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others. It becomes especially noteworthy when we take into 

 consideration that it was achieved by a busy man, who besides 

 filling his professional duties with success and distinction, 

 gave himself unstintedly to many public and private services, 

 which drew largely upon his time and his energy. 



After two years at the mines, young Shipman came to New 

 York in ^§4, where he obtained a positiQa..in,_the— U, S. 

 f Customs House by Civil Service Examination, making in his 

 examinations the TaighesFTecord trp to that time and rarely 

 surpassed since. He was one of the investigators of the 

 sugar frauds in the following year, and won high commenda- 

 tion for his integrity, his thoroughness, his grasp of detail 

 and untiring diligence in unravelling the tangled skein of evi- 

 dence in the case. It was during his service in the New York 

 Customs House that he studied law at the University of the 

 City of New York. In 1886 he received his degree of LL.B. 

 and in the course of the same year was admitted to the New 

 York Bar. In 1891 he formed a law partnership with Edmund 

 L. Mooney, an association continued uninterruptedly until his 

 death, though in 1895 the firm was reorganized, upon the ad- 

 mission of Mr. Charles Blandy, under the name of Blandy, 

 Mooney and Shipman. Of Mr. Shipman's legal career and 

 achievements I have no technical knowledge to enable me to 

 given an account. In lieu, therefore, of any attempt on my part, 

 I am privileged to quote in extenso one who was closely asso- 

 ciated with him throughout his professional life and w^iose 

 knowledge is both first-hand and accurate. 



"Andrew Jackson Shipman was a forceful advocate, a wise 

 counselor and an eminent ecclesiastical lawyer for more than 

 a generation at the New York Bar. 



"He studied law in the Law Department of the University 

 of the City of New York, whence he was graduated LL.B. 

 in 1886. He was President of his class and delivered an ora- 

 tion at the graduating exercises held in the old Academy 

 of Music. He was admitted to the Bar in the City of New 

 York in the latter year. 



"In his collegiate and law school days he formed friend- 

 ships that lasted during his entire lifetime, and spread their 

 branches abroad as much for others as himself. More than 

 that, he laid the foundations of business and professional 



