tu re o f N e w Y ork b y th e
,
.
 B I O G R A P H IC A L S KE TC H OF G U L I A N C VERPLANC K . .

D u tch h e wa s one o f the th ree com mi ssi on ers ap poi n ted t o l i q u idate th e d emand s agai n st
'

th e estate of th e ci d evan t G ove rn or Love l ace -

A s has been a l read y shown hi s Estate
. .

va l u ed i n 1 6 74 at five th ou sand gi l d e rs whi l e hi s fa th e r s was worth bu t th ree h u nd red H e

, ,
’
.

di ed A p ri l 2 3 1 6 84 l eaving hi s wi fe ex ecu t ri x of h i s wi l l She afterward ma rri ed M ay 2 9

, , . ,
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,

1 6 8 5 j acob u s K i p of N e w Yo rk
, G e l ey n Ver p l anc k had eight ch i l d re n si x son s a nd two . ,

dau ghters the e l d e st of whom was Sam u e l b orn Decembe r 1 6 1 66 9 and bap tized th e thi rd d ay
, _
, ,

after H e ma rri ed A ri a n tje d a ugh te r of Ba l thazar a nd M a rri tje (Lo o c k e rm a n s) Bay ard O ctober
. , ,

2 6 1 6 9 1 an d d ied at sea N ove mbe r 2 0 1 6 9 8 whi l e on a vo y age from C u racoa to J a m a i c a and

, , , , , ,

i s b u ri ed at the l atte r p l ace H i s wi l l was p roved at N e w Y ork the ne x t y ear wi th hi s wi fe

.

as Ex ecu t rix H e had fou r ch i l d ren th e y ou ngest G u l ian bei n g bu t five m onth s 0 1d wh en
. , , ,

hi s fath er d i ed .

G u l ian Verp l anck th e great grand son o f th e fi rst e migran t was bo rn M ay 3 1 1 6 9 8 an d

,
-
, , ,

marri ed Sep tember 8 1 73 7 M a ry daugh ter o f C har l e s an d A nna (Sinc l ai r) C romm e l i n o f N e w

, , , ,

Y ork M rs Ve rp l anck s fath er a l though of D IJ t ch origin was born i n F rance and h e r mothe r
’ ‘

. . ,

was a French H uguen ot ; the Si nc l ai r fam i ly b eing d esc end ed from James the F i fth o f Sco t
’
l and s son the Ear l of O rkn ey H e di ed N ovembe r
, an d of h i s ch i l d ren seven i n .
,

n u mber th e e l d est Sam u e l an d the y ou ngest G u l ian wi l l each requ i re a p assi ng n otic e
, , .

Samu e l Verp l anck th e grand fathe r of ou r d ec ea sed m embe r wa s b orn i n th e C i ty o f N e w -

,

Y o rk Sep temb er 1 9 1 73 9 and wa s grad uate d b y K ings n ow C o l u mbia C o l l ege in 1 7 58

, , ,

wi th i t s fi rst g rad uating c l ass A m ong h i s c l assmates a t graduati on were Sam u e l Provost .
.
,

afterward s th e fi rst Bi s h op o f th e P rotestan t Ep i scopa l C hu rch i n N e w Yor k and Phi l i p Van ,

C o rtl a n d t C o l on ia l Li eu t G ove rn or of th e State d u ring the Revo l u tion

, . I t w a s toward s th e , .

c l ose of the y ear 1 74 6 tha t th e fi rst d ecid ed movemen t w a s mad e to w ard s havi ng a c o l l ege
,

erect ed in th e p rovi nce and b y N ove m ber 1 7 53 such p rogress had been mad e i n th e ente r
, ,

p ri se that the Rev Sam u e l John son D D o f Stratford C onnecti cu t was I n v I t e d t o acce p t th e
. . .
,

p re sid enc y o f th e i n ten de d i n sti tu ti on wi th a sa l a ry of two h un d red and fift y p o un d s a y ear , .

H e refu sed to ab so l ute l y accep t th e o ffi ce u n ti l th e charte r had been fi rst obtain ed an d al ,

th ough h e vi si ted N e w Yo rk the fo l l owing A p ri l i t was by wa y of tri a l on ly H e wa s at thi s

, , .

ti m e i n hi s 58 th y ear and had b e en fo r ab o v e thi rt y y ears th e fai thfu l mi s si onary a t Stratford '

o f th e Societ y for th e P ro pagati on of th e G osp e l i n Foreign Part s Th e U ni ve rsi ty of O xfo rd .

had c onferre d u p on hi m wh en he was b u t forty si x the D egree of Doc tor of D ivi ni t y a h igh -

d i sti ncti on fro mthat b od y even at thi s day o f easi ly earn ed co l l ege fi az z ar s O n th e 1 6 th o f .

M ay 1 7 54 th e ten tru stees w h o had b e en chosen to ho l d th e fu n d s raised for th e b enefi t of

, ,

th e C o l l ege ; p re sen ted a d ra ft of a charte r an d i n an tici pati o n of a more fo rma l e stab l i sh men t ,

o f the C o ll ege ga ve p u b l i c n oti ce of an exami nation of cand id ate s fo r ad mi ssi on to b e h e l d

, ,

d u ring th e fi rst week of th e fo l l owing J u l y an d on th e 1 7 th of that m on th D r J ohn son b egan , , .

i n th e vest ry room of th e sch oo l h o u se be l ongi ng to T ri ni ty C h u rch hi s i n stru c ti on of the -

eigh t stu d en ts wh o we re ad mi tte d at thi s fi rst examination an d on th e l i st th e fi rst nam e i s , ,

that of S AM UE L V E RPLA N C K Th e othe rs i n th ei r re sp ecti ve ord e r were Rud o l ph Ri tz i m a

. ,

Phi l i p Van C o r tl a n d t Rob e rt B a y ard Sam u e l Provost T h omas Marston H en ry C ruge r

, , , , ,

and Jo sh ua Bl oome r O f the se Bay ard M arston a nd C ruge r the l atte r th e co l l e agu e of E d
. , , ,

mu n d Bu rk e for B ri sto l i n th e H o use of C omm on s and a fearl ess ad vocate of A me ri c an

, ,

ri g h t s d i d not grad uate an d two othe rs I saac O gd en and J oseph Read e we re ad d ed to th e

'

, , ,

c l ass and g rad uated wi th i t i n 1 7 58 T h e C harte r wa s fina l ly gra n ted O ctobe r 3 1 1 7 54 . , ,

an d a mong th e p rom in en t m en nam ed i n i t fo r th e G ove rnors was Phi l i p Ve rp l an ck w h o

_
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, ,

w as a son o f J acob y o unge st b roth e r o f Sam u e l th e grand fath e r of th e fi rst grad uate an d h e
, , ,

con ti nu ed i n th i s office u nti l 1 7 7 0 a y ear b efore h i s d eath wh en he resigned , , .

Sam u e l Ve rp l an ck s fath e r ha v ing di ed b efore hi s son arrived at manho o d th e l atte r wa s

’
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,
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sen t after hi s grad uat i on to H o l l an d w here he remain ed for severa l y ears I n th e cou n ting ,

hou se o f h i s mate rna l u n c l e Dan ie l C ro m m e l i n w h o was then a t the h ead of th e great ban ki ng ,

and c ommercia l h ou se of Da ni e l C rom m e l in an d S o n s o f A m st erd am a h ou se which had an -

exi stence of more than a centu ry an d has on ly been d i sso l ved wi thin th e l ast ten y ea rs In ,
-
.

a l etter wri tten b y G u l ian C Ve rp l anc k wh e n at A m sterdam i n 1 8 1 6 h e sp eak s o f vi si ting .

, ,

Dani e l C rom me l in an d hi s tak ing hi m to th e Ex change wh ere h e took hi s accu stom ed stan d
,
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38
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abou t the cen tre o f th e square th at hi s fath e r an d grandfath e r had a l way s stood o n and that l ,

wa s ta l k ing to h i m on th e sam e ground whe re m y grandfath e r m u st have t a l k ed t o hi s fifty ,

y ears ago "

Th e p resen t re p resen tative o f the C romm e l i n fami l y i s C l au d e A ugu ste C rom
.

me l i n a m embe r of th e C i ty C ounci l o f A m sterdam and inhe ri tor of th e fami ly homestead

, , .

Samu e l V erp l an ck marri ed wh i l e i n H o l l an d o n th e 2 6 th of A p ri l 1 7 6 1 hi s cou sin J u d ith , ,

C rom m e l in dau g hter of Dan i e l and M ary (Le Pl a ti ri e r) C romm e l i n and afte r ex te nsive
, ,

t rave l a b ro a d j re tu rn e d to thi s cou n try i n 1 7 6 3 an d estab l i sh ed h i m se lf i n th e C i ty of N e w ,

York as a wh o l esa l e i m p o rter an d ban k e r H e was on e of th e twent y fou r fo u n ders of th e .

-

N ew York C hamb e r of C om m erce in 1 7 6 8 and was ap p oin ted i n 1 7 7 0 on e of th e G overnors , ,

o f hi s Al ma M ate r and hi s name i s a l so to be fou n d among th ose o f th e C om mi ttee o f Safe ty

,

of O n e H und red w h o we re chosen to tak e charge of th e C i t y G ove rnm en t u p on the seizu re

,

of the p ub l ic b ui l dings i n M ay 1 7 7 5 H e rem oved to Fi shk i l l D u tch ess C ou n t y wh ere h e , .

, ,

was a l arge l andho l d er (th e fi rst G u l ian Verp l anck havi ng b een on e of th e th ree origina l
.
,
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patent ees of th e Rond ou t Pate nt i n wh en hi s i mpai red hea l th and th e d i sord e red state
of th e co u n try i nd u ced hi s wi th d rawa l from bu siness T o hi s y ou nge st b rother G u l ian who .
,

was born February r 1 th 1 7 51 and was bu t ni n e mon th s o l d wh en hi s fath er d ied h e was m 0 51

, , .

tend e rly attached H e carefu l ly w atch ed ove r h i m a n d gui d ed h i m i n hi s ed ucati on and af ter
.
,

"

hi s grad uati on at K i ngs C o l l ege I n th e C l a ss o f 1 7 6 8 w th Bi sh op M oore a n d G o u v e rn e u r

i

,
i

M orri s sen t h im t o Eu r o p e to re c e t v e a si mi l a r m ercan ti l e t rain ing u n d er hi s u nc l e Dani e l

,

C romme l i n as h e had receive d G u l ian Verp l anck becam e qu i te a n oted m a n high l y ac c o m

.
,

pl i sh e d and a flu en t good sp eak e r A s ear l y a s 1 7 88 h e w as a rep re sen tative in the A ssem .

,

b i v of the State and wa s e l ected Sp eak er J uly 6 1 7 9 1 and agai n Janua ry 6 1 7 9 6 D u ri ng th e , , , .

l a s r ten y ear s of h i s l i fe from 1 7 90 h e was one of the Regen t s of the U ni versi t y of th e State
'

. , ,

and a l so he l d t h e po si tion of second Presid e nt of th e Ba n k o f N e w Yo rk O f th e O l d T on .

ti n e C o ff ee H o u se fou nd ed i n 1 7 9 2 h e was o n e of th e o rigina l T ru stee s nam ed i n the d eed

, ,

of mm and a sub scrib er to two sha re s of th e stock H e marri ed C o rn e l ia daugh ter of Davi d
, .

