be paid at the time the goods are delivered to the buy er."

I have written much of John Broome. I have said that in these chapters I feel a great pride, that when I get any new information about an Old Merchant I publish it, although I may have already said much. I find a very interesting fact in 1802. On October 18th, in that year, he made a very important report as Street Commissioner relative to the Fresh Water Pond, which he stated drained four hundred acres of the land covered, or soon to be, by the increase of the city. The inadequacy of the measure heretofore adopted, or proposed, was pointed out, and the alarming evils feared, and since realized, was fully stated. He recommended an open canal, in part, from the East River, through Roosevelt street to the collect, and to the Hudson River, which would be operated upon by the tide, constantly under a head of sixteen inches of water.

Posterity will ever regret that this plan, or some other efficient one, was not adopted at that time(6,830 feet) from East to North River as above, at twelve feet nine inches rise of land.

I have stated that the two merchants, each named John Glover, agreed to change their names by adding one letter. One was called Irish John, and the other English John, up to 1789. That year the following notice appeared in the Journals of the day:

The subscribers inform the public that they have respectively agreed to add a letter to each of their names, for convenience and distinction; and request the attention of their friends to the same. JOHN G. GLOVER, No. 40 Broaddway. JOHN J. GLOVER, No. 24 Queen st.

March 23, 1789.

Previous to that date it was not of so much importance, as John Glover, of No. 24 Queen street, was a partner of the firm of Pearsall & Glover. March 21, 1789, that firm dissolved. Thomas Pearsall took in his son, and the firm was Thomas Pearsall & Son; while John J. Glover carried on business alone, each one, however, fully authorized to close up the old concern. Mr. Glover carried on business at 24 Queen street, in the store that had formerly been occupied by Embree & Shotwell.

William Shotwell, of the last firm, carried on the hardware business alone at the corner of Beekman, Ship and Queen streets, where he kept a general assortment of iron-mongery. He dissolved with Laurence Embree, 2d February, 1789.

DIED.

On Monday morning 27th inst, at the Bond street House, in this city, Thomas Bolton, in the ninetieth year of his age. Funeral services will take place at Trinity Church.

On Wednesday afternoon (April 29th, 1863,) at 4 o'clock, tens of thousands in modern New York will read that notice without having the slightest idea of anything beyond the name of Bolton, and that he was an old man.

Not a newspaper has a line, for he was a man of great note in this city before any of the present race of New York editors were born.

He was born in Broadway, in 1773. His father was Anthony Bolton, the great shoemaker of the city before the war of the Revolution, and before boots were worn. He lived at No. 118 Broadway. His son Tom was named after his Uncle Thomas, who was a house Cornenter in Frankfort street, in 1792.

In 1795 old Anthony moved to No. 20 Broadway. In 1806 Thomas was admitted to the practice of the law as attorney, and did business at the house of his father, where he resided. He continued to reside in the house until 1836, over a third of a century. Then he moved to No. 39 Broadway. He was a partner of Gabriel Winter, under the firm of Winter & Bolton, at 44 Pine street. Mr. Winter died a few days ago. He was a Master in Chancery, and the old journals are filled with his advertisements. He did a very heavy law business. He was assistant alderman of the First Ward from 1818 to 1827. In 1831 he was made president of the Phoenix Fire Insurance Company. He retained that responsible position until it was obliged to close its affairs in consequence of the great fire of 1835, and heavy losses. He succeeded Jacob Morton as clerk of the Common Council. His deputy was David T. Valentine, who succeeded Mr. Morton about 1838.

CHAPTER XIII.

John W. Russell was a partner of the house of Post & Russell, and celebrated for many years as a merchant. They commenced as early as 1802. The store was corner of Pine and South streets, (69 South.) Henry Post, junior, his partner, had been in business on his own account as early as 1798. His father Henry Post, occupied two buildings, 49 and 51 Partition (Fulton) street, west of Broadway.

In 1806, H. Post junior, married Mary, the daughter of William Minturn, who was a partner of the great house of Minturn & Champlin.

Post & Russell did a very heavy business for some years.

In February 19th, 1807, John M. Russell, then a most promising young merchant, was married by the Reverend Mr. Hobart, (afterwards bishop) to Fanny Talman, a daughter of old merchant Samuel Talman. The Talmans are an old New York race of merchants. Old Samuel was in business with his brother Peter, under the firm of S. & P. Talman, before 1792. store then was at 59 Water, and they kept their accounts in pounds, shillings and pence. Peter lived in Cliff street. In about five years they moved their store to 171 Front street. They kept together until 1803,

Their

when they dissolved. Samuel kept on the business in the old stand, where he sold tea, spirits and groceries.

Peter immediately formed a partnership with John H. Talman, in 1803, under the firm of Peter & J. H. Talman, at 105 William street. In 1805, they removed to 214 William.

In 1812, John H. Talman was alone. That year, old Samuel died, and his widow still lived at 53 Beekman for some years after. Peter lived in Broadway. John H. Talman was assistant Alderman of the Ninth Ward in 1815. This venerable old man now lives in this city at No. 12 West Nineteenth street, who was a merchant of note as early as 1802, where he did a large business at 105 William street. In 1804, he was joined by Peter Talman, who had previously been of the firm of Samuel & Peter Talman, 171 Front street, before 1798.

Cyrenius Beers was a clerk with Samuel Talman from 1804 to 1806, and was his book-keeper in 1807, when Samuel Talman took into partnership his son, and the firm became Samuel Talman & Son.

When in 1805, P. & J. H. Talman were in business at 214 William, they sold goods to Joseph D. Beers, who was then in business at Newtown, Connecticut.

As I shall have occasion to allude to the Beers merchants, I may as well give a sketch of them. Those that I shall allude to are all descended from the famous Andrew Beers of Newtown, Connecticut. He afterwards removed to Danbury, I suppose about 1776. He was a man of extraordinary scientific attainments, and for more than a quarter of a century, supplied the country with "Beer's Almanacs." How many Con