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# ISAAC H. FROTHINGHAM. Isaac H. Frothingham, one of the most prominent residents of Brooklyn, died yesterday morning at No. 134 Remsen-st. at the age of eighty-three. He enjoyed good health up to Sunday night, when he was attacked with congestion of the lungs and died soon after. He attended services in the Church of the Saviour, in Pierrepont-st., on Sunday morning and the funeral of Dr. Low in the afternoon. Mr. Frothingham was born in Salem, Mass., in 1807, his ancestors having settled in Charlestown, Mass., in 1630. He began a business career in Boston and about fifty years ago removed to Brooklyn and entered upon business life in New-York. He was a successful merchant for many years. When the Nassau Bank was organized he was its president, and afterward he became president of the Union Trust Company of New-York. While he was in Europe the treasurer defaulted and he came home to find the company in the hands of a receiver. But it was reorganized afterward and he remained a trustee in it. He was treasurer of the Home Life Insurance Company, a director of the Home Fire Insurance Company, and connected at different times with other financial institutions. In Brooklyn public institutions he took an active interest and was one of the founders of the City, now the Brooklyn, Hospital, and succeeded the late Mr. Cornell as its president. He aided in establishing the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute and was president of its board of trustees for thirty-five years. He was long a director of the Academy of Music and its treasurer at the time of his death. He was a member of the New-England Society, the Art Association and the Brooklyn Library. He left one son, Channing Frothingham, and one daughter, Mrs. Mason, a widow. The funeral will take place on Thursday at 2 o'clock p. m. in the Church of the Saviour, with which Mr. Frothingham had been identified for many years. The Rev. H. Price Collier will officiate.