Times Picayune Newspaper - July 8, 1855 Submitted by: Jan Strickland by Carolyn Tregre ************************************************* Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Benjamin Hoffman, Esq., died at Albany, N.Y. on the 29th ult. He was one of the proprietors of the Evening Journal from 1831 to 1842, since which time he has lived a quiet and retired life, in the enjoyment of a competency.