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Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Collection Summary
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Restrictions
Other Descriptive Information
Series Descriptions
Correspondence
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| Collection Number: | MS C 272 |
| Creator: | Agnew, Cornelius Rea (1830-1888) |
| Title: | Cornelius Rea Agnew Papers
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| Dates: | 1857-1888 |
| Quantity: | 1 linear foot |
| Abstract: | In 1866 Agnew established the eye clinic in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, and from 1869 until his death he was Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology and Otology in that institution. The collection consists of four manuscript boxes of correspondence covering the period from 1857 to his death in 1888. |
Cornelius Rea Agnew was born on 8 August 1830 in New York City. Francis R. Packard, in his History of Medicine in the United States, provides a brief overview of Agnew's life: "He graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York in 1852, having as his preceptor John Kearny Rodgers. Agnew went out to Michigan to practice but shortly afterwards returned to New York, having received, probably through the influence of Rodgers, the appointment of surgeon to the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary in which his preceptor had great authority. Before assuming the duties of the position Agnew went abroad for post-graduate study, which he carried out under Sir William Wilde in Dublin, William Bowman in London, and Sichel and Desmarres in Paris. Returning to New York he entered upon a most successful career."
"Agnew was a born organizer. He was one of the founders of the Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital, and of the Manhattan Eye and Ear Infirmary, also of the American Ophthalmological and the American Otological Societies. In 1866 he established the eye clinic in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, and from 1869 until his death he was Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology and Otology in that institution." He died in New York in 1888.
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The Agnew papers in the National Library of Medicine are arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent; an index to the correspondents in the collection is attached. The correspondence is of a general medical and professional nature. While no particular group of correspondence is particularly extensive, there are several interesting groups of material. Special mention may be made of the correspondence with leaders in ophthalmology such as Henry Willard Williams, with John Shaw Billings on cholera research and the Index Medicus, with Grover Cleveland on the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the correspondence relating to the creation of a Code of Ethics for the State of New York Medical Society. Some foreign consultation correspondence is also found in the collection, as are several letters from Agnew sent to others.
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Restrictions
Restrictions
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Copyright
Copyright to the collection was transferred to the public domain. See the Reference Staff for details regarding rights. For online customer service, please visit custserv@nlm.nih.gov.
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| These terms are indexed in the National Library of Medicine's online catalog LocatorPlus. Researchers wishing to find related materials should search the catalog using these terms. |
| MeSH Subjects |
| | Ethics, Medical |
| | Ophthalmology |
| Corporate Names |
| | New York Academy of Medicine |
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Agnew, Cornelius Rea. Cornelius Rea Agnew papers. 1857-1888. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.; MS C 272.
Purchased from Gillman Booksellers in 1972.
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Correspondence
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| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 1 | Ab - Agnew |
| 2 | 2 | Agnew |
| 1 | 3 | Agnew? |
| 1 | 4 | Al - Ber |
| 1 | 5 | Bi - Bu |
| 1 | 6 | Ca - Clem |
| 1 | 7 | Clev - Cvy |
| 1 | 8 | D |
| 1 | 9 | E - F |
| 2 | 1 | G - Halsted |
| 2 | 2 | Ham - Hun |
| 2 | 3 | I - K |
| 2 | 4 | L |
| 2 | 5 | Mc - Mat |
| 2 | 6 | Max - Mur |
| 2 | 7 | N - O |
| 2 | 8 | Pa - Pe |
| 2 | 9 | Ph - Pu |
| 3 | 1 | R |
| 3 | 2 | Roosa, D.B.S. |
| 3 | 3 | Sa - Sk |
| 3 | 4 | Sm- Sw |
| 3 | 5 | T |
| 3 | 6 | V |
| 3 | 7 | Wa- Wel |
| 3 | 8 | Wes - Y |
| 3 | 9 | Unidentified (A - M) |
| 3 | 10 | Unidentified (P - Z) |
| 3 | 11 | Unidentified |
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Other
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| Box | Folder |
| 4 | 1 | Cornelius Rea Agnew, A Memorial Address by T. Gaillard Thomas, M.D., 1890 |
| 4 | 2 | Documents (Agnew) |
| 4 | 3 | Programs, Invitations, Announcements, Miscellaneous |
| 4 | 4 | Documents |
| 4 | 5 | Code of Ethics Legislation Material |
| 4 | 6 | Legislation Material (Printed Matter) |
| 4 | 7 | Printed Matter (of note) |
| 4 | 8 | "In Memoriam" |
| 4 | 9 | Programs, Invitations, Announcements |
| 4 | 10 | Programs, Invitations, Announcements |
| 4 | 11 | Programs, Invitations, Announcements |
| 4 | 12 | Cards - Invitations |
| 4 | 13 | Cards - Invitations |
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Index of Correspondents
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| Abbott, F.E. |
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| Adams, John G. |
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| Alexander H.M. |
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| Allen, Charles M. |
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| Allen, Johnathan |
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| Allen, R. |
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| Altman, B. |
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| Andrew, George L. |
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| Arnold, B.G. |
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| Ashhurst, John |
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| Ayres, S.C. |
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| Baldwin, J.G. |
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| Ball, A.B. |
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| Barker, Fordyce |
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| Bass, Edgar C. |
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| Bassett, G.P. |
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| Bayles, J.C. |
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| Beadle, E.F. |
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| Beadle, E.L. |
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| Beard, Charles Heady |
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| Beardsley, George L. |
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| Belcher, George E. |
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| Bell, Agrippa Nelson |
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| Bellows, Henry W. |
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| Bennett, James Gordon |
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| Bermingham, Edward J. |
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| Berry, J.C. |
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| Berry, J. G. |
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| Bidwell, I.[?] W. |
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| Bigelow, Horatio R. |
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| Billings, John Shaw |
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| Blake, Clarence J. |
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| Blatchford, Jonathan S. |
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| Bosworth, F.H. |
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| Bowen, William Shaw |
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| Bradley, E. |
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| Brown, F.W. |
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| Browne, D.T. |
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| Brownell, E.R. |
