Eliza Hamilton Schuyler

Sarah Sherman Hoar

1783–1866 (age 83)

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American woman from a prominent New England family involved in intellectual and social circles of her era.

Owen Johns

d. 1884

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Prominent New York City merchant who operated dry goods palaces, precursors to department stores, in Manhattan.

Washington Irving

1783–1859 (age 76)

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American author and cofounder of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, famous for writing The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

Henry David Thoreau

1817–1862 (age 45)

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American philosopher, naturalist, and writer who championed civil disobedience and simple living in nature.

Sarah Bradford Ripley

1793–1867 (age 74)

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American educator and intellectual who was a noted teacher and wife of the Transcendentalist scholar George Bradford Rip...

John Hudson Hall

d. 1894

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Highly successful paper manufacturer and developer of New York's elevated railroad system who commissioned Augustus Sain...