Excerpt from The Eagle and Brooklyn; The Record of the Progress of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Vol. 1: Issued in Commemoration of Its Semi-Centennial and Occupancy of Its New Building; Together With the History of the City of Brooklyn, From Its Settlement to the Present Time But in treating of the Brooklyn of the present day, the attempt has been made to describe in detail all its varied aspects - its public institutions, its associations of every name, and its citizens. To this end every effort has been made to collect full and accurate information. The reader may assume that the editors have applied for intelligence concerning every subject tliat'could properly form a part of such an account of the interests and activities of the citv and while the responses have been so general as to result in a practically complete book, any omissions must be ascribed to failures to furnish the facts applied for - doubtless unavoidable in some-cases, since the interests are so numerous, the sources of information so varied, and the necessity of reasonable promptness in publication so imperative. But the efforts for completeness have been so persistent that it Is believed that no similar compendium will be found more accurate and full than this. To secure accuracy great pains have been taken to go to the most authori lative sources and to submit the written accounts for revision to those furnishing the material. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.