The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-23
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IN fRwtn WILLIAMS oF NEW IORk.
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best work Il references v,esi matters tnst hss ever
been published In his eoasvy hf Williams oftes sysks
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such ~ poi'ics AID s.osrsshy-his iKfsr asiieo
vas acsurste and vsst As iass the hstsry Of ever,
puble man ia tins eoussry from wasn,oS ou's tms 20
the present csy and In tDs course OF essla< With
out books " rsisencs vthsr ssslssne<. csaa gsa
sA.'ch Of amost any ieoivi gaI who ,spp.aei % be
brought prom neatly bs;o.s tLe puohc. nis pcLs cAl
koo ~dg- extensive thai he crua A. his sa,ai
fLe Details ttd IN many nstxrces IN. dgares of smoss
evtry election ta.i has marked . change u parties
tasse scqsiismsD tsss sustls aud 81 rsr.--cAussa
Inn to os soush vut by every who nc-asi pohacsi
ipisrna'ioD IsspsciSg 'hu countEy. ocsas.oa,
tie Ffe1eh COVERT n.snt ihss .spssSsnta
tia here to procure for them facts s4d Ggae. iusts.
tive Of the WORKING VI system sgpicstiSa VA, st
% c. nAas TO Nj WILKINS and nav. to Sa.~
that the vciunnors ~oak he furD I'd gave ssne
fsesion IN Paris Nor his aledss "a 10 his
eountynea. Es was Tor many years s-cSotsry og the
Antricsn Institute sro active working nsmssr Of
the Historical Geographical and statistical Societies,
AZ Mechanics Ia. utate.
writer, he raid affection matter than to
form. In poin. of accuracy funess Of ds all 6e sas
rsver bean excensd rs a man, hts god q1ahties VI
heart and sitdiy disposition endsAred him tr S IL
of tnoss sho have n, eremiss Lead
Of ell parties sposs ssl cf him. and thoayh his
Political sfhni,iss we're clearly marked, his opp meats
never regarded him 1, IN unfrendiy light Neither
his ceIvsrtaton lcr Ia his writing Was ever spark o
N siice ia feeling TO os found where hs could he
4, ole well; wb.re praise i'm cssb he sileat
Hao his relations rein quished thar ltsntoa OF taAa
bocy TO Norwca for istermsat his funeral woa.d
haze sho~n hOw hi shy he vas e-msd ia Ns~ York
VI have been supp lee, BY persoa. friend VI Mr.
Wi s, with the ic.o sas ado tt,ona biogr4 phcal
ti:e Of his amy and literary iaoors-
Whs the ~a.chmsu In his 70 anc
Nightly iiits mis- vCi,s ON hg1,
None, accustomed 20 tho sound,
Wakes the toonsr for us cry.
te1rer fafher. friend silcers,
Atenoer nusts nd, siumosrs here;
Tlea let US hops his soai 70 gwen
blsst ana sure 20 ward in H.svsn.
We have painful and melsrchoIy duty TO psrfsr n
brief memorials OF has life.
1t only the evening Of ths Goth inst that ws
parted with him in health buoysnt sp,rits Aad ON
the evening CT 2lst ins about 10 o'occE he va
. corpss
be Was esteemed b. al who knew him, And beloved
by sli bis intimate fnsncs; ana have rsssoa
lieve That be died without enemy, for more kind
hearted ana inoGsnsve man neve, lived.
Edwin Williams was Of Welsh descent. His ancestors
bis fathers sds or.giasiiy from Wales end
settled ia New Epglsnd. His hs- was Gen. Joseph
wilnsms, Ct Norwich, Connecticut His father AMI
uncle bore IN active part In the mercsp Revelation
On turning 10 Losirs's Pictorial Field Bool Of the
American ksvoutcn ~ the following notice o. Mr.
EDWIN Niilisms:-
hr. Eown III AID hi, elder brother, Joseph vii
iADs Of Nor ~ch, OF General Jorcph wLlsms
Who, Though yourg ms1, sctivs pAtr9t cu.iag
cornsc ion with his p,r,nsr, william Cot, wnoss oaasn.
tei he msed VAS engaged In a. log cut AIMED vessel,
fl m Nor sich ana New LONDON. la ons Of these hs
usade voyage to toe West dies Ihs yeesel pur
tIed By British armed ship and action cnsusa, IN
vb ch The American vessel vsa wi1ner. Cen Williams
sFe much o. the later portion Of hts life Ia orgsnyg
abo ciscipiiDDg the m Of Nsy LoDd5n couats ana
uDs'i h's death he -, exenivey engagsa sb p,nx
"a importing srchant He cied 10 Octobcs 1870 aged
forty seven yesIs.
General Williams, permitted us to have . copy
o. his Letter, written In l776, from New
y,rh, TO his BUSINESS psrt4er, Mr. Colt Young
williams had accOmpsri led the Continental troops