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Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication at Tarrytown

Raymond, Marcius D., editor and publisher. Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication, at Tarrytown, N.Y., October 19th, 1894. Tarrytown, NY, 1894. 284 words

He died July 9, 1811, and Ids wife Catharine died April 11, 1S06.

Abraham Acker, third, appears to have principally inherited his father's estate. This Abraham married Jemima Dutcher, daughter of'Capt. William Dutcher, and resided at the old homestead, on lower Broadway. • He was a man of property and importance in the communits and his residence, known far and wide as the Acker Inn, was quite famous as the stopping place of the noted men of the day, including among its frequent guests Gen. Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, Gen. Aaron Ward, Major Gen. Brown, and others. In the war of 1 S12, company of cavalry from Virginia was encamped there for a time. It was also a noted headquarters for the drovers of those days, among whom was Daniel Drew, afterwards the grqat financier of Wall Street. Joseph Bonaparte, ex-King of Spain and Naples, was also a guest there once, soon after the deposition of his brother, the great Napoleon. Abraham Acker, 3d, held military commissions successively as Ensign, Lieutenant, and Captain, and was called out once with his Company in tinwar of 1812. In his commission from Gov. Tompkins as Lieut., he is spoken of as "Abraham Acker, gentleman." He died Oct. 25, 1825. By his will, made Dec. 20, 1821, gave to his wife Jemima, to his son James, and grandson Abraham son of James; to his son Wm. D. Acker and to his daughters Catharine, Maria, Margaret and Lettie. He was evidently a man of consequence and substance, as a receipt of internal revenue date of 1815, giving him the right of use for a " two wheeled carriage called a chair, owned by him and the harness therefor," testifies.