. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . May, 1846, and resigned November, 1S4!). In December he rejoined Mardiattan their clerks. I joined in 1838, when I was twenty-one years old. But myrecollection of the department goes way back of that. My father, P. , was a prominent fireman, and his red-shirted associates came often tothe house. When I was ten years old I saw Chief Thomas Franklin. Theform and faces of Assistant Chiefs Tom Howe, Jamieson Cox and UzziahWenman were familiar to me. Wenman was so dashing and i
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . May, 1846, and resigned November, 1S4!). In December he rejoined Mardiattan their clerks. I joined in 1838, when I was twenty-one years old. But myrecollection of the department goes way back of that. My father, P. , was a prominent fireman, and his red-shirted associates came often tothe house. When I was ten years old I saw Chief Thomas Franklin. Theform and faces of Assistant Chiefs Tom Howe, Jamieson Cox and UzziahWenman were familiar to me. Wenman was so dashing and impulsive thathis energy was supposed at times to get the better of his judgment. Cox kepta baker shop in Harmon Street, now called East Broadway. Neptune Hose No. 5 was located in Mercer Street, where the headquartersof the present department are. Our number was limited to thirty members,and our ranks were always full. We considered that we had the finest car-riage in the city. At first we did not perform duty in our own district, but inthe Fifth, which included the whole city below Chambers Street. Although we. Engine 8, and served until thedisbandment of the company,October 14, 1865, making twen-ty-two years of continuous lireduty. Mr. Patterson was fore-man of the company at the timeit was disbanded. He is one ofthe originators and incorpora-tors of the Volunteer and Vet-eran Firemens Associations,and is also a member of theExempt Firemens Association.
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