Comfort Sands

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Comfort Sands (1748 Cow Neck, Long Island - 1834) was an American merchant, banker and politician.

[edit] Life

He was a member of the New York Provincial Congress, which body appointed him New York Satte Auditor-General in 1776. He resigned the office in 1782. In 1784, he became one of the first directors of the Bank of New York at its incorporation. He was a member from New York County of the New York State Assembly in 1784-85, 1788 and 1788-89. He was President of the New York Chamber of Commerce from 1794 to 1798.

The poet Robert Charles Sands was his son. U.S. Representative Joshua Sands was his brother.

[edit] Sources

  • [1] History of the Bank of NY, in NYT on August 8, 1878
  • [2] His brother Joshua, at Brooklyn history
  • [3] Political Graveyard
  • [4] Minutes of the NY Provincial Congress
  • Google Book The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
  • [5] The DUMBO historical project (page 12)
Preceded by
(none)		 New York State Auditor General
1776 – 1782		 Succeeded by
Peter T. Curtenius
as Auditor
v • d • e
New York State Comptrollers
Sands* • Curtenius** • Jones • Henry • Jenkins • McIntyre • Savage • Marcy • S Wright • Flagg • Cooke • Collier • Flagg • Fillmore • Hunt • Fuller • J Wright • Cook • Burrows • Church • Denniston • Robinson • Hillhouse • Allen • Nichols • Hopkins • Robinson • Olcott • Wadsworth • Davenport • Chapin • Wemple • Campbell • Roberts • Morgan • Gilmann • Knight • Miller • Kelsey • Wilsons • Glynn • Gaus • Williams • Sohmer • Travis • Wendell • Maier • Fleming • Murphy • Tremaine • O'Leary • Moore • McGovern • Levitt • Regan • McCall • Hevesi • Sanzillo*** • DiNapoli
* as Auditor General, ** as Auditor, *** Acting