Papers, 1862-1931.

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Papers, 1862-1931.

Collection consists mostly of correspondence. Of particular importance are two letters from Judge William J. Gaynor and one from McKim, Mead & White, architects. Also included are historical notes on the military career of Josiah Marshall Farrell; a letter from Samuel H. Cox to his children, 1862; a typewritten reminiscence in which Lowell recalls seeing Abraham Lincoln in Brooklyn during the Civil War; and a biographical sketch of Lowell's life and career, by an unknown compiler, ca.1920.

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

McKim, Mead & White

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At the time of this project the address of McKim, Mead & White was given as 160 Fifth Ave. (New York, N.Y.). From the description of Prospect Park, entrance shelters at Plaza entrance, [Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.] [graphic] : [detail drawing of dome in section and plan] / McKim, Mead & White, architects. Aug.24, 1895. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 78960919 Architectural company. From the description of Photographs, [ca. ...

Lowell, Sidney V., 1844-1931.

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Sidney V. Lowell (1844-1931) was a Brooklyn lawyer who specialized in prosecuting taxation cases, and also served as Assistant Corporation Counsel of Brooklyn. He was also a lifelong member of the Long Island Historical Society (now the Brooklyn Historical Society), as well as the First Unitarian Church in Brooklyn, located at Monroe Place and Pierrepont Street. He married Josephine Champney in 1869. From the guide to the Sidney V. Lowell papers, 1862-1925, (Brooklyn Historical Socie...

Farrell, Josiah Marshall.

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Cox, Samuel H. (Samuel Hanson), 1793-1880

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Sidney V. Lowell (1844-1931) was a Brooklyn lawyer who specialized in prosecuting taxation cases, and also served as Assistant Corporation Counsel of Brooklyn. He was also a lifelong member of the Long Island Historical Society (now the Brooklyn Historical Society), as well as the First Unitarian Church in Brooklyn, located at Monroe Place and Pierrepont Street. He married Josephine Champney in 1869. From the guide to the Sidney V. Lowell papers, 1862-1925, (Brooklyn Historical Socie...

Gaynor, William J., 1849-1913.

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Sidney V. Lowell (1844-1931) was a Brooklyn lawyer who specialized in prosecuting taxation cases, and also served as Assistant Corporation Counsel of Brooklyn. He was also a lifelong member of the Long Island Historical Society (now the Brooklyn Historical Society), as well as the First Unitarian Church in Brooklyn, located at Monroe Place and Pierrepont Street. He married Josephine Champney in 1869. From the guide to the Sidney V. Lowell papers, 1862-1925, (Brooklyn Historical Socie...