Talk:Abram Stevens Hewitt

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[edit] How to cite email as primary source?

As to the Hewitt column being moved from the Hewitt Building under demolition, how would I cite the following email?

From: Cooper Union <rdenes@cooper.edu>
To: Alumni of The Cooper Union <user@test.edu>
Subject: Watch Us Grow!
Message-Id: <HPC-A.CPN.116405.CPN-20070125153748@alumniconnections.com>
Reply-To: <cualumni@cooper.edu>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:43:33 -0500 (EST)

Greetings!

The new year has gotten off to an exciting start here at The Cooper Union. We're happy to report that our new academic building will rise on Cooper Square as scheduled, with demolition already underway to prepare the site for construction. We invite you to share the excitement with us and watch the building process, from the comfort of your home or office, by checking the latest images via web cam, now posted on the Cooper Union Builds website:

http://www.cooper.edu/cubuilds/index.html

Of special interest: The historic Stanford White-designed column in the Hewitt Building is slated for removal this Saturday, January 27th between 10 a.m. and noon EST. The nearly 20 foot column will be transported - appropriately enough - back to its former home at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, where it will grace Abram S. Hewitt's memorial plot.

Best wishes for a wonderful 2007,

Ronni Denes

Vice President, External Affairs
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
30 Cooper Square
New York, NY 10003
Email: rdenes@cooper.edu


Lent 11:03, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi Lent - you can only cite to independently verifiable sources. So if this message was reported in a newspaper or other periodical, then it can be used and cited. Otherwise, anyone can make up an e-mail and as you can imagine this would get quickly out of hand. Can you find a story on it?--DavidShankBone 16:33, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 1886 Beats the future President for Mayor of New York City

Could someone figure out how to intergrate this?

http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/mayor.htm
Theodore Roosevelt ran for the office of Mayor of New York City in 1886, when he was 28 years old. [...]
He was running against Democrat Abram S. Hewett (son-in-law
of Peter Cooper, who had built Cooper Union in NYC) and Henry George,
economist and reformer, who had moved to NYC three years before.
When he lost the election, TR's comment was, "Well anyway, I had a bully time."

Lent 00:44, 2 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Shipwrecked with my student, my future brother-in-law, and future NYC mayor

http://www.ringwoodmanor.com/peo/ch/abram/ah.htm

Upon graduation from Columbia in 1842, he began the study of law while 
also teaching mathematics at Columbia’s grammar school. At this time he
tutored Edward Cooper, the son of inventor and manufacturer Peter Cooper.
In 1843-1844 Hewitt traveled to Europe with Edward Cooper,
and the two were shipwrecked on their return voyage. 
This harrowing adventure strengthened their friendship, 
and henceforth Hewitt was regarded as virtually a member of the Cooper family.

Lent 05:37, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fireboat pictures

There are some great external links to a picture of the fireboat by the Brooklyn Bridge and modern pictures of the sinking hulk off Staten Island.

Perhaps someone could figure the best way to link these into Legacy or another section?

http://www.opacity.us/images/db/supplement/abram_hewitt.jpg
http://www.opacity.us/image2999_the_abram_hewitt.htm
http://www.opacity.us/image3000_leaning.htm

Lent 05:27, 1 September 2006 (UTC)