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 * 1) Town of Westchester, Bronx - historical town in East Bronx.
 * 2) Town of Kingsbridge, Bronx
 * 3) Town of East Chester, Bronx
 * 4) League of Women Voters of New York City
 * 5) League of Women Voters of New York
 * 6) Also Pierre Lorillard IV was actually born within the Town of Westchester, Bronx


 * 1) Town of West Farms, Bronx  -  which included the Manor of Morrisania
 * 2) Grace Church, Bronx - An Episcopal church in West Farms, Bronx incorporated on December 13, 1844. The creation of the church was funded in part by Margaret Hunt, Mrs. C. L. Spencer, Peter Lorillard, Jr., Phillip M. Lydig, Gouverneur M. Wilkins, J. D. Wolf, William A. Spenser. The founding rector of the church was Washington Rodman.
 * 3) Washington Rodman - First rector of Grace Church in West Farms and father of Henrietta Rodman.


 * 1) Philip M. Lydig - Philip Mesier Lydig, Esq. (1739–1872)  Father of  Maria Lydig, wife of Charles P. Daly.  Philip Lydig was the last holder of the land that subsequently became the Bronx Park; the park now contains the New York Botanical Garden. Wife was Katherine, was the eldest daughter of John Suydam, a Knickerbocker.
 * 2) Maria Daly - born Maria Lydig, wife of Charles P. Daly.  Maria was a Democrat and a Unionist.  They married September 27, 1856 in West Farms, Westchester County, New York. At age 37, Maria began writing a diary, published as Diary of a Union lady, 1861-1865. She was active in the Democratic Party, the Women's Central Association for the Relief for the Army, and the New York Botanical Garden. She died at their summer home in North Haven, New York (near Sag Harbor) on August 21, 1894.
 * 3) Captain Philip M. Lydig - Second husband of Rita de Acosta Lydig. a retired officer in the United States Army. They separated in 1914 and divorced in 1919.
 * 4) Colonel Philip M. Lydig ? See Lispenard Stewart

List of Bronx Commissioners of Public Works

 * 1) John F. Murray (politician)
 * 2) Thomas W. Whittle (1914- )
 * 3) Robert L. Moran December 31, 1933 - May 1942
 * 4) Henry Bruckner 1902-1905
 * 5) Arthur V. Sheridan 1942 to 1952


 * 1) Thomas Francis Gilroy NYC Commissioner of Public Works, 1889 to 1893.
 * 2) John A. Hawkins (New York politician) assistant

Official Historians of the Bronx

 * 1) Cyrus C. Miller
 * 2) Theodore Kazimiroff (b. 1914 - d. 1980) 1953 - 1980    -  See also Hunter Island (Bronx)
 * 3) William A. Tieck (1980 to 1996)
 * 4) Lloyd Ultan (1996 - present)

Official Brooklyn Borough Historian

 * 1) John B. Manbeck 1993 to 2002,
 * 2) Ron Schweiger 2001 - 2014 at least
 * 1) John B. Manbeck 1993 to 2002,
 * 2) Ron Schweiger 2001 - 2014 at least
 * 1) Ron Schweiger 2001 - 2014 at least

Official Historians of Manhattan

 * 1) Edith McGinnis April 10, 1950 At the time she was  the Executive Secretary of the City History Club New York.


 * 1) Paul O'Dwyer 1986 - 1990   brother of mayor William O'Dwyer
 * 2) Doris Rosenblum 1990 - 1996
 * 3) Celedonia (Cal) Jones 1997 - 2006
 * 4) Michael Miscione 2006
 * 5) Robert W. Snyder October 1, 2019 Rutgers University professor.

Official Historians of Queens

 * 1) Henry F. Ludder 1982 1989 1998
 * 2) Dr. Stanley Cogan 2000
 * 3) Jack Eichenbaum
 * 1) Jack Eichenbaum

Official Historians of Staten Island

 * 1) Charles W. Leng 1923 - conflicting record
 * 2) Loring McMillen 1934 - 1991
 * 3) Richard B. Dickenson 1991 - 2006
 * 4) Thomas Matteo 2007 - present

Comments on New York City Community Boards notability

 * While the organizational notability of each individual community board article may be questionable, it is my contention that each article encompasses an individual community district, which passes the geographic notability test as a type of Populated, legally recognized places per WP:GEOLAND
 * Community districts need to be added to Template:Political divisions of the United States

Clerks of Bronx County

 * James V. Ganly He was the first county clerk of Bronx County 1914-1918.
 * Joseph M. Callahan January 1918 - January 1920, resigned as County Clerk.
 * Robert L. Moran January 3, 1920 – December 31, 1929
 * Lester W. Patterson 1930 -
 * John F. Murray Bronx County Clerk until 1969.


 * Hector L. Diaz 185th New York State Legislature to 191st New York State Legislature

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