J o h n so n of D ut ch e ss C o un ty and hi s son was Davi d John son V e rp l anck a promi nen t l oca l
.
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po l itici a n and at on e ti me ti me e d i to r o f th e N e w York A me rican, sub sequ ent ly u nd e r th e

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c h a rg e of Presid ent C har l e s K ing H e di ed at the c l ose of th e y ear 1 7 99 l eaving hi s wi fe to

.
,

s u rvive hi m who two y ears l ate r marri ed G eorge C ai rnes th e Re p orter of th e Su p reme C o u rt
, , ,

o f N e w York State .

a mu e l Verp l anck d i ed at M ou n t G u l ian o n th e bank s of th e H u dson whi ch had been a

S , ,

c o u nt ry re s id ence of hi s fathe r on the a t h o f Jan ua r

7 y 1 8 2 0 i n th e eight y fi rst y ear o f h i s age
, , ,
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l i e h a d t w o chi l d ren a d aughte r wh o ; d i ed i n i nfanc y and a son named from hi s m a te rn al

, _ ,

g ra nd fa t her Dani e l C rom m e l i n Ve rp l an ck

. .

D a nie l C Verp l anc k w a s b orn M ar ch 1 9 , 1 7 6 2 and received h i s d egree o f A M

’

.
, . .

2m m C o l u mbia C o l l ege i n 1 88 afte r i ts r e o rgani zati on H e was a m an of great l i be r

7 ,
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S a m u e l John son first Pre sid ent of C o l u mbia C o l l ege as

, h i s f athe r had been first Presid ent ,

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t h e Su e me C ou rt of C onn ecti cu t an d received th e d e re e o f Doctor

t p r o f Laws from O x ford
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l n i v e t s i ty i n 1 7 6 5 T owa rd s th e cl ose of th e nex t y ear h e wa s ap p oin ted A gen t E x t ra o rd i

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t a n t m i ss i o n embark e d fo r Eng l and where h e re si d e d u n ti l the mid d l e of the y e ar 1 1

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f u r d a u g hters and th ree so ns a s fo l l ows : M a ry A nn Lou i sa Samu e l E l i za
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W i ll iam W a l ton James D e Lancey an d A n na Lo ui sa , He was w i t h h i s u nc l e G u l ian an , .

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ub sc ri ber in 1 7 94 to tw o shares o f stoc k in th e T on tin e Bui l d ing and h i s n omi n e e s
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Dani e l C Verp l a nck was a rep re sen tative i n C ongress from 1 80 2 u n ti l 1 80 9 an d su b se q u en t ly

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a Ju dge o f the C o u rt of C om m on P l ea s o f D u tch e ss C ou nt y resign ing hi s seat on th e ben ch

i n 1 8 2 8 H e d i ed near F i shk i l l M arch 2 9 th 1 8 34 , , . .

H aving n ow give n a succi nct accou nt o f th e V erp l a nc k fami ly from i ts fi rst an ce sto r i n ,

th i s cou n t ry th rough si x gen erati on s an d sh own each su ccessive g ene rati on t o have been a
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m ost worth y rep resen tati ve of i ts p rogeni tor I wi l l n ow ente r u pon on e o f the m ost p l ea sing ,
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d u ti e s wh i ch i t has eve r fa l l en u p on m y p en to fu l fi l and p roceed to gi ve a m em o ria l of th e

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l i fe a nd se rvi ces of ou r d eceased m e mb er th e

H O N G U L I A N C R O M M EL I N V E R PL A N C K L L D
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G u l ian C r0 m m e l i n V e rpl a n c k was b orn i n w al l Stree t i n the C i ty of N e w Y ork A ugu st

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H i s mo the r d y ing wh en h e was bu t th re e y ears o ld a n d h i s fat h e r having married a
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second ti m e h e was brought u p und er th e care of hi s gran dm oth e r J u d i th C rom m e l in a m o s t

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accom p l i she d an d high ly c u l tivat ed l ad y ; an d u n d e r her care an d that o f hi s mate rn a l grand

paren ts a t Stratford with wh om m uch of h i s ti m e was p asse d and wh o too k great i nte rest i n
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hi s we l fare he recei ved h i s ear ly ed u c a ti o n A t the rath e r j u veni l e age o f e l even y ears h e
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en te red C o l u mbia C o l l ege from wh en ce h e wa s grad uated i n 1 80 1 and a few y ears l ate r was
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regi ste re d a stu d en t a t l aw i n th e offi c e of Jo si ah O gd en H o ff man th en at th e heigh t o f h i s

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rep u tati on an d b e tween wh om an d M r Ve rp l anck th e tend e res t fri en d shi p a l ways ex isted
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H e was ad m itt ed to p racti ce as an atto rne y i n th e C o u rt of C om m on P l eas N ovembe r 2 0 1 80 7 , , ,

and th e n ex t y ear h e Op en ed an o ffi ce at N o 50 W a l l St ree t I t d oes no t ap p ear th at h e eve r . .

engag ed to an y ex ten t i n the p ractice of h i s p rofe ssi on n o r d i d he d esi re i t and the m ore , ,

thi s i s to b e regr etted from the g reat l ega l mi nd he afte rward s exhibi ted whi ch am p ly p roved ,

that b y h i m any p osi t i on o f e mi nence at t h e bar or on the b ench migh t have been a ttai n ed ,

a n d thereb y the co m mun i ty ha ve secu red a j u ri st of rar e ac q u i re men ts a n d puri ty

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H e mad e hi s debu t i n p u b l i c l ife J u l y 4 1 8 0 9 whe n i n hi s twen t y thi rd y ear b y de l i veri ng , ,

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an orati on b efo re th e W ash i ngton Benevo l en t Soci ety o f N e w Y ork which was p u bl i shed at -

th e ti me a n d copi e s of i t are p re se rv e d in th e Li b ra ry of C ongr ess at VVa sh i n g to n an d i n th e

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N e w York St a te Lib rary at A l ban y T wo y ears l at e r whi l e i n th e m i d st o f a war of p o l i tica l

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squ i bs i n whi c h h e too k n o m i n or p art h e was marri ed on th e 2 d o f O c to b e 1 8 1 1 to E l i za

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Fen n o u d a ug h te r of J oh n l Va rd an d M a ry (C u rti s) Fe nn o o r i g i na l ly o f Boston bu t l ater o f , ,

Phi l ad e l ph ia ; i n whi ch ci t y M r Fen n o su cceed e d hi s fath e r i n th e p ub l i cati o n o f the U ni ted

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State s G aze tte a f ed eral p ap er st ro ng ly su ppo rti ng th e a d m i n i stra ti o n of W ashi ngton and
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wh ere h e p e ri sh ed i n th e terri b l e y e l l ow feve r o f 1 7 99 M i ss Fenn o was a si ste r o f M ris Josiah

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O gd en H off man ; an d u n d er th e ro of o f h i s o ld p rec ep to r he fi rst m e t hi s futu re bri de H is -

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marri ed l ife was a very sh ort b u t a v e ry ha pp y o n e ari d h i s d evoti on to the m e m o r of h i s ,

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wife i s worth y no t on ly of a l l p rai se b u t o f a l l i mi tati on i n t h i s age o f too fre q u en t ou t of

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gri ef i n te r m s mo re ap p rop ri ate than thos e con ve yed to me i n a l e tte r from h i s grand d a u g h
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te r,th e on e beari ng h i s b e l o v e d wife s name Sh e w ri te s from F i shk i l l o n th e H u d son as -

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f o l l ows : M y grand mo th e r di ed i n Pari s A p ri l 2 9 con su mp ti on a di se ase which h a d , ,

p roved fata l to man y memb ers of h er fami ly H e r ph y sici a n s h e re had a l m o s t a ssu re d he r

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th at a vo yage to E u rop e an d resi d ence i n th e Sou th of France for a sh ort ti me wou l d restore
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he r hea l th She went first to C har l eston an d from the n ce to E u rop e l eavi ng two y oung chi l
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d ren m y f athe r t h en i n h i s th i rd yea r and a bab y of si x m o nth s i n th e ca re o f m y grand fathe r s

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si ste r Mary A n n a Ve rp la nc k e l d e st daugh ter of j u dge V erp l anck by h i s second ma rri a ge ,

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M y au n t d evo ted he r l ife to th e care an d ed uc a tio n o f th e se chi l d ren and he r l etters to m v ,

grand mother d u ri ng he r a b sence e vi nce the m ost ten d er i n tere st i n he r nephews to whom
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sh e st oo d fo r s o l ong in a m othe r s stead M y gra nd mothe r s l e tter t o m y fa the r t e l l in g hi m
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when th e tree s are gre en agai n d ea r m o the r wi l l com e to he r dar l ing bo y b rin g s t e ars “

to ou r e ye s afte r a l l th ese y ears and a l l th e advice an d lov i n g cou n se l a l i tt l e b o y or fou r y e a

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other w h o w a s o n thi s ,

earth n eve r to Se e h e r chi l d re n again I n th e weari ne ss o f the se p ara ti on h e r gre a t comfo rt .

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Sh e was a woman of qu i ck s ym path y wi th ex qu i si te taste i n art l iteratu re and mu si c o f , ,

a m ost l ove ly an d ex p re ssi ve c ou n tenan ce I h 0 p e to have th e p l ea su re of sho w i ng y ou th e .

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min i a tu res i n ym fa t h e r s p o ssessi on one b y a l b o n e m ost l ove ly o f p retty grand ma as m y ,
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bab y da ugh te r ca ll s h e r wh en sh e begs to see th e p ic tu re s H e r ex p r essi on w a s of great

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p u ri ty si mp l ici ty an d swee tness an d th ough he r featu re s were n o t regu l a r she was con si d ered
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to p o sse ss m u ch b eau t y T o h e r i nflu ence u p on hi s wh o l e l i fe ae sthe ti ca l l y m ent a l ly and

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d evoti ona l ly m y grand fath er has asc ribe d th e d i rection an d c u l ti v ation of those taste s wh i ch
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afterward s mad e hi m so p romi n en t am ong m en o f l e tte rs .

Eve ry thi ng b e l ongi n g t o he r was t reasu re d b y m y g rand father d u ri ng th e l ong y ears of

hi s l ong l i fe wi th m ost to uching care Le tte rs to an d from M i ss Fenn o h e rvi si ti ng card s
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ri ngs l ong tresse s of h er b eau tifu l hai r p oet ry sh e had copi ed when a chi l d an d l etters to
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and from he r si sters i n th ei r ch i l d i sh day s a l l p re se rved to be op en ed after h i s d eath by he r , ,

gran d ch i l d ren an d w h ich form ed a m ost a ff ecti ng i nci d en t i n the exam i natio no f hi s pap ers
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In a book o f devoti on h e has w ri tten that sh e d i ed at m i d nigh t A p ri l 2 9

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i ng m y who l e l i fe d i d I eve r h ear h i m m e n ti o n he r nam e O n ce l ast su m mer h e cam e i nto .

th e d rawi ng room whe re I was si tti ng and p oi n ting to th e m i ni atu re b y M a l b o n e ly i ng on th e

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tab l e h e sai d to m e E l i za I am go i ng to give y o u a cop y of that

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M rs Ve rp l anck s remai n s rest in th e beau ti fu l ceme tery o f Pe re La C hai se a n d he r b e
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reaved h u sban d af ter a b ri ef vi si t to Eng l an d an d Sco t l and were he was m uch wi th “ ashing ,
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ton I rvi ng re tu rned to N e w Y o rk early i n the fa l l F ro m hi s l ette rs wr i tten d u ri ng hi s 5 0

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j o u rn ab road I fee l con strai n ed to mak e som e ext racts showing as th e y d o even at that e a rl v
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d ay two p ro mi n en t ch arac te ri sti c s of hi s m in d — i nqu i ry an d ob se rvati on F rom Pari s M ay

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2 0 1 8 1 6 h e wri te s
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wi th a l l th e sp l en d ou r I am d i sap p oi n ted i n Pari s every thing has been
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so tu rned and ove rtu rn ed that i t has n othi ng o f an ti q ui t y ab ou t i t b u t i ts wan t o f c o rn fo rt ,

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In th e same l e tte r h e sp eaks of having me t wi th several A meri can o fii c e rs and g e n tl e m e n w h o

