council, signed by Dr. Charles D. Townsend and 180 others, owners and occupants of property in North Market street, praying that the name of said street might be changed to Broadway.

A remonstrance of Teunis Van Vechten and 60 others was presented against the proposed change.

The name of Capitol street was changed to Park street.

July 23. Elijah Brainerd died, aged 56.
July 25. Joseph L'Amoreux died, aged 56.
July 26. Daniel Manning died, aged 38.
July 27. Rev. Robert McKee died, aged 42.
Peter Germond died, aged 60.

July 28. Isaac Van Wie died, aged 65.
July 30. Dr. P. C. Dorr died, aged 42.
July 31. William Smith died, aged 60.
Aug. 2. Margarette Ryckman died, aged 72.

Aug 3. Catharine, wife of John S. Putnam, died at Buffalo, aged 20.

The common council resolved to change the name of North Market street to Broadway, by the following vote: Ayes-Messrs. Boardman, Groesbeck, King, McElroy, McIntyre, Merrifield, Nelson, Robinson, Ten Eyck, 9. Noes-Messrs. Hewson, McClure, Van Vechten, 3. Aug. 5. Alexander Cumming died, aged 76.

Rebecca Hendrickson died, aged 46.

Aug. 10. Caleb Johnson died, aged 49.
Aug. 18. Nelson Sweet died, aged 43.

Mrs. Matilda Cunningham died, aged 43. Aug. 20. Richard Marvin died, aged 53. He was a native of Lyme, Conn., and had been successfully engaged in business here upwards of thirty years. He was for a long time a frequent contributor to the columns of the Daily Advertiser, and was peculiarly felicitous and pungent in his style. The very happy and beautiful sketch of the reception of Lafayette in 1824 was from his pen.

Aug. 22. The draw of the bridge across the basin at the foot of State street fell, while a large crowd was

standing upon it, attracted by the attempt of an insane man to escape, and 21 persons were drowned. Aug. 25. Mary Pettinger died, aged 59.

Barent G. Staats died, aged 78.

Aug. 26. George Kirk died, aged 81; father of the Rev. E. N. Kirk.

Wm. McIntosh died, aged, 28.

Aug. 30. Elizabeth Anne, wife of Marcus T. Reynolds, died.

Sept. 6. Nelson W. Scoville died at Gaines, Orleans county.

Sept. 9. The Eureka, steam boat, Capt. Sherman, made her first appearance at the dock. The engines and boilers of the late Novelty were transferred to this boat.

Sept. 10. Jesse H. Montgomery died, aged 30.

Sept. 16. Wilhelmus Ryckman died, aged 81.

Sept. 19. A daily campaign paper, called the The Unionist, was commenced, edited by C. Loveridge and others.

Sept. 21. Lansing Visscher died, aged 42.

Sept. 24. John D. Smith died, aged 46.

The steam boat Albany made her trip in 8h. 27 m. Sept. 28. Mrs. Catharine Bonner died, aged 69.

Oct. 3. Elisha Kane died at Washington, where he was navy agent, aged 63. He was long time a merchant of distinction in New York.

Oct. 6.

Charles B. Fry died, aged 26.

Oct. 7. John Abbott died at Georgetown, D. C., aged 71. He was a native of Albany, and at one time engaged in commerce at St. Domingo, whence he escaped with the loss of his property during the massacre at that place.

Francis Walsh died, aged 29.

Oct. 13. Elizabeth Wendell died in Hudson.

Oct. 22. Jonathan Hoard, a soldier of the Revolution, died, aged 87.

Oct. 23. Mary Cassidy died, aged 52.

Oct. 29. Charles Cotton died, aged 32.

Oct. 30. John Cutler died, aged 55.

Nov. 8.

Nancy, widow of John Gray, died, aged 49.

Nov. 12. Calvert Chadwick died, aged 45.

Nov. 13. Charlotte, widow of Benj. D. Packard, died, aged 52.

Nov. 15. John S. Godley died, aged 26.

Maria L., daughter of the late Dr. Elias
Willard died.

Edward H. Cooke, formerly of Albany, died
at Little Rock, Arkansas.

Lois Maria, wife of Henry Holmes, died, aged 33.

Nov. 18. At a meeting of the St. Nicholas Benevolent Society, held at the Mansion House, the following were elected officers for the ensuing year:

Harmanus Bleecker, president.