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| Brownne, John S. |
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| Bryant, Joseph D. |
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| Buck, Albert Henry |
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| Buckley, Charles G. |
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| Bulkey, L. Duncan |
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| Bull, Charles Stedman |
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| Buller, Francis |
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| Burdick, C.W. |
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| Burke, John |
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| Burt, W.J. |
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| Butler, R. |
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| Caldwell, S.W. |
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| Cameron, N.M. |
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| Cameron, W.M. |
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| Cannon, F[?] M. |
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| Carpenter, W.M. |
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| Carr, James E. |
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| Carroll, Alfred L.[?] |
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| Caruthers, H. |
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| Casey James H. |
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| Castle, F.A. |
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| Chandler, C. |
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| Chapin, John b. |
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| Chase, H.P. |
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| Chase, Walter P. |
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| Chisholm, Julian J. |
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| Chittenden, J.H. |
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| Choate, Joseph H. |
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| Chrystie, T.M.L. |
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| Church, A.W. |
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| Clark, Simeon |
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| Cleary, George |
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| Celaveland, J.M. |
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| Cleaveland, N. |
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| Clements, B.A. |
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| Cleveland, Grover (Letter written by Daniel S. Lamont, Secretary to Cleveland) |
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| Cochran, Alexander |
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| Coggin, David |
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| Colburn, Charles H. |
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| Comstock, Anthony |
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| Conor, C. |
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| Corning, J. Leonard |
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| Crosby, William B. |
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| Culbertson, Howard |
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| Culver, C.M. |
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| Curtis, John G. |
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| Cuyler, John M. |
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| Dalton, John Call |
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| Dana, C.L. |
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| Danforth, Charles |
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| Davis, Everett A. |
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| Davis, Nathan Smith |
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| Deane, J.A. |
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| DeForest, H.F. |
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| De Hart, H.G.V. |
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| Delafield, Francis |
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| DeLuna, A.B. |
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| Derby, Richard H. |
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| Detmold, William |
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| Dowling, J.W. |
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| Drake, Fred R.S. |
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| Draper, Mrs. John Christopher |
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| Draper, William Henry |
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| Drayton, J. Colman |
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| Drisler, H. |
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| Dunglison, Richard J. |
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| Edwards, Joseph F. |
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| Edwards, Landon Brame |
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| Egleston, D.S. |
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| Elder, J.F. |
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| Ellinswood, F.F. |
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| Elliott, W. |
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| Ely, Edward T. |
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| Ely, William |
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| Emlen, George W. |
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| Emmet, T.H. |
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| Everett, H. |
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| Farley, Porter |
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| Fisher, George Jackson |
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| Fisk, Harold A. |
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| Fitz, Reginald Heber |
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| Flint, Austin |
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| Forbes, William Smith |
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| Foster, Frank P. |
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| Fox, George H. |
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| Freeman, A.K.[?] |
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| French, O.L. |
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| Frothingham, George Edward |
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| Gaillard, E.S. |
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| Gaillard, Mary E. |
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| Gaston, James McFadden |
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| Gaylord, C.H. |
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| Gerow, Elizabeth H. |
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| Gibney, O.P. |
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| Gilfillan, William |
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| Gillette, Walter r. |
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| Goelet, A.H. |
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| Goodwin, R.S. |
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| Graham, George W. |
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| Gray, John P. |
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| Green, A.W. |
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| Greenleaf, Frank E. |
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| Gruening, Emil |
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| Grunhut, Bernhard |
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| Gunn, D.G. |
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| Hackley, Charles E. |
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| Halsted, William Stewart |
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| Hamilton, Allan M. |
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| Hamilton, Frank M. |
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| Hammond, William Alexander |
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| Hanks, Horace Tracy |
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| Haring, I.C. |
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| Harper, J.W. |
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| Harris, Elisha |
