1835–1882

Introduction

Born: De­cem­ber 1835.

Died: June 28, 1882, Man­hat­tan, New York.

Buried: Wood­lawn Ce­me­te­ry, Bronx, New York.

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Biography

The 1858 Ma­nu­al of the Cor­po­ra­tion of the Ci­ty of New York lists Ben­ja­min as a mu­sic teacher at School 33 in the 20th Ward.

An 1858 re­port by the New York Board of Edu­ca­tion shows him teach­ing mu­sic at School 47 in the same ward, and in 1861, at School 32.

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