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Fair is a bargain, when 'tis made According to the rules of trade ; Fair is the maid who sells these rhymes, You've called her so a thousand times : Fair are the speeches—false as fair- That oft in Congress vented are ; Fair are the nymphs that throng Broadway On every bonnet-opening day ; In civil storms, as Job sets forth, (xxxvii. l"2,) " Fair weather cometh from the Nort h;" Fairmount by Schuykill's wave is fair: Fairfield is famed for wholesome air; Fair winds impel Fairhaven's sails, Hunting in Arctic seas for whales ; Fair was the fight at Nazeby, when Stout Fairfax beat King Charles' men : And fair with treasures rich and rare Is Brooklyn's Sanitary Fair. Prepared and Published by Authority of the Executive Committee. 05 t§XKSf BROOKLYN: THE UNION,'" STEAM PRESSES,1 10 FRONT STREET 1 864. VsJA (-7/Urfo> Q/~?o~}, too. 2 HISTORY gi00Mgi bu& ^nig f $ln»i jfair. HE Brooklyn and Long Island Fair, in aid of the United States Sanitary Commission, was the first great act of self-assertion ever made by the City of Brooklyn. Previous to that we had contented ourselves as a community with believing that for beauty of local posi- tion, Brooklyn was rarely surpassed; a claim generally admitted. She had also, with re- markable unanimity, been allowed tire sou- briquet of the " City of Churches,'1 although never exceed- ing the proportion of one church to two thousand persons. The census was an indisputable witness to the fact of the wondrous ratio in which her population had increased, till she was equally, beyond denial, the third city, in that respect, in the Union. Among the merchants of New York most promi- nent for intelligence, wealth, and consequent influence, were found many who resided within the walls of Brooklyn ; while the crowds crossing her ferries to and from the Great Metro- polis at morning and evening, showed how largely the eirtire business and labor of the latter were performed by our citi- zens. 6 Ifixtoi'tj of the Nevertheless, Brooklyn was but a suburb, overshadowed by her mighty neighbor. Travellers, foreign and native, in vast numbers, visited the chief commercial city of our country on errands of business or pleasure; but if not called to Brooklyn through personal claims of kindred or friendship, rarely sought it except to visit the great Navy Y'ard of the nation, or the most beautiful Cemetery in the world ; severally so placed, on what was once her northern and what is still her southern boundary, that either could be reached wliile the City itself was practically ignored. The visitor came and werrt, having seen little or nothing of it except its unattractive outskirts, and with no longing awakened to see more. Meanwhile she had gathered to herself Public Schools, which had grown to rank among the best of the kind in the land; private or cor- porate institutions of education for either sex, which in their entire equipment, management, and efficiency would do honor to any community ; a body of clergy, as a whole, and for their numbers not surpassed in character and gifts by those of airy of our cities ; great institutions of charity, too largely dependent, howrever, on annual contributions rather than permanent en- dowments; courses of lectures, delivered by the ablest men of the country, or by savans from abroad, travelling or resident in America; a well appointed Philharmonic Society, amply pa- tronised and appreciated; an Academy of Music, the beauty and value of which the Fair lias made to be more widely and palpably known; a Mercantile Library, which for seven years has met, in a measure, which we could wish vastly greater, an inevitable want of every progressive community; and an His- torical Society, recently formed for the City and Island, which has started on its course with remarkable vigor. And yet withal, Brooklyn, till the Fair, had no status before the coun- try beyond that of a remarkably quiet suburban town, where, after a hard day's labor, weary men found comfortable lodging- places till the next day's work began. An account of the in- ception, prospects, and results of the Great Fair just closed, Brooklyn and L. I. Fair. 1 may serve to open the popular eye to the fact that it was nothing less than a Great City which inaugurated, sustained, and carried it through. A similar course of remark is applicable to Long Island. The Battle of Long Island and Washington's masterly retreat, great connected facts in our Revolutionary History, attracted to the Island the anxious eyes of that generation, and made its name famous in the national annals. But aside of being one of the great fruit and vegetable gardens for the supply of our city markets, it has been since that period known abroad chiefly for the fine watering places on the Bay and along its Sea-side, of great summer resort; and for numerous lovely vil- lages on the Sound, where wealthy residents both of Brooklyn and New York have built elegant villas on some of the choicest rural spots of the vicinity. But a new era seems to have open- ed upon the Island since the beginning of the war. The spirit of the War Fund Committee and of the Woman's Relief Asso- ciation became evident very early far beyond the limits of the City, or of the County of Kings. Associations like the lat- ter came into existence in various places very soon after the outbreak of the Rebellion. Ninety miles down the Island, almost at the eastern extremity of its coast, the "Ladies' Re- lief Union ,5 of Southold is coeval with the moment when our armies first took the field; and no sooner had the Sanitary Commission announced itself in being, than it began to re- ceive the bounty of the loyal women of that remote village. We mean nothing invidious to the rest of the Island when we thus single out Southold. Hers is merely one example of what has been doing by other towns and villages all the way on its territory between itself and Brooklyn. The sequel will show how nobly and generously, when the Fair was proposed for the City and Island, the whole Island came up to the work. The generous spirits of both were hand in hand throughout. A large-hearted unity of plan and work was established through sympathy and interest in a grand common object, which it s History of the was delightful to witness, and more delightful to share. In our Appendix will be found, in full, the names of those of either sex who were actively engaged in arranging and managing the Fair, and a list of the contributions from all quarters to its Treasury. There it will be seen that the City vindicated her claim to be a " power"' in tire land by something better than the mere numbers of her population. She stood forth for once apart from New York, to help to the utmost of her means the noblest charity of the world, and proved herself alive to her proud position, her abundant wealth, her great privileges and opportunities. She summoned Long Island to her side, and she came. Together they carried through the work to a re- sult far beyond the expectations of the most sanguine; and the thousands and tens of thousands thus gathered into the Treasury of the Fair, will be dispensed by the wise and faith- ful hands of the Sanitary Commission, for the relief and com- fort of our heroic and suffering brothers in the field and the hospital. THE SOURCES. The Brooklyn and Long Island Fair was the creation jointly of the " War Fund Committee of Brooklyn and County of Kings," now consisting of one hundred and thirty of its promi- nent active citizens, acting througli its Sanitary Committee, or "Committee on the U. S. Sanitary Commission and Hospit- als ;" and of the " Woman's Relief Association of the City of Brooklyn," recognized by the Commission as its " Brooklyn Auxiliary," to which the Sanitary Committee of the War Fund is Advisory, without whose concurrence none of its measures can be carried into effect. To show how excellent a working basis for the Fair already existed in these two organi- zations, consider the common objects had iir view, and the Brooklyn and L. I. Fair. 9 machinery for operating on our community which they already had running when that was in contemplation. The War Fund Committee grew in part out of the appoint- ment, in the Summer of lSo'2, by the State Executive of New York, of Two Committees in the Second and Third Senatorial Districts, for the purpose of raising each a Regiment of Arol- unteers, to serve for three years, or during the war. Tire Board of Supervisor's of this County appointed almost simulta- neously a large Committee to aid in all measures for the in- crease of the Army and Navy. These several committees ap- pear to have united in the conviction that a large central com- mittee was indispensable to the work devolved on them ; and at their suggestion and request the "War Fund Committee" was organized in September, 1SP>2, and soon after confirmed and appointed by an immense public meeting of the citizens. Tlris committee has among its special duties "to promote the objects of and to aid the Sanitary Commission;"1 and besides, "to do all in their power to aid iir procuring Recruits; to do wlrat may be needful in behalf of the sick and wounded; to aid discharged soldiers, and the families of deceased soldiers and sailors in procuring the pay or pensions to which they maybe entitled; and to assist the Allotment Commissioners in their philanthropic work, and generally to use their efforts and influence in aiding the Government to suppress the Re- bellion." In its efforts in behalf of these objects the committee has made hundreds of applications for and secured pensions, boun- ties, pay in arrear, and prize money. Information and aid to a very large extent have been given to families of soldiers be- longing to Brooklvn and otlrer regiments; grants have been made from time to time in aid of the work of the Sanitary Commission, aird considerable sums have been advanceil to help forward the organization of Volunteer Regiments. The "Woman's Relief Association" was fully organized December fith, l*fi2; at which time, composed as it was irr- 10 History of the tended to be of female delegates from the several churches of the City, thirty churches were thus represented; and by the end of April more than fifty had joined it and were in active co-operation. This Association has also for its objects " to stimulate, concentrate, and direct the philanthropic efforts of the community in behalf of the sick and wounded soldiers of our armies; to obtain and distribute reliable information con- cerning their immediate aird prospective wants ; to collect sup- plies of hospital stores and medical comforts of all kinds, and generally to advance the views and objects of the Sanitary Committee, as appointed by the ' War Fund Committee of the City of Brooklyn and County of Kings,' to which it shall be distinctly and permanently auxiliary, and to whose disposal all receipts, of whatsoever