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fered a bounty of $50 for volunteers, and this in many cases was supplemented by private bounties. Recruiting stations began to pre- sent again a lively appearance, tents were pitched in the public parks, recruits were seen in all directions, the funds for the relief of those at the front were liberally replenished, and it was not long before Kings county's quota was secured and equipped, without any need at that time of the dreaded draft. More men, in fact, had volunteered than were asked for, and recruits were sworn in faster than they could be equipped. From then on Brook- lyn had no dubiety about answering every demand from Washington. The financial end of all this enthusiasm was fully met in the long run, although the bounty paid by the authorities before the end of the war rose to as much as $300 for substitutes for those drafted who had families entirely dependent on their daily earnings. The spirit of patriot- ism, the bounty, the aliment allowed in certain cases to family, the generous work of the re- lief boards,-all contributed to make men will- ing to lay down their peaceful avocations and go to the front. At times, indeed, the city looked more like a military rendezvous than a place of peaceful trade and barter, and from the outlying camps, such as at Union Course, parties of armed men were, for a time, con- stantly marching through the streets on their
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way to the ferry en route for the front. In June, 1863, came another call for troops, and six Brooklyn regiments responded, the Thir- teenth, Twenty-third, Twenty-eighth, Forty- seventh, Fifty-second and Fifty-sixth, and be- fore the close of the month every command in the city excepting one,-the Seventieth,-had gone to the front.
In July the extreme peril of the Nation was felt at Brooklyn's own doors, for on the 13th of that month the famous, or infamous, "draft riots" commenced in New York. There was little trouble expected in Brooklyn from its own residents, but the stores at the Navy Yard offered a tempting prize to the disaffected on Manhattan Island and much private property along the water front was practically unpro- tected against any attack by rioters in quest of plunder. As usual in such moments, there were hundreds of wild rumors circulated which tended needlessly to magnify the extent of the danger. The force at the Navy Yard was strengthened and the armories and all other points where danger was anticipated were zealously guarded. The Seventieth did good service and special volunteers rallied to meet the crisis. A part of Brooklyn's defensive force was sent over to New York to assist the authorities in the protection of public property, and the police remained on duty day and night ready to answer any call. The Mayor showed himself the right man for such an emergency and was constantly at his post, advising, direct- ing and planning, as long as the danger seemed acute. That danger did exist in Brooklyn,-that the forces of disorder were waiting an opportunity to accomplish some- thing,-was realized on the night of the 15th, when two grain elevators in the Atlantic Ba- sin were put on fire by a mob, causing a loss of over $100,000. The mob even charged the firemen when the latter were engaged in their duty, but were routed by the police. This was practically the only outbreak in Brooklyn of the spirit of disorder which was then wide- sprcad in the neighboring city. As soon as
possible, however, troops were sent to Brook- lyn in sufficient number to quell any further trouble which might arise, and the citizens re- sumed their ways without the haunting spectre of red riot confronting them day and night,- a spectre that for a time seemed plainly visible to the dwellers on Manhattan. But it was a sharp and significant lesson as to what might be the result should the force of ignorance and discontent and poverty, which makes for riot and disorder, gain a foothold, even for a brief period.
From that time private generosity fully vied with that of the municipality in equipping troops, increasing bounties and the like, and money was raised in all sorts of ways and with a most generous hand. Perhaps the most no- table, certainly the best remembered, outcome of this spirit was the Sanitary Fair of Brook- lyn, which was opened February 22, 1864, and by which $402.943.74 was raised. It was one of a series of similar schemes for raising money undertaken in several of the larger cities, but with the exception of New York, whose fair yielded about $1,000,000, Brooklyn was far ahead of her sister cities, for Chicago only raised $60,000 and Boston $140,000, to give a couple of instances. These fairs were undertaken at the request of the United States Sanitary Commission to aid in its remarkable work among the soldiers in the field, and were only suggested when it was thought impossi- ble to secure more money as a result of further appeals to churches, societies or committees. A great fair was naturally looked forward to as a certainty in New York, and it was first intended that Brooklyn should unite its ener- gies with the good folks of Manhattan in the matter : but after a time, when the movement began to gather a little enthusiasm, the ladies of Brooklyn considered their city big enough and wealthy enough to support a fair of its own, and so the matter was left in the hands of the War Fund Committee of Brooklyn and Kings county and the Woman's Relief Asso- ciation of the city of Brooklyn. Both of these
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organizations had already performed grand service in the charitable work made necessary by the war, the Woman's Association in one year alone turning in to the Sanitary Commis- sion clothing and supplies to the value of $50,000.