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had been trave l l i ng i n v ariou s p arts of E u ro pe a n d th at h e fi nd s the m a l mo st a l l concu r ri ng ,

i n th e sa me fe e l i ng of d i sap p oin tme n t and even con tem p t for th e i n sti tu ti on s of th e con tinen t
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c om pared wi th those of o u r own co un try H e th en ad d s T here has b een a wond e rfu l

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change i n Eu rop e i n p ub l i c Opi n i on wi th resp ec t to th e A meri can characte r W e are as

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m uch respected n ow as a few y ears ago we were From A m ste rd am wh ere h e re

mai ned som e ti me he wrote soon after h i s arri va l Sep temb e r 1 4 1 8 1 6
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ravage s of w a r has di sap p earc d even at IVa te rl o o the hou ses are a l l rebu i l t and scarce a n v -
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mark o f th e batt l e l eft T here se e m s to be gr eat com fort an d wea l th am ong th e p easan try
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an d th e m om en t y ou cross the fron tie r y ou fi n d y ou rse l f am ong a n eate r p eop l e ,

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A mste rdam when I a rr i ved was swarm ing wi th p easan t ry who had com e to the fai r Th e , .

ri chne ss of th e go l d head d resse s o f th e wom en an d the si l ver buc k l e s o f th e m en an d th e

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c rowd s of p eop l e swarm i ng on a l l sid es give an ai r of great l i ve l i n ess to th e wh o l e tow n I ,

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d o n ot th in k that the A bb e d a Prad t i s stri c t ly c o rrect wh en h e say s (i n hi s C ongress o f

Vi enna) ‘ that as habi tati on s f o r t he u se of m a n n o th i ng on the con ti nen t can com pare wi th ,
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the town s o f H o l l an d Li k e o u r A me rican c i ti es the beau t y con si sts i n th e fin e st ree ts an d

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the genera l ai r of op u l enc e and co mfor t In p ub l i c e difi ce s i t ca n n o t com pare wi th th e grea t .

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town s o f Fran ce Th e town hou se m u st have b een a ve ry gra n d edi fice fo r tha t p u rp ose bu t
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i t i s n ow tu rned i nto a pa l ace and as s uch i s g l oom y and i nco mm odi o u s

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m e l in a ve ry fi ne y oung m an accom pani ed m e to Sardana an d Broch é where we ad mi re d the

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won d e rfu l neatn ess o f the ou tsi d e o f th e h o u se s fo r i t was i d l e to thi n k of ad mi s si on i nto any _
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of the m wh en the Em p ero r o f A u stri a had been refu sed

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l arge p l ai n h ou se some th ing l i k e P Jay M on ro e s in Broadway witho u t i n th e H u re n g ra c h t
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one o f th e b est b u i l t st ree ts o f A m ste rdam wi th a fin e g ard en i n the rear Y o u ente r a ha l l ,

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p ave d an d sided wi th whi te ma rb l e o n the o n e si d e i s a sma l l parl o ur and th e com p tin g ,

room on the other t wo p ar l ou rs ; one m uch l i k e a we l l f u rn i sh ed N e w York par l ou r t h e

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othe r fi ll ed wi th carvi ngs and gi l d ings wi th wa l l s an d cei l ings p ain ted wi t h al l egori ca l ,

figu re s T h en fo l l ows the d e s cri p ti on of goi ng to the Exchange q u oted i n a fo rm er part o f

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t hi s m emoi r A g ai n wri ting wh i l e sti l l i n A m st erd am h e say s “ T he n ew K ingdom of the

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c e i v e that th ei r in te rest s a re sacrifi ced to those of H o l l an d the n th e d i fi e re n c e of m an ners ,

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l anguage &c make s th e m a ve ry d i ff eren t p e op l e I t rave l l ed i n com pan y W i th a F l em i sh

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gen t l eman wh o fi l l s a resp ectab l e l ega l o fli ce at Li ege h e i s m u ch m ore o f a fo reign er than

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I am i n A m ste rdam an d has n othi ng i n com m on w i th h i s fe ll ow s u bje c t s b u t th e or ange

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cockad e i n hi s hat H o l l an d seem s p ro sp e rou s an d ha p

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th oug h I u n d erstan d th e p eop l e d o n ot m u ch l i k e th e i d ea of having a k ing i t was certai n ly ,

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weak in th e fami l y to sh ock o l d Op i ni on s an d fee l i ngs fo r th e sak e of a m ere nam e Sp e ak .

i ng o f G hen t h e say s I t I s an i m men se h a l f p eop l ed ve ry d u l l and g l o om y w i th grass

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g rowi ng in th e streets a n d o n e may wa l k a m i l e wi thou t m ee ting t w e n tI p eop l e

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m ass ce l eb rated with great p om p b y th e P ri nce d e Brogl i o Bi sh op o f G h en t i n the m a g n i fi , , ,

c e n tl y d ecorated C athed r a l H e i s the great l ead er o f Op p osition i n Be l gi u m to the O range

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fami ly .

Be fore h i s retu rn to Paris l ater i n th e fa l l he vi si ted Le y d en and th u s Sp eak s o f I t : A t

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Le y de n th e u ni ve rsi t y mak e s l i tt l e sh ow t h e m ost i n te resting thi ng I saw there was a fin e

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grove of A me ri c an trees se t o u t b y B o e rh av e chi efl y b u ttern u t an d tu l i p tree s Th e l ib rary

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i s ve ry va l uab l e b u t i t i s stowe d awa y i n a smal l and i ncomm od ious room w h e r e th e b ook s

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are so c l ose ly arranged that y ou have scarce ly roo m to wa l k I was su rp ri se d to see th e .

Li b rarian ap paren t ly a m an o f ed ucati on an d as I afterward s l earn ed a ri ch b ook se l l e r ho l d

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ou t hi s hand for hi s fe e a s th e s ervan ts an d pO rte r s d o a t pa l ace s an d receive a flo r i n wi th

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than k s Th e Rector an d Law Professo r D r K emp er enj oy s a ve ry h igh rep u tation H e

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was a t th e h ead of th e revo l u ti on w h ich re stored the p res en t fami ly an d wa s off ered th e fi rs t ,

p l ace s i n th e State whi ch h e refu sed — to retu rn to th e u ni versi t y asking on ly fo r the p ri v i l ege
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of fre e ad m i ssi on t o th e K i ng wh eneve r h e sh o u l d de si re i t H e i s n ow at th e head o f a ,

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Com mi ssi on to fo rm a civi l an d c ri m i na l cod e fo r th e U ni ted K i ngd om M r : E u sti s ou r

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K i ng s d in ners h e say s are n ear ly su ch a s M r M ad i son gi ve s and n o t m o re S p l end i d i n an y

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respe ct excep t i n b ei ng se rv ed on s i l ve r B u t th e D u tch a re op p ressed b y th e i m men se ex

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p en se of thei r arm y b ei ng ob l iged to k eep u p men H o l l a nd i s ve ry l o y a l b u t Be l

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g i u m i s said to b e re tai n ed b y mere force .

A s has b een before said after th e death of hi s wi fe M r Verp l anck vi si ted Engl an d and , , .

Scot l an d and from a l ette r writ ten to hi s fath e r fr o m Lo ndo n we l earn th e i m p ression mad e
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u p on h i m by som e of th e p rom in en t m en of th e d ay I n the H o u se s o f Par l iam en t an d the

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C ou rts of Law H e W ri t es d ated J un e 2 4 1 8 1 7 : D u ri ng th e l ast wee k I h a I e b een attend

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ing th e d eba tes I n Par l i a m en t on th e H ab eas C orp u s su sp en si on bi l l I w as the re from five ,

ti ll on e i n th e m o rni ng an d h eard m ost o f th e Pe er s d i stingu i she d fo r t al en t T here wa s

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m u ch v e t) bad sp eak i ng ; I neve r h eard worse i n an y of o u r b od i e s tha n fro m Lo rd s G ro s

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c e l l o r of I re l a n d and th e D u k e of M on t ros e stru ck m e as good d ebaters bu t G re y i n man , , ,.

ne r was fin er t h an a ny p u b l i c sp eak e r I n a l egi s l ative bod y I eve r h eard I W a s l ast n igh t

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i n the C o mm on s t i l l two i n th e m o rni ng al l th e ta l en ts of th e hou se we re b rough t o u t e xcep t ,

] o h th e on e sid e an d Pee l a y ou ng man of th e high e st re p u tation s o n the o the r T he

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th re e be st sp eech es we re from C anni ng Brough am and C an ning th ough th e , ,

worst i a matter w as far th e b e s t I n m an ne r Brougham i s t oo m uch of a l a w) er a nd W i l be r

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fo rc e o f th e p reach er th e l ast was h o w e I e r l i sten ed to W i th m ore at ten ti on t han ei th e r of th e

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oth e rs fo r h e h a s a weigh t of charact e r w hi ch B rougham an d C an nin g w h o a re regard ed as

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p o l i tica l a d I e n t u re rs wan t C a st l ereagh I s fl u en t an d easy b u t con fu sed an d u ni mp re ssi ve

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the o nly th ing wh ich ap p eared t o b e at a l l re mark ab l e ab o u t hi m wa s hi s good h u mo u r an d ,

mi l d ness o f man n e r i n a ll th e a l tercati on s o f the d ebat e T h e noi se di sord e r an d ap pa ren t

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ru d en ess o f th e h ou se i s I e ry stri ki ng to a n
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I arri ve d i n Lond o n d u ring th e l ast d ay s of th e te r m an d h ad an exce l l en t O p p ortu ni ty ,

of se eing th e bar and be nch of Eng l an d N ei th er o f the fou r cou rts app ear (0 me 21 5 ( C S PC C I
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ab l e an d im p osing a s th e Su p rem e C ou rt of th e Uni te d Sta te s or o f N e w Y o r k Lord E l l e n ,

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borough i s h eavy and d raw l i ng i n h i s mann e r a n d W i th ou t d igni ty b t Si r V G ibb s i n th e

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A N D B I OG R A P H I C A L S OC IE T Y .

C omm on P l eas p resid es wi th great d igni t y and in hi s gen t l e man ly d e p o rtm en t to th e bar
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p resen ts a st rong cont rast to Lord E l l enb orough I was at G u i l dha l l th i s m orn ing an d h eard ,
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a tria l before each of th e C hi ef j u stice s Si r Vi c a ry s m anne r remi n d s m e m uch o f that o f .

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M r Harri son I w a s su r p ri sed to o b serve th e gen e ra l wan t of fi u e n cy I n the pub l ic sp eak ers
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even Si r V G ibb s i s h esi tating an d at a p ub l i c m eet i ng o f the N ava l S clI o o l Societ y th e

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Bi shop o f London i n an attem p t at an ex tempor e sp ee ch ap p eared worse than th e mo st i l l i t ,

e ra te of ou r m et h od i s ts .

