Leggat, Andrew W.

Born: 1824-XX-XX New York

Flourished: New York, New York

In the late 1840s and early 1850s, Leggat worked as a clerk in New York City. In 1848, he was president of the Junior Bachelor's Association. In 1850, Leggat was a clerk living in New York City's Fifth Ward. He was living with John Morton, a purveyor of needles and thread, who was probably his employer. From 1853 to 1857, Leggat was a trustee of common schools in the Fifth Ward. In 1859, he was a small ware merchant. In 1862, he again became a school trustee, and from 1862 to 1865, he was secretary of the Board of Trustees of Common Schools for the Fifth Ward.

Doggett's New-York City Directory, for 1846 and 1847 (New York: John Doggett Jr., 1846), 234; The Great Metropolis; or Guide to New-York, for 1848 (New York: H. Wilson, 1847), 105; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Ward 5, New York City, NY, 42; Doggett's New York City Directory, for 1849-50 (New York: John Doggett Jr., 1849), 306; Twelfth Annual Report of the Board of Education, of the City and County of New York, January 1, 1854 (New York: Wm. C. Bryant, 1854), 106; Fifteenth Annual Report of the Board of Education of the City and County of New York, for the Year Ending January 1, 1857 (New York: Wm. C. Bryant, 1857), 143; H. Wilson, comp., Trow's New York City Directory for the Year Ending May 1, 1859 (New York: John F. Trow, 1858), 469; Manual of the Corporation of the City of New-York, 1862 (New York: D. T. Valentine, 1862), 257; Documents of the Board of Education of the City of New-York, for the Year Ending December 31, 1861 (New York: C. S. Westcott, 1862), 112; Manual of the Board of Education of the City and County of New York, January, 1865 (New York: Baptist & Taylor, 1865), 207.