The plan of having an independent fair, rather than devoting their time and energy to what would be simply an annex to that in New York, was starting at a meeting of the Wo- men's Association, over which Mrs. J. S. T. Stranahan presided, and to that lady is due the credit for much of the success which was ultimately achieved. The project at once com- mended itself to the ladies and was almost at once adopted. The executive committee of their association was thereupon enlarged, the aid of the War Fund Committee was solicited and that body at once heartily endorsed the plan and appointed a committee of sixty to co-operate with the women. This committee at once met and organized by electing Mr. A. A. Low as president. Many meetings were held ; Henry Ward Beecher and many of the ministers and political and social leaders of the city entered heartily into the plan, and a splendid spirit of enthusiasm was quickly de- veloped. It was determined that the fair should be, for the honor and the good name of Brook- lyn, a grand success ; but when one enthusiast, Dr. Spear, mentioned $150,000 as the sum to be aimed at, he was regarded as a visionary. On December 18th the Women's Association sent out notices all over Long Island asking contributions for the fair. On the following evening the War Fund Committee hield a meeting, and after a careful study of the situa- tion and hearing reports on the plan. scope and success of the fair then open in Boston, addresses were delivered by Dr. Cuyler and several others, including Mr. John D. McKen- zie, who spoke most effectively from a practi- cal standpoint, and closed by tabling a sub- scription of $1,000. Thus incited to immedi- ate effort, a subscription paper was drawn up and passed around, with the following re- sults :
A. A. Low. $2,500
S. B. Chittenden. 1,000
George S. Stephenson. 1,000
Peter C. Cornell.
1,000
H. E. Pierrepont 1,000
Henry Sheldon
1,000
Josiah O. Low. 1,000
George B. Archer
1,000
Joseph Ripley.
500
S. B. Caldwell 500
A. W. Benson. 500
R. W. Ropes. 500
John Frothingham 500
J. S. T. Stranahan. 500
Richard P. Buck. 500
Henry Sanger.
500
Henry K. Sheldon
500
Ambrose Snow 500
500
Sidney Green.
500
James P. Wallace.
500
Cornelius J. Bergen
500
Cornelius Adams. 500
Amos Robbins. 500
Seymour L. Husted.
1,000
J. B. Wellington. 500
John Bullard. 500
James C. Wilson 500
Charles Storrs. 500
E. B. Place
250
H. G. Reeve. . 250
Thomas T. Buckley
250
H. K. Worden
250
S. E. Howard. 500
\V. H. Lyon.
250
C. R. Marvin. 250
James Humphrey
500
E. T. H. Gibson. 1,000
A total of $26,000. Then the enthusiasm . over the plan rose to fever heat and was main- tained at that point until the fair was over. Mr. Chittenden offered, besides his subscrip- tion, a pair of Devon steers, which he prom- ised to fatten on Yankee corn, and there were promises of other donations.
By the end of December the subscriptions exceeded $50,000, and the committee began to be burdened with the extent and variety of the contributions in goods. It was intended that the fair should open on February 22, the day fixed for the opening of that in New York; but the management in the latter city found
