The Woods
- Fernando Wood (1812–1881), U.S. Representative from New York 1841-1843 1863-1865 1867-1881, Mayor of New York City 1855-1858 1860-1862. Brother of Benjamin Wood.
- Benjamin Wood (1820–1900), U.S. Representative from New York 1861-1865 1881-1883, New York State Senator 1866-1867. Brother of Fernando Wood.
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Famous quotes containing the word woods:
“The hunt is up, the morn is bright and grey,
The fields are fragrant and the woods are green.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“In the woods in a winter afternoon one will see as readily the origin of the stained glass window, with which Gothic cathedrals are adorned, in the colors of the western sky seen through the bare and crossing branches of the forest.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)