. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . lying the citizens and calling upon them to organize indefence of their lives and property. Lexington Engine House became theheadquarters for the district, and in a few hours Secretary Ryan found himselfin command of a formidable fighting force of citizens, regularly officered andprovided with passwords and rallying signals. A series of desperateencounters with the mob soon followed, in which the men of Lexington Ol It FIREMEN. 579 Engine punished the rioters severely, and succe
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . lying the citizens and calling upon them to organize indefence of their lives and property. Lexington Engine House became theheadquarters for the district, and in a few hours Secretary Ryan found himselfin command of a formidable fighting force of citizens, regularly officered andprovided with passwords and rallying signals. A series of desperateencounters with the mob soon followed, in which the men of Lexington Ol It FIREMEN. 579 Engine punished the rioters severely, and succeeded iu holding the mob incheck until the arrival of troops from the front. In acknowledgment of theheroism displayed during- these trying times, the ladies of the EighteenthWard presented Lexington Engine Company No. 7 with a handsome Ameri-can Hag embroidered with the name and number of the compairy. No. 8.—Manhattan—Essex—Manhattan (Elephant).—Engine Com-pany No. 8 may be said to be the last company established before the Revolu-tionary War of 1770. We find the eighth company lying near the Tan Pits,. Sir — NEW-YORK ^2^^^ 83 $ You are requested to attend aMeeting of Essex Tire Compan/, No. 8, At the Engine-House, on^J^J^r y oclock, P. M. BY ORDER OF THE FOREMAN, . Y, SECRETARYS CARD OF NOTmCATION OF MEETING. at the foot of what is now Maiden Lane, at one time known as ShoemakersPasture. It was used in those days by one John Harpendinck. Little wasknown of the company till 1783, when they were reorganized with Herbert as Treasurer. Other foremen were Henry Riker (17S3), John Post,David Morris (1793) and Thomas Browne (1796). In 1783 the companyconsisted of twenty-three men. In 1793 Abraham Brevoort was assistant foreman, and on Morriss retire-ment Brevoort assumed the foremanship. Their early location was at the r>80 OUR FIREMEN. jail yard in Chatham Street, with Joseph G. Dunell, David Note, ThomasHunt, Otis Harrington, Washington Ryder, John M
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