nature, shall be subject." Thus it will be seen that with these common objects before them, and among which aid to the U. S. Sanitary Commission stood so prominent; representing as they did the loyal popu- lation of the City of either sex; actively engaged in, habitu- ated to, and almost by a moral necessity profoundly interested in, the specific work of the Commission itself; with the most cor- dial and intimate relations to the Commission, cemented and confirmed by frequent and large contributions of hospital cloth- ing and comforts to its stores ; they wrere the prepared and nat- ural agencies for inaugurating and carrying on the Fair. In May, 1863, an appeal was made by the War Fund Sani- tary Committee to the churches of Brooklyn, asking cash contributions for the purchase of materials for hospital cloth- ing, to be made up by the families of our soldiers in the field through the agency of the Female Employment Society, one of the best benevolent organizations in the City; and which, though created long before the war for the object its name intimates, has rendered itself, as in the case before us, a most efficient co-laborer with those special organizations which had their origin in the war. The response placed about six thousand dollars in the hands of the Committee, which was an ample Brooklyn and L. 1. Fair. 11 provision during the Summer, when many of the ladies of the City connected with the management of its charities were away, for aiding the soldiers' families and keeping up our quota of supplies to the Sanitary Commission. In the following Autumn it was found that the Woman's Relief Association, through the Sanitary Committee of the War Fund, and during the first year of its existence, had turned into the depot of the Sanitary Commissioir supplies of hospital clothing to the value of about fifty thousand dollars. It became a serious question with the Committee whether fresh appeals should be made to the churches, or whether some new plan could be devised by which the citizens of Brooklyn could be brought into active and efficient sympathy with the work of the Woman's Relief Association for the Winter of 18(53—1. Early in ()ctober the plan of a great Fair for the City, was suggested by Mr. James 11. Frothingham, of the Committee, aird he and the Chairman, Mr. Dwiglrt Johnson, conferred with the President of tire Sanitary Commission, Dr. Bellows, and corresponded with friends in Boston, where great Fairs had been held with eminent success, orr the best mode of conducting them. Dr. Bellows was not at first impressed verv favorably by the suggestion; and when, on the 6th of November following, the Sanitary (Nnumittee brought the mat- ter before the stated meeting of the Woman's Relief Associa- tion in the form of a general plan for a Great City Fair, ex- pressing their conviction that if undertaken with unanimity and zeal by them, seventy to eighty thousand dollars might be realized for the Sanitary Commission, it met with no mark- ed favor by the Ladies assembled. It was feared that our local charities, whose annual fairs were already being prepared for, would suffer too seriously by such an undertaking. The Ladies, however, after further deliberation, suggested that the Great Fair might perhaps be postponed to some day in Feb- ruary, and the subject was laid over by common consent till the next meeting. 12 History of the Meanwhile, on the 14th of the same month of November, the Ladies of New York, under the auspices of the U. S. Sani- tary Commission, announced by a circular the project of a Great Metropolitan Fair, to begin in that city on the 22d of February, 1864. The circular was sent to ladies in Brooklyn, inviting their presence and co-operation at a meeting in New York; when it was proposed to assign a department of the Fair to Brooklyn, but the Fair still to be held in New York. On the 20th of November, the Woman's Relief Association of Brooklyn decided to unite in the effort, as the Brooklyn Division of the Metropolitan Fair, leaving open the question in which city the Brooklyn Division would carry on their work. On the 21st inst. the Brooklyn Sanitary Committee had an interview with Dr. Bellows upon the subject. They repre- sented to him the great advantages already possessed in the City through the Woman's Relief Association, for bringing into active effect the sympathies and energies of our whole loyal population in behalf of a Fair to be held in our own City ; and the inevitable disadvantage and inconvenience to our Ladies, of instituting and keeping up a Brooklyn Division of the Fair at the distance of at least four miles from many of their homes. At the close of the conference there was the most cordial concurrence of opinion that to the Woman's Re- lief Association should be left the decision of the question. On these facts being reported to the War Fund Committee they met the warmest reception. THE INITIATORY STEPS. A special meeting of tire Woman's Relief Association was held on the 24th of November, when with full knowledge of the above facts, the Ladies, in anticipation of a great Fair, decided to increase the representation from the respective churches, the better to inaugurate the work. On the 4th of December a very large meeting of the Asso- ciation was held in the Chapel of the Packer Female Institute. Brooklyn and L. 1. Fair. 13 The meeting was called to order by the President, Mrs. J. S. T. Stranahan. Miss Waterbury, acting as Secretary, read the minutes of the previous meeting, which were approved. Mr. Dwight Johnson, Secretary of the Sanitary Committee, was introduced and made an interesting statement of the objects of the meeting. He stated that New York had incorporated a movement for a great Metropolitan Fair, which was to Ire opened on the 22d of February next. "It is to be an attempt to revive the great Market Fairs of the old world, and will be continued for two weeks, for the benefit of our sick and wounded soldiers. Every branch of trade or industry, of art or skill, every kind of ability—mechanical, ornamental, ar- tistic, useful, amusing, instructive, humane—-will be expected to contribute to the result. Every workshop, house, or store, every heart and hand, will be asked, and will be glad to give something, great or small. It was at first contemplated to in- vite Brooklyn, Jersey City, and surrounding towns to take part in this great demonstration. But it had been thought better for this City to make an independent effort in the same direction, especially as it would have the aid of an important auxiliary association, now in active operation, and numbering among its members representatives of nearly every church in the City. They would be able to invoke the aid of every in- fluence—the Fire Department, the Philharmonic Society, and other organizations, which would insure the success of the movement, and enable our City to make a demonstration that would redound to its credit throughout the country, and give comfort to our sick soldiers. Ours is a City of three hundred thousand inhabitants, and we should make ourselves felt and appreciated, and accomplish as much relatively as the City of New York." Mrs. Stranahan said the design of the Woman's Relief As- sociation was to expand itself. Some resolutions had been prepared which would be read. Mrs. Dr. Duffin then read the following resolutions, which were adopted: 14 History of the THE RESOLUTIONS. Resolved, That the name of the Executive Committee be changed to Executive Board, and that it have- power to add to its number. Resolved, That the Executive Board be empowered to add to the preserrt members from each church. Also to appoint members from outside church organizations, the whole number not to exceed one thousand. Resolved, That the War Fund Committee be requested to appoint an Advisory Committee of twenty-five or more to assist us in carry- ing out the object and plan of the Fair. Addresses were also made by Rev. Drs. Buddington, Farley and Spear; and Dr. Spear in his enthusiasm ventured a pre- diction, which doubtless most of those who were present thought very extravagant, that one hundred and fifty thou- sand dollars would thereby be realized. On Saturday evening the 5th of December, a meeting of the War Fund Committee was held at their rooms, to which the Sanitary Committee invited a large number of citizens, that they might " unite in making arrangements for the Brooklyn Division of the Metropolitan Fair." The meeting was attend- ed by about a hundred persons of recognized influence in the communitv. After it had been addressed at length in a thrill- ing speech by Rev. Mr. Hatfield, and by others both of the clergy and laity, it was resolved " that a committee of sixty Gentle- men be named by the Chair, who shall have power as a Gen- eral Committee to add to their number at their discretion, to co-operate with the Ladies of the Woman's Relief Association in arranging for and conducting the Brooklyn Division of the Great Metropolitan Fair." For this Committee see Ap- pendix. Immediately after the meeting adjourned, the Committee thus appointed met and organized, electing Mr. A. A. L< >w its President. On motion, a Special Committee of five was ap- pointed, who with the Sanitary Committee shall, at a future meeting, nominate an Executive Committee of Gentlemen and Brooklyn and L. T. Fair. 15 form and propose a plan of operations by which most effi- ciently to aid the Ladies in the arrangement and conduct of the Fair. This Committee, besides the Sanitary Committee, consisted of Messrs. Stranahan, Mills, Buckley, Benson, and Snow. The Committee of Ten thus constituted went industri- ously to work. They met every evening for a week; and on the 17th of December issued a call to the General Committee to meet them on Saturday evening the 19th, to deliberate on a final plan of operations then to be submitted. A meeting of the Woman's Relief Association was held in the chapel of Packer Institute on Friday morning, Decem- ber 18. An address was made by Dr. Farley, in which he gave an account of the great Fair then in progress in Boston, which Brooklyn, having set out with the hope of equalling, if possible, has immensely surpassed. Dwight Johnson, Esq., Sec- retary of the Sanitary Committee of the Brooklyn War Fund, also made an interesting statement of the progress thus far in the preparations for the Fair. At this meeting Mr. Johnson stated that, when it was first suggested as possible to raise §100,000 to 8150,000, he did not think it could be done; he had now changed his opinion, and thought even the larger sum might be reached, if not exceeded. The spirit was rising. It soon ran up to fever heat. