Memorial encyclopedia of the state of New York : a life record of men and women of the past whose sterling character and energy and industry have made them preeminent in their own and many other states . hn A. inherited a goodly share. John A. received his elementary edu-cation at select schools in the city, butaccompanied his father to England, whenthe latter was first commissioned asMinister to the Court of St. James, andwas, with his brother Charles, afterwardpresident of Columbia College, enrolledas a student in the famous trainingschool at Harrow. There he maintainedan excellent standing
Memorial encyclopedia of the state of New York : a life record of men and women of the past whose sterling character and energy and industry have made them preeminent in their own and many other states . hn A. inherited a goodly share. John A. received his elementary edu-cation at select schools in the city, butaccompanied his father to England, whenthe latter was first commissioned asMinister to the Court of St. James, andwas, with his brother Charles, afterwardpresident of Columbia College, enrolledas a student in the famous trainingschool at Harrow. There he maintainedan excellent standing in the classics, butalso became a leader in all the physicalexercises of the institution and was,therefore, very popular with his compan-ions, forming friendships with LordByron, Sir Robert Peel, the Duke ofDevonshire and others of like effects of his physical culture lastedthrough his life. John Stanton Gouldin his eulogium before the New YorkState Agricultural Society relates thatafter he had passed his seventieth birth-day, in presence of many of his brethrenof the executive committee, he put hishand on the top of a fence and vaultedover it with the agility of a boy, playfully 172. ^^k a. «&.
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