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- Call number
- MssCol 2248
- Physical description
- .21 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- Biography of Robert Nichols, written by a female relative, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
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."
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Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328