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher also made some glowing remarks, in which he proposed that Brooklyn should give New Y'ork a good run for the precedence. Notices were now sent to the Sewing Societies of the sev- eral Churches, and to the towns and villages of Long Island, asking their co-operation, and inviting them to send hospital stores to the Brooklyn Division of the Fair ; promising that they should be credited in the final result to the full amount and value of their contributions. In response, articles were sent from various places to the value of nearly twenty-seven hundred dollars. Thus early was the active co-operation of the Island secured. It is very certain that, had the two Fairs been held simulta- 16 History qf the neously in New York and Brooklyn, the latter won Id even then have run the Metropolis hard. But the division of the plan helped the cause amazingly. Brooklyn was put upon her met- tle to show a proud record, while New York Iras been spurred to redoubled efforts to make her Fair worthy of her metropolitan fame and resources. It cannot be questioned that at least quadruple the sum will be realized to the Sanitary Commis- sion from the two Fairs, that would have been yielded by a single Fair held in New Y'ork. THE MEETING WHICH DROVE THE NAIL AND CLINCHED IT. On Saturday evening, December 19th, a meeting of the War Fund Committee was held pursuant to the call of the Committee of Ten, above noted. This meeting was held at the chapel of the Polytechnic Institute, and proved to be of the most marked character for its enthusiastic spirit and ac- tion. Mr. Low presided, and Hon. Edward A. Lambert acted as Secretary. The nominations which the Committee of Ten presented of the Executive Committee and its officers were confirmed, lion. J. S. T. Stranahan reported to the meeting the progress that had been made, stating that the Committee on Organization had had a number of meetings to perfect a plan. They had consulted with the Woman's Relief Associa- tion, who had requested them to assist in raising a fund for the benefit of our sick and wounded soldiers. Mr. James IT. Frothingham, the Treasurer of the Advisory Board, said that the consideration of the question by the board had led to the adoption of the three following resolutions : Resolved, That in accordance with the request conveyed in a reso- lution adopted by the Woman's Eelief Association of the City of Brooklyn, at their meeting of December 4th, 1863, the following gentlemen are appointed an Advisory Board, to co-operate with them in the conduct of the Brooklyn Division of the Metropolitan Fair, to be opened on the 22d of February, l.x<>4, in aid of the work of the U. S. Sanitary Commission. Brooklyn cvnd L. I. Fair. 17 ADVISORY BOARD. Dwight Johnson, Chairman. Frcd'k A. Farley, D.D., Corresponding Secretary. Walter S. Griffith, Recording Secretary. James H. Frothingham, Treasurer. Hon. Jas. S. T. Stranahan, Thomas Brooks, Samuel B. Caldwell, Ethelbert S. Mills, Ambrose Snow, James D. Sparknran, Thomas T. Buckley, Henry E. Piexrepont, A. A. Low, Arthur W. Benson, Henry Sheldon, S. B. Chittenden, Charles A. Meigs, J. D. McKcnzre, Wm. H. Jenkins, George S. Stephenson, Joseph Wilde, Archibald Baxter, H. B. Claflin, Luther B. Wymarr, Elias Lewis, Jr., W. W. Armfield, Hon. Edward A. Lambert, Peter Rice, E. J. Lowber. Resolved, That the Advisory Board are empowered to adopt such measures as they may deem best to give effect to their appoint incut, and shall apply the proceeds of the Fair to the use of the lb S. Sani- tary Commission under the direction of the Sanitary Committee of the Woman's Relief Association of the City of Brooklyn. Resolved, That the Advisory Board be empowered to add to the members of the General Committee. Dr. Farley, here, by request, made a report of his visit to the Boston Fair, made by authority of the General Commit- tee. The method of organization and operation of that Fair for the first two days was detailed in aid of the present deliberations. Dwight Johnson, Esq., Rev. T. L. Cuyler, A. A. Low, Esq., and Walter S. Griffith, Esq., also made brief and earnest speeches. Then rose Mr. John D. McKen- zie, who made a speech effective and emphatically to the point. We quote from a report of his remarks in the Brooklyn Dally Ei rarest flowers scent the air; a melody from the piano tinkles through the tumult like the piping of birds in the pauses of a storm, or a burst of sumptuous music from the powerful band rolls out of the balcony and charms the clamor to a breathless hush. Above, the colors of our Union hang their glorious folds; the blazing legend, " In Union there is Strength,'' tells the story of the war in a word, while over all c? " « ' hovers the majestic eagle, fit emblem of a land which, while it aims to soar nearer to the sun of prosperity and power than any nation on earth, can yet sweep with unchecked wing and undaunted heart through the strongest storm that ever blew. The departments in the interior of the Auditorium were disposed as follows: The tables immediately on the right were devoted to the worsted department. This was one of the most interesting, as it was naturally one of the most bril- liant departments of the Fair. Here all the wonderful things that had ever been dreamed of before in the shape of worsted work were to be seen, together with many that it had not be- fore entered into the imagination of any woman to conceive of. Sofa pillows, pin-cushions, mats, tidies, comforters, muffs, dolls, landscapes, hoods, nubias—but the line would stretch out "to 38 History of the the crack of doom." The richness, vividness, and variety of colors, of the thousand articles which heaped the tables, flut- tered from the pillars, or glowed from the walls, gave one the impression of a bevy of rainbows playing hide-and-go-seek in the room. The irises of one's eyes for about five minutes after leaving this brilliant corner, resembled their etherial pro- totype as well in their rich play of colors, as in name. Then there were tallies devoted to the sale of baskets, of all kinds, among which were great numbers of the most exquisite nursery baskets ever seen, any of them good enough to hold the outfit of an embryo Emperor of France, who is, after all, no better than any infantile red republican of American. Then there were tables for pin-cushions, and numberless were the styles and shapes; there were tables for bead-work, shell-work, infants' clothing, milliner's goods, etc., on this side the Acad- emy. Table No. 25, under the charge of Messrs. Hart & Aise, wras appropriated to the sale of silver-ware, and a tempt- ing variety was displayed, the cool white glitter of which was nrost refreshing to the eyes after the bewildering experiences of the preceding tables. Tables 33 and 35 were covered with the most exquisite French imported fancy goods, and articles of vertu, in bronze, Parian ware, glass, etc. These goods were imported by the ladies of St, Ann's Church expressly for the Fair, being admitted free of duty by Secretary Chase, after some correspondence had passed between Mr. A. A, Low arrd the Department. The Managers of the Fair were much in- debted for this remission of duties to the urgent solicitations of Hon. M. F. Odell, and Senator Morgan, whose services in this behalf were gratefully acknowledged by the Executive Committee. These goods realized S3,380 to the Fair. We now come to the Post Office, which was a very inter- esting and successful department of the Fair. It was under the special care of Mrs. J. P. Duffin, assisted by Airs. St. John, Mrs. Humphrey, Airs. AY E. Robinson, Miss Hattie Gladwin, Miss Kate Hillard, and Airs, and Aiiss Newbold. Brooklyn and L. 1. Fair. 39 Mrs. Xewbold, and Airs. Gordon L. Ford, each contributed a large number of letters, of their own composition, for the office. The price of postage was 15 and 25 cents. A list of letters, carefully revised each day, was displayed outside the office. Many of the letters were in poetry, and not a few of a high order of merit. The Post Office occupied the Proscenium Box, on the right of the stage. Then came irr order the Department allotted to Ladies', Gentlemen's, and Children's White Goods, located in the re- cess to the right of the stage. Here was exhibited all manner of articles in this line that ever were, or probably ever will be designed. The display included Children's suits of every fabric and style, woolen, worsted, silk and cotton, embroidered, braided or plain. There was an immense assortment of Ladies' underclothing, comprising outfits for the most fastidious, while the gentleman who could not here find a dressing-gown, pair of slippers, or snroking-cap to suit him, might as well abandon the search at once and forever. The walls at the back of these tables were hung to the ceiling with elegant carpets and rugs. The tables at the back of the stage were appropriated to the contributions of THE TOWNS OF LONG ISLAND. These responded most nobly, hardly a town in Kings, Queens, or Suffolk Counties failing to send in generous dona- tions of money or goods, or both, in response to the appeals of the indefatigable Committees on Long Island, and Kings County Town Contributions. The following towns were re- presented in the Fair, by goods or cash, or both. KINGS COUNTY. New Lotts, East Xew York, (rravesend, Gravesend Neck, Flatlands, Flatbush, Windsor Terrace, Greenfield, Xew Utrecht. 40 History of the SUFFOLK COUNTY. Huntington District, Northport, Cold Spring, Babylon, Islip. Sayville, Patchogue District, Smithtown, Eresh Pond, St. James, Stony Brook, Setauket, Port Jefferson, Miller's Place District, Riverhead District, Wading River, Baiting Hollow, Northville, Franklinville, Upper Aquebogue, Matti- tuck, Cutchogue, Southold, Greenport, Orient, Mariches, Quogue District, AVest Hampton, Atlanticville, Southampton, Bridge Hampton, East Hampton, Sag Harbor, Shelter Island. QUEENS COUNTY was represented by Newtown, Astoria, Ravenswood, Flush- ing, Jamaica, Queens, AYoodhaven, Cypress Village, Hemp- stead, RockawTay District, North Hempstead, Manhasset Dis- trict, Great Neck, Herricks and Lakeville, Roslyn, AYestbury, Oysterbay, Oysterbay Cove, Glen Cove District, Brookville, Farmingdale, Amityville, Norwich and Syosset. (For a more detailed acknowledgment of the contributions of the towns of Kings, Queens, and Suffolk, see Appendix.) It will thus be seen that nearly every town on the Island sent its little rill, and many its copious stream of benefactions, to swell the rich tides which were to flow from this Fair into the Treasury of the Sarritary Commission. All honor and thanks to the noble and loyal men and woirren of Long Island. The contributions from the above towns, as will be seen from the formal acknowledgment, were very largely in cash, but nevertheless enough goods were sent to supply the tables allotted to the towns of Long Island with a most brilliant variety, among which were some of the most elegant and tasteful of the fancy goods presented to the Fair. AYe have now completed the tour of the right and rear of the Auditorium, and turn to the other side. As we leave the Long Island tallies we