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Excerpt from In Memory of Rufus W. Peckham: A Judge of the Court of Appeals, Who Perished on the Wreck of the Steamer Ville Du Havre, on the Voyage From New York to Havre, November 22d, 1873
J adge Rufus W. Peckham was born in Rensselaer ville, in the county of Albany, December 20th, 1809. Soon after, his father removed with his family to Otsego county, establishing himself on the eastern bank of the Susquehanna, a mile or two below Coop erstown. And there, amid beautiful scenery and in a region rendered classic by the pen of Cooper, the youth of young Peckham was spent. He was early sent to Hartwick Seminary in the same county, an institu tion distinguished among the academies of the state for its thorough instruction, and at whose head was Rev. Dr. Hazelius, one of the most learned men of his day.
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