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men who had a large circle of acquaintance ; and having a rare 

 gift for friendship, he continued to maintain association with many 

 of those with whom he was thrown into contact either in this city 

 or through his frequent trips abroad. He knew the Darwins, father 

 and son ; he came into close touch with eminent writers and scholars 

 like F. jMax Aliiller, Thomas Hughes, Goldwin Smith, Herbert 

 Spencer and Lord Bryce ; he formed a friendship extending over 

 many years with the de Rochambeau family and secured the pas- 

 sage of an act of Congress for the purchase of the letters of Wash- 

 ington to Rochambeau. He knew the great trio of American 

 literature, Longfellow, Emerson and Lowell; he had met all the 

 Presidents from Buchanan to Wilson, and knew practically all the 

 generals in the Civil War. 



Mr. Rosengarten passed away quietly on January 14, 192 1. 



Morris Jastrow^, Jr. 