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The n ex t mon th he w ri tes t o h i s si ste r i n l aw M rs H Ofi m an from th e Scotti sh C ap i ta l -
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as to Edi nb u rgh m y own roman ti c t own a s Scot t cal l s i t an d i t i s th e on ly ci t y I eve r
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saw whi ch d e se rve s th e nam e o f roman ti c an d neve r was the re a hap p i er ep i th e t For the
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town i t s i n sti tu t i ons &c Si mo n d can gi ve y ou a bette r acco un t o f th em than I can th ough
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h e d o e s n o t give that p rai se to Scotch m an ners which the y d eserve I saw M rs G rant sev . .

e ra l ti m es ,and b reakfaste d wi th he r th e d ay before I l eft E di nb u rgh I need not sa y I was

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T hi s was M rs A nne G rant o f Laggan who wro te th e ce l eb rated

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m uch p l ease d wi th h e r . .
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M em oi rs of an A merican Lad y the A m eri can l ad y b eing M adam Sch u yl er o f Al ban y , ,

th e wi dow o f C o l on e l Phi l i p Sch uyl e r and au n t of the d i stingui shed genera l of that n ame
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In a sub se q uen t l etter h e sp eak s of t aki ng t e a w i th M rs B a rb a u l d th en sevent y fi v e I ears o f ,

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age Before h e took hi s fina l d epart u re fo r hi s nati ve l an d he r e vi si ted th e hom e of h i s a n ce s

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tors and from A m ster am h e c l ose s a l et t r wi th : I sho u l d l i k e ve ry we l l to see I ta ly b u

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si re o f seei ng the l an d of
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fe l t and I fee l some gratificati o n i n the though t that I have sac ri fi ce d i t onc e to th e com
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fort Of E l iza an d a s econd ti m e to h e r c h i l d ren thi s r eflec ti on f u l l y com p en sates fo r a ny t e

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gret I may h ereafter fee l on th e subj ec t . .

rop e an d wh en u rged to d o so si m p ly re pl ied that he w a s hap p i e r at hom e U p o n hi s re tu rn

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h e ente re d af re sh th e arena of l oca l p ol i ti cs i n whi ch h e had som ewh at b esti rre d h i m se l f b e ,

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fo re h i s d e p a r tu r e b y wri ting a seri e s o f l e tte rs sign ed
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m a k e r w h i ch were p ri nte d i n the pap ers of th e day vigorou s l y attac king wi th sati re an d abu se
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the th en M ay or D e W i t t C l i n ton wh o had som e ti me before m ad e h i m se l f p romi nen t i n pre ,

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fe ri n g c h a rg e s again st Ve rp l anck i n term s rath e r st rong i n p roce ed ings b efor e h im ari sing
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ou t o f ja d i st u rbance wh ich had tak en p l ace a t C o l u mbi a C o l l ege o n c omm enc emen t d ay .

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Th e l et ters were fi na l ly an swered i n a p amph l et dated Jan u ary 1 8 1 5 en ti t l ed
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A b i m e l e c k C o o d y a n d othe r ce l eb rated wri te rs of N e w York i n a l et te r from a trave l l e r to a

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friend i n Sou th C aro l i na i n wh i c h th e wri te r b e l iev ed to have been C l i n ton h im se l f d enou n

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c cd M r Verp l a n ck a s th e head of a p o l i ti ca l sec t ca l l ed th e

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o f h yb rid natu re ,

com p osed of th e s pa w n o f Fed e ra l i sm and Jacob in i s mand gene rate d i n th e venom ou s pas ,

si on s of d i sap poi n tm en t and revenge wi thou t an y defin i te characte r nei the r fish n o r flesh n o r , , ,

bi rd n o r b east b u t a nond e scri p t m ad e u p of

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a ll mon strou s a l l p rod igi o u s thi ngs ,
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I t a l so c On t a i n e d a d efence o f th e memb ers of the H i storic al Soc i e t an d th e Li t e ra ry an d

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Phi l osoph ica l So ci ety ove r bo th of whi ch C l in ton p resi ded an d i n parti cu l ar o f C l inton hi m
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se l f .

T he C o o d i e s among the l ead e rs of wh om were Verp l an ck and H ugh M a x II e l l bot h

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prominen t i n th e C o l u mb i a C o l l ege d i ffi cu l t y were a b ranch o f th e Fed era l i st s w h o had b e , ,

c om e d i sa ff ected a n d l eft i ts ran k s an d j o ined the good o ld d emocrac y o f Tamman y Th i s

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was a t th e tim e of th e l as t war wi th E ng l and when the fed e ra l i st part y rend e red i tse l f so o h
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n oxi ou s b y i ts con ti n ued Op p osi ti on to it s p rose cu ti on ; and a l arge bod y o f its su p p orte rs
being ; op p osed to thi s op p osi ti on d eserted it s Standard an d a l l i ed them se l ves to that part y , ,

wh ich was so vigo rou s i n i ts p ro secu ti o n .

D u ri ng the y ears 1 8 1 3 an d 1 4 whi l e I rvi ng had the ed i toria l charge of th e A na l e cti c V a ga

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zi ne p ub l i shed I n Ph i l ade l ph ia for seve ra l y ea rs b y M ose s Th o mas Verp l anc k mad e man y v a
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i n ab l e con t rib uti on s to I ts page s d esi g nate d b y th e i n i ti a l V pri nci pa l ly of a b io g ra ph i ca l natu re

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whi ch sty l e of comp osi ti o n h e seem s to have enj oy ed i n hi s ear ly day s as may be seen fro m
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h is gracefu l ad d ress befo re the N ew Y ork H i sto ri ca l Socie t y to w ard s th e c l o se of 1 8 1 8 i n

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whi ch he com memorate s th e vi rtu es an d cond emn s th e vi ces o f the Ear ly Eu ro pean F ri end s ,
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of Am eri ca A mong h i s a rti c l e s o f that c haracte r i n th e A n al e c ti c may b e men ti on ed In e

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moi rs of Sam u e l A dams Fi sh er A me s J oe l Bar l ow C adwa ll ad er C o l d en O l iver E l l swo rth

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and G en e ra l s Pi k e an d Scott whi l e h e a l so wrote revi ews of W aterman s Life o f C a l vin

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Leigh H un t s Feasts of th e P oet s and severa l y ears l ate r o f h i s fri end s the edi tor s Ske tch , , ,

Bo ok .

I h ave re fe rred to h i s an nive rsary ad d re ss before th e H i st o ri ca l Soci e t y thi s m ay b e said '

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t o have been th e basi s u p on whi ch wa s bu i l t hi s fu tu re l i te rary rep u tati on I t op ened wi th a

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l amen tati on for th e l ac k o f i n te re st sh own b y h i s fe l l ow cou n try m en i n the hi sto ry of th ei r -

O W II cou n try an d seem s to h ave a m u sed th em fro m a l ethargy in t o w hi ch the y have ne ve r

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si nce fa l l en I t was revi ewed b oth at h om e an d ab road b y th e l ead ing p eri od ical s of the d ay
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and from a we l l wri tten a rti c l e i n th e N ar i /z A m er i ca n R ev i ew fo r March 1 8 1 9 I ex trac t the , ,

c l osi ng paragraph as gi vi ng i n a b ri ef com p a ss a j u st esti mate of hi s work

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n ot take l eave o f M r V erp l anck wi thou t ackn ow l edgme n ts fo r the re fined en tertain me nt
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which hi s p e rf o rmance has a ff ord ed It i s a co l l ec ti on o f i n te re sting fact s en l i vene d b y a . .

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chaste i magi nati on an d ex ib i ts a gen erou s g l ow of h eart a free b u t cand id j u dgmen t o f m e n

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and an en l igh tened l ove o f cou n t ry Th e au thor regard s wi th l au dab l e comp l acenc y th e
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s y mpathi es o f g reat an d good m en o f whateve r n ati on i n th e advan cem en t and fame of o u r

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free and uni ted co m m un i ti e s .

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It was i n th i s ad d ress that M r Verp l an c k a l l u d ed to K n i ck e rb o c k e r s H i sto ry o f N e w
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York in a sp i ri t of regret at th e i nj u st i ce d on e b y i t to th e D u tch charac te r: H e savs I t i s _

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m ore i n so rrow than i n ange r that I fee l m y se l f com p e ll ed to ad d to th ese gro ss I n stance s
of nati ona l i nj u sti ce an ear ly work o f a w ri te r of our o w n wh o i s j u st ly con sid ered on e of th e
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h igh est ornamen t s of A me ri can l i te ratu re I al l u d e to the b u r l esqu e hi story o f N e w Y ork in . ,

wh ich i t i s painfu l to see a mi n d as ad m i rab l e fo r i t s ex qu i si te p e rcep t ion of the beau tifu l as ,

i t i s fo r i ts qu ick sen se o f th e ri di cu l ou s wasti ng th e riches of i ts fa n c y on an ungratefu l

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the me an d i t s e x h ub e ra n t hu mou r i n a coa rse caricatu re Th e wri ter has n o t y e t fu l fi l l ed a l l

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th e p romi se h e has given to h i s cou n t ry I t i s h i s d u ty b ecau se i t i s i n hi s po w e r t o b ru sh .

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awa y th e p retend er s wh o may at an y ti m e i n fest he r soci et y her sci ence o r h er p o l i tics o r i f , ,

h e asp i res as I t ru st h e d oe s to strai n s of a high e r mood th e d eed s of hi s cou n try men and
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the u nd e scri bed beau tie s of hi s native l and a ff ord h i mman y a ri ch subj ect and h e m ay d eck
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th e a l tar of h i s co un t ry s g l ory wi th th e gar l and s of h i s tast e and f anc y .

In a n ot e to thi s passage th e au th o r say s T o those wh o j u dge o f M r IrI i n g s p : I v e rs .

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so l e ly fro m h i s sati ri ca l an d l u d icrou s co mp osi tion s thi s may seem an exaggerated comp l i
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men t . Bu t h e h as gi ven so me samp l es to o few an d to o sho rt I con fe ss of what h e i s ab l e to , ,

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ff
e ect on these top i cs i n h i s grave r and p u rer st yl e "
A n d i n a l ater ed i ti on he ad d s Th e .

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above n ote was wri tten an d fi rst p ub l i she d abo u t fou rteen y ears ago I t i s re tained i n the .

p resen t ed i ti on b ecau se I fe e l p rou d that my judgmen t o f the grave r ta l en ts o f t h e au tho r of

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K n ickerbocke r has been c On fi rm e d agai n a n d ag a i n an d above a l l b y th e Li fe of C ol u mbu s ' ' "

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U p on th e ab ove cri tici s m I rv i ng wrote to h i s b roth er Ebeneze r wh o had e x p ress e d ,

som e fear at th e e ff ect i t migh t have u pon a n ew ed i ti o n th en abou t to be p ub l i sh e d i n Phi l ,

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ad e l phi a . I have se en wh at Verp l anc k s ai d o f m y work H e d id m e more than ju stice i n

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what h e s ai d of m y men ta l qua l ificati on s an d h e sai d n o thing o f m y work th I t I h a w: n o t .

l ong though t of i t m y se l f H e I s O n e o f the h onestest m en I know o f i n S pe ak

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i ng hi s opi nion The re i s a de termi ned can d or ab ou t h i m wh i ch wi l l n ot a l l o w hi m to be

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b l i nd ed b y pa s si o n I am su re h e wi she s m e we l l and hi s own ta l en t s and ac q ui re m e n t s a r e

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too great to S u fi er h i m to en te rtai n j ea l ou s y ; b ut w e re I h i s bi tte re st en em y such an “ Pi “i o n

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have I o f h i s in tegri ty of mi nd that I wo ul d refe r any one to hi m fo r a n h onest o pi n i r m of m e

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soo ne r than to a l mo st an y on e e l se .
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T o H en ry B re v o o rt wi th the fi rst n u m be r o f the Sk etch Boo k con taini ng t h e i n i m i t a bl e ,

sto ry of Ri p Van Wi n k l e th e mai n p oi nts of w hich Je ff e rson has m ad e so fa mi l iar t o h e o r s e n t

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I I pl i m c n ta I I t e r m s
g ene ra ti on I rv ing w,r i te s i n h i s p l a y f u l vei n after a l l u d i ng in the m ost C O I
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to the o rati on of Ve rp l anck : I h op e h e wi l l n ot p u t ou r o l d D u tch b u rghers i n t t h e n o t i o n n

that th ey m u st fee l aflro n t ed wi th poo r D ei d ri ck K ni c ke rb ock er j u st as he i s a bo u t c o ming

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o u t i n a n ew edi ti on I c o u l d n o t he l p l aughi ng at thi s b u rst of fi l ia l fee l i ng in Ve rp l anck

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on th e j o ke s p u t u p on hi s ancestors ; th ough I hon or the fee l ing an d ad mi re th e manne r i n

which i t i s e xp re ssed I t m e t m y ey es j u st a s I had fini sh ed th e l i tt l e sto ry of Ri p Van IVi n
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k l e an d I cou l d n ot he l p n oti ci ng i t i n th e i n trod u cti on to that bagate l l e I h 0 p e V e rp l anck

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wi l l no t thi n k th e arti c l e i s wri tten i n d efianc e of h i s vi tu p erati on Rem embe r m e hearti ly .

to hi m an d te l l hi m I m e an to g row wi ser an d b etter and o l de r eve ry day ,and to l ay the

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castigati on h e has g i ve n seriou s l y to heart .

