Company E, 121st New York Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.
"Douglas Campbell, who died at Schenectady, March 7th, was one of the best known legal and literary men of this section of the State. He was born in Cherry Valley, this county, in 1839, and was the son of Judge William Campbell. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Campbell enlisted as a volunteer, and afterwards became Major. His legal education was obtained at the Harvard Law School. In 1866 he became a member of the law firm of Kilton, Campbell and Bell, of New York city. He retired from active practice several years ago, and retiring to the family home at Cherry Valley, devoted himself to philosophical and historical study. He was much engrossed with the study of constitutional history, particularly that of New York, and was a member of the New York Historical Society and of the Century Club. In the spring of 1892 he published a book, 'The Puritan in Holland, England and America.' The book demonstrated that many American institutions, such as the public school system and the systems of city governments, were formed upon Dutch rather than upon English, models. Inasmuch as the English origin of these institutions had been taken for granted by most persons, the book created a great sensation. Mr. Campbell sent a copy of the book to Mr. Gladstone, who read it and wrote a letter to Mr. Campbell, which the author valued very highly as an acknowledgment of the permanent interest of the book, which he considered the crowning work of his life." ["The Otsego Farmer" (Cooperstown, NY), Mar. 17, 1893]
"Douglas Campbell, who died at Schenectady, March 7th, was one of the best known legal and literary men of this section of the State. He was born in Cherry Valley, this county, in 1839, and was the son of Judge William Campbell. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Campbell enlisted as a volunteer, and afterwards became Major. His legal education was obtained at the Harvard Law School. In 1866 he became a member of the law firm of Kilton, Campbell and Bell, of New York city. He retired from active practice several years ago, and retiring to the family home at Cherry Valley, devoted himself to philosophical and historical study. He was much engrossed with the study of constitutional history, particularly that of New York, and was a member of the New York Historical Society and of the Century Club. In the spring of 1892 he published a book, 'The Puritan in Holland, England and America.' The book demonstrated that many American institutions, such as the public school system and the systems of city governments, were formed upon Dutch rather than upon English, models. Inasmuch as the English origin of these institutions had been taken for granted by most persons, the book created a great sensation. Mr. Campbell sent a copy of the book to Mr. Gladstone, who read it and wrote a letter to Mr. Campbell, which the author valued very highly as an acknowledgment of the permanent interest of the book, which he considered the crowning work of his life." ["The Otsego Farmer" (Cooperstown, NY), Mar. 17, 1893]
Company E, 121st New York Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.
"Douglas Campbell, who died at Schenectady, March 7th, was one of the best known legal and literary men of this section of the State. He was born in Cherry Valley, this county, in 1839, and was the son of Judge William Campbell. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Campbell enlisted as a volunteer, and afterwards became Major. His legal education was obtained at the Harvard Law School. In 1866 he became a member of the law firm of Kilton, Campbell and Bell, of New York city. He retired from active practice several years ago, and retiring to the family home at Cherry Valley, devoted himself to philosophical and historical study. He was much engrossed with the study of constitutional history, particularly that of New York, and was a member of the New York Historical Society and of the Century Club. In the spring of 1892 he published a book, 'The Puritan in Holland, England and America.' The book demonstrated that many American institutions, such as the public school system and the systems of city governments, were formed upon Dutch rather than upon English, models. Inasmuch as the English origin of these institutions had been taken for granted by most persons, the book created a great sensation. Mr. Campbell sent a copy of the book to Mr. Gladstone, who read it and wrote a letter to Mr. Campbell, which the author valued very highly as an acknowledgment of the permanent interest of the book, which he considered the crowning work of his life." ["The Otsego Farmer" (Cooperstown, NY), Mar. 17, 1893]
"Douglas Campbell, who died at Schenectady, March 7th, was one of the best known legal and literary men of this section of the State. He was born in Cherry Valley, this county, in 1839, and was the son of Judge William Campbell. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Campbell enlisted as a volunteer, and afterwards became Major. His legal education was obtained at the Harvard Law School. In 1866 he became a member of the law firm of Kilton, Campbell and Bell, of New York city. He retired from active practice several years ago, and retiring to the family home at Cherry Valley, devoted himself to philosophical and historical study. He was much engrossed with the study of constitutional history, particularly that of New York, and was a member of the New York Historical Society and of the Century Club. In the spring of 1892 he published a book, 'The Puritan in Holland, England and America.' The book demonstrated that many American institutions, such as the public school system and the systems of city governments, were formed upon Dutch rather than upon English, models. Inasmuch as the English origin of these institutions had been taken for granted by most persons, the book created a great sensation. Mr. Campbell sent a copy of the book to Mr. Gladstone, who read it and wrote a letter to Mr. Campbell, which the author valued very highly as an acknowledgment of the permanent interest of the book, which he considered the crowning work of his life." ["The Otsego Farmer" (Cooperstown, NY), Mar. 17, 1893]
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