S. M. Beard.
R. H. Manning 500
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it necessary to postpone their opening until March 28th. When this was announced Brook- lyn determined to adhere to the original date, so that any lingering connection even in name between the two movements was clearly sev- ered. The more emphatic this distinction be- ·came the more loyally did Brooklyn's citizens rise to the occasion, and the local enthusiasm spread all over the island. Meetings were held in Flatbush and almost every town in Queens and Suffolk, and the scheme rapidly developed into one in which all Long Island had an equal interest. The Academy of Music was secured for the main display, and arrangements were made for the use of other buildings should they be found necessary, while the Board of Aldermen gave the requisite permission for the erection of whatever temporary structures might be desired. A public meeting in the Academy of Music on June 2, 1864, gave the citizens for the first time an adequate idea of what had been accomplished and of what was expected, and seemed to crown the efforts of all concerned with the assurance of success. Then followed a busy time receiving and ar- ranging contributions of every conceivable sort, devising this and that surprise, discussing one novel feature after another, putting plans in operation and getting everything in readi- ness. It was an anxious season, too, for the committee, for there was so much to do, so much to prepare and arrange for, that the days and nights all seemed to become too short. In fact, even before it was opened the fair had far exceeded the early anticipations of the workers. The Academy was found to be too small, and a temporary structure was erected on its west side on a vacant lot, the use of which was given by Mr. A. A. Low, while a similar structure was raised on a lot across the street belonging to Mrs. Pierrepont, who gladly gave the fair the use of it. On the Low site the building was named Knickerbocker Hall. It was beautifully fitted up and. the whole of the material and decorations used in it were presented to the fair and sold by auc-
tion for its benefit after all was over. On the ground owned by Mrs. Pierrepont was the New England Kitchen, which proved to be one of the most attractive features of the affair. The Taylor Mansion, No. 119 Mon- tague street, had to be called into service and was turned into a museum of arts, with war relics and other attractive features ; and even with all this additional accommodation the con- tributions so poured in upon the committee that it was difficult to classify and exhibit them properly.
Only two troubles seemed at the close of the season of preparation and just before the opening to cause any discord, and these were in connection with the sale of liquor at the refreshment stands, and the raffling off of any of the articles contributed. Many of the con- tributors were opposed to liquors, especially the ladies, and quite a number looked upon the usual style of raffling in vogue even at church fairs as being a mild form of gambling. These objections led to quite a discussion, but in the end it was decided that as the fair was to be held for a holy and patriotic purpose it were best that it should be conducted on lines that should be free from reproach even by the most fastidious and straight-laced, and so it was de- cided that neither should liquor be sold nor raffling be permitted.
The fair opened on February 22, at 7 o'clock in the evening, and from then until its close the huge enterprise was managed with- out a hitch, everything proceeding smoothly, so far as the management was concerned, and the public evidently becoming daily more and more enthusiastic over it. But even the ease with which the business of the fair proceeded bespoke incessant and vigilant care and super- vision on the part of the committee, and it may be fitting here to recall the names of those who were most active in it,-most of whom have now passed away. Indeed, it was thought that the care and responsibility thrown upon her by this great local undertaking of love and patriotism hastened the death of
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Mrs. J. S. T. Stranahan, who died August 30, 1866.
Of the fair the two presidents were Mrs. Stranahan and Mrs. A. A. Low. The execu- tive committee included, on the part of the gentlemen, Dwight Johnson, Chairman ; Fred- erick A. Farley, D. D., Corresponding Secre- tary; Walter S. Griffith, Recording Secretary ; James H. Frothingham, Treasurer ; Hon. James S. T. Stranahan, Hon. Alfred M. Wood, Hon. John A. Lott, Samuel B. Caldwell, Ambrose Snow, Thomas T. Buckley, A. A. Low, Henry Sheldon, Charles A. Meigs, William H. Jenk- ins, Joseph Wilde, H. B. Claflin, Elias Lewis, Jr., Hon. Edward A. Lambert, Ethelbert S. Mills, James D. Sparkman, Hon. John A. King, Arthur W. Benson, S. B. Chittenden, Henry E. Pierrepont, John D. Mckenzie, Hon. James Humphrey, George S. Stephenson, Archibald Baxter, Joseph Ripley, Edward J. Lowber, Luther B. Wyman, W. W. Armfield, Peter Rice, Willard M. Newell, William Bur- don and S. Emerson Howard. On the part of the ladies, Mrs. J. S. T. Stranahan, Chairman ; Mrs. H. L. Packer, Corresponding Secretary ; Miss Kate E. Waterbury, Recording Secretary ; Mrs. G. B. Archer, Treasurer; Mrs. G. B. Archer, E. Anthony, H. W. Beecher, A W. Benson, C. J. Bergen, R. C. Brainard, J. C. Brevoort, T. T. Buckley, W. I. Budington, N. Burchard, A. Bradshaw, S. B. Caldwell, S. B. Chittenden, W. J. Cogswell, J. P. Duffin, J. W. Harper, A. Crittenden, Alfred M. Wood, L. Harrington, G. H. Huntsman, T. F. King, E. S. Mills, Morrell, W. W. Pell, H. E. Pierre- pont, E. Shapter, H. Sheldon, J. C. Smith, J. D. Sparkman, G. S. Stephenson, J. S. Swan, A. Trask, J. Vanderbilt and H. Waters.