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| Harwood, Edward G. |
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| Heitzman, D. |
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| Hewitt, Abram A. |
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| Hicks, J.L. |
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| Hitchcock, Charles |
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| Hitchcock, Urban C. |
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| Hubbard, S.T. |
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| Huidekeper, F. |
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| Hunt, Dan O. |
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| Hunter, H.W. |
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| Ingham, S.A. |
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| Jackson, Joseph B. |
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| Jacobi, Abraham |
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| Jacobus, A.M.[?] |
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| Jeffries, Benjamin Joy |
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| Johnson, Walter B. |
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| Johnston, W.H. |
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| Jones, Samuel Jones |
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| Joy, Charles A. |
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| Katzenbach, W.A. |
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| Keene, A.S. |
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| Kellog, A. O.[?] |
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| Kennedy, John S. |
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| Kenworthy, Richard |
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| Keyes, E.L. |
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| Kidder, Jerome |
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| Knapp, Jacob Hermann |
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| Landolt |
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| Landon, T.H. |
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| Lane, H. |
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| Lanier, Charles |
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| Lansdale, R.H. |
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| Laurence, Cyrus J. |
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| Leaming, James Rosebrugh |
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| Lee, Charles C. |
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| Lefferts, George M. |
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| Lema, A.B. |
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| Lente, Fred D. |
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| Lente, William K. |
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| Lewis, J.E. |
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| Lewis, Richard H. |
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| Lincoln, Charles H. |
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| Lincoln, David Francis |
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| Lockwood, C.E. |
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| Low, L. |
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| Lush, William T. |
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| McBride, T.[?]A. |
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| McCloughan, Joseph F. |
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| McCosh, Andrew J. |
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| Mackenzie, A.C. |
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| McKeown, William A. |
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| McLane, James N. |
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| McLane, M. |
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| McLean, Ward |
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| MacMartin, A. |
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| McNulty, John J. |
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| Mann, W.H. |
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| Mapes, Eugene L. |
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| Marmion, W.V [?] |
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| Martin, S.G. |
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| Mathewson, Arthur |
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| Maxwell, E.A.[?] |
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| May, Charles H. |
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| Meert, C.F. |
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| Merriam, A.C. |
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| Merrill, C. |
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| Michel, R.F. |
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| Middleton, D.W. |
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| Minor, John C. |
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| Mitchell, George |
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| Mittendorf, W.F. |
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| Moeller, H. |
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| Moore, William Oliver |
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| Morgan, E.D. |
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| Morgan, J.V. |
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| Morris, S.F. |
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| Morris, S.F. |
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| Munde, Paul F. |
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| Murdoch, Russell |
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| Murray, Charles |
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| Murray, Robert |
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| Nachet, A. |
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| Nash, L.P. |
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| Nelson, C.E. |
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| Nelson, Martin |
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| Noughton, Lord |
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| Noyes, Henry D. |
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| Ogden, G.M. |
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| Ordronaux, John |
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| O'Rourke, James F. |
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| Orton, J.G. |
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| Otis, Fessedon Nott |
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| Otis, James |
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| Page, R.C.M. |
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| Palmer, A.W. |
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| Papin, T.L. |
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| Park, Roswell |
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| Parke, Thomas D. |
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| Parker, Amasa J. |
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| Parker, Willard |
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| Parsons, Ralph Lyman |
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| Partridge, Edward L. |
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| Peabody, George Livingston |
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| Pellen, Henry E. |
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| Perry, Alex |
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| Peters, John Charles |
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| Phillips, E.B. |
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| Piffard, Henry G. |
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| Pinkney, Howard |
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| Politzer, Adam |
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| Polk, William Mecklenburg |
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| Poore, Charles T. |
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| Powell, A.M.[?] |
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| Pratt, G.B. |
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| Priest, F.K. |
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| Prout, J.S. |
