CHARLES P. DALY

Artist: unknown _________________ Engraver: H. B. Hull

IMAGE IS MUCH SHARPER AND CLEARER THAN SCAN SHOWS !!

A HIGH QUALITY STEEL ENGRAVING BOOKPLATE FROM THE 1880'S!!

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VERY ANTIQUE & OLD WORLD LOOKING. ITEM(s) OVER 115 YEARS OLD!!

THE HONORABLE CHARLES P. DALY, LL.D., Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, New York, was born in the city of New York, October 31, 1816. He is a descendant of the Catholic branch of the O'Dalys of Galway, celebrated in Irish history for its many bards, legislators, and scholars. Early left an orphan, he was sent by his stepmother to the city of Savannah, bat not liking his employment, he went to sea before the mast. On his return he apprenticed himself to a mechanical business, to enable himself to study law, and was admitted to the bar in 1839. In 1843 he was elected a member of the Legislature of New York, and afterward refused the certainty at that time in his district of an election to Congress, preferring to follow his profession, lie was at the early age of twenty-eight appointed, at the suggestion of Governor Marcy, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, an office afterward made elective, but to which he has constantly been re-elected, and at the last, in 1871, unanimously, receiving every vote cast for the office, an endorsement, in the language of Harper's Weekly, " worth more than a patent of nobility." In 1851 he visited Europe, and was flatteringly received, especially in England, where, at a meeting of the Law Amendment Society, he was especially requested by Lord Brougham to give his views, and received a vote of thanks. He mps intimate with Chevalier Bunsen, who gave him a letter to humboldt, and in the published letters of Humboldt to Bunsen, Leipzig, 1869, p. 133, the following passage occurs: " I cannot close these lines without thanking you from the bottom of my heart for the acquaintance I made with Judge Charles P. Daly, who, upon his return from Italy, passed through here, and gave me almost a whole day of his time. All that you communicated to me about him, I have found confirmed in a much higher degree. Few men leave behind them such an impression of high intellect upon the great subjects which influence the march of civilization; in estimating the apparently opposite direction of character of those nations which surround the ever-narrowing basin of the Atlantic. Moreover, what is uncommon in a North American, and still more uncommon in the practical life of a greatly occupied magistrate, is that this highly intelligent and upright man has a deep and lively interest in the fine arts, and even in poetry." When the civil war broke out the Chief Justice threw his whole strength on the side of the government, contributing largely in the raising of regiments, making stirring speeches, and calling mass meetings; making journeys to Washington to do whatever he could (although a Democrat in politics) to sustain the government. In two or three cases he was eminently useful, writing a pamphlet at the desire of President Lincoln, entitled "Are the Southern Privateersmen Pirates? " and afterward settling the question of law for Mr. Seward, in the matter of the taking of Slidell and Mason, by pointing out to him that by so doing we would but comply with our own rules. As he was the first to suggest that General Grant should be given a reception in New York, he was made chairman, but afterward resigned, on account of judicial duties, in favor of Alexander T. Stewart. In 1856 he married Miss Maria Lydig, a lady since prominently known from her active connection with public charities. Chief Justice Daly was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1867, and one of the Judiciary Committee who framed the present judicial system of the State of New York. During his long judicial career of thirty-four years, he has written seven volumes of reports of cases in his court. He is also the author of many treatises and essays on different subjects, and, as President of the American Geographical Society, delivers an elaborate address every year. The following is a list of treatises, etc., he has written: an "Historical Sketch of the Tribunals of New York from 1623 to 1846 "The Nature, Extent, and History of the Surrogate Court of the State of New York;" "A Comparison between the Ancient and Modern Banking System;" "Naturalization," for" Appleton's New Encyclopedia;" "Origin and History of Dispensaries;" "Origin and History of Institutions for the Promotion of useful Arts;" "When was the Drama first Introduced in America?" "Famine, its Causes and Consequences;" the "Life and Character of Gulian G. Verplanck," and a "Memorial of the Artist Gray," both delivered before the Century Club. "Columbus," a lecture delivered at the unveiling of the statue at the Centennial Exhibition; "History of Jewish Settlements in America.''

SIZE: Image size in inches is 4" x 4", overall page size is 6 1/2 " x 9 1/2".

CONDITION: Condition is good. Light age toning. Nothing on reverse.

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THIS IS AN ACTUAL STEEL ENGRAVING FROM THE 1870's!

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