find ourselves in front of a wall-tent, fitted with cots, etc., an exact copy of a field hospital tent of the U. S. Sanitary Commission. In the economy of space Brooklyn and L. I. Fair. 41 which the enormous affluence of contributions rendered ne- cessary, this tent was put to excellent use for the sale of photo- graphs of war scenes, and rings, and other articles of interest and curiosity manufactured by the soldiers, both Rebel and Union. It is here perhaps, as good a place as any to remark upon the interest taken in the success of the Fair by our gal- lant soldiers. From all quarters the managers of the Fair received evidences that the soldiers appreciated the labors of those who were building up this splendid tribute to their fidelity and patriotism, and many were the curious and valu- able tokens sent to the Fair from hospital and field, for sale for the benefit of the cause. Not a few of these were of price- less value to their donors, from their associations; and their parting with them so freely, showed that from the bottom of their hearts they were grateful for the help which this Fair was intended to bestow upon them and their comrades. Most of these articles were offered for sale in the Sanitary Tent above alluded to, and it is a pleasant fact to chronicle that they were among the most eagerly sought of all the unique and valuable things with which the Fair abounded. The Soldier's Hospital in Burlington, Vt., contributed a box of charms, rings, crosses, and picture-frames, of curious material and de- sign, enriched with patriotic mottoes, many of them relics of some of the most glorious battle-fields of the war, and every one with a history of its own. Of one of the rings sent, the sol- dier who made it, wrote, " This ring was worn in ten different engagements, being made by myself while on picket duty." From the hospital at Brattleboro, Vt., was received a box of picture-frames, of cone and leather work, and wood, some of which held photographs of their makers. The box also con- tained many rings, charms, etc. This invoice was exhausted very rapidly. From the Lowell General Hospital, Portsmouth Grove, R. I., was received a box, containing, among other very curious things, an elegantly carved bracket, with the fol- lowing inscription: '' Made by John Thatcher, U. S. Invalid 12 History of the Corps, out of wood from the house in Portsmouth, R, I., in which Gen. Prescott, of the British Army, was captured dur- ing the Revolutionary War." The De Camp General Hospi- tal, on David's Island, also sent numerous and beautiful arti- cles. Among other articles in the tent were photographic copies of several beautiful and spirited original drawings, by a private soldier named J. B. Geyzer, entitled, '"Moses smiting the Rock in Horeb," "Hunting in old Alrginia," "'Bringing in Contrabands," and "Marching Orders."' There was also on exhibition a "' Soldier's Scrap-book," being a collection of war-verses, culled from various sources, and all copied in a neat hand-wrriting, with incredible pains aird patience, by some unknown young lady patriot. The idea was conceived from a hint contained in a letter from a wounded soldier that such a book would cheer the tedium of'hospital life. It was bound in quarto form. After the Fair it was sent to Chaplain Merwin, to make such disposition of as he 'should deem fit. This was justly regarded as one of the most touching of the labors of love which on every hand throughout the Fair bore testimony to the devotion, the patriotism, the deep and strong ardor for the (^reat Cause which burns in the hearts of the women of our land. At the back of the Sanitary tent, a fine specimen of the Southern Palmetto stood, scowling truculently down upon it. As the visitor saw this emblem of the State in whose heart of treason was conceived this accursed Rebellion, mounting grim and thorny guard over the tent from which flew the flag of the Union, he could not help seeing in the eye of fancy many a real scene of which this was the faithful type, of tents stand- ing afar off under the blazing Southern sky, beneath the pal- mettos, in which the soldiers of the Republic lie shattered by shot and shell, or stricken down by rebel bullets as they stood under the glorious Banner of the Stars. And he could not but thank God for the inspiration which gave birth to so grand a purpose as the United States Sanitary Commission, which. Brooklyn and L. I. Fair. 43 with the tender care of a father for his children, seeks out every one of those white tents, whether among the war-blasted fields of Virginia, the clouds of Lookout Peak, the distant everglades of Florida, or the thorny wilds of Texas, and makes them shine with the golden light of patriotic love. Few passed this tent, without breathing a benison, warm fr.om the inner heart, upon THE UNITED STATES SANITARY COMMISSION. Passing the Sanitary Tent, we come to the entrance of the covered bridge leading to the Hall of Manufactures, and the Xew England Kitchen. Hard by this stands another elegant soda fountain, erected by Air. II. II. Dickinson, druggist, cor- ner of Atlantic and Henry streets. The beverage, with all kinds of delicious syrups, was furnished without cost to the Fair, as were also the services of the gentlemanly attendants. We have now reached the treasurer's office, into which, day after day, as long as the Fair remained open, flowed the bounteous benefactions of the citizens of Brooklyn and Long Island. Here books were provided for the reception of cash donations, and every day, over the front of the office, in full view of all, was displayed a bulletin showing how the volume of receipts was rolling up. It was interesting to watch the successive steps which the tide reached, from the K 10,000 pointed out as the receipts of the first night, to the 8400,000 proudly displayed before the Fair closed. Mr. James II. Frothingham, the Treasurer of the Executive Committee, was assidious in his attention to the arduous duties of his office. He received most efficient co-operation from Air. S. H. Farnham, General Cashier, and Messrs. Valentine II. Seaman, of the Dime Saving's Bank, Edgar S. Jones and Edward Smith, of the Xassau Bank, of Brooklyn. Next to the Treasurer's Office stood the tables allotted to wax-work, flowers, etc. ; some of the most elegant and elabo- 11 History of the rate works of art of this description ever exhibited were here offered for sale, and at prices noticeably moderate. Indeed, it may here be said that the moderate prices of the goods was one of the peculiar features of the Brooklyn and Long Island Fair. The principle adopted from the start was to ask no •" fancy prices." Everything was marked quite as low, and in many cases very much lojver than the article could be pur- chased in open market. It was considered better to sell the goods at even a low price than to keep them at a large one. Nevertheless, there was no disposition to sacrifice the stock, and, fortunately, no need of it. The principle aimed at was simply to charge a fair market price for everything. But to return to the wax flowers. Some perfect triumphs of this beautiful art were shown. There were water-lilies startlingly natural in their superb and regal beauty. There were passion-flowers, that seemed to be exhaling from their purpled hearts a pure and fragrant grief and pity. AYno can look upon the passion-flower without a melting heart, telling, as it does, the story of that awful night in Gethsemane, when the adora- ble Redeemer of the world, the Lord of glory, in his bitter agony sweat great drops, as it were blood "'. The superstition of an elder time saw folded among and pictured upon its petals the scourge, the crown of thorns, and the cruel and ignomini- ous cross—the purified faith of this brighter age still deems it not an inappropriate symbol of the love and suffering of the Lamb who was slain on Calvary. On the table above noted was a fuller and more speaking illustration of the august sym- bolism so widely accepted, iir a Cross, which a spray of pas- sion-flowers tightly clasped, wliile their beautiful heads droop- ed low. Thus the tendrils of woman's love clasped the shame- ful tree, while her heart was bowed in unspeakable bitterness at its foot. Immortal constancy! Immortal grief! On this side the Auditorium, also, were the stands of the dry-goods department, more of the horticultural tables, assort- ments of stationers' and druggists' fancy goods, combs, brushes. Brooklyn and L. I. Fair. 15 pocket-books, perfumery, soaps, etc., etc. On the left of the main entrance several stalls were appropriated to the Ladies" Fancy Goods Committee, under charge of Mrs. Henrv Shel- don. On these tables a very large assortment of fancy goods of every possible variety, was exhibited. This department. presided over by Mrs. Sheldon and ladies of her Commit- tee, was the largest in the Fair, and its receipts were of pro- portional magnitude. For the results of the labors of this efficient Committee, the reader is referred to the list of ac- knowledgments from them, printed in the Appendix. THE SUPERINTENDENTS OF TABLES. We give, so far as it has been possible to obtain them, the names of the ladies who had charge of the stalls. Numbers 2 and 4 were appropriated to the churches of Messrs. Cuvler and Rockwell; 0, South Presbyterian Church; s, Christ Church, Airs. Shatter; 10, St. Paul's; 12 and 11, Mrs. Griffin and Airs. McCoy, to the .Associated Clinton avenue Churches; 3S and 40 were in charge of Mrs. AVenrpel and Airs. Dominick ; 4-2, Airs. Jessop ; 44, 4(5. 4S, Airs. I. II. Froth- ingham, Aliss Alice B. Cary, and the Farmington, (Conn.,) School girls, who were represented by Aliss Kent and Miss Rodman; 40 to 53, Mrs. Benson and Airs. Wm. Sheldon ; .55 to 59, Airs. AYnite Cornell, Mrs. AVyckoff. Aliss Barton, and Aliss Morton; 37, 39, 41, Airs. Camden Dyke and Mrs. Kel- logg; 43, 45, 47, Airs. Morton and 'Airs. Whitney; 2(5. 2S. 80, 82, Mrs. Xesmith, Airs. Watkins, Airs. Ch. E. Davis, and Miss A. M. Farley; 25, 27, 20, 81, Mrs. Welsh, Airs. Wheeler and Mrs. Edwards; Xo. 1, Mrs. Unkhardt; No. 8, Mrs. Ma- lone; 5, Mrs. Greenwood; 7, Mrs. Reeves; !