Richard Kissam Hoffman

1791–1860 (age 69)

Biography

Richard Kissam Hoffman was a New York City figure whose life spanned the late eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries. He witnessed the city's growth from a colonial port to a major American metropolis.

Hoffman's burial in the New York City Marble Cemetery places him among other notable New Yorkers of his generation. His life represents an important connection to New York's historical development.