Template:Did you know nominations/Elliott Fitch Shepard

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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 06:54, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Elliott Fitch Shepard

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... that Colonel Elliott Fitch Shepard was president of the New York State Bar Association, and a Union recruiter, wealthy landowner, church founder, and newspaper owner?

ALT1:... that Sleepy Hollow Country Club's clubhouse was once Colonel Elliott Fitch Shepard's 140-room house?
ALT2:... that Elliott Fitch Shepard's obituary may have influenced the death of publisher Horace O'Donoghue?
ALT3:... that banker Elliott Fitch Shepard was in correspondence with poet Walt Whitman during the American Civil War?
ALT4:... that Elliott Fitch Shepard purchased the Fifth Avenue Stage Company because he wanted it to stop running on Sundays?

Created by Ɱ (talk). Self nominated at 21:24, 5 August 2014 (UTC).

new enough, long enough, references checks out, I would suggest using ALT3 or ALT 1 for the hook.--BabbaQ (talk) 17:21, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, I like ALT1. Perhaps it's better than the original hook. Any work for me.--ɱ (talk) 17:24, 4 September 2014 (UTC)