>, Mrs. Bergen ; 11 and 18. Airs. Tisdale and Mrs. Kelley; 15 and 17, Mrs. Curtis and Mrs. Bliss; 19, 21, 28, Airs. Lukens, Mrs. Taylor, and Airs. Brownell. The reader will bear in mind that the stands numbered '" even " were on the left, and "" odd " on the right. The ladies having charge of the White Goods Department 46 History of the were Mesdames French, Jackson, Pomeroy, Sandford, Buck- ley, Fowler, Beach and Hutchinson ; Airs. Capwell and Airs. Beach superintended the Toy Department, and Airs. Silleck, Mrs. Nichols, Airs. Bartlett and Airs. Moulton the Miscellane- ous Department, opposite the tent. 73 and 75 were waited upon by Airs. Justin Edwards, Mrs. Welsh, Airs. Moses S. Beach, Mrs. J. B. Hutchinson. Mrs. J. Howard, Jr., and Airs. John Hutchinson ; 77 and 79 by Airs. Pomeroy and Mrs. Sandford; 83, 85, 87, 89, (Flushing tables) by Mrs. Fuller and Mrs. Cox; *6, 88, 90, (Kings County tables) Mrs. Vanderbilt, Airs. Lef- ferts and others; 08, 70, 72, perfumery, soaps, etc., Air. II. Prentice; 32, 34, 36, (Horticultural) Mrs. T. F. King; 28, (AVax Flowers and Phantom Plants) Mrs. Benj. I. Nesnrith, Aliss J. Nesmith, Airs. Watkins; Bouquet table, Miss Water- bury, Miss Starr. We have now completed the round of the Auditorium, and have but to notice the few objects of interest in the centre of the floor. Here, on a raised platform, was exhibited an ele- gant piano from Messrs. Steinway & Son, which was sold early in the Fair for §500, being speedily replaced by a superb instrument from Messrs. AY. B. Bradbury, of New A^ork, valu- ed at §700. Upon this platform, also, was exhibited a superb cut glass epergne, three feet high, contributed by Gould & Hoare, glass cutters. This was sold to Air. A. A. Low for §225. There were also, after the first day or two, several tables in this part of the hall to receive the overflow of'the AVI lite Goods Department, the accommodations for which, heretofore noted, proved entirely inadequate. One of the in- teresting features of the Fair at this point was " The Old AVo- man that lived in a Shoe." She was impersonated by a suc- cession of pretty little girls, who sat from four to six hours. The Old AVoman wras "got up" with mob cap and spectacles, and seated in a huge shoe, filled and overrunning with dolls of all sizes and descriptions, wliich found a ready sale. The ladies of one of the City Churches were responsible for Brooklyn and L. I. Fair. IT this very successful and lucrative illustration of the old nur- sery rhyme. In this part of the Auditorium also stood one of the tables of the Horticultural Department, which was kept constantly supplied with the choicest flowers by our profession- al and amateur florists. We now leave the lower floor of the Academy, and make our way to THE SECOND FLOOR, or "Dress Circle." This from below presented a spectacle of wonderful brilliancy, completely tapestried as it was with afghans, quilts, and spreads, of the most vivid colors. The first four tiers of seats lrere, were left in their places for the accommodation of visitors, and from no point of view could a better coup eFwil of the bewildering scene below be obtained. These seats were crowded at all times, as well as those in the tier above, which last was not occupied for the sale of goods. The Dress Circle was divided into five compartments of about two hundred and fifty square feet each. Here were sold afghans, quilts, etageres, screens, fancy chairs, chess tables, desks, camp-stools, toys, and hundreds of other articles of a miscellaneous character. The tables to the right of the central entrance to this gallery were occupied by the young ladies of the Packer Institute, who exhibited a great variety of fancy articles, valued at nearly §1,000. Among the young ladies in attendance at these tables were Misses AVright,E. J. Brown, E. W. Brown, AVaterbury, Thompson, Thalheimer, Winslow, Hathaway, Iledden, Gallagher, Wells, and Harrison. The stalls in this gallery were under the charge of Messrs. Thomas Brooks and S. AY Smith. DEPARTMENT OF BOOKS, PUBLICATIONS, ETC. The lobbv of the second floor was devoted to one of the most interesting departments of the Fair, namely, that for the sale of Books. Photographic Albums, etc. This department, through the generous'liberality of the publishers of Brooklyn to c* 48 History <> pictures, and valued at sixty dollars. The publishers of AVebster's Quarto Pictorial Dic- tionary sent twenty-five copies of that valuable standard work. Another elegant Dictionary was a copy of AVorcester's Quarto, bound in Russia leather, and valued at §12 ; Darley's Illustra- tions of Margaret, in Turkey Morocco, and another in antique, were among the books. Then there were the '" Dusseldorff Gallery" in Turkey Morocco, full-gilt binding, §10 ; the New York Gallery of Pictures. §10; seven volumes of Harper's Illustrated AVeeklv, half Morocco, §10 ; Harper's Pictorial Family Bible, §25; Appleton's Encyclopaedia, 10 volumes, in Sheep, §61, and another set, half Morocco, for sso; Johnson's Universal Atlas, §25 ; Ure's Dictionary, Appleton's Diction- ary of Mechanics, Irving's AVashington, Life of Henry Clay, Robinson's Songs of the Church, British Essayist, Spectator, and hundreds of other choice and standard works, besides an infinite variety of smaller miscellaneous books. In this depart- ment was exhibited a manuscript speech of Hon. Edward Everett, delivered at Faneuil Hall, Boston, Feb. 1<>, 1864, in introducing Col. X. G. Taylor, of East Tennessee, who came to plead with the true men of the East in behalf of the war- scourged loyalists of that region, faithful unto death. A very pleasant and noticeable feature of the business of this department, was the demand for substantial, valuable books, and religious books were also much inquired for. During the last three days of the Fair, in response to an appeal for '" read- ing matter" from Beaufort. S. C, in behalf of the wounded men just from Florida, a placard was hung up in the Book- room, addressed to the public : " Buy a book and leave it to be sent to the Hospital Library, Beaufort, S. C." A member of the Book Committee writes : Brooklyn and L. I. Fair. 49 " This card was read by many who gladly responded to the appeal. Three young soldiers were among the first of these. They each purchased a volume, wrote their name and regi- ment, and smilingly presented the gifts, while one said with an earnestness that brought the color to his cheek: " You are doing a good work here ladies.' Another donation to this object came from a young lady shut up within her sick room. 81 le heard of the opportunity, and, through a friend, selected ; The Autobiography of Dr. Lyman Beecher,' to go irr her name to some weary invalid lying on his bed in a Southern hospital. As the result of this plan, over 15o volumes were received for Beaufort, wliich are already on their way, wliile a direct gift was made by the Committee, at the close of the Fair, of two packages of books for David's Island and Hart's Island." On Tuesday evening, March stir, the night of the formal closing of the Fair, an auction sale was held in the Book Room, of all the articles undisposed of. Mr. Leavitt, auc- tioneer of the Book Trade's Sales, of X^ew York, officiated in a happy manner. There Mas not much left of value, but what there was went off briskly, at satisfactory prices. In the third circle, as before stated, there were no stalls. There was, however, a scale, under charge of Mr. and Airs. Schoonmaker, on which thousands tested their weight, in strol- ling through the upper regions. SCENES AND INCIDENTS IN THE ACDITORIUM. The main business in the Grand Bazaar being to dispose of the goods for sale, of course no great variety of incident could be expected to take place there. Xo time whatever was lost in irrelevant proceedings. There were no speeches or glo- rifications of any sort, men and women, managers and man- aged, bent their entire thoughts and energies from the open- ing hour to the closing, to the securing as large a sum as possible for the great Cause. Amusement was provided for in 50 History of the other departments of the Fair, but here, all was serious, sys- tematic business. To be sure, the visitor might wander delight- edly for hours together among the various attractions present- ed by the Brzaar, and nowhere could more real enjoyment be obtained than here, but there was on the part of all interested a faithful and rigid attention to duty wliich told effectively when the results were figured up. Indeed the business men and women who gave their time to the Fair, without excep- tion devoted themselves to it with far greater faithfulness than they are accustomed to bestow upon the details of their cus- tomary business affairs. Alany, during the progress of the Fair, gave their entire time to it, and all gave a very large proportion. It would be inrpossible to individualize all who distinguished themselves for unremitting labor, and untiring energy. They have their reward in the approval of their own consciences, wliich is but the approving voice of God. But rare as were the incidents of extraordinary interest which occurred in the Auditorium, there were a few events of a pleasing character, during the pre >gress of the Fair, of which it is proper to preserve a record here. The music, which wTas furnished every evening from the Dress Circle, the first four nights by Dodworth's celebrated brass and reed band, of thirty pieces, and during the remainder of the Fair by the band of the U. S. receiving ship North Carolina, was an ever charming feature. The programme of the opening night, which is here appended, will give an idea of the gems to which the visitors to the Fair were treated. Of course there was a change in the programme every night. PROGRAMME OF OPENING NIGHT: PART I. 1. War March, from " Athalia "....., 2. Alazourka, " 11 Profeto".......... 3. Aria and Chorus, " La Favorita " . . , 5. Divertissement, from " Lohengrin " Mendelssohn. . . Meyerbeer. . . . Donizetti. .. R. Wagner. Brooklyn and L. I. Fair. 51 PART II. 5. Overture, " Euryanthe ''..................CM. Von Weber. 6. Grand Selection from " Faust," introducing the celebrated Waltz and Soldier's Chorus............................Gounod. 7. Trah Trab Gallop..............................Somerlatt. S. Grand Selection, " Don Pasquale ".................Donizetti. PART III. 9. Quickstep, " Parade's Dismissed "..................Downing 10. Linnet Polka...................................Bousquet. 11." Fair Star " Waltz...............................Laurent. 