I n th e fo l l o w i ng y ear was p ub l i sh ed a sma l l vo l u me en ti t l e d “ Th e Buck tai l Bard s ,

which h as u sual ly been att rib u ted to M r Verp l an ck and th e correctne ss o f thi s se em s fu l ly .

su stai ned b y h i s resp ond ing i n a most d e l i g tfu l manne r to a toast to th e Buc k tai l Bard
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gi ven b y M r Bry ant at a d i n n er to Fi tz G r een H a l l ec k i n j a n u a ry 1 8 54 at th e C entu ry C l ub

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Bu t at th e same ti m e th i s hard ly seems conc l u si ve i n th e face of th e fact that th e cata l ogu e ,

of th e N e w York State Lib rary of which h e was for man y y ears a t ru stee an d i n wh ich h e , ,

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ex erci sed a on tro l ing i nfluence con tai n s th e wo rk wi th th e nam e o f h i s fath e r s cou si n j oh n
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son Verp l anck as au thor T h e vo l u m e c ontain ed T h e State T ri u mvi rate a Po l i ti ca l T a l e
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T he Buck tai l Bard s p rop e r an d “ T he Epi s t l es of Breve t M aj or Pi nda r Pu ff i a th e l atte r , , _

of whi ch D e \Vi tt C l in ton th en G overnor was ri di cu l e d u nd e r that characte r A b ou t th e

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same tim e o r a l it t l e l ate r there ap p eared a c l eve r squ i b whi ch was pub l i she d a n ony m ou s l y
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f o r t/Ie u se cf t/z e m em bers ent i t l e d Pro c es V erba l o f th e C ere m on y of In sta l l ation

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wa s a k ee n sati re o n the i naugu rati o n o f D r H osack as th e succe sso r o f C l in ton i n th e P re s .

i d e n cy of the N e w Y o rk H i stori ca l Soci e ty and ha s gen era l ly b een at tribu ted t o th e ,

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read y p en of M r Ve rp l anc k .

In 1 8 2 0 he was e l ected a m emb er of th e N e w Y ork A ssemb l y wh e re b e mai n ly i n te rest

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e d hi mse l f wi th th e l i terary asp ects o f p ol i ti c al su bj ects bei ng C hai rm an of the C omm i ttee
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on E d u cati on i n w h i ch cap aci t y h e mad e a rep ort on C o l l eges A cad emi es and C o mmon
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Sc hoo l s i n support of th e app rop riati on b y th e G en e ra l G ove rn men t o i P ub l i c Lan d s fo r

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ed ucationa l p u rp ose s Th i s sam e y ear th e N e w Y ork Sk etch C l ub was estab l i shed o u t of

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wh ich the p resent C en tu ry ha s grown an d among i t s o rgani zers an d earl i est members we ,

find Ve rp l a nck B ry an t an d Sand s wh o afte r ward s u ni ted thei r ta l en ts in the p rod u cti on of
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th e T a l i sman T h e n ex t y ear u p on th e organi zati on of th e G en era l Th eo l o g ica l Semi na ry of th e

.

Pro testant Ep i scopa l C h u rch i n th e Un i te d State s h e was ch ose n t o th e chai r of the E v i d e n ,

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ces of Revea l ed Re l igi on an d M o ra l Sci ence i n i t s re l ati on to T heo l o g y wi th B i sh o p H o b a rt , ,

Reve rend s Samu e l H T u rne r Bi rd W i l s on Benj ami n T O n d e rd o n k a n d C l ement C M oore

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as hi s c o p rofesso rs H i s l ectu re s d e l i vered wh i l e h o l d ing th e p rofe ssorshi p we re p ub l i she d

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E ssa y s on th e N at u re a n d U se s o f th e vari ou s
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af te r hi s resign ati on i n 1 8 2 4 wi th th e ti t l e o i , _

E vi d enc e s of Revea l ed Re l i g i on O f th e se l ec tu res o ne w h o l i sten ed to the m— th e Reve ren d

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Sam uel Rooseve l t Jo h n so nf —wro te m e The re i s b u t o n e thi ng I k n ow o f as c onne ted w i th c

these Lect u re s whi ch i t may b e we l l fo r y o u to n ote Bi sh o p Dani e l W i l so ri had a high rep

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u t a ti o n as an au tho r befo re h e was con sec ra te d Bi sh op of C a l cu tta

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, H i s chi ef w o rk w a s .

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Lectu res on th e E vi d en ces of C h ri stian i t y i n t wo vo l u me s o ctavo I n th e In trod u ction to .

t h e second vo l u m e h e wri te s as fo l l ows : T o these name s I have p ecu l iar sati sfacti on i n ad d
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i ng that of an A merican w ri te r of si ngu l ar ta l ent wi th a go od d ea l of th e mi nd o f ou r Bi shop .

Bu t l e r wh ose work abou nd s w i th d eep an d origina l though t s

, H e ad d s i n a n ote ‘ a rep rin t .
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has not y et b een mad e of thi s maste rly work T hi s was p ron ou nce d at th e ti me the high es t .
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com pl i men t eve r paid to an A m e ri can wri te r D r John son con tin u e s : “ M r Ve rp l anck . . .

W a s ve ry qu iet i n hi s ma nne r as p rofesso r H e gave u s th e i mp ressi on that h e d i d not tak e .

to th e task o f i n stru cto r very mu ch H e l ove d to con ve rse free l y as th e in d i v i d u al — to thi n k .

pati en t ly — to wri te carefu l ly— b u t th e c l ass room was st i fl a n d u nnat u ral to him H i s rep o rt
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agai n st vo ti ng b y p rox y for th e T ru stee s l ed th e G en era l C onven tio n to reve rse a l l i ts p ro

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c e e d u r e o n that su bj ect and hi s rep ort on the remova l of th e Sem i n ary wa s ve ry ab l e and
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in te re sti ng A noth er on e of hi s boy s th e Rev D r She l ton o f B u fi al o sp eak s of h i m i n th e

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mo st a ff ecti onate an d g l owi ng te rm s .

Thi s sa me y ear he wa s o n e of a com mi ttee of which Pet er A j ay and C ha rl e s K i n g

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we re l so me mb ers ap p in ted b y th e H igh Sc hoo l S oc ie ty of N e w York to p repare a P l an “
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o f In st ru cti on to be pu rsu ed i n th e H igh Sch oo l and h e i t i s be l i eved d rafted th e rep ort

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H e afte r ward s h e l d th e p osi tion of Pre si d en t o f th e Board o f T ru ste es o f th i s Soci et y and as

s uch i n th e A n nu a l Rep ort fo r 1 8 2 9 pai d a T rib u te to the m e mory of Dani e l H Barnes
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l ate p ri nci p a l wh ich i s p ub l i she d i n hi s vo l u me of c o l l ected essay s u n d er the h ead o f “ Th e

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Sch oo l master .

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In 8 2 5 ap p e ared M r Ve rp l anck s “ E ssay on th e D octri n e of C on tracts b ei ng an
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In q ui ry h ow C ont ract s a re aff ected in Law and M ora l s b y C oncea l men t Err o r o r In ad e q u ate ,

Price .T hi s cu ri ou s d i scu ssion on th e l i ne betwee n l aw and m ora l s in which th e maxi m o f ,

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I ca z/ ea t emp l or i s attack ed was m ost ab l y re vi ewed i n th e [Vor t/I A m er i ca n R ev i e w b y that
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nob l e ex p ou nd e r of i n te rn ati ona l l aw th e l ate H en ry W h ea te n from whi ch arti c l e I ex tract , ,

th e fo l l owi ng T he qu esti on whi ch M r Verp l an ck ha s i nve stigated arose o u t o f a case .

d etermi ned i n th e Su p rem e C ou rt o f th e U ni ted States an d rep orted i n 2 \Vh e a to n 1 9 5 Th e , , .

case re l ated to th e v a l i d i ty c f a con tract o f sa l e u n de r the fo l l owing ci rcu m stance s Som e .

A me ri can merchan ts wh o we re on board th e Bri ti sh fleet afte r the m em orab l e at tac k on N e w

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O rl ean s in j anu a ry 1 8 1 5 received th e u nex p ecte d n ews of the treat y o f p eace which had
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been signe d a t G h en t and b rough t it u p to th e ci t y th e sam e n igh t Soon a fte r su n ri se th e

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n ex t m o rn ing an d b efore i t co u l d b e k nown among m en o f b u si ne ss a m erchan t wh o h ad , ,

been p u t i n p osse ssi on o f th e i nformati on ca l l ed u p on anothe r and con tracted fo r th e ,

p u rch ase of a l arge qu an ti t y of tobacco at th e m ark e t p ri ce o f th e d ay wi th ou t gi vi ng th e ,

vend or an y hi n t o f the i nte l l igence b u t a t th e sam e ti m e wi th o ut sayi ng an ythi ng ca l cu l ated

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to i mp ose u p on hi m 1 I m medi ate ly af te r th e news of p eace wa s p ub l ic ly kn own th e p ri ce of

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tobacco ro se m ore than fi ft y p e r cen t .

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U p on thi s state of facts M r C h i e f J u sti ce M arsha l l i n d e l i veri ng th e op i nion o f the
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C ou rt observed that the q u estion was whe th e r th e i n te l l igence o f ex tran eou s Circ um stances
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whi ch migh t influ ence th e p ri c e of the co m mod i ty an d which was e xc l u sive ly wi thi n th e .

kn ow l edge of the vend ee ough t to have b een com m u ni cate d b y hi m to th e v e n d o r ? Tfie

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Cou r t i s of ! be opi n i on th a t l z e w a s n ot bou n d to com m u n i ca te i t It wo u l d b e d ifficu l t to .

ci rcu m sc ri b e th e con tra ry d octrin e wi thin p rop er l i m i ts when th e me an s of i n te l l igence are ,

equ a lly accessib l e to b oth partie s Bu t at th e same tim e each p art y m u st tak e care n ot to .

