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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The cost of this publication has been underwritten by the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation, the New York Bar Foundation, and the Historical Records of the New York County Clerk, Inc.

Delightedly, we thank the following for their wholehearted devotion to locating pictures of Judges Ruggles, Gray and Johnson:

Hon. Albert M. Rosenblatt, James Matthews, Esq., The Senate House State Historic Site (Judge Ruggles); Richard Young, Esq., Gerard J. Snyder, Esq., Jane Spellman, Mary Anthony and Deborah Melnick (Judge Gray);
Corning-Painted Post Historical Society (Judge Johnson).

We express our gratitude to John J. Gartland, Esq. who has donated a portrait of Chief Judge Charles J. Ruggles to the Court of Appeals.

We recognize the generosity of John J. Zoller, Esq. and Carolyn Zoller, who have donated the portrait of Judge Charles Gray, which now hangs in the Court of Appeals Hall.

The Court also wishes to extend its thanks to the following institutions which so generously shared their research resources:
Albany County Bar Association
Albany Institute of History and Art
Albany Public Library
Corning-Painted Post Historical Society
Dutchess County Historical Society
Herkimer County Historical Society
New York State Commission on the Capitol
New York State Legislative Library
New York State Library
New York State Office of General Services

This book is set in Baskerville, an English typeface created in the eighteenth century and revived in the first half of this century. The book was designed by Vox Advertising and Design of New York City.



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