- Archibald McIntyre
Archibald McIntyre (
1773 -May 6 ,1858 Albany,Albany County, New York ) was an American merchant and politician.Life
He was born in
Scotland , and came to theUnited States when still very young.He was a member from Montgomery County of the
New York State Assembly from 1798 to 1802, in 1804, 1812 and 1820-21. He was Deputy Secretary of State from 1801 to 1806. He wasNew York State Comptroller from 1806 to 1821. He was apresidential elector in 1828 and 1840.In partnership with his son-in-law David Henderson, he ran
iron ore mines in and aroundNorth Elba, New York , like the North Elba Ironworks, the McIntyre Mine and the Adirondack Iron Company. He was also involved in the early development ofJersey City, New Jersey .From 1821 to 1834, he and his partner Henry Yates (brother of Governor
Joseph C. Yates ) operated the lotteries in New York and other states. Among others, they sold tickets for theUnion College lottery, which led to a controversy that was settled only in 1854.On May 20, 1842, the
Ithaca and Owego Railroad was sold at a public sale of the Comptroller in Albany to Henry Yates and Archibald McIntyre for the sum of $4,500, an additional sum of $13,500 being paid for the equipment. Yates and McIntyre then reorganized the road on April 13, 1843, under the name ofCayuga and Susquehanna Railroad Co. In 1849, they sold it to theLeggett's Gap Railroad , and it became later part of theDelaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad .He was buried at the
Albany Rural Cemetery inMenands, New York , of which he was one of the first trustees.The
MacIntyre Mountains in theAdirondacks is named after him.ources
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcintyre.html] Political Graveyard
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=E3sFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA34 Google Book] "The New York Civil List" compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
* [http://www.albanyruralcemetery.org/albrurcem/Notable.html] Notable people's bios, at Albany Rural Cemetery
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9902E3DE103AE334BC4F53DFB766838F649FDE] The controversy about the lottery proceeds for Union College, Dr. Nott and Yates & McIntyre.
* [http://www.jstor.org/pss/2113968] "Yates and McIntyre: Lottery Managers" by Hugh G. J. Aitken, in "The Journal of Economic History", Vol. 13, No. 1 (Winter, 1953), pp. 36-57
* [http://home.twcny.rr.com/nrw/history/railways/rgazette1.html] Early railroad history
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A06E6DA153CEE34BC4F53DFB3668383649FDE] Death notice, in NYT on May 7, 1858
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=Gm04AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA267 "History of Political Parties in the State of New-York"] states that the state senator elected in 1822 was "not the late comptroller"External links
* [http://www.scripophily.net/statofnewyor7.html] NY State Stock Certificate signed by McIntyre, at Scripophily
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