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say or d o an y th in g tend ing to i m p ose u p on th e other In sp eaki ng o f th i s work a few day s .

sinc e on e of ou r o l d est an d ab l e st l aw y ers remark ed that th e argum en t was th e gr o wth o f

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a l a u d ab l e ambi ti on bo rn i n a p u re m i n d b u t that i t was i m p racti cab l e Th i s y ear 1 8 2 5 ,

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M r V erp l an ck wa s e l ected a rep re se n tative from N e w York C i t y to the N ine teen th C ongre ss
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wh ere he remai ned th rough th e fou r su cce ssive terms reti ri ng at th e c l ose of th e twen t y
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se cond se ssion i n 1 8 3 3 D u ring hi s C ongressi ona l career h e wa rm l y ad vocated th e ex ten si o n

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of th e term o f C op y ri gh t a m easu re wh ich wa s passed in th e se ssion of 1 8 30 —3 1 ,an d abo u t

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whi ch h e wr i t e s eo I rvi ng I have a cop y ri gh t bi l l before C ongre ss wi th whi ch I have tak en

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g reat p ai n s I t con so l id ate s en l arges ari d ex p l ai ns ou r l aws on that su bjec t whi ch are fu l l
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of confu si on an d d oub t I t e x tend s the ti me to twen t y eigh t y ea rs wi th p ower s of rene w

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fo r a l i k e ti m e b y th e au tho r o r hi s w i d ow at the ex p irati on O n h i s r etu rn h om e at th e _

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c l ose of th i s sessi on h e wa s ten d ered a comp l i m e ntary d inn e r b y p romi nen t m en o f l e tters i n
token o f th ei r ap p reciati on o f hi s emi nen t ser vi ce s i n ob tai ning th e p assage of thi s l aw at
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w hich h e mad e an ab l e speech o n th e Law o f Li te ra ry Prop ert y i n wh ich h e enforce d th e

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same d oct ri ne as h e had p romu l gated i n C ongress that th e ri gh t o f p rop erty in th e

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pr o d II c ti o n o f i n te l l ect u a l l abou r was as m u ch fo u nd ed o n natu ra l j u stice as the righ t of

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p rop e rt y i n th e p rod uction of c orp orea l l abou r th at h e wh o toi l s wi th the m ind i s as h one st ly
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en t i tl ed to th e frui t s o f th at toi l as h e wh o work s w i th th e hand s T h e measu re secu red t o .

th e au th or an d a rtist i n l i eu o f the form er narrow ti m e o f fou rte en y ears wi th th e con tingen t

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cha n c e o f on e renewa l i f l i v i ng a t the en d of th e ti m e , th e so l e an d secu re benefi t o f h i s

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work fo r fo rt y two y ears wi th th e p rivi l ege of ren ewa l t o hi s wi d ow an d chi l d re n

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I t w a s whi l e h e w a s i n C o n g re ss that th e agi tat ion o n the righ ts of C ongre ss to i m p ose

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a p rotec ti ve ta ri ff and i ts p ower to force obe d ience to th e sam e was at i ts heigh t and i n it s_
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d efence h e wro te a Le tter to C o l on e l W D ray ton i n asse rti on of the con sti tu tiona l powe r of ,

C o ngress to i m p ose p rotect i ve d u ti es whi ch wa s p rin ted at N e w Y o rk i n 1 8 3 1 In 1 8 3 3 ,

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whi l e C hai rman o f th e C om mi ttee of \Va y s and M ean s h e mad e a Re port on th e Ban k o f ,

th e U n i ted State s whi ch i n sti tu ti on h e favored and of i ts Presi d en t the l ate N ich ol as Bi d d l e
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h e though t ve ry hi gh ly and a t hi s hou se M r Verp l anck stay ed on hi s retu rn fro m IVa sh i ng to n

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after hi s l ast term i n C ongress T h e same year 1 8 3 3 there was p ub l i sh ed b y th e H arp ers a .
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Sma l l o c t av e vo l u me of 2 57 pages enti t l ed D i scou rse s and A d d resse s on Subj ects o f A me ri

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c a n H i story A rts an d Li teratu re ,By G u l ian C Ve rp l an ck whi ch con tai ned b esid es hi s
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A nnive rsary Di scou rse befo re the H i stori cal Soci ety an d “ T he Sch oo l maste r an d S p eech ,
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on Th e Law o f Li terary P rop e rt y A n Eu l og y on Lo rd Ba l ti mo re th e Fou nd e r of M ary , ,

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l and whi ch was d e l ivered at th e fe stiva l h e l d in 1 8 2 9 b y the friend s of ci vi l an d re l i g o u s
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l ibe rty i n th e C i t y o f N e w York ove r wh ich D r Jam es M c N e v i n p re sid ed o n the occasion

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of the fi na l p assi ng o f th e bi l l fo r C atho l i c Emanci pati on i n Ire l and ; an A d d ress o n th e

op ening o f th e A m eri can A cad em y o f th e Fi ne A rts i n M ay of wh ich h e was o n e o f ,

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the Vi ce P re sid en ts an A d d re ss b efore th e Ph i l o l e x i a n an d Pe i th o lo g i a n Soci e ti es o f
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C o l u mbia C o l l ege i n which the man y d isti n g u i shed g rad uates of th e co l l ege are com mem
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orated and in regard t o o n e of the m— D e I Vi tt C l in ton— the fi rst grad uate afte r the p eace of
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1 7 8 3 h e say s
, after the nu merou s tri b u tes which have so recen t l y b een p ai d to h i s me mory
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and especia l ly that l u m i no u s vi ew of hi s charac te r as a scho l ar and a state sman a s th e p ro ,

moter of good ed u cati on and u sefu l i mprovemen t s con tai ned i n the di scou rse l ate ly d e l i ve red ,

from thi s p l ace b y Professor Renwi ck an y th i ng I cou l d n ow say on the subj ect wou l d b e b u t ,

u se l ess rep etition E l se wou l d I g l ad ly p ay the homage d u e to hi s em inen t and l astin g ser
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vice s and h onor that l oft y ambi ti on wh ich brought hi m to l ook to d e sign s of grand u ti l i t y
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an d to th ei r su ccessfu l exec u ti on as hi s arts of gaining o r red ee mi ng th e confid en ce of a ,

gen erou s and p ub l i c sp i ri ted p eop l e Fo r whatever o f p art y ani m osi ty migh t have e ve r .

b l i nd e d m e to hi s m e ri ts had d i ed away l o n g before hi s d eath an d I wou l d n o w u tte r hi s

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honest p ra i se s wi thou t th e i mp u tati on o f h o l l ow p reten se fro m o the rs o r th e m ortify i ng con ,

s c i o u sn e ss i n m y o w
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n b reast o f ren d e r i ng u n w i l l i ng an d t ard y j u stice to n ob l e d esign s and

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great p ub l i c se rv i ce T he vo l u me conc l u d e s wi th a Lectu re before th e M e rcan ti l e Lib rary

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A ssoci at ion of N e w Y ork i n 1 8 3 1 32 whi ch con tai n s a fee l i ng tri b u te to th e mem ory of hi s -
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vene rab l e fri end th e l ate \Vi l l i a m Roscoe o f Live rp oo l

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In N ove mbe r 1 8 33 h e d e l i ve red an In trod u c to ry Lectu re to a cou rse of Sci en tifi c Lec
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tu re s b efore th e M echani c s I n sti tu te o f th e C i t y o f N e w Yo rk whi l e in the p receedi n g
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A ugu st h e had d is cou rsed on T he Righ t M o ra l Influ enc e an d U se of Li bera l S tu d ie s at “

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th e com mence men t of G eneva C o l l ege The nex t vear o n a si mi l ar occasi on at A mhe r st
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C o l l ege h e sp ok e on T h e Infl uence o f M ora l C au se s u p on O p ini on s Sci ence and Li te ra

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tu re i n the cou rse of which af te r a l l u d i ng to hi s d escen t from the stoc k of G roti u s and D e
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W i tt h e re mark s : I cannot b u t re member a l so that I have N e w E n g l and b l oo d i n m y vein s

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that man y of m y h ap p ie st y ou thfu l d ay s we re pa ssed in her vi l l ages and that m y b e st e d u ca uo n ,

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was bestowed b y the m ore than p aren tal care of o n e of the wi sest and m ost ex ce l l en t of h e r
sons ; here referri ng of cou rse to h i s mate rna l grand fathe r IVi ll i a m Sam u e l J o h n son H i s ,
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l ast co l l ege ad dress was mad e i n 1 8 36 when h e d e l i vered hi s master ly an d ce l eb rated di s ,

cou rse a t U nion C o l l ege o n Th e A dvantages an d Dange rs o f the A me ri can Sch o l ar “

.

M r. Ve rpl anc k whi l e i n C ongre ss havi ng separated from the D em ocrati c party b y taking
grou nd s i n favor of a N ationa l Ban k was chosen by th e IVh i g s as th e i r cand idate i n 1 8 34
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fo r th e M ay ora l ty i n op p o si ti on to C orne l i u sW La w rence th e can d id ate of the d e mocrac y

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Th e e l ecti on wh ich f o ll owed was on e of t h e m ost ex ci ting and c l ose ly cont ested o f man y
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y ears an d M r Verp l anc k was d efeated b y on ly o ne Iz u n ar ed a n d eig h ty on e vote s T he exci te
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m en t o f thi s p o l i tica l cam paign d i d no t d ri ve h i m f ro m h i s l i t erary l abors fo r ab ou t th i s ti me ,

h e ed i ted th e IVri ti n g s of h i s co l abo rer i n th e T a l i sman th e l at e Robe rt C San d s o n e o f

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hi s ne arest a n d d eare st friend s and o n e who m he he l d i n th e h igh est esteem an d whose

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memo ry h e a l w ay s ch e ri sh e d to which h e p refix ed a geni a l memoi r of hi s l i fe , .

From 1 8 3 7 to 1 8 4 1 h e wa s a me m be r of the Senate o f t h e State of N e w Yo rk which at

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th t ti me co mp o sed with th e j udge s o f the hi gh e r co u rts ; th e cou rt fo r the correcti on o f
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e rrors o r th e co u rt of ap p ea l s i n th e l ast re sort fro mth e S up re me C ou rt an d C o u rt o f C han

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cery M r Ve rp l anc k to o k a n ac ti ve pa rt i n th e se j u d ici a l d u tie s an d man y of hi s O p i n

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Caf e
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Open ing o f a p oem en ti t l ed

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Th e C haracte r o f a C o ff ee H ou se whi ch ap p eared i n 1 6 6 5

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A Cof ce H om e th e l earne d h o l d ,
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I t i s a p l ace w h ere C off ee s so l d
T hi s d e rivati on can not fai l u s ,
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Fo r wh ere A l e s v e n d e d that s an A le lz am e .
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By t h e con sti tu tion tw o h und red an d th re e sh ares were i ssu ed to sub scri bers at two hu n
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d red d o l l ars per share an d each h o l d er of a share had th e ri gh t to n ominate a pe rson o f

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ei the r sex i n w hose nam e an d fo r whose l ife th e shares were i ssu ed an d ex i sted d u ri ng th e ,

l ife o f th e nomine e T h e origi na l share s were assignab l e b y the ho l d e r an d he l d as p ersona l

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p rop ert y a l though each share had a con ti ngen t i n te re st i n th e rea l t y whi ch i n terest ceased
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fit o th e su rvivo rs :
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wi th the d eath o f th e nom in ee and th en i n u red to th e b e n e i T he
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n u mber of n omi nees was six sho rt of th e a ctua l n u mber of share s T hi s d i ff erenc e wa s .

occasi on ed b y th e own ers (2 0 3) having se l ec ted th ei r n omi n ees on wh o se l i ve s the shares d e

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p ended i n reference to th ei r ex p ected l ongevi t y T h u s i t t u rn ed ou t t h at o nsi x o f the l i ves

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th ere were two ri sk s taken mak ing th e l ives 1 9 7 ,

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E a é h share h o l d e r received h i s e q u a l p ro p ort i on o f the n et in c ome o f th e e stab l i sh

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ment and th e w h o l e p r op e rt y was vested i n five t ru stee s wh o were t o b e c on ti nu ed i n t ru s t

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o r b y su ccession un ti l th e n u mbe r o f n omi n ees was red uced to seve n wh en th e h o l d e rs

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of th ese share s b e c a m e e n t i tl e d to a c o n v e v a n ce i n fee a s tenan ts i n com m on o f th e en ti re

p remi se s The n ame s of th e five o rigina l t ru ste es i n who m th e ti t l e was ve sted were J oh n
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Broom e J oh n l Va t ts G U LIA N V E R PLA N C K J ohn D e l a fi e l d an d “Wi ll i am La i g h t Wh en th e

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n u mbe r o f th e tru stees i s red u ced to l e ss th an three the com m itte e of the A ssociation
g i ve notice that an e l ecti on wi l l b e h e l d fo r th e choice of th e i r su cce ss o rs ; an d th e su rvi vi ng
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trustees th en con ve y to the five n ew tru stee s e l ected to su cceed th em for th e p u rp ose of c on ti
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nu ing the t ru st as i s set forth i n th e origi na l de e d M e ssrs Ri ch a rd M Lawrence and F re de ri c . .

