Person:James Birkett (1)

Articles from NYT The Archive from 1851-1980

BROOKLYN REPUBLICANS ORGANIZING.

Oct 12, 1887, Wednesday Page 1, 66 words DISPLAYING FIRST PARAGRAPH - The Kings County Republican Campaign Committee met last night at the headquarters in Smithstreet, Brooklyn, and elected Supervisor Theodore B. Willis Chairman; Alderman James Birkett, Treasurer, and James Arnold, Secretary. Mr

MR. BIRKETT GETS A DIAMOND BADGE.

Apr 13, 1889, Wednesday Page 2, 54 words DISPLAYING FIRST PARAGRAPH - The Kings County Republican Campaign Committee gave a dinner at the Clarendon Hotel last night and presented Treasurer James W. Birkett with a handsome gold badge studded with diamonds. The ornament was heartshaped and contained 42 diamonds, representing the number of States that will be in the Union.

A RIOTOUS MEETING.; SENATOR BIRKETT AND GEORGE COCKRAN ENGAGE IN A FIST FIGHT.

Dec 15, 1890, Wednesday Page 8, 405 words DISPLAYING FIRST PARAGRAPH - State Senator James W. Birkett, the Grand Mogul of the Republican organization of the Fourth Ward, Brooklyn, engaged in a wrangle late on Saturday night that resulted in an exchange of blows between him and George Cookran, one of the leaders of a faction that has been opposing the Senator in the party affairs of the ward.

WEDDINGS.; Raynor -- Birkett.

Nov 10, 1893, Wednesday Page 8, 1336 words DISPLAYING FIRST PARAGRAPH - Brooklyn society was interested in the marriage of Miss Clara J. Birkett, daughter of ex-Senator James W. Birkett of 185 Hancock Street, last evening, to Willett Morrison Raynor of Patchogue, L. I. The wedding took place at the home of the bride at 8 o'clock, and the Rev. Crandell J. North, the former pastor of both the bride and bridegroom, officiated.

1. ↑ The Life of Grace Birkett Snell, 1965 edition.
2. ↑ Margaret Paxton.