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Meredith Howland
Meredith Howland (March 31, 1833 – April 4, 1912) was an American soldier and clubman who was prominent in New York society during the Gilded Age. Early life Howland was born in Flushing, Queens on March 31, 1833. He was the son of Louisa Sophia (née Meredith) Howland (1810–1888) and Gardiner Greene Howland (1787–1851), a prominent merchant with the firm G.G. & S.S. Howland (which employed Moses Taylor as a clerk). Among his siblings were Rebecca Brien Howland (first wife of James Roosevelt I) and Gardiner Greene Howland Jr. From his father's first marriage to Louisa Edgar, he was the younger half-brother of William Edgar Howland, Abby Woolsey Howland, and the Rev. Robert Shaw Howland. His paternal grandparents were Joseph Howland and Lydia (née Bill) Howland. His maternal grandfather was Jonathan Meredith. His first cousin was Union Army officer and New York State Treasurer Joseph Howland, the son of his uncle Samuel Shaw Howland, a co-founder of G.G. & S.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flushing, Queens
Flushing is a neighborhood in the north-central portion of the New York City Borough (New York City), borough of Queens. The neighborhood is the fourth-largest central business district in New York City. Downtown Flushing is a major commercial and retail area, and the intersection of Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue at its core is the third-busiest in New York City, behind Times Square and Herald Square. Flushing was established as a settlement of New Netherland on October 10, 1645, on the eastern bank of Flushing River, Flushing Creek. It was named Vlissingen, after the Dutch city of Vlissingen. The English took control of New Amsterdam in 1664, and when Queens County was established in 1683, the Town of Flushing was one of the original five towns of Queens. In 1898, Flushing was consolidated into the City of Greater New York. Development came in the early 20th century with the construction of bridges and public transportation. An immigrant population, composed mostly of Chine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Herald
The ''New York Herald'' was a large-distribution newspaper based in New York City that existed between 1835 and 1924. At that point it was acquired by its smaller rival the '' New-York Tribune'' to form the '' New York Herald Tribune''. History The first issue of the paper was published by James Gordon Bennett Sr., on May 6, 1835. The ''Herald'' distinguished itself from the partisan papers of the day by the policy that it published in its first issue: "We shall support no party—be the agent of no faction or coterie, and we care nothing for any election, or any candidate from president down to constable," although it was typically considered sympathetic to the Jacksonian Democratic Party and later, President John Tyler. Bennett pioneered the "extra" edition during the ''Heralds sensational coverage of the Robinson–Jewett murder case. By 1845 it was the most popular and profitable daily newspaper in the United States. In 1861 it circulated 84,000 copies and called i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pilgrim (Plymouth Colony)
The Pilgrims, also known as the Pilgrim Fathers, were the English settlers who travelled to North America on the ship '' Mayflower'' and established the Plymouth Colony at what now is Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. John Smith had named this territory New Plymouth in 1620, sharing the name of the Pilgrims' final departure port of Plymouth, Devon, England. The Pilgrims' leadership came from religious congregations of Brownists or Separatists who had fled religious persecution in England for the tolerance of 17th-century Holland in the Netherlands. These Separatists held many of the same Calvinist religious beliefs as Puritans, but unlike Puritans (who wanted a purified established church), Pilgrims believed that their congregations should separate from the Church of England, which led to their being labelled Separatists. After several years of living in exile in Holland, they determined to establish a new settlement in the New World and arranged with investors to fun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Howland
John Howland (February 23, 1673) was an English indentured servant who accompanied the English Separatists and other passengers when they left England on the to settle in Plymouth Colony. In later years, he was an executive assistant and personal secretary to Governor John Carver. In 1620 he signed the Mayflower Compact and helped found the colony. During his service to Governor Carver in 1621, Howland assisted in the making of a treaty with the Sachem Massasoit of the Wampanoag. In 1626, he was a freeman and one of eight settlers who agreed to assume the colony's debt to its investors in exchange for a monopoly on the fur trade.Philbrick, Pg. 168 He was elected deputy to the Plymouth General Court in 1641 and held the position until 1655, and again in 1658. English origins John Howland was born in Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England, around 1592. He was the son of Margaret and Henry Howland, and the brother of Henry and Arthur Howland, who emigrated later from England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Shaw Howland