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| Prudden, T. Mitchell |
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| Puroy, A.E.M. |
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| Purrington, W.K.[?] |
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| Ramsey, W.M. |
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| Rauch, W.M. |
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| Rice, G.S. |
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| Rice, R.C. |
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| Rich, C.E. |
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| Riddle, W.Q.[?] |
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| Robbins, D.C. |
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| Roberts, Milton Josiah |
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| Robertson, Charles Archibald |
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| Robinson, Beverly |
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| Robinson, D.C. |
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| Rodriguez, J.C. |
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| Roe, John Orlando |
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| Rohe, George H. |
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| Roosa, Daniel Bennett St. John |
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| Roosevelt, C. |
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| Roosevelt, J. West |
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| Roosevelt, James |
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| Roosevelt, Theodore (father of TR) |
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| Rosebrough, A.M. |
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| Ruhl, Otto |
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| Sabine, Thomas T. |
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| St. John D. |
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| St. John, S.B. |
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| Sanborn, F.B. |
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| Sande, Henry Burton |
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| Satterthwaite, W[?} |
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| Sayre, Lewis A. |
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| Schenck, N.G. |
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| Schuyer, W.D. |
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| Scott, J.B. |
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| Seaming, J.R. |
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| Seguin, Edward Constant |
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| Senseney, B. Rush |
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| Shaffer, Newton M[?] |
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| Shrady, George F. |
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| Sims, J. Marion |
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| Sinclair, A.G. |
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| Skinner, Mark |
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| Smith, Albert Holmes |
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| Smith, D.B. |
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| Smith, F.N. |
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| Smith, Horace E. |
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| Smith, M. |
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| Smith, W. Manlius |
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| Snow, E.E. |
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| Sproull, W.O. |
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| Steven, J.A. |
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| Stevenson, J.M. |
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| Stevenson, W.G. |
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| Stewart, J. Clark |
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| Stille, Charles J. |
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| Stillman, C.F. |
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| Stimson, D.M. |
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| Stoddard |
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| Stone, Alex J. |
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| Stonehouse, J.R. |
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| Sturgis, F.R. |
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| Sturgis, Russell |
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| Sullivan, R.S.{?}V. |
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| Swift, Samuel |
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| Taintor, E.C. |
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| Talbot, C.N. |
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| Tansley, J.O. |
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| Taylor, Robert W. |
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| Thomas, James Grey |
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| Thomas, Theodore Gaillard |
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| Thompson, William |
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| Thomson, D.M. |
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| Tremain, H.E. |
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| Trowbridge, T.C. |
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| Tuckerman, L. |
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| Tuthill, Robert T. |
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| Van Buren, Mrs. L.D. |
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| Van Buren, Thomas |
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| Van Buren, William H. |
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| Vanderbilt, W.H. |
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| Vanderpoel, S. Oakley |
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| Van Syckel, S. |
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| Vennilye, W.E. |
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| Wall, John P. |
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| Wall, Thomas |
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| Ward, Samuel B. |
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| Warlomont |
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| Webster, David |
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| Weir, Robert Fulton |
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| Welch, George T. |
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| Welch, James |
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| Wells, J.D. |
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| Westfall, E.J. |
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| Westmorland, W.E. |
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| Wetmon, C.H. |
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| Wey, William C. |
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| Wheelock, George C. |
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| White, W.H. |
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| Whittlesey, E. |
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| Williams, D.B. |
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| Williams, Elkanah |
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| Williams, H.C. |
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| Williams, Henry Willard |
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| Williams, L.J. |
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| Wilson, F.M. |
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| Wilson, H. |
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| Wilson, R.A. |
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| Winslow |
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| Wood, William |
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| Woodford, E.L. |
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| Woolsey, A.H. |
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| Wright, J[ames] |
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| Wyeth, J.A. |
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| Wylie |
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| Young, E. |
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