The committee on finance and donations comprised John D. Mckenzie, Chairman : S. B. Chittenden, A. A. Low, Abraham B. Baylis, Peter C. Cornell, E. T. H. Gibson, Richard P. Buck, Charles E. Bill, Reuben W. Ropes, Ru- fus R. Graves, George B. Archer. James D. Sparkman, Charles A. Meigs, Theo. Polhemus, Jr., Josiah O. Low, R. W. DeLamater, E. W. Corlies, Charles W. Blossom, Joseph Ripley and Thomas Messenger.
The other committees were as follows :
Business Committee : Mrs E. Shapter, Chairman ; G. B. Archer, N. Burchard, W. I. Budington, A. W. Benson, C. J. Bergen, S. B. Chittenden, J. P. Duffin, T. F. King, E. S. Mills, A. M. Wood, G. S. Stephenson, A.
Trask, H. Waters, N. Knight, H. Marchant and A. Crittenden.
Committee on Buildings and Decorations : Gentlemen-Arthur W. Benson, Chairman ; J. W. Degraw, John Bullard, Charles J. Lowrey, William Burrell, James How, Cornelius J. Bergen, E. L. Roberts, George F. Thomae, Thomas Messenger, William Hunter, Jr., Thomas Brooks, Joseph L. Heath, George A. Bell, William S. Herriman, Thomas Sullivan, Edwin Beers and J. A. Perry ; Ladies-Mrs. T. F. King, chairman; A. W. Benson, H. Webster, J. Humphrey, H. B. Duryea, J. Bul- lard, H. B. Starr, Coe Adams, N. B. Kittell, W. S. Griffith, J. W. Gilbert, H. Laing, E. B. Litchfield, Miss Charlotte Coles, H. Hunter, Sarah Boynton, H. L. Waterbury and Phœbe Hagner.
Committee on Internal Arrangement and Reception of Goods: Gentlemen-George S. Stephenson, Chairman ; Alexander M. White, I. H. Frothingham, L. S. Burnham, R. H. Manning, George W. Hennings, J. O. Morse, James Myers, Edward Anthony, George T. Hope, Samuel McLean, E. H. Stephenson, George C. Ripley, John L. Worden, Captain Radford, Theodore Hinsdale, William H. Swan, Charles B. Loomis, Hon. James H. Tuthill, Alexander McCue, George W. Dow, William Nicoll, Hobart Ford, Elias J. Beach and Hon. James Rider ; Ladies-Mrs. G. B. Archer, chairman; G. S. Stephenson, A. M. White, S. H. Low. J. P. Van Bergen, M. F. Odell, Miss C. Thurston, Mrs. S. McLean, J. Maxwell, D. Fairbanks, J. Eells, J. W. Emery, J. C. Atwater, C. B. Loomis, J. C. Smith, E. Shapter, J. D. Sparkman, N. Bur- chard. A. Bradshaw, J. S. Morrell, T. F. King, W. I. Budington, J. Vanderbilt, Hunts- man. W. Cogswell and Miss Wyckoff.
Committee on Refreshments: Gentlemen- Edward J. Lowber, Chairman; Rufus Crook, Jolın Crook, D. H. Gould, A. Dorlan, Amos Robbins. William A. Husted, Isaac B. Well- ington, Seymour L. Husted, Alfred Thomp- son, William S. Dunham. John B. Wright, A. E. Sumner, Robert G. Anderson and James A. Carman : Ladies-Mrs. E. S. Mills, Chair- man : H. Waters, T. T. Buckley, H. Marchant, R. P. Buck, A. W. Leggett,. J. C. Hurlbut, W. C. Bowers, F. H. Trowbridge, W. J. Mc- Cluney. C. Dinsmore, S. B. Gregory, H. Blanchard, George Thrall, A. Burrows, W. Marston, C. H. Sands, E. Fish, S. C. Blake, L. M. Adams, I. Badeau, H. W. Law, W. C.
