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dered by it's men to those states. He
was Il son OF Col. Peter Van Ness of
the 9th Battalion, New York Troops,
III the war of the revolutions. AS a
captain. at the age of nineteen. Col.
Van Ness commanded a company of
colonials with the British expedition
against Canada. His estate was Lin
denwald. near kinderhook. Il little be-
low Albany. ~ Y, and there Washing
ton Irving a friend of Judge William
L. Van Ness. wrote most of the "Knick-
crbocker History of New York. Gen.
John =. Van Moss was a man of fine
education and attainmentS He inher
tied ample property from his father
and was elected a member of the
Seventh Congress. which convened in
Washington December :, 1901. That
was the first Congress to meet in
Washington. The first meeting of
Congress at Washington was the sec
ond session of tho Sixth Congress,
which convened here on Monday, No
vember II. 1900. Cen. Van Ness had
=. Van Ness. Governor of Vermont,
friend of Lafayette and minister to
Spain, and Judge William r. Van Ness.
eminent jurist and writer and inti-
mate friend of Washington Irving.
The Rambler takes the following out
or Ben Perley roore's Political Regis
ter:
John +. Van Ness born at Client. y. Y.
In 100: received n classical education was
student at Columbia College studied ,. law was
New York in The III, Congress as demo.
crat and took his seat December Z, 1901; he
was married in May, 1902, to Marcia Burnes,
the hercss. of Washington city, and soon after
accepted from President Jefferson the com
mission Of major of the uniformed militia of
the District of Columbia for which the House
of Representatives declared his seat forfeited
January II. 1SO3. He then made Washington
dent Of tie Bank of the Metropolis and filed
other local positions; died at Washington city
March I, 1915
): !.
The following notice of the death Of
Gen. Van Ness appeared In the Ma
tional inteiligcncer. March .. 1915:
Died on Saturday afternoon. the 9Th instant,
at $40 o'clock. Gen. John T.. Van Ness, in the
seventy-seventh year of his age. His funeral
will take place at his late residence on Tues
day tomorrow afternoon at o'clock, which
his friends and acquainiancrs aud the citizens
generally are invited to attend without further
notice
most respected in!lauitnnts Of this city: He
was a native of New York. and was elected
to Congress from that state during the first
term OF Mr.. Ietfcrsun's administration. He
shortly nfterwhrd married the only daughter
of the late David Burncs. esq.,, one OF the
original proprietnrs OF the land which this
jefferson q commission Of ma ior Of the militia
In this District il deemed that by
doing he had forfeited his right to his seat in
the House Of Representatives
He then fixed his permanent residence in
this city and has contributed largely to the
improvement of it. When the Bank Of the
Metropolis was established In 1914 he took the
presidency thereof ard cont niinued TO hold this
office Of mayor Of this city, to which he was
Office Of mayor of this city. to which he was
elected by his fellow citizens AMI he received
many evidences Of tho esteem in which he
was held 10y the several administrations of the
general government. His loss will b. SEN
siby felt by Il large circle of acquaintanccs
and by the community in which he lived as
the large property that lie received from his
wife enabled linn 10 extend an elegant hos
pitalty to his acquaintnnces and to strangers
visiting the city and to patr)nizc with great
liberalty all the public improvements and
charitable aud Religious institutions in this
city without respect to rec' or denomination.
In the same issue of the Intelli-
gencer may be found the resolutions
of regret passed by the board of di-
rectors Of the Bank of the Metropolis,