De Peyste r becam e th e su rvi vors wh o convey ed to J am es F D e Pe y s te r J oh n A K i ng , .

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G U LIA N C V E RPLA N C K A n th on y P H a l sey an d H ami l ton Fi sh

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M essrs D e P ey ster and
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Fi sh on ly su rvi vi ng on th e 2 0 th A p ri l convey n o w to th e new l y e l ected t ru stees wh o ,

wi l l soon tak e u nd e r a sim i l ar conve yance an d th ere u pon ex ecu te th e u sual d ec l aratio n of '

t ru st a n d setting forth th e obj ects of i t an d that w h e n th e n omi nee s are redu ced to se ven
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the y wi l l convey th e p remi se s to th e owners o f th e seven r e maining shares T h e t ru stees .

e l ecte d o n th e 2 0 t h o f A p ri l l ast a re G en e ra l J \Va tt s D e Pe y ste r W i l l iam J Lawren ce

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Jam e s Ren wi ck Richard K i ng and John P D e “Ti nt and th e s ri rv i v o r s of th e comm i t t ee a re

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Fred e r c De Pe y ste r W i l l iam H A sp i nwa l l a n d W i l l i a m S H orn

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In 1 8 34 th e pa rt i c u l a r u se s for whi ch thi s b u i l d ing was erected and a ssociati on organiz ed

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h av rng vi rtua l ly ende d b y th e e recti on o f a n ew Ex change ,n ow the U S C u stom H ou se an

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ap p l ication was mad e to th e C ou rt of C h an ce ry for pe rm i s si o n rto u se th e p rem i se s fo r g e n e r

a l p u rp o se s as i n th e cons t i tu ti on th e re wa s a sp ecia l re st ricti on agai n st i ts u se fo r an y p u r
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p ose bu t that o f a C o ff ee H ou se and b y i t s d ecre e sai d restric ti on was rem oved whi ch d e
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c ree wa s a fte rwa rd s confi rm ed b y a S p ecia l act o f the State Legi s l atu re A p ri l 1 8
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nam e changed to Th e T on ti ne Bui l d ing .

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A s w a s sai d i n a form e r pa rt of thi s m em oi r M r V e rp l anc k s fathe r and u nc l e we re o rig , .

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i na l sub sc rib ers fo r tw o shares each an d th at hi s fath e r s n omi n ees we re G u l ian C a nd M ary ,
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A nn T he share of whi ch M r Ve rp l anck was n om i n ee su b sequ en t ly cam e i n to h i s p osse s

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si on as own e r an d by hi s d eath th e n u m b e r o f su r viving n omin ees was red u ced to eigh t so

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tha t wi th o n e d eath m ore th e t ru st wi l l en d Th e su rv ivors a re H oratio G ate s Steven s bo rn .

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1 7 8 0 ; Robert Ben son Jr b orn 1 7 8 5 G o u v e n e u r K emb l e born 1 7 8 6 ; J oh n P D e W i n t born

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w o f D u ncan P C am p be l l bo rn 1 7 8 6 ; M a ry Ray wid o w o f G o v .

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J oh n A K ing b orn 1 790

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Bay a rd b orn 1 7 9 1 an d D M u rray H offman born th e sam e , , .
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y ear .

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In the fi rst n u mb e r of Shak esp eare s P l ay s wi th hi s Li fe Edi ted b y G u l ian C , . .

Verp l anck LL D wi th C ri ti ca l In trod u cti on N ote s

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origina l and se l ec ted ap peared ; , , ,

w hi ch was com p l e ted i n i n th ree l arge vo l u m e s p rofu se ly i l l u stra ted from d esign s by .
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K e n n v M ead ows O n e of th e p ecu l iar characteri sti c s of th i s edi tion i s th e i nd i cati on of those
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ex p re ssi on s i n th e tex t comm on ly ca l l e d A m eri cani sm s wh ich bei n g ob so l ete in En g l and are , ,

y e t re tain ed in thi s c ou n try i n qui te fami l i ar u se A t ab ou t thi s tim e o r p e rhap s a few y ears .

ear l ie r M r V e rp l a n c k p ub l i sh ed a sma l l vo l u m e o f Fai ry T a l e s ; th a t i s h e wrote th e i ntro

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d ucti on sign ed J oh n Smi th bu t whe the r th e e n ti re work w as from hi s p en I am unab l e to

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say H e a l so wrote for th e N e w York M i rror an in te resting acc ou n t o f the h ou se at N e w

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b u rgh occ u p i ed b y W ashi ngton in 1 7 8 3 a s hi s H ead Q uarters

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I n 1 8 4 7 M ay sth was p assed th e ac t c reating the Board o f the C ommi ssi one rs of E m i
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g ra t i o n for th e p rotecti on of fo reigne rs wh en fi rst arrivi ng o n o u r sh ores o n e o f the mo st ,

e mi nen t ly h u man e an d ben efici a l b od i e s ever created b y an y p ower i n an y p l ace at an y ti me , ,

an d o f th e com mi ssi one rs name d i n th e ac t M r V erp l anck stand s at th e h ead H i s co l abo r . .

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e rs i n thi s good ch ri stian wo rk we re Jame s Boorman Jacob H arvey Robe rt B M i n t u m .

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l Vi ll i a m F H a v e m ey e r an d D avi d C C o l d en T h e Board w a s orga ni zed M ay 8 th at th e

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M ay o r s O ffice i n th e C i t y H a l l an d o n J un e 1 4 th M r H a v e m e y e r was e l ected Pr e sid e n t

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H e resigne d h oweve r i n the fo l l owing F e b r u a ry an d wa s su cceed ed M arch

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by M r , .

Verp l anck wh o con ti n u ed i n th e active ex e rci se of hi s d u ti e s un ti l th e “ e d n e s d ay p receed

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ing hi s d eath M r V e rp l anc k p repared n ear ly al l o f th e an nu a l re p orts of the Board whi ch

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H e a l s o l ai d th e 1 0 1
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we re rep ubl i sh ed i n a co n d e n se d fo rm i n one octavo vo l u m e i n 1 8 6 1 , .

n er ston e of th e Ve rp l anc k State H o sp i ta l o n ‘ Vard I s l and wh ich was named i n com m em ,

oration o i hi s ph i l a n th rO ph i c servi ces and o f which he was o n e of th e G overn ors I be l ieve .

h e n eve r mi ssed a me eting o f the C o mm i ssi on i n wh o se work b e wa s so d eep ly i n tere sted

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i nd eed h i s so n i na l e tter dated A p ri l r oth ssay s z H e was not ru ra l i n h i s taste b ut enj oy ed ,

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sp en di ng h a l f th e wee k at h i s F 1 sh k i l l re si d en ce wi th h i s grand chi l d ren a l w ay s r etz m z m g ,

h owev er on W ed n esd ay for th e regu l ar m eeting of th e C om mi ssi on e rs o f Emigration M en .

ti on of hi s Fi shk i l l resi d ence rem in d s me tha t th e Verp l an ck hou se at F i shk i l l i s hi storica l ly

remarkab l e fo r havi ng been the h ead qu arte rs of Baron Ste ub en when th e A me rican a rm y was ,

e nc amp ed i n t h e vi cini ty o f N ewb u rgh ,and al s o a s the p l ace whe rei n was o rga n i z ed i n 1 7 8 3 ,
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the ce l eb rated Soci e ty o f th e C inci nnati .

My on ly p erson a l ac q uain tance wi th M r Ve rp l anc k was a sl igh t ep i sto l a ry one whi ch

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began some eigh t y ears sinc e wh en I w as b u si ly engaged i l l u st rati ng for m y o w n e nj oy m en t

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a work then fresh fro m the p re ss and n o w d ea r to a l l o f u s

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T h e Li fe an d Le tters of w ash ,

i n g to n I rv i ng I a dd ressed M r Ve rp l an c k i n regard to an ea r ly p ortrai t o f hi mse l f sui tab l e

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for i nserti on i n m y book an d i n rep ly h e said “ Th e be st portrai t of m y se l f as I n ow a m i s a , , ,

ve ry nob l e p o rtrai t b y Hun tington taken fo r th e C o mmi ssion e rs of Emigra ti on as Presid en t ,

o f t h at Board an d exceed i ng l y we l l pho tographe d b y F re d e ri c s of th is ci t y

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A t thi s age an d .

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i n th i s character I have l i tt l e i n connectio n w i th m y fri end I rving I h ave at m y h om e a t .

Fi sh ki l l on t h e H u d son a ve ry good p ortrai t of m y se l f b y Jarvi s (Wh o neve r fai l ed in hi s l i k e ,

ne ss) ta k en ab ou t fort y y ears ago at a p e ri od w h en I was m o re i n ti mate ly conn ected with

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I rvi ng an d hi s frie nd s H e th en goes on to say that h e has no c 0 py o f i t b ut that o n e o f hi s

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fam i l y migh t be ab l e to m ak e a fai r amateu r cop y w hi ch i f su cce sfu l h e w ou l d send to m e ,

a n d conc l ud e s with a l ame han d p reve nt s m y maki ng some suggesti on s as to p ortrai ts o f

“

Oth e rs at p re sen t Th e cop y was n eve r received n ei ther d i d I succeed i n ob tai n ing from
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h i m those s uggestion s w hich wou l d h ave b een so ri ch i n i n te re st and va l u e M y n ex t l ette r .

from h im was w ri tten a fte r a l ap se of n ear ly five y ears a l th ough i n th e i n te ri m I had recei ved ,

from h i m a beau tifu l f o r te pho tograph o f hi m se l f b y B ra d y w h e n 1 n ack now l edgemen t o f a ,

s l i g ht l i t er a n e ff ort o f m y own w hi ch I had ven tu red to send h i m h e i n re tu rn ki n d l 1 p res

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e n t e t l m e w ith a choi ce p ri vate ly p i nted vo l u m e from h i s p en th e T w e fth N igh t at the C e n

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t ury Jan ua ry an d ex p re ss ed hi s regre t that h e had n o cop y to o ff e r m e o f hi s

l e tter t o M r ( ozzen s o n G arrick hi s portrai t i n N e w Y ork i t s A rti st a n d H i sto ry 11 hi ch
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wa s p rinted in an ed i ti on o f one h u nd red copi e s i n 1 8 57 an d whi ch h e though t wou l d b e ,

m o r e to m y tast e .

T h e t w o p ortrait s w hi ch h e m enti on s are th e on ly on es eve r p ai n ted of h im an d of th e ,

l a t t e r a s w e ll as an i nci d en t con n ec ted wi th the l e tte r o n G arrick th e a rt i st H u nti ng ,

s a ys I pai n ted hi m t w ic e th e l ast p o rtrai t which i s th ough t the b e st i s n ow i n th e po s

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s e s i o n of hi s son and was sent to Pari s for th e Ex p osi tion

s I t was real ly the comp l eti on o f .

t h e o rigi na l stud y for th e fi rst whi ch I k ep t fo r man y y ears i n m y stu d y u n fini sh e d becau se ,

s e v e ra l of the membe rs o f th e Sk e tch C l ub (which m et at m y stu d i o ) wh i l e th e p o rtrai t w a s .

i n p rogress u rged m e not to tou ch i t bu t to b egi n anot h e r M r Ve rp l an ck was wri ti ng the .

