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caterer for the elite of Staten Island at that time ; J. W. Bassett, 

 " member of the London Pharmaceutical Society, &c.," with drug- 

 stores at Tompkinsville and New Brighton where " he has also on 

 hand a supply of stationery necessary for schools, such as copy- 

 books, slates, Faber and other pencils, drawing paper and board, 

 perforated card, camel hair pencils, and color boxes " ; the Rich- 

 mond County Collegiate Institute, Clifton, " for young ladies and 

 gentlemen, also boarding school for boys and girls. A. T. Deane, 

 Principal." 



