[John Watts]. American public man and author, born in New York City on the 9th of March 1821. A descendant of Johannes de Peyster. Mr. de Peyster became, in 1845, colonel of the One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment, and in 1866 was brevetted major-general of New York militia. He was actively interested in the organization of the fire and police departments of New York City. He has written on military, historical and ethnological subjects. Among his numerous publications are Life of Field-Marshal Torstenson (1855); The Dutch at the North Pole (1857); Carausius, the Dutch Augustus (1858); and Personal and Military History of General Philip Kearney (1869).