12. Union Railroad.................................Downing Orr the afternoon of Thursday, March 3, a pleasing incident occurred. Ten little girls, whose ages are between ten and twelve years, who had been lidding a Fair of their own in South Brooklyn (see reports of entertainments auxiliary to the Fair, in Appendix,) visited the Academy together, to present the proceeds, amounting to §104. Of this little episode, the lrnion, of March 4, says : " Air. Stranahan introduced them to the audience with a few pleasant and pertinent remarks, stating that they, determined to do what they could for the Fair, made a quantity of small articles for it, .which they sold, and thus netted the neat sum we have numtioned. Those within hearing loudly applauded the earnest little workers, and those at a distance, nothing doubting that the applause was for something meriting it, took up the echo until the great Academy rang again." SWORD PRESENTATION. One of the most interesting incidents of the Fair took place in the rooms of the Executive Committee on Monday evening, March 1, where a number of ladies and gentlemen assembled for the purpose of presenting a sword, sash, and belt, to Lieut, Col. J. Harris Hooper, of the 15th Mass. Volunteers, who re- cently escaped, with some brother officers, from the Libby Prison at Richmond. These equipments were purchased by a 52 History of the few of his friends and admirers, from a collection given to the Fair by the house of Messrs. Miller ec Co. of H Maiden Lane, New York. The friends of Col. Hooper in this city heard in the morning of his safe arrival in Brooklvn, and of his presence at the Fair, and in a very brief space of time the subscription was complete. At 9 o'clock, James H. Frothingham, Esq., the Treasurer, and a personal friend of Col. Hooper, introduced him to the company gathered before him; after wliich A. A.. Low, Esq., President of the General Committee, made the presentation in a neat address. Air-. Low's remarks were received with warm applause, and expressions of profound interest in the young hero. Colonel Hooper, taken wholly by surprise, responded in a few grace- ful and modest words, fresh from a noble heart. At the sugges- tion of Mr. Low, he afterwards gave a thrilling account of the manner and incidents of his escape, and of the generous and careful spirit in which the negroes they encountered gave guidance and aid to himself and companions. At the close of his narrative, Col. Woodward, of the Brooklyn 13th, one of his comrades in his first campaign, proposed " three cheers for Col. Hooper," which were given with a will; and amid general congratulations to him, the meeting dissolved. The evening the Fair was formally (dosed, Tuesday, March sth, an interesting scene took place in the Auditorium. Not long before the hour of closing the Treasurer hung out his last bulletin, announcing to the noble people of Brooklvn and Long Island that their generous benefactions in behalf of the United States Sanitary Commission had reached the mao-nifi- cent sum of FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, being nearly twice as much as the most sanguine had ventured to hope for. This proud announcement was greeted with the liveliest sensation by the multitude which packed the Acad- emy. At a few minutes before ten o'clock, Mr. A. A. Low Chairman of the General Committee, mounted an improvised Brooklyn and L. 1. Fair. 53 rostrum in the centre of the floor, and begged the attention of all present. Mr. Low, then in a few well-chosen remarks stated the general results of the Fair, and proposed that the great "broom" which the managers of the Cincinnati Fair had sent us, challenging us to beat the §240,000 which they had swept up, be sent to the Xew Aork Fair with our §400,000 attached. The proposition was adopted by acclama- tion. Rev. Dr. Farley then being called upon, said that as this great enterprise was now closing, he could think of nothing more appropriate than to request the band to play the '" Star Spangled Banner," and he would beg the audience to join in the chorus. He also would request the band to play the more homely, but stirring music of u Yankee Doodle." Loud applause followed this request, which was responded to by the band, who played in their best style the grand na- tional hymn, in wliich the audience joined their voices. u A'ankee Doodle " followed, to the lively strains of which the assemblage retired. THE END OF THE FAIR--THE AUCTION SALE. It was announced that all the goods remaining unsold at the close of the Fair would be disposed of at auction. The num- ber was much less than was expected, not more than two or three thousand dollars worth being left on hand in the Audi- torium, while the Museum and Hall of Manufacturers were also pretty thoroughly cleaned out. On AVednesday evening, Alarch 9th, the auction was held, commencing with the unsold goods in the Auditorium. Those in the Book Department had been sold the previous night. It should be premised that most of the purchasers of the choicest goods very kindly consented to allow them to remain until the close of the Fair, so that the spectacle presented to the visitor on the last days of the Fair was nearly as brilliant as it was at the openiirg, as the abundant supplies that kept 51 History of the coming in, enabled the ladies to replenish the stalls with the smaller articles and fancy goods, and to keep their attractions from flagging. After the formal close of the Fair orr Wednes- day night, the work of removal commenced, and in a very few hours the splendors which had made the Academy of Music seem a veritable fairy palace, full ■'Of jewels rare, and carved and gilded things More lovely than a dream's imaginings," were scattered in ten thousand homes, to remain as mementoes of the great Brooklyn and Long Island Fair, and the Acad- emy was left looking, irr its blank spaces, and bare walls, doubly desolate from the bright contrast of a few hours before. The goods for auction were arranged on a few tables in the stage portion of the building. Air. Joseph Hegeman, of corner of AVilloughby and Pearl streets, commenced the sale, assisted by Mr. E. Sintzenich, of the firm of Ives Ar Co. The skill of these two gentlemen, aided by their ready wit, Aery soon dis- posed of the stock, which consisted of shaving soaps, station- ery, perfumery, and toilet articles, combs, jewelry, wax-work, thread, sewing-silk, toys, Japanese and Chinese engravings. rebel trophies, relics of antiquity, Japanese opium pipes, canes, coins, pictures, vases, photographs, fans, autographs, autumn leaves, engravings, etc., etc. Several of the pictures in the Art Gallery were sold at prices very much below their value. An assorted lot of plain photographs, some three hundred in number, went off for § 1 o. At 9 o'clock, the hour for selling the house and lot Xo. 54<> Atlantic street, donated by Messrs. Scranton f the Hall were rooms for the accommodation of private parties, containing tables at which thirty could dine with comfort. Adjoining these were rooms for the carvers, and the cooking room of the Maizena department. At the left of the entrance lunch tables were kept constantly spread with choice viands, such as cold fowl, chicken and lobster-salads, tongue, ham, etc., at wliich persons could lunch without ordering from the bill of fare. Having now given a general idea of the arrangement of the Restaurant, it is proper that the adornments of the Hall should be noted. The building being a temporary structure, of course great elaboration of ornamentation was required to cover its rude walls, and make it attractive. Xever was there a greater triumph of the decorative art than was achieved in Knickerbocker Hall. It was a perfect miracle of transforma- tion, and marvel of beauty. The w^alls were covered with evergreens, woven into stars, twined about the columns, fes- tooned from the galleries, springing in arches to the very ceil- ing. In looking up at the mass of greenery wliich canopied the room, one might well imagine himself walking through the fragrant aisles of a forest of evergreens. Over the door on Montague street was a tasteful combination of flags, with evergreens. At the southern end of the building a fine por- trait of AVasliington was hung, surrounded with flags and ever- greens. The ground floor was encircled with arches, inter- spersed with shields, bearing the coats of arms of the States; these shields were also draped with flags. Indeed, a profu- sion of flags and patriotic emblems was everywhere. The walls were paneled with handsome mirrors. Over the cake ta- Brooklyn avnd L. I. Fair. 69 ble, in the centre of the room, was suspended a gigantic chan- delier, burning two hundred lights. Tins w-as also elegantly draped with evergreens. The Bill of Fare never lacked variety nor excellence. A member of the Committee furnished the following as an ap- proximation to the amount of food consumed in a day: Be- sides Maizena, 100 turkeys and chickens, 100 grouse, quail, and ducks, 500 lbs. of beef, mutton and venison, 20 hams and tongues, 18,000 oysters, 15 lbs. trout, 20 lbs. smelts and other fish; cake, pies, 60 or 70 qts. jelly, 800 qts. ice cream, 250 gallons coffee and tea, 400 loaves bread, 3 bbls. crackers, 200 heads celery, 3 bbls. potatoes, besides sugar, butter, eggs, milk, flour, apples, oranges, pickles, preserves, etc. The articles of food contributed were enough to supply seven-eights of the de- mand. If this is not weighty testimony to the rare generosity of the people of Long Island, wre should like to know what would be. The arrangement for receiving provisions was as follows : It was announced in the papers beforehand that on certain days the contributions of certain Churches would be received —six on each day, betw-een the hours of eight and eleven. Between these hours the procession of messengers bearing meats, poultry, cakes, confectionery, jellies, pastry, vegetables, etc., etc., began, each article being duly credited as it was brought in. If there was a surplus of any sort of provisions, as there was sometimes of hams, tongues, and other things, the Committee would exchange them with dealers for other arti- cles more needed. The following was the designated order for contributions from Churches: Monday, 22d—Church of the Pilgrims, Church of the Messiah, South Second Method- ist, E. D., New England Congregational, E. D., St. Mark's Church, E. D., Contributions by Mrs. J. Hall. Tuesday, 23d—Church of the Redeemer, York Street Methodist, First Place Methodist, Pacific Street Methodist, Second Presbyterian. Wednesday, 24th—Second Unitarian, First Baptist, Church of the Saviour, Church on the Heights, First Presbyterian, Lee Avenue Reformed Dutch Church. Tstksday, 25tii—Pierrepont Street Baptist, St. Mary's Church, St. John's Church, Hanson Place Baptist, Univer&alist, E. D., Contributions by Mrs. W. H. Jenkins. 