. History of the state of New York, political and governmental;. Nicholas Fish Nicholas Fish, lawyer and soldier; born in New York City,August 28, 1758; served through the revolution; appointedadjutant general April, 1784; supervisor of revenue, 1794;alderman of New York Citv, 1806-17; died in New York City,June 20, William Floyd William Floyd; born in Brookhaven, L. I., December 17,1734; prominent in ante-revolutionary movements; delegate tocontinental congress, 1774-77; signed the Declaration of In-dependence; member of state senate, 1777-78; again delegateto continental congress, 177
. History of the state of New York, political and governmental;. Nicholas Fish Nicholas Fish, lawyer and soldier; born in New York City,August 28, 1758; served through the revolution; appointedadjutant general April, 1784; supervisor of revenue, 1794;alderman of New York Citv, 1806-17; died in New York City,June 20, William Floyd William Floyd; born in Brookhaven, L. I., December 17,1734; prominent in ante-revolutionary movements; delegate tocontinental congress, 1774-77; signed the Declaration of In-dependence; member of state senate, 1777-78; again delegateto continental congress, 1778-84; again a state senator, 1784-88;elected to first congress and served from March 4, 1789 toMarch 3, 1791; in 1804 moved to Westernville, Oneida county;delegate to state constitutional convention, 1801; again statesenator, 1808; died at Westernville, N. Y., August 4, 1821. 1810] A MAN OF THE PEOPLE 305 It was indecent, and it was untruthful. But it waseffective. Senator Parrish naturally could not restrainhimself. He made an angry reply, instinct with out-raged justice. Before the murder of Hamilton theincident would have provoked a duel. But the mischiefwas done. Senator Taylers utterly unwarrantedaspersions were published over the State at a rate whichSenator Parrishs reply could never overtake. A waveof anglo
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