Samuel Shaw Howland (August 15, 1790 – February 9, 1853) was an American businessman who was a founding partner in the merchant firm of Howland & Aspinwall and an incorporator of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Early life Howland was born on August 15, 1790. He was a son of Joseph Howland Sr. (1749–1836) and Lydia (née Bill) Howland (1753–1838), who married in Norwich, Connecticut in 1772. Among his siblings were Lydia Howland (wife of Levi Coit), Jane Abigail Howland (wife of George Muirson Woolsey and uncle to Theodore Dwight Woolsey), Susan Howland (wife of John Aspinwall, a descendant of settler William Aspinwall), Harriet Howland (third wife of Assemblyman James Roosevelt), Gardiner Greene Howland, and Mary Ann Howland (wife of Ezra Conklin Woodhull). His paternal grandparents were Abigail (née Burt) Howland and Nathaniel Howland, a descendant of John Howland, one of the Pilgrim Fathers and a signer of the 1620 ''Mayflower Compact'', the governing document of w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York State Treasurer
The New York State Treasurer was a state cabinet officer in the State of New York (state), New York between 1776 and 1926. During the re-organization of the state government under Governor Al Smith, the office was abolished and its responsibilities transferred to the new Department of Audit and Control headed to the New York State Comptroller. Department of Audit and Control, at NY Archives History In 1776, the New York Provincial Congress appointed Peter Van Brugh Livingston Treasurer to disburse the monies raised and issued in the revolutionary operations of the day. After the establishment of the state government, the Treasurer was appointed by special act of the New York State Legislature for short periods. Under the New York State Constitut ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliza Howland
Eliza Newton Woolsey Howland (1835 – 1917) was an American author and the wife of Union Army officer Joseph Howland. Life Howland was born in 1835"The Howlands During The Civil War", The Howland Cultural Center to a prominent family active in and social reform, especially and the decent care of the |
Upper East Side
The Upper East Side, sometimes abbreviated UES, is a neighborhood in the boroughs of New York City, borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded approximately by 96th Street (Manhattan), 96th Street to the north, the East River to the east, 59th Street (Manhattan), 59th Street to the south, and Central Park and Fifth Avenue to the west. The neighborhood area incorporates several smaller neighborhoods, including Lenox Hill, Carnegie Hill, and Yorkville, Manhattan, Yorkville. Once known as the Stocking, Silk Stocking District,The City Review Upper East Side, the Silk Stocking District it has long been the wealthiest neighborhood in New York City. The Upper East Side is part of Manhattan Community Board 8, Manhattan Community District 8, and its primary ZIP Codes are 10021, 10028, 10065, 10075, and 10128. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of The Heavenly Rest
The Church of the Heavenly Rest is an Episcopal church located on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 90th Street, opposite Central Park and the Carnegie Mansion, on the Upper East Side of New York City. The church is noted for the architecture of its building, its location on Museum Mile, its outreach, thrift, music and arts programs, and some of its congregation members. In 2020, it reported 1,866 members, but no figures for attendance or plate and pledge income. History The church was founded in 1865 (officially established in 1868) by American Civil War veterans, with the assistance of the Reverend Robert Shaw Howland. It was meant as a memorial to soldiers who had died in the Civil War. By 1900, the church had amassed close to 1000 members. The church was originally located on Fifth Avenue and 45th Street before moving to its present site. Current site The land for the current site was sold to the church in 1926 by Louise Whitfield Carnegie, Andrew Carnegie's widow. Carneg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howland & Aspinwall
Howland & Aspinwall was a merchant firm based in New York City in the 1830s and 1840s. It specialized in the Pacific Ocean trade, especially the importing of goods from China. It is best known for taking a pioneering role in the financing of clipper ships, especially the American-built ''Rainbow'' and ''Sea Witch''. History The firm, originally known as G.G. & S.S. Howland, was founded by brothers Gardiner Greene Howland and Samuel Shaw Howland. In 1832, upon the admission of their clerk, William Henry Aspinwall, the firm became known as Howland & Aspinwall. Howland & Aspinwall imported luxury goods such as porcelain, silk, and tea from China, and sold them to Americans of means. Import duties paid by firms such as Howland & Aspinwall played a significant role in the financing of the American federal budget during the 1840s. Howland & Aspinwall exported opium to China. Pacific Mail Steamship Company In 1848, as a result of the United States's acquisition of California ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry Aspinwall
William Henry Aspinwall (December 16, 1807 – January 18, 1875) was a prominent American businessman who was a partner in the merchant firm of Howland & Aspinwall and was a co-founder of both the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and Panama Canal Railway companies which revolutionized the migration of goods and people to the Western coast of the United States. Aspinwall was descended from, and related to, many prominent American families including the Roosevelts, Howlands, and Aspinwalls, that were heavily involved in the merchant trade business and politics, wielding vast power and ensuring wealth for generations. Early life William Henry Aspinwall was born on December 16, 1807, in Manhattan, New York. He was the third of seven children born to John Aspinwall (1774–1847) and Susan Howland (1779–1852). His father, who traveled extensively, was associated with the dry goods merchant firm of Gilbert & Aspinwall. His younger sister, Mary Rebecca Aspinwall (1809–1886) was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
