Nicholas Fish
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Nicholas Fish was an American Revolutionary War soldier. He was the first Adjutant General of New York.
The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, October 19, 1781, by John Trumbull
Photograph of Fish's son, Hamilton Fish, a New York governor, United States Senator, and U.S. Secretary of State
DeWitt Clinton
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DeWitt Clinton was an American politician and naturalist. He served as a United States senator, as the mayor of New York City, and as the sixth governor of New York. In the last capacity, he was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal. Clinton was a major candidate for the American presidency in the election of 1812, challenging incumbent James Madison.
Print showing Clinton mingling the waters of Lake Erie and the Atlantic, in a ceremony in 1826
Clinton Memorial by Henry Kirke Brown, 1855, at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York
$1,000 Legal Tender note, Series 1880, Fr.187k, depicting DeWitt Clinton