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the late Uuyrcll Hollenback, of Wilkesbarre, and with

sx-Caual Commissioner W. W. Wright, of Geneva, and

the lato Charles Cook, of Havana. For years he waa

the largest contractor in the United Htates. Colonel

L'ady leaves a widow, two sons and one daughter.

[iENEBAL NICHOLAS FABRE GEFFRABB, OP

HAITI.

General Nicholas Fibre GeffrarJ, ex-President of

tluyti, died on December 'Jl, 1878, at Torrlngton, his

-csidence, near Kingston, Jamaica, aged seventytwo.

He was born at l'Anse a Veau, in the south of

Elayti. His father, who took a leading part during

:he colonial war against the English, under Tousiuint

L'Ouvorture, then Governor General of tha

.sland, and occupied even a more conspicuous postIon

during the war of independence, was put to

loath at Aux Cayes in 1806 by order of Dessalines or

laj./iiioa O rut Kmiurnr of Havti. Nicholas I i-f

'rard, under the paternal care of General

Fabrc, his etepfathcr, was educated at the V

Lyceum of Aux Cayee, and afterward be:auie

a large planter in the Plaine "Jaanb,"

near the last named city. When eighteen years old

he entered the army and was soon promoted to a

lien tenancy in the regiment of artillery at Aux

Ltayes. In 1830 he was married to the daughter of a

Scotch merchant of that city?the well known Mr.

Mcintosh, of South American fame, acquired by tha

aid he rendered to Bolivar. In 1843 Geflrard took

part in the revolution by which the government of

President Boy er was overthrown, after an administration

that lasted twenty-live years. At the end of

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The New York herald. (1879). New York [N.Y.], 1879-01-11. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030313/1879-01-11/ed-1/?sp=6

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The New York herald, 1879-01-11.