New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . Sarah Marston Tuttle, daughter of Commodore HentyBruce, an officer of the war of 1812, and now the oldestofficer of the United States Navy and probably of any otherNavy of the world. JEFFERSON M. LEVYJefferson M. Levy, resident of Virginia, distinguished atthe New York Bar, and owner of Monticello, once the homeof Thomas Jefferson, was born in this city. His ancestorssettled in New York and Virginia early in the seventeenthcentury, and among their descendants since then have beenmany men of national reputation who have rende
New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . Sarah Marston Tuttle, daughter of Commodore HentyBruce, an officer of the war of 1812, and now the oldestofficer of the United States Navy and probably of any otherNavy of the world. JEFFERSON M. LEVYJefferson M. Levy, resident of Virginia, distinguished atthe New York Bar, and owner of Monticello, once the homeof Thomas Jefferson, was born in this city. His ancestorssettled in New York and Virginia early in the seventeenthcentury, and among their descendants since then have beenmany men of national reputation who have rendered mate-rial their country. Their New York land patent,according to the annals of Albany, is dated 1665. Hisuncle, Uriah P. Levy, was, when he died, in 1862, the rank-ing officer in the United States Navy. This officer had abrilliant career, and distinguished himself, particularly inthe War of 1812. After riding triumphantly in the , on board the American war vessel Argus, reversesof fortune overtook him and his gallant comrades, and he. JElFKRSOX M. languished in chains in Dartmouth Prison until the close ofthe war. While in Brazil he saved the life of a brotherofficer, receiving the wounds intended for him on his ownbody, and subsecjuently refused the command of a frigate,offered him by the Em|)eror Dom Pedro, with the remarkthat he would rather serve as a cabin boy in his owncountrys service than as captain in any other service in theworld. He presented a magnificent bronze statue ofThomas Jefferson, by David de .Anjiers, to the UnitedStates, now in the (!apitol at Washington (and the originalcast in the city of New York), in return for which, and inapi)reciaiion of his services to the country, he was presentedwith thefreedom of the city in a gold box. CommodoreLevy was mainly instrumental in abolishing flogging in the United States Navy, a British practice which he charac-terized as a disgrace to American civilization. After thedeath of Th
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