Benjamin D. Silliman property dispute report
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Abstract
Photostat copy of an 1846 report prepared by Benjamin D. Silliman concerning a dispute over the high water rights conveyed by Richard Berry when he sold property to the Brooklyn and Gowanus Bridge Company.
Biographical note
Benjamin Douglas Silliman (1805-1901) was a prominent Brooklyn lawyer and politician. He represented Kings County in the New York State Assembly in 1838, was U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York from 1865 to 1866, was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention in 1872, and was a Republican candidate for New York State Attorney General in 1873.
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This collection consists of a single document.
Scope and Contents
Photostat copy of a report prepared by Benjamin D. Silliman concerning a dispute over the high water rights conveyed by Richard Berry when he sold property to the Brooklyn and Gowanus Bridge Company. The report is dated April 28, 1846. Benjamin Douglas Silliman (1805-1901) was a prominent Brooklyn lawyer and politician.
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Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); Benjamin D. Silliman property dispute report, 1977.549, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Thatcher T.P. Luquer, 1936.
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Processing Information
This collection was rehoused and the finding aid revised by Dee Bowers in 2023.
