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    Hiram Barney (May 30, 1811 – May 18, 1895) was an American lawyer, abolitionist, and politician who served as Collector of the Port of New York from 1861...
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    and his freak show exhibitions. Waino and Plutanor were actually Hiram W. and Barney Davis, two mentally disabled brothers from a Pleasant Township, Knox...
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    the war. Lewis Tappan Barney was born in the city of Brooklyn, New York on March 18, 1844 as child of New York lawyer Hiram Barney and his wife Susannah...
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    also describes a red wax presidential seal on a letter from Lincoln to Hiram Barney. In September 1864, an engraver named J. Baumgarten from Baltimore, Maryland...
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    The 54th New York Infantry Regiment (aka "Schwarze Yaeger" or "Hiram Barney Rifles") was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil...
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    customs, real estate, trust & estate and tax. In 1836, New York attorneys Hiram Barney and William Mulligan founded a law office in downtown Manhattan. They...
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    State Journal Isaac J. Allen – Editor and partner in Ohio State Journal Hiram Barney – Customs collector, Port of New York General Magruder – Union commander...
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  • James C. Fargo (president of American Express), Hiram Barney, and George F. Crane. Also present were Barney's son and daughter with Morris K. Jesup, Theodore...
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    ensured he would have Weed's support in the 1864 election by dismissing Hiram Barney, a Radical Republican, as Collector of the Port of New York, and replacing...
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    York In office 1857–1861 Preceded by Heman J. Redfield Succeeded by Hiram Barney Chairman of the New York State Democratic Committee In office 1853–1856...
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