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As mayor of Brooklyn he kept the city's expenditures within its income, and in the constitutional convention of 1846 he stood with Michael Hoffman in preserving the public credit and the public faith.
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This quote illustrates the fiscal responsibility demonstrated by a Brooklyn mayor and his commitment to public credit during a constitutional convention.
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