Teunis Van Vechten, John S. Van Rensselaer and J. V. L. Pruyn, vice-presidents.

Robert H. Pruyn, secretary.

Charles B. Lansing, treasurer.

Isaac N. Wyckoff and Samuel Kissam, chaplains. John S. Van Alstyne and John H. Trotter, physicians. Wm. H. Fonday, B. S. Van Rensselaer, C. Ten Broeck, J. C. Van Schoonhoven, P. W. Groot, S. Van Vechten. P. E. Elmendorf, Francis Pruyn, A. Van Vechten, P. G. Dox, managers.

Nov. 19.

John V. D. H. Van Wie died, aged 24. Cornelia, wife of Lawrence L. Schuyler, died, aged 33.

Minerva, wife of George Wait, died, aged 25. Nov. 20. Lucy, widow of Ephraim Snow, died, aged 60. Alvin F. Baldwin died, aged 45.

Nov. 24. Jane Elizabeth, wife of H. H. Little, died, aged 24.

Nov. 26. David A. Kerker died, aged 28.

Nov. 27. Mary, wife of David Hosford, died, aged 54. Nov. 27. William S. Boyd died, aged 32.

It appeared by the report of the harbor master, that the trade and commerce of the city was as follows:

Nov. 29. Thaddeus Kingsley died, aged 82; a soldier of the revolution.

Nov. 30. Mrs. Catharine Coyne died, aged 28.
Dec. 1. Mrs. Eleanor Lloyd died, aged 74.

Dec. 4. Margaret, wife of James Young, died, aged 71. The population of the city was reported by the canvassers to have been 33,627, being an increase of about 36 per cent in the lapse of ten years; the population of 1830 was 24,209.

The population in 1835 was 28,109.

Dec. 16. Jane Ann Morrison died, aged 22.

Dec. 21. Mary, wife of Alex. H. Beatty, died, aged 46. The common council were making examinations with a view to introducing water from the Patroon's creek. James McClure from the select committee on the subject reported that Mr. Van Rensselaer would lease water from the creek for $800 per annum. A survey was advised, and an application to the legislature for a charter. Dec. 24. Benjamin Covell, a revolutioner, died, aged 88; formerly of Troy.

Dec. 27. Sarah Jane, wife of Tho. Dobbs, died, aged 39. Dec. 28. Jacob Leddings, convicted of the murder of his wife in Bethlehem, was executed in the jail.

Dec. 30. Cornelia, widow of N. Kittle, died, aged 78 [Annals, x.]

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Dec. 31. A meeting of citizens was held at the Young Men's Association rooms to take into consideration the propriety and importance of purchasing a plat of ground for a new public cemetery. Archibald McIntyre was called to the chair, and Ira Harris appointed secretary. Resolutions were reported by a committee consisting of Teunis Van Vechten, Amos Dean, Marcus T. Reynolds, Thomas W. Olcott, Gerrit Y. Lansing and Lewis Benedict. A committee was chosen to select a site and suggest a plan of organization, which consisted of B. T. Welch, Stephen Van Rensselaer, John A. Dix, John Q. Wilson, James Horner, Anthony M. Strong, Peter Gansevoort, Thomas W. Olcott, Ezra P. Prentice, John Y. Wendell, Ellis Baker, Ira Harris, Otis Allen.

Dec. 31. James W. Daniels died at Woodstock, New Brunswick, aged 27.

1841.

Jan. 5. The publishers of the New York American ran an express from this city to New York in 12h. 40m. This was thought to have been the quickest trip ever made by land.

Jan. 8. The warm rain which had fallen in torrents during two days, cleared the ice from the river, and flooded the streets near the docks.

Jan. 9. The freshet was within a few inches as high as the extraordinary one of 1839, and every thing in the lower part of the city was afloat.

Jan. 10. Josiah Burton died in New York, aged 34.

James McKown resigned the office of recorder, which he had held fifteen years with distinguished ability. During the term of his office he had often presided in the mayor's court, without ever losing a day. He was succeeded by William Parmelee.

Jan. 13. Mrs. Ann Thomas died, aged 85.

Jan. 19. William Bement died, aged 75.

Jan. 20. Jacob T. B. Van Vechten died, aged 40; some time judge-advocate-general of the state.

Jan. 23. Charles E. Dudley died, aged 60. His father