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Mose(s) Humphrey was a printer at the ''New York Sun'' and member of Fire Company 40. A parishioner of St. Andrew's Church, he inspired an urban folklore character of Big Mose (Mose the Fireboy). He was said to have a height of and hands as big as Virginia hams, able to lift trolley cars over his head and rescue babies inside a stovepipe hat, which his own (hat ) was two foot across the brim. The character of Mose first appeared on Broadway in Benjamin A. Baker's ''A Glance at New York'', in 1848. Then Mose was featured in several stage shows and penny novels in the mid-19th century. The character was most identified with actor Frank Chanfrau.〔Welmeth and Bigsby 460.〕 Certain stories recall Mose doing extraordinary activities, such as tearing up mulberry and cherry trees to use as a bludgeon against the Plug Uglies, a gang that were at odds with New York Firemen Co. 49., or swimming the Hudson river with two strokes. ==Notes==
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