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Goddard, W. Lumby, L. Boyes, William H. Jenkins, N. Putnam, N. E. Smith, John Green- wood, J. D. Cocks, Eli Merrill, F. E. Taylor, H. P. Messenger, Edward Young, J. B. Hutchinson, J. W. Sanford and J. Hall.
Committee on Art Relics and Curiosities : Gentlemen-E. S. Mills, Chairman ; Regis Gig- noux, Charles Congdon, Gordon L. Ford, John Williamson, R. W. Hubbard, Charles Parsons, M. F. H. DeHaas, Samuel Coleman, Seymour J. Guy, Thomas Le Clear, W. H. Beard, S. P. Avery, P. P. Ryder, I. M. Falconer, I. A. Parker, Jr., J. Remsen Bennett, H. Carmi- encke, N. B. Kittell, Charles Burt, James B. Blossom, F. A. Chapman, John W. Frothing- ham, R. S. Storrs, Jr., D. D., H. W. Beecher, J. Carson Brevoort, T. L. Lutkins, Alonzo Chappell, J. B. Whittaker, H. W. Herrick, A. W. Warren, William McEwan, E. W. Hall and C. L. Elliott : Ladies-Mrs. S. B. Chittenden, Chairman ; R. S. Storrs, Jr., H. E. Pierrepont, Regis Gignoux, J. C. Brevoort, E. H. Gibson, John T. Howard, G. L. Ford, A. N. Littlejohn, J. O. Low, John Raymond, Charles Congdon, A. W. Henshaw, R. Vander- bilt, C. Rosire, J. H. Frothingham, Alex. Mc- Cullum, Helen Conant, W. H. Dudley, Francis Vinton, G. S. Stephenson, Thomas Messenger, Miss K. Van Nostrand, Rose Thomae, Alice B. Cary, Kate Ripley, Kate Treadway, Kate Taylor, Fay, M. H. Chittenden, Fannie Gray, M. Stranahan, Cornelia King, S. Luqueer, C. M. Olcott and F. Bridges.
Committee on Music: Gentlemen-L. B. Wyman, chairman ; A. Cooke Hull, R. R. Ray- mond, A. V. Blake, C. A. Townsend, Willard M. Newell, George William Warren, William Poole, Edward Lambert, J. F. Talmage, P. K. Weizel, Ph. Mayer, Captain R. W. Meade, Pickering Clark, H. D. Polhemus and T. F. Meynen ; Ladies-Mrs. J. S. Swan, Chairman ; W. W. Goodrich, R. W. Potter, S. J. Peet, L. W. Serrell, W. B. Ackley, M. A. Bicknell, M. Moore, A. F. Stewart, Ralph Cook, C. E. Adriance, Miss M. L. Rich, Sarah Watson, Mary Shepard, Mrs. R. H. Manning and J. J. Couch.
Committee on Oration and Lectures: H. E. Pierrepont, Chairman ; James Humphrey, Benjamin D. Silliman, Judge Greenwood, R. W. Ropes, Edward Whitehouse and Rev. Francis Vinton, D. D.
Committee on Postoffice and Newspapers : Mrs. J. P. Duffin, Chairman ; I. R. St. John, T. J. Conant, J. Humphrey, T. Hinsdale, J.
M. Dimond, William Brooks, S. W. Putnam, Miss H. Gladwin, Brigham, Harrison, M. E. Thalheimer, A. L. Jones, Flushing; Kate Hillard, C. Van Cott, M. Stranahan, Mrs. George B. Lincoln, William E. Robinson and George A. Jarvis.
Committee on Benefits, Entertainments and Exhibitions: Gentlemen-Edward A. Lam- bert, Chairman; Edward Anthony, Charles R. Marvin, Isaac Henderson, John D. Cocks, J. E. Southworth, Professor Plimpton, Moses S. Beach, J. S. Burr, James Hall, Henry A. Kent, Benson Van Vliet, Livingston K. Miller, Theo- dore Tilton, Elias Howe, Jr., John W. Hunter, James P. Dike and E. D. Plimpton ; Ladies- Mrs. E. Anthony, Chairman; H. Farnham, Miss Alice B. Cary, Mrs. J. F. Herriman, N. P. Waring, Hosea Webster, S. E. Howard, Miss L. Oliver, Mrs. D. Fairbanks, Miss S. O. Anthony, A. E. Anthony, S. Farrington, Madame Napolien, Mdlle. Millon, Miss S. Blunt, Mrs. McLean, Miss A. Cotton, Marsh, Mrs. E. A. Lambert, Miss C. Coles, Mrs. E. J. Lyons, Hoyt, Miss M. Dunning, A. Hoppin, L. Tupper, M. Luquerr, Mrs. W. M. St. John, A. S. Barnes, Miss Anna Totten and E. Norton.
