Joseph Sprague papers 1810-1842

Sprague, Joseph, 1783-1854

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Joseph Sprague was an influential and respected politician in Brooklyn during the early to mid-19th century. Born in Leicester, MA in 1783, he worked as a merchant in Boston, and later as a farmer back in Leicester, before moving to New York (present-day Manhattan) in 1809, where he worked for a time as a school teacher. In 1811 he married Maria De Bevoise of the village of Bedford in Kings County (present-day Brooklyn), and for the next eight years Sprague divided his time between ...

Pollard, Calvin

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Architect and builder, New York City; born in New Braintree, Massachusetts. From the description of Diaries, 1841-1842. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58773920 Architect practicingin New York City. From the description of Calvin Pollard architectural drawings and papers, circa 1830-1850. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 505719935 ...

Brooklyn Borough Hall (New York, N.Y.)

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