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Firemen, The History of the NY Fire Departments
Chapter 44,
Pt. 3
By Holice and
Debbie
One of the notable features of the Old Department was the number of
social organizations which sprang from it. The men were not merely
satisfied with being banded together for the protection of life and
property from fire, but desired to form clubs and societies outside of the
jurisdiction of the department. These organizations took the form of
target companies, chowder clubs, and so on. The idea was to perpetuate the
good fellowship which arose in the engine house. The associations gave
opportunity for agreeable relaxation after the arduous duties of the
department had been attended to, and the excursions and parties were
participated in by friends of the members. They are by no means an
insignificant part of the social history of the people of New York, and
therefore should have some notice in a work of this kind. Below is a
pretty full list of these clubs, with the name of the captain or leader
who has been identified with them. Engine Company No. 33 (Black Joke), be
it noted, has the honor of having been the first company to inaugurate a
target excursion:
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Engine Companies:
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No. 1 |
Hudson Guards |
John K. Oliver |
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No. 2 |
Excelsior Guards |
John McDermott |
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No. 3 |
Metamora Guards |
James Martin |
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No. 3 |
Forrest Guards |
John Gaville |
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No. 3 |
Hope Guards |
F. Breman |
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No. 6 |
Americus Guards |
J. H. Johnson |
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No. 6 |
W. M. Tweed Guards |
Augustus Oliver |
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No. 6 |
Gouverneur Blues |
John Casilear & Wm. Gayte |
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No. 8 |
Manhattan Guards |
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No. 9 |
Marion Volunteers |
John A. Dunn |
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No. 9 |
Marion Guards |
James Hayes |
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No. 9 |
Talcott Guards |
Seth R. Abrams |
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No. 11 |
Oceanus Guards |
John Wildey |
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No. 12 |
Knickerbocker Guards |
G. J. Brown |
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No. 12 |
Tradesmen's Guards |
A. H. Mitchell |
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No. 13 |
Eagle Guards |
Con. Donovan |
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No. 14 |
Independence Guards |
A. H. Tyler |
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No. 15 |
Wilson Guards |
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No. 15 |
Peterson Guards |
Sam. Jackson |
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No. 16 |
Croton Guards |
Mose Jackson |
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No. 16 |
Mitchell Guards |
Stephen Mitchell |
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No. 16 |
Wilson Guards |
John Slowey |
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No. 19 |
Edward Walsh Battalion |
James Flood |
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No. 19 |
Lafayette Volunteers |
George Borstman |
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No. 20 |
Clayton Guards |
Wm. Hackett |
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No. 20 |
Washington Guards |
--------Hasson |
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No. 24 |
Jackson Guards |
Timothy Carroll |
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No. 26 |
Jefferson Blues |
Robert Smack |
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No. 29 |
Guardian Guards |
Eugene Ward |
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No. 30 |
Tompkins Blues |
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No. 30 |
James Irwin Guards |
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No. 32 |
Bunker Hill Volunteers |
Wm. Fiske |
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No. 32 |
Subterranean Guards |
Wm. McKibben |
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No. 33 |
Black Joke Volunteers |
James Buckridge and John Quinn |
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No. 34 |
Red Rover Guards |
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No. 34 |
Howard Guards |
Charles Miller |
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No. 34 |
Broderick Guards |
S. M. Phillips |
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No. 39 |
Franklin Guards |
P. Black |
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No. 40 |
Gentlemen's Sons |
Joe Hutton |
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No. 41 |
Clinton Guards |
Dennis Kehoe, James Little & Henry Lewis |
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No. 44 |
Live Oak Volunteers |
Robert Gray and J. C. Harrison |
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No. 44 |
Turk's Island Guards |
Henry Munn |
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No. 46 |
Relief Guards |
J. Irving |
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No. 46 |
Independent Relief Guards |
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No. 46 |
Valley Forge Guards |
James Brown |
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No. 49 |
Pocahontas Guards |
Stephen L. Finley |
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From Hose Companies:
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No. 1 |
Eagle Guards |
Joseph Cannon |
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No. 1 |
Eagle Guards |
- |
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No. 6 |
Independent Gouverneur Blues |
Daniel Sarven and James Brown |
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No. 7 |
Ringgold guards |
- |
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No. 11 |
Varian Guards |
- |
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No. 12 |
Washington Guards |
Larry Orson, Joseph R. Riley & S. Duffin |
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No. 13 |
Jackson Volunteers |
Andrew Gloar |
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No. 15 |
Hopkins Light Guards |
- |
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No. 16 |
Tompkins Guards |
Ed. Bonnell |
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No. 17 |
Clinton Guards |
Silas Lyng |
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No. 17 |
Anderson Guards |
E. Malaly |
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No. 21 |
Hudson Guards |
Wm. Cullen |
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No. 21 |
Hudson Blues |
------ Hoyt |
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No. 22 |
Phenix Guards |
W. R. W. Chambers |
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No. 24 |
National Guards |
C. L. Robinson |
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No. 25 |
McKinley guards |
- |
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No. 26 |
Rutgers and Van Buren Guard |
James Wilkinson |
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No. 26 |
Tremendous Curbstone Light Infantry Fantasticals |
Ed. Shandley |
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No. 29 |
Union Volunteers |
Chas. E. Bell |
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No. 31 |
Putnam Guards |
Jesse Thomas and Thomas Sullivan |
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No. 32 |
Johnson Guards |
- |
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No. 33 |
Independent Warren Guards |
A. S. Barnett |
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No. 33 |
Warren Guards |
H. Dennett |
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No. 34 |
Star Volunteers |
Scott Gunyon and L. Kerr |
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No. 35 |
Britton Guards |
M. J. Conley |
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No. 39 |
Carson Guards |
Gilbert C. Dean |
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No. 40 |
Empire Guards |
Wm. C. Rogers and John Kettlemen |
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No. 41 |
Alert Guards |
Thos. Mitchell |
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No. 44 |
Washington Irving |
Alex. Smith |
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