Good Morning, I am in a bit of a quandry. Lawrence Reees FITZGERALD, the youngest brother of Wilson FITZGERALD of Camden, NJ, died as you will see: LAWRENCE R. FITZGERALD. Mr. Lawrence R. Fitzgerald, a successful business man of this City, died suddenly of hem- orrhage at Camden, N. J., last Monday. He had been an invalid for some time, but it was not thought that his illness would so soon prove fatal. Mr. Fitzgerald was born in Philadelphia in 1826. He received a thorough training in the mercantile business when quite young, and in 1840 was a sales- man with Messrs. Burgess & Zieber. In 1842 Mr. Burgess came to New-York and organized the firm of Burgess, Stringer & Co., which, for many years, did business where the "Herald" Building now stands. Young Fitzgerald accompanied him and remained with that firm until Mr. Burgess retired from it in 1846. Mr. Burgess then formed a new copartner- ship with Mr. Ransom Garrett, under the firm name of Burgess & Garrett, and Mr. Fitzgerald was en- gaged with this new firm until 1850, when Mr. Bur- gess retired. Mr. Garrett then associated himself with Mr. William B. Dick and Mr. Fitzgerald under the firm name of Garrett & Co. In 1857 Mr. Gar- rett retired, and the business has been carried on ever since by the firm of Dick & Fitzgerald. This fellow led a most interesting life as a NY publisher. When he was with Garret & Co, for instance - he an William Brisbane DICK being the "and company" part, they were the exclusive publishers of the works of E Z C JUDSON, aka Ned BUNTLINE - the very famous Dime Novelist of works about such famous cowboys, e.g. Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and Buffalo Bill Cody. It was BUNTLINE who had special weapons made by the Colt factory that had very long muzzles, and were nicknamed Buntline Specials. Such a gun was represented on the old TV show with Hugh O'Brian called Wyatt Earp. Anyway, note the mention in the obituary that he died in Camden. This was written by a New York newspaper. Well, the *death certificate* lays claim to his dying in New York City, and doctor claims he saw him last on the day of his death! Where would the New York newspaper get the idea he had died in Camden? Someone had to have said that, surely? Did he spend his last moments with his brother, Wilson? I know he was buried by Wilson at Laurel Hill in Philadelphia. Maybe that was what they got confused about? Vince Summers