Committee on Books, Publications and Printing: Gentlemen-Samuel B. Caldwell, Chairman ; A. S. Barnes, J. H. Raymond, LL. D., George B. Lincoln, Adrian Van Sinderen, J. M. Van Cott, Birdseye Blakeman, John C. Beale, W. H. Arthur, John N. Taylor, George W. Parsons, W. T. Hatch, Charles Nordhoff, T. H. Messenger, D. Lansing Lambert, F. J. Hosford, J. B. Merwin and John F. Harper ; Ladies-Mrs. W. I. Budington, Chairman ; J. W. Harper, A. S. Barnes, C. Nordoff, S. E. Warner, S. N. Cutter, W. W. Rose, Isaac Hen- derson, Miss Laura Marsh, Mrs. Daniel Fair- weather, S. B. Caldwell, William Moses, E. A. Lambert, Miss Gascoigne, Mrs. Dwight John- son, William Swayne, J. H. Richards and S. W. Sarles.
Committee on Seminaries and Schools : Mrs. H. L. Packer, Chairman ; C. J. Bergen, A. Crittenden, G. F. Dunning, M. E. Dunkley, William Brooks, Professor Eaton, H. C. Os- born, J. D. Mckenzie, L. Miller, D. M. Stone, C. E. West, J. H. Raymond, S. G. Taylor, Miss H. Garahan, Mrs. J. C. Whitcombe.
Dry-Goods Merchants' Committee: Thom- as T. Buckley, Chairman ; H. B. Claflin, Ne- hemiah Knight, J. B. Hutchinson, W. C. Shel- don, R. J. Hunter, Samuel McLean, James S.
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Noyes, Henry Collins, Thomas Achelis, S. Hutchinson, W. B. Kendall, D. H. Conkling, James Haslehurst, J. C. Atwater, T. W. Pren- tice, Alex. D. Napier, W. B. Leonard, Charles S. Baylis, H. P. Journeay, George Mygatt, J. L. B. Willard, H. P. Morgan, T. K. Horton, Samuel B. Stewart, Walter Lockwood and Elijah Lewis.
Committee on Fancy Goods: Gentlemen- S. E. Howard, Chairman ; J. W. Greene, Hen- ry Sanger, D. C. Robins, J. S. Shapter, Charles Storrs, D. S. Arnold, W. H. Lyon, Abel Den- nison, Alexander McCullum, J. Charles Ber- ard, WV. F. Trafton, James R. Taylor, G. H. Taylor, H. H. Dickinson, F. Hinchman, T. M. Spelman, A. P. Hayden, Enos Richardson, George S. Moulton, Carlos Bardwell, Benja- min Carter, Alex. P. Purves and Hy. Elliott ; Ladies-Mrs. H. Sheldon, Chairman; R. C. Brainard, S. Gracie, Bryan B. Smith, Hugh Allen, Miss Mary S. Griffith, Agnes Russell, Mrs. D. S. Mills, Henry Sanger, S. M. Beard, H. E. Hunter, J. S. Rockwell, Miss Mary C. Jarvis, Mrs. W. C. Sheldon. I. Badeau. Her- mann Garlichs, B. P. Lunt, Miss E. L. Howe, Mrs. W. C. Perry, Alex. P. Purvis, T. Ache- lis, Miss Bertschinger, Mrs. E. Unkart, Miss Susan Nelson, F. C. West. J. Buckmaster, Marv Miller. S. Johnson, Misses H. & S. Duckwitz, Miss C. Fellows, Madame St. Amant. Miss Maria Messenger, Mrs. W. God- dard, H. W. Beecher, W. H. Beare, Horace Warren, S. W. Truslow, William Raymond, Miss Harriet Tucker, Addie Wright, Mrs. Robinson, Miss F. Creagh, C. Bush, A. J. Berry, C. Richardson, Helen Usher, Amelia Beard and Minnie Stanton.
