Excerpt from Leslie's History of the Greater New York, Vol. 3: Encyclopedia of New York Biography and Genealogy The reader will here find the most comprehensive compilation of New York biography which has ever been issued from the press, while a notable characteristic of this volume is the fact that a considerable part of its contents conveys information which is not elsewhere acces sible to the public. On the other hand, it is true that some omissions occur which would not have occurred but for the lack of proper co operation. And this remark applies to the illustrations, as well as to the letter-press. In. Order to serve the purpose of useful and convenient reference, in the case of the living the aim has been succinctly to record public or professional achievements, corporation or other business connec tions, and club affiliations, together with a resume' of genealogical antecedents. The simple facts, so far as they could be ascertained, have been concisely stated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.