70 History of the Friday, 26th—Christ Church, noly Trinity, Grand Street Methodist, E. D., State Street Congregational, Centenary Methodist, Central Baptist. Saturday, 27th—Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian, South Congregational, South Filth Street M. E., Reformed Dutch, E. D., Baptist, Greenpoint, Washington Street Methodist. Monday, 29th—Sands Street Methodist, First Presbyterian, E. D., Christ Church, E. D., Grace Church, Friends' Society, Central Presbyterian. Tuesday, March 1st—Plymouth Church, South Presbyterian, Harrison Street Dutch Church, St. Charles Borromeo, Elm Place Congregational, East Reformed Dutch Church. Wednesday. March 2d—Dutch Reformed (Joralemon street), Strong Place Baptist, Washington Avenue Baptist, Bowronville and Bushwick Avenue, First Baptist, E. D., Fleet Street Methodist, St. Peter's Church. Thursday, March 3d—Clinton Street Congregational, Westminster Church, North Dutch Church, Third Presbyterian, Moravian Church, Hanson Place Methodist. Only a portion of the food consumed was provided through the Churches. The Gentlemen's Committee took upon them- selves the furnishing of meats, oysters, fish, bread, crackers, vegetables, coffee, tea, and ice cream. The Ladies' Commit- tee was responsible for turkeys and chickens, hams, tongues, pies, cake, jelly, fruit, etc. The sugar, butter, flour, milk, eggs, and numerous other articles wliich were used, were partly purchased and partly contributed. The kitchen and store-rooms of Knickerbocker Hall were in the basement of the Academy of Music. Five hundred persons could be comfortably accommodated at one time in Knickerbocker II all. The arrangements for receiving money were admirable. Mr. E. H. Close, the Cashier, of whose gentlemanly deportment and assiduous devotion to business there was but one opinion, was seated at a desk about in the centre of the room. Every four tables were presided over by a lady, who took up the checks furnished by the waiters, and received the money, pay- ing it over at once to the Cashier. By this plan it is thought the losses from dishonesty were reduced to the smallest possi- ble amount, and probably no such losses occurred. Of the corps of colored waiters, and their accomplished and indefatigable chef, Charles Robinson, a word of warm com- mendation must be said. The waiters at first employed were mostly foreigners, but they were a failure. A\rith them confu- sion and stupidity reigned supreme. AVith the advent of Ro- Brooklyn and L. 1. Fair. 71 binson and his skilful compeers came order, neatness, civil it}-, and promptitude. Never was the superiority of the black over the white as waiters more conclusively demonstrated than it was in the experience of Knickerbocker Hall. The restaurant closed on Saturday night, Alarch 5th, hav- ing netted to the Fair the splendid sum of nearly twenty-four thousand dollars. For this result the public are greatly indebted to the able, judicious, and energetic management of Air-. E. J. Lowber Chairman of the Gentlemen's, and Mrs. E. S. Alills, Chairman of the Ladies' Refreshment Committee. Honorable mention must likewise be made of Mr. AVilliam A. Husted, (Mr. Lowber's right hand man, and general purveyor of the Hall.) Mr. Ru- fus Crook, (whose experience as a restaurateur made his ser- vices of inestimable value, and who devoted his entire time to the work.) Air. Robert G. Anderson, (a host in himself,) Air. William S. Dunham, Chas. B. Loomis, and AVilliam S. Thomp- son. To Messrs. Robbins and Dorian, for generous contribu- tions of game and oysters, the warmest thanks of the commu- nity are due. Of the ladies, in addition to Mrs. Mills, must be mentioned Alcsdames A. B. Hall, Secretary and Treasurer, Emma Barnes, II. Waters, T. T. Buckley, H. Alarchant, R. P. Buck, J. C. Ilurlbut, F. H. Trowbridge, Geo. Thrall, H. AY. Law, X. E. Smith, J. D. Cocks, F. E. Taylor, Joseph Greenwood, P. Wa- ters, Mrs. Jenkins, Mrs. Beers, and Miss S. A. Russell. For a detailed exhibit of the receipts of Knickerbocker Hall, acknowledgments to contributors, etc., see Appendix. THE XEW EXGLAXD KITCJIIEX. T was a most happy conception to reproduce at the Fair the old New England Kitchen, and faithfully was it carried out, to the unbounded mirth of the visitors, as well as to the great pecuniary profit of the Treasury. This was the funny feature of the Fair, and funny enough it was. The history of the Xew Eng- land Kitchen is as follows: Early last fall a number of ladies of Brook- lyn organized an association called the Sanitary Aid Society, the object being to work for the soldiers. At one of the meet- ings of this society, the subject of a Sanitary Fair was dis- cussed. This was before any of the great Fairs had taken place. It is singular to note that in several different quarters in Brooklyn this idea of a Grand Soldier's Fair was suggested before any steps of the kind had been taken elsewhere. AYhen the ladies of the "Sanitary Aid " heard that a Fair had been resolved upon, they of course, abandoned their own project, and at once prepared to co-operate with the general movement. The plan of a New England Kitchen was broached, by Mrs. Ray Potter, President of the Sanitary Aid Society, and adopted with enthusiasm, and when the Committees of the Fair were appointed, a Special Committee was selected to take charge of the "New England Kitchen," comprising among its members the ladies and gentlemen who originated the plan. This committee took hold of the work con eunore, their New England blood fired with the determination to make the Brooklyn and L. f. Fair. 73 "• Kitchen" a grand success, and to give to the particular pro- ject in hand a stamp of individuality and uniqueness which should render it at least as conspicuous as any department of the Fair. The following extract from a Circular issued by the Com- mittee, will explain the nature and scope of the project: "The idea is to present a faithful picture of New England farm-house life of the last century. The grand old fire-place shall glow again—the spinning-wheel shall whirl as of old—the walls shall be garnished with the product-! of the forest and the field—the quilt- ing, the donation, and the wedding party shall assemble once more, while the apple-par- ing shall not be forgotten—and the dinner-table, always set, shall be loaded with substan- tial Xew England cheer. We shall try to reproduce the manners, customs, dress, and if possible, the idiom of the time ; in short, to illustrate the domestic life and habits of the people, to whose determined courage, sustained by their faith in God, we owe that gov- ernment, so dear to every loyal heart. The period fixed upon is just prior to the throw- ing overboard of the tea in Boston Harbor." It was originally contemplated to allow the projectors of the Xew England Kitchen a room in the rear of Knickerbocker Hall, 25x50 feet, which it was supposed would be ample for all its requirements. But this contracted space by no means ac- corded with the bold and sanguine views of the New Eng- enders, and they labored earnestly for the allotment of a larger space. It was finally agreed that, if the " Kitchen"" Committee would guarantee a cash contribution of Sl,2<">0, to cover the additional expense, a larger building would be erected, giving them a space 10x100 feet. This amount was at once pledged, and the New England Kitchen wTas located under the same roof with the Hall of Manufactures, on the North side of Montague street, and opposite the Academy of Alusic. There was an entrance from Montague street, and also through the Hall of Manufactures, which communicated with the Grand Bazaar by the covered bridge heretofore mentioned. The main Kitchen, was 10x75 feet. The cooking-room, pantry, store-rooms and dressing-rooms occupied smaller apart- ments in the rear. THE QUAINT FURNITURE AND APPOINTMENTS. In this large room all the furniture and appointments were, iis nearly as it was possible to have them, veritable antiques. 71 History of the Long tables were laid in the centre of the room, for repasts in the New England style. The chairs on which the guests sat while eating, almost all had a history, and many of them were peculiarly interesting from their associations. One of these chairs was one hundred and fifty years old, and had been buried in the earth at the time of the Revolution to save it from the destroying hands of the enemy. Among the furni- ture in the kitchen was a table formerly belonging to Gover- nor Bradford, a clock, whose face was smashed by a British bullet in the Revolution, and some oil paintings from the panels of the British frigate Gurriere, wliich Commodore Hull, in the Constitution, so gloriously captured. Many interesting trophies hung upon the walls, or were scattered about on the venerable tables. Among these was a rifle that belonged to Patrick Henry ; several Bibles of the days of the Puritans; a canteen carried in the Revolutionary A\rar; a file of the ITankee newspaper, published in Stonington, Ct., in 1826 ; an exact copy of the famous Newport Mercury, date 1760 ; the New England Chronicle, 1775 to 1778, containing an affidavit recounting the particulars of the Battle of Lexington; a piece of a bride's dress of a hundred years ago, and many other very interesting relics of " ye olden tyme." On a platform in one corner were several ancient spinning- wheels, which had been exhumed from the rubbish of old family garrets, and here they nummed away as merrily as they were wont to do under the deft touches of the fingers that fed them with the snow white wool a century ago—fingers long since crumbled into dust. The fire-place was, of course, an important feature of the Kitchen. It was of huge dimensions, and strictly after the old New England type. In its capacious mouth an ox might have been roasted with ease. From the traditional trammel, swung a gigantic pot, in which, from time to time, were cooked great messes of unctuous chowder, or steaming quantums of "mush." From the ovens at the side, emerged at stated periods spicy Brooklyn and L. 1. Fair. 75 Indian puddings smoking loaves of Boston brown bread, and famous dishes of pork-and-beans, crisped to delicious perfec- tion. The tables were covered with old-fashioned china, and the guests returned, under the rigid rule of the place, to the ante- silver-fork period, and had to content themselves with the two- tined steel. AYhite sugar was religiously ignored, and " mod- ern improvements" generally were at a discount. The idea was to live in the Past, and the Present was ignominiously banished. Many, before leaving the New England Kitchen, howsoever well satisfied with the new ways about us, were fain to conclude " the old is better." On the tables were bountiful supplies of toothsome viands—pork and beans, cider apple-sauce, Boston brown bread, pitchers of cider, pumpkin, mince, and apple pies, doughnuts, and all the savory and deli- cate wealth of the New England larder. The guests were waited upon by damsels with curious names and quaint attire. Just such New England girls as spread the cloths, and cut the loaves of a century ago, were the neat-handed waitresses of the New- England Kitchen of the Brooklyn and Long Island Fair. The venerable knitters in the corner, with their starched caps, and snowy kerchiefs crossed over the bosoms of their stuff gowns, the huge fire-place with its mighty logs, the dresser with its rows of shining pewter, the ever-ready churn, the tall clock sedately ticking iir the corner, the ridge-poles strung with dried apples, pumpkins, glittering red peppers, seed-bags, and " yarbs " of healing virtues, the New- England girls with their quaint costumes and uncouth speech—all made up a wonderfully striking scene, which, once beheld, could not soon be forgotten. Now and then an Indian, hideous in horns and paint, would stalk solemnly through the crowd, and one could almost feel the scalp creep uneasily on his head, as he thought of those wild men of the forest, whose visits to the kitchens of our ancestors were not unfrequently the premoni- tions of the blazing home, and the midnight massacre. 