Research Catalog

Title

Biography of Robert Nichols, written by a female relative, undated.

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Description

.21 linear foot (1 volume)

Summary

Biography of Robert Nichols of Brooklyn, New York, written by a female relative at an unknown date. Nichols was born in 1790 and died in 1862. He was identified with philanthropic and public service institutions of Brooklyn; active in the militia, serving in the War of 1812 and becoming a brigadier general in 1827; a founder of the Apprentices Library in 1823; a founder of the Brooklyn City Dispensary; vice president of the Brooklyn City Hospital from 1845 to 1849 and 1852 to 1862; and President of Brooklyn Gas Light Company from 1848 until an unspecified date. Binder's title is "Memoir."

Subjects

• United States > History > War of 1812
• Nichols, Robert, 1790-1862
• Charities > New York (State) > New York
• Brooklyn Hospital Center (Fort Greene, New York, N.Y.) History > 19th century
• General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York > Apprentices' Library
• Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > History > 19th century
• Brooklyn City Hospital History > 19th century
• Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations > New York (State) > New York
• Biographies
• Humanitarianism

Genre/Form

Biographies.

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Call Number

MssCol 2248

OCLC

794689966

Title

Biography of Robert Nichols, written by a female relative, undated.

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Research Call Number

MssCol 2248