A history of the New York Swamp . s militaryservice. At the close of the war he built, in con-nection with his brother, a tannery twelve milesback of Kingston. In 1819 he went west on atrading trip, taking a quantity of shoes and journeyed to Pittsburg on horseback andguided his teams. He then took a flat boat to Cin-cinnati and Louisville, trading on the way. Hemade several trips of this kind. In 1835 he formedthe firm of Ring & Ely on Ferry street, New dissolved in 1841. Mr. Ely took a diploma in1846 for tanned oak sole leather. He continuedalone until 1851, when he reti
A history of the New York Swamp . s militaryservice. At the close of the war he built, in con-nection with his brother, a tannery twelve milesback of Kingston. In 1819 he went west on atrading trip, taking a quantity of shoes and journeyed to Pittsburg on horseback andguided his teams. He then took a flat boat to Cin-cinnati and Louisville, trading on the way. Hemade several trips of this kind. In 1835 he formedthe firm of Ring & Ely on Ferry street, New dissolved in 1841. Mr. Ely took a diploma in1846 for tanned oak sole leather. He continuedalone until 1851, when he retired. He died at Liv-ingston, N. J., in 1864. Ambrose K. Ely, oldest son of E. C. Ely, hasbeen for many years a merchant in the was a clerk and member of the firm of Thorne,Watson, Corse & Co. In 1852 he left that firm anddid a leather business alone until 1876, when hediscontinued and sold much of his leather at goodprices in the autumn of that year. He had severalthousand sides left which he kept and sold during. HON. SMITH ELY. MAYOR OF NEW YORK. 1877-8. THE ELY FAMILY. 169 tlie boom of 1879. He was very successful inhis tanning operations. Since 1880 he has not dealtin leather, but has attended to his real estate andtrust interests. He was executor and trustee forIsrael Corse and for John Watson and has man-aged these great estates with ability and care. Heowns the large block corner of Gold and Frank-fort streets and much other city property. Smith Ely was a Swamp merchant and brotherof Ambrose K. Ely. He was a member success-ively of the firms of Mattison & Ely, Ely & Keese,and Ely, Vanderpoel & Kitchell. He retired fromactive business in 1877, at which time he waselected Mayor of New York. His political recordwas good. He diminished the net debt of the cityand also the expenditures each of the two years othis term. No other mayor shows such a married 700 couples during his two years 01office. Both these brothers are living and theyhave always stood high
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