Committee on Boots, Shoes, Leather, Hats, Caps and Clothing: W. M. Newell, Chair- man: Aaron Claflin. John T. Martin, Isaac Hyde. Jr., George Dickensen, James H. Pren- tice, Roswell S. Benedict, John Bullard, Ed- ward A. Nichols. A. C. Baldwin. Nathan Southwick, John F. McCov, C. B. Caldwell, Alexander Studwell. Jonathan Ogden, Alan- son Trask, Aaron Healy, C. B. Camp, W. B. Button. John O. Whitehouse, J. C. Southwick, Granville Whittlesey, William Higbie, James M. Burt, M. S. Kerregan, James M. Griggs, A. D. Wheelock, John W. Lewis, F. H. Big- low, John B. Woodward and William Evans.
Committee on Grocers and Hardware Mer- chants: Henry Sheldon, Chairman ; John J. Van Nostrand, H. H. Warden, Frederick La- cey, George A. Jarvis, Theodore Victor, S. M.
Beard, Francis Hathaway, Charles E. Hill, Henry K. Sheldon, Solon F. Goodridge, James L. Morgan, Robert S. Bussing, J. S. Rockwell, Alexander M. Earle, G. L. Hueser, E. B. Place, James C. Wilson, William C. Fowler, Eugene O'Sullivan, Edward B. Mead, A. S. Perry, Henry W. Banks, Henry Starr, Edwin Atkins and Franklin H. Lummus.
Committee on Manufactures and Mechanic
Arts, Western District : William Burdon, Chairman ; B. F. Delano, Richard Poillion, Ship Builders; William Arthur, Henry Esler, Steam Engine Builders; Abram Inslee, D. D. Badger, Founders : Jacob Outwater, David S. Quimby, Railing, Grates and Fender Manufac- turers ; J. S. Bunce, Norman Hubbard, Boiler Makers; Charles Morris, John Firth, Piano Forte Makers ; Robert Graves, C. Van Dusen, Wall Paper Manufacturers; H. Jackson, Al- bert Bruen, Manufacturing Chemists : Elias Howe, Jr., James Wilcox, Sewing Machine Manufacturers ; Thomas Brooks, Bryant Ste- vens, Furniture Manufacturers ; J. W. Mc- Namee, George S. Puffer, Distillers : Samuel Vernon, William C. Dunton, Paper Manufac- turers ; A. H. Barnes, Birdsey Blakeman, Pub- lishers ; William Wise, James H. Hart, Jewel- ers ; Henry Waldron, John S. Masury, Paints and Color Manufacturers ; James How, Fisher Howe, White Lead Manufacturers: W. M. Thomas. James Seville, Glassware Manufac- turers : John French, Samuel Booth, Builders ; John. Butler, J. Morrison, Lamp and Chan- delier Manufacturers; S. E. Carll; Jon- athan Stewart, Upholsterers; G. M. Wood- ward, James O. Morse, Iron Pipe Manu- facturers : James K. Wheatlev, T. A. Have- mever, Sugar Refiners : T. E. Jewell, A. Green- leaf, Jr .. Millers ; J. S. Willard, Thomas T. Knight. Looking Glass and Frame Manufac- turers : James L. Moore. Robert R. Storv, Sad- Elle and Harness Manufacturers; J. Johnston, J. A. Fuller, Brewers : Samuel Ingalls, George Channel, Camphene Distillers : Thomas Rowe, A. Thayer. Linseed Oil Manufacturers ; James Sharkey, John Shuster, Marble Workers; D. S. Warring. George S. Harding, Coffee and Spice Grinders; R. T. Anderson, Joseph H. Mumby, Confectioners : A. M. Vail, Silvanus White, Skate Manufacturers; Patrick Cas- sidy, Iron Dealer; William Hager, Type Founder ; Charles E. Smith, Umbrella Manu- facturer ; R. H. Hand, Trunk Manufacturer ; Wright Ramsden, Plumber; G. J. Vining, Stove Manufacturer; WV. M. Brasher, Oil
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