76 History of the A BEAUTIFUL WORK OF ART. One of the most elegant ornaments of the Kitchen was an allegorical representation of the progress of our Republic, with a faithful portrait of President Lincoln in the centre, the whole being drawn with a pen and ink, by Mr. J. E. Payne, one of the Advisory Committee of the Kitchen. This elegant work of art was sold in one hundred shares of 85 each, and transmitted to Air. Lincoln. Among the subscribers wTas Horace Greeley, who very much admired it during a visit to the Kitchen. THE ENTERTAINMENTS IN THE KITCHEN. When the New England Kitchen was opened, it was de- termined to give a series of entertainments in which should be reproduced some of the peculiar social customs of our an- cestors. These were excellently arranged, and carried out in the following order: THE OLD FOLKS' CONCERT. This was presented simply to give an idea of the method of rendering the music of a century ago. The singers were in old-fashioned dress, and went through with a programme which included " The New Jerusalem," "Invitation," "Ode to Science," " Majesty," and other old fugue tunes, much to the edification and delight of the auditors. Two or three con- certs were given on as many evenings. THE DONATION VISLT was held on Thursday evening, Feb. 25. The scenes of a giving visit to the Parson, in the olden time, being very humor- ously rendered. THE QUILTING PARTY was held on Saturday evening, Feb. 27, the "old folks" industriously stitching on the quilt during the afternoon, while the " young folks " were summoned in to close the evening with due festivity. THE ArPLE BEE was given AYednesday evening, March 3d, and was one of the best of the series of entertainments given in the Kitchen. Brooklyn eind L. I. Fair. i i Part of the Hutchinson family were present, and the company were treated to some excellent music. A fine personation of a lady of the olden time was given by a young lady of Brook- lyn. In the course of the evening stories were narrated and riddles and conundrums propounded for the company to guess. The audience were treated to a plentiful supply of doughnuts, and the evening's entertainment was closed with the singing of the National Hymn. THE WEDDING. This was the grand crowning effort of the managers of the Xew England Kitchen to reproduce the manners and customs of the past age. It took place on Thursday evening, A [arch 2, Rev. Jedediah Poundtext, (Rev; T. L. Cuyler) officiating in laced cocked hat and black knee-breeches. The bride and groom were Mr. and Mrs. David S. Holmes, of Williamsburgh. Refreshments wrere bountifully supplied to all present. One of the pleasing incidents of the occasion was the presentation of a mammoth frosted cake to the bride by the ladies of Knick- erbocker Hall. The festivities of the evening were closed with dancing in which all joined merrily. During the time the Kitchen was open, several interesting letters were received from distinguished persons, among whom were Arice-President Han din, Secretary Seward, and Edward Everett. The latter gave a graphic discription of the New England Kitchen in which he passed his boyhood. A series of twelve stereoscopic pictures of scenes in the Kitchen, was taken by Air. AY. E. James, of 217 Fulton street. The Kitchen was closed on Saturday night, March 5th, but the ladies of the Committee very generously re-opened it on Monday afternoon as an extemporized refreshment saloon, to supply the wants of the visitors to the Fair on Alonday and Tuesday, Knickerbocker Hall having closed on Saturday. The New England dvitohen was greatly cramped for room, and doubtless, had it had a space twice as large, it would have made a great deal more nioiiev. It was crowded constantly. 78 History of the On the roll of honor for effective work in this department are Alessrs. Goodrich, Coffin, Potter, Elwell, Murray, Kendall, Holmes; Mesdames, Swan, Cornell, W. B. Ackley, J. J. Couch, R. II. Manning, Plummer, Lambert, M. P. Mills, Wm. S. Murray, F. W. Leonard, Misses L. Rich, F. E. Cook, II. II. Daily, C. Dexter, Mrs. Peet, Manning, Misses Berry, Cook, Shepherd, Gault, Cochrane, Dix, the Misses Emerson, the Atisses Watson, Mrs. Bicknell, Mrs. Brewster, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Daily, Mrs. Holmes, Mrs. James. A lady contributes to the Chicago Journal a very interest- ing account of the New England Kitchen, where she was one of the servers, which she closes as follows : In conclusion, I may say that I never enjoyed anything more than my five days work in the New England Kitchen. A more amiable, refined, sweet-tempered company of ladies never worked together, or in greater harmony. We felt mutual sorrow at parting, and bid each other good-bye, most affectionately, never expecting to meet again on earth. One was about to go to California, one to Chicago, one to Salem, Mass., one to West Pennsyl- vania, etc., etc. And so our little band broke up and scattered, and you would have thought, to have seen our parting, that we were friends of years' standing, and yet we parted under our assumed names, not knowing, except in a few instances, the real one. And very pleasant will it be for me, in after years, to hear myself addressed by my old name, Experience. THE HALL OF MAKUFACTLTRES. HE Hall of Manufactures was located, as we have observed, under the same roof with the New England Kitchen. It was a large frame apartment, 60x100, handsomely decorated with ,evergreens and flags, and filled with a very choice and valuable stock of goods. On entering the Hall, through the covered bridge, from the Academy, the first object to be noticed on the right, was a soda-fountain erected by Mr. George Reynolds, of 260 Court street. Direct- ly in front, and stretching the entire length of the Hall, was a table on which was exhibited every variety of housekeeping goods, of wood, tin, brittania, etc. On this table were also trunks, leather, rubber goods, a small steam engine, skates, guns and revolvers, and a host of other articles. THE SEWING MACHING DEPARTMENT was a very valuable one, nearly all the manufacturers of that now indispensable article having contributed to the Fair. The machines were arranged on a raised platform extending the entire length of the room, and their merry clatter made a pleasant variation from the incessant clamor of the crowd. There were other musical sounds in this Hall, Messrs. Mason ^ Hamlin having donated several of their parlor organs, which were never silent. The " Burglar Alarm Telegraph," also kept up an unceas- ing silvery ding dong from its corner. There were two ele- 80 History of the gantly finished boats, several carriages, a large assortment of stoves, grates and heaters, any quantity of "hobby horses" and childrens' carriages, there were lamp and gas fixtures, chamber furniture, rustic seats, metallic coffins, paints, grind- stones, agricultural implements, soap, hams, starch, flour, saddles, harness, hardware, stove blacking, marble-top wash- stands, an elegant pleasure boat from T. S. Dick, of Green- point, and another from II. T. Rigby, of East AYarren street, there were machine-saws, casks and barrels, hay-press, cotton gin, fancy chairs, steam engine worth $700, from Hubbard & AYhittaker, Union lamps, steam pumps, clothes mangles, and a thousand other useful and beautiful articles, all most taste- fully and attractively arranged under the direction of Messrs. AYbite & Nichols, of No. 208 Fulton street, who had general charge of this important room. The Grocery Department was under the skilful charge of Mr. Waring, of Fulton street. Two large Committees, one from the Eastern and one from the Western District^ embracing many of our leading manufactur- ers and business men, had the collection of contributions for this Hall under their charge, and most effectively did they per- form their duty. The names of these committees will be found in the Appendix. Too much praise cannot be given to Mr. AVliite, cashier, ex-Alderman Jenkins, and W. W. Armfield, E. D., for their active efforts in this department. SOME OF THE NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS. The proprietors of the Universal Clothes-Wringer early made to the Fair the magnificent donation of five hundred of their excellent seven dollar machines. The agent of the Put- nam Clothes-Wringer also contributed to the Fair as many of the machines as could be sold. These machines were deposited in Mechanics' Hall, where they could at any time be seen in practical operation. Another very useful article was Hawse's Patent Clothes-Dryer, wliich gave many of our housekeepers a " new wrinkle" in the clothes drying art, and which was only smoothed out by an incontinent purchase of the machine. Brooklyn and L. L Fadr. 81 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF FREE-LABOR. In this Hall were also exhibited a bale of cotton, made on the Sea Islands of South Carolina, by free labor, and contrib- uted to the Fair at the solicitation of Albert G. Browne, Esq., supervising special agent of the Treasury Department at Beau- fort, by E. S. Philbrick, Esq., agent of a New England plant- ing company at Hilton Head. This cotton was fully equal to the best ever raised by slave labor, and was sold for S501, be- ing rather more than its market value. There was another hale of free-labor cotton from New Orleans, together with a hogshead of sugar, and a barrel of molasses, all the gift of Hon. B. F. Flanders, supervising special agent of the Treas- ury Department; and also a hogshead of splendid free-labor sugar, sent by Messrs. Brott & Davis, of New Orleans, who, in transmitting it, wrote: During the past year we have carried on thirteen plantations in the neighborhood of this city, and on all of them our laborers have either been employed at a fixed price for their services per month or by a proportion of the profits of the several crops ; and now, in the closing of their accounts, we give ready testimony to the zeal, intelligence, and ap- plication of the negroes who have been in our employ, and the pecuniary success of Hie enterprise has been such as to amply justify us in leasing a larger number of plantations for the ensuing year. It is also with us a matter of great interest that the Brooklyn Fair should, if possible, eclipse any of its predecessors for a similar purpose. Two of the partners of our house were for many years residents of the good "City of Clmrches," and though now citizens of the other extremity of the Union, have lost none of their interest in the concerns of their late home. Wishing yourself and your associates in this benevolence the greatest success, We remain yours, most respectfully, BROTT & DAVIS. This sugar was sold readily for twenty cents per pound. It may well be believed that these tide-marks of the advancing wave of Freedom which is sweeping Slavery from this conti- nent, were contemplated with at least as much interest and satisfaction as