The old merchants of New York City / by Walter Barrett.

OF.NEW Y' ORK CITY.

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to me, that those who could have corrected any errors
that I have made, should have failed to do so until the
book had gone to press. It is not too late now; there
will be a second, third, and, I hope, fortieth edition:
and each successive one will be more correct than the
preceding, if I can so make it.
When I wrote about the difficulty of ascertaining
about Samuel Broome and his race, I never expected to
see any more. But this morning I found this notice of
him in a Boston book: " Long after the Revolution,
Samuel Broome was a resident of New Haven, in Connecticut. He was grandfather of the talented Theodore S. Fay, who was at one time associated with Morris & Willis, in the New York Mirror, and since then
somewhat celebrated as a diplomatist. The Broomes
were from first to last staunch patriots, and John Broome,
brother of Samuel, in latter times Lieutenant-Governor
of this State, loaned (without interest) a large sum of
money to arm and equip McDougall's Regiment, to
enable it to reach the Northern army." Samuel
Broome was also one of the Trustees of the New York
Hospital when it was incorporated by George III, in
1771.
I notice that Theodore S. Fay has become again
connected with Morris & Willis, in the Home Journal,
and will write for it from Europe. I do not believe
that he is aware that Mrs. Richard Ray, the grand-daughter
of Mr. John Broome, was his second cousin. Mr. Fay
became associated with Geo. P. Morris in 1830.
I promised to allude to James Boggs, who married
the daughter of John Broome. He was of the house
of Boggs, Sampson & Thompson, auctioneers - in their
glory 30 years ago. At that time auctioneers were
appointed every year by the Governor of the State.