G a rrick Sk etch at the ti m e and one da y h e sai d t o me I have sp oke n of Ja rvi s as a Re 1 n o l d s ,

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1 u l g a ri z e r I am afraid i t i s to o st rong an ex p ressi on I d o nt l i k e to sp eak so u n k i n d l 1 of

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11 1 1 o l d friend what sha l l I sa y what d o y o u th i n k of i t ? I suggested tha t h e sh ou l d chan g e
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it t o a n e gati ve an d say an u n refin ed Re y no l d s whi ch y o u wi l l ob se rve he ad op ted H i s .

i n q u i ry a n d hi s rece pti on of th e hin t from a man so m u ch hi s j u ni or was characte ri stic H e .

y gen t l e and att rac ti ve in h i s socia l l i fe passionate l y fon d of p or t rai t s o f hi sto ric o r
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a rt i st i c in tere st and never weari ed of ta l k i ng o f th e great p ort rai t pain te rs R ey n o l d s

, Stuart , ,
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S u l l y and J a rvi s .

Th e tw o pap ers ab ove refe rr ed to are p e rh ap s th e m o st agreeab l e an d p o l i sh ed p rod u c

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rt o n s o f M r Ve rpl anck s pen cer tain ly of th ose that I have seen u n l ess wi th them ma y be
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c l a s s ed hi s artic l e s origi na ll y c o n t ri b u ted to th e W in e P ress a m on th l y p eri od i ca l ed i ted ‘

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b v hi s friend Fred e ri c S C o z z e n s to wh om i n th e l ast y ears of hi s l i fe h e was m u c h a t ta c h e d

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t a kin g great in terest i n h i s a ff ai rs b o th c om me rcia l an d l i tera ry and wh om h e was i n th e

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h a bit o f seeing a l most dai l y an d wh o se pre ma tu re d eath he d eep ly m ou rn ed en ti t l ed : W a s

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( l za m a n e
pg k nown to the anci en ts and O x y po ri a n “ i n es an d sub se q u en t ly rep ub l i shed
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in T h e Sa yi ngs of D r Bu shwack er an d oth er l earn ed men . which cha rmi ng vo l u m e o f h u ,

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1 11 1 ) 11 1 T o H on G u l ian C Verp l an ck fi rst Presi d ent o f th e C en tu ry C l ub i s d ed icated T h e
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( a r ri c k
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pape r i s a most d e l igh t fu l r é su m é of art i sti c and th eatrica l reco l l ection s and Criti
c i1
m s whi l e the T w e l fth N igh t an d the two vi n ou s pap ers are as rema rkab l e fo r th e p ro
f und e
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rud i tion they d i sp l ay o n subj ects abo u t wh ich l i tt l e l earni ng m a v be tho ught to b e
po s s ib l e a s for the geni a l and refin ed hu m ou r whi ch gen t ly p l a y s u p on each page
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Verp l anck 5 l ast l i te ra ry wo rk had strange to say a ve ry c l ose conn ecti on wi th h i s
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fi rs t b O th in occa sion and m atte r : i t was an o rati o n d e l ivered J u ly 1 86 at th e l a v i ng of th e

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t u rn er stone o f the N e w H a ll fo r th e Tam man y So ci e t o r C o l u mbian O rd e r t n Fou rteen th .

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N r c t New
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York I t 1 5 rep l ete wi th en te rtai ni ng reco l l ec ti on s of the Tam many o f h i s 1 0 11 1 11
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2 13 t n s
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i and of those Sache m s an d big m en wh o gath e red arou nd th e origi na l W ig w a m o r
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P t pe n as i t wa s
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con tem pt u ou s ly ca l l ed b y i ts p o l i tica l ad versarie s and n o n e o f these remi u ,
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w rc n c e s are more
gracefu l o r p l easing than th os e sp ok en i n th e trib u te s to James K i rk e Pa u l
a nd
hi s fri end s the b roth er s J oh n T and W i l l iam I rving It wa s i n conn ecti o n 11 i t h a
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f e w ed iti on o f o
n e o f Pa u l d i ng s work s
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T h e Bu ll s an d th e J onathan s p u b l i sh ed som e ,
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t h ee
r o r fou r y ears since tha t I had th e h on or of having m y name associated wi th M r V e r
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l a a ck s wh e re t n th e p reface the au tho r ac k now l edge s some sl rg h t assi stance g l a d l 1 — rend e r

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d t o hi m In a l e tte r received fro m th e e d ito r of hi s fathe r 5 work s M r
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i ll i a m l Pau l d ing . .
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ince M r e rpl a n c k s decease i n sp eaki ng of on e occasi on when h e c al l ed u p on h i m fo r
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so me
i nfo rmati on i n regard to T h e B u l l s an d the Jona than s say s I wa s su rp ri sed then at , ,
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the q u i c kn e ss wi th w h ich (wh en sud den ly i n thi s way) h e d i si nterred the facts of fift y y ea rs or
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so b efore .

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M r Verp l anck s p ub l ic p osi tion s were many an d i m portan t A p poi nted o ne o f th e R e
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gent s o f the U niversit y of th e State of N e w Y ork Janu a ry 2 6 1 8 2 6 h e became Vice C hance l , ,

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l o r i n 1 866 and wh en i n , the State Lib rary was p l a ced u nd e r th e care o f thi s fa c u l t v h e
was a p p ointed C hai rman of the Li brary C o m tn i t t e O f th e N e w Y ork H i stori ca l S o ci e ty h e .

was at th e ti me of h is d eath fi rst Vi ce Presid en t a s a l so i ts seni o r m ember havi ng b e e n e l e c -

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ted i n 1 8 09 five y ears after its o rgan izati on

, I n i ts p roce edi ngs he a l way s took a l iv e ly i n .

t e r e st an d di d not a ll ow h i s ear l y ad d ress to be hi s on l y con t rib u ti on to i ts co l l ecti on s

, At .

a sp ecia l meeti ng he l d i n M ay 1 8 58 he read a p l easan t anecd o ti ca l sk etch i n the form of dia

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l ogue en ti t l ed
, Re m ini scences o f John Rand o l ph o f Roan oke an d w hen the so c i e tv co m ,

m e m o ra te d th e two h u nd red th anni ve rsa ry of th e C onqu e st o f N ew N eth e rl and s h e was mad e

C hai rman of the C ommi ttee o f A rrange m en t s and i n that capaci ty o ff e red a reso l u ti on o f ,

thank s to th e accom p l i sh ed hi stori an M r B rodhead for h i s n ob l e orati o n p ron ou nced o n t h e

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occasi on F ou r y ears l ate r b eing th e soth anniversary of the d e l ive ry o f hi s ce l eb rated d i s

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cou rse on the conc l u sio n of an ad d re ss b y M r M ot l e y the an na l i st o f t h e Ri se of th e D u tch

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Rep ub l i c M r Ve rp l anc k referred to th e form e r occasi on an d sai d that the p l easi n g d uty o f
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p re sen ting a re so l u ti on of than k s to th e o ra to r of the eveni ng had been assigned t o h i m

th e senio r m embe r o f th e Soci e t 1 bu t what was thu s mad e h i s d u ty h e th ough t he mi g ht s a fe
,

l y c l ai m as a righ t i n V i ew of the fact that ha l f a cen tu ry a g o h e had d e l i vered an a n n i 1 e rs ; m

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ad d ress before th e soci et y ; an d M r Bry an t i n secon di ng th e re so l u tion said It i s ti t l i n g

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a l so that m y o l d friend o f more than fort y y ears who i n 1 8 1 8 the exact t erm of ha l f a c e n t u n , ,

since d e l i ve re d before thi s soci et y wh en De i tt C l int on was i ts Pre si d en t on e of the nob l e st '
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p ub l i c d i scou rses that was ever l i sten ed to i n th i s or an y other count ry— i t was fitting th a t .

one so d i sti ngui she d sho u l d ri se to ex p re ss i n word s what we a l l fee l i n o u r hearts -

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For n ear ly si x t y y ears M r Ve rp l anck was o ne of the T ru stee s of th e N e w York Soci et y

.

Li brary an d a t the ti me o f hi s d eath C hai rman o f th e Boa rd whi l e from 1 8 3 7 to 1 84 2 h e wa s

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Presid en t o f the St N i cho l as Soci et y w i th “ ash ingto n I r ving as fi rst Vi ce Pre s i d e n t a n d

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again i n 1 8 58 an d 59 occu p ied th e sam e p o siti on H e wa s a man e mi nen t ly geni a l and so c ial in .

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h i s d i spo si ti on and was a m emb er of a soci et y famo u s i n i ts day whi ch me t at Bake r s t i z v

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T avern at th e corn er of W al l an d N e w S tree ts ca l l ed T he Hou se o f Lord s o f wh ic h Pre ,

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se rved Fi sh and J a rvi s th e pain ter were p rom i nen t me mbe rs H e wa s a l so a m e mber o f i e n .
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i m ore C oop e r s Lu nch the ce l ebrated Bread an d C h eese C l ub so ca ll ed from th e nat ure o f '

the ba l l ots u se d one o f ch eese havi n g th e fata l e ff ect of a b l ack ba l l

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D u ri ng M r Ve rp l an ck s l ong l ife he w as n eve r confin e d to th e hou se a si ngl e day by

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sic kness an d neve r p ai d fo r a d octor s v i si t to hi m se l f A s ha s b een m en ti on ed he at tend
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ed the regu l ar week ly m eeting o f th e C o mm i ssi on er s of Emigrati on th e VVe d n e s d a y before ,

hi s d ecease an d di d n o t c om p l ain o f fee l ing i n d i spose d u n ti l th e nex t d ay when h e fe l t som e

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i n conveni ence from a co l d h e had tak en se 1 e ra l day s b efo re bu t as was hi s 1 1 o n t paid n o , ,

particu l ar atte nti on to i t Ear ly th e n ex t mo rni n g F ri day M arch 1 8 th h e ex pi red a s c a l m l 1

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and wi th as l i tt l e su ff e ring a s had bee n S pe n t h i s en ti re l i fe T h e fu nera l se rvi ces took p l a c e .

at o l d T ri ni ty o f wh ich h e was e l ected a ve s t ry man i n 1 8 4 3 and W ard en t w ent y y e a rs l ater

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o n M on day M arch z r st at o n e o c l oc k i n th e aftern oon whi ch w a s parti ci pated i n by t h e

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Bi sh op o f th e D iocese an d th e recto r and c l e rgy of th e Pa ri sh the R e 1 D r D ix p reachi ng

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th e fu n era l s e rm on A t th e c l ose of the se rvi ce s th e re main s we re tak e n t o hi s o ld h o me on

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th e H u d son wh ere the service s b egu n at T r i ni ty were conc l uded th e ne x t d a v

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H e w as ,
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b uri ed i n th e grou nd s of th e o l d E p i scopa l C hu rch at Fi sh k i l l Vi l l age whi ch w a s b ui l t in ,

1 7 6 5 an d wh e re h e wa
, s m o st fon d of wo rshi p ing d u ring hi s l ifetim e Th u s en ded a l i fe
ex tend ed fa r b e y o nd th e day s a l l o ted u p o n Earth t o man b y th e Psa l mi st and on e d u ring ,
.

wh ich eve ry h ou r seem s to have had i ts pa rt ic u l ar work an d t o have b rough t forth a rich re
su l t H i s l i tera ry l ab ors were a c k n owl edge d b y h i s Al m a M ater i n 1 8 2 1 b y ap p oi nti n g h i m
.
,

one of h er tru stee s and m 1 8 35 b y confe rri ng u p on h i m h e r d egree of L L D

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M r V e rp l anck say s h is son

. was am az i ng ly me th od ica l i n hi s habi ts n eve r a ll owing
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a n yth ing t o b e d o ne for hi m tha t he cou l d d o h i mse l f eve n to th e mo st mi nu te p articu l a rs , ,

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H e w o u l d g o a b o u t th e s t re e t s a t a l l h c d a n d \V a ll
o u rs a m i d th e ro w s of th e d ay i n B ro a d w a y -

S t re e t o r re tu rn f ro m h i s c l u b a t th e
,
l a t e s t h o u r s o f t h e n i g h t a n d t h i s h e k e p t u pu n t i l w i t h i n ,

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.

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