3-021-527 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Hon. A. Oakley Hall, Mayor of New York, 1869. 'The present Mayor of New York, the Hon. A. Oakey Hall, is a native of that city, but a grandchild of William Hall, of Yorkshire, England, and Mary ap Morgan, a Welsh lady, who were married at London in 1780, and immediately emigrated to the United States. On his mother's side Mr. Hall is lineally descended from Captain John Oakey, one of the regicides of Charles I. Mr. Hall has practised with success at the New York Bar, and has often held the office of District Attorney, or public prosecutor. He is an active politician, and was formerly attached to the Republican party; but in 1860, when Abraham Lincoln was nominated, instead of Mr. Seward, Mr. Hall went over to the Democratic party. He has also gained some literary celebrity. While connected editorially with more than one New York journal, he has found time to contribute innumerable articles, in prose and verse, to the magazines and reviews; to project and establish Harper's Weekly, an illustrated newspaper; and to write many successful dramatic pieces; but in this line his best efforts have been the burlesques written for Mrs. John Wood, at the Olympic Theatre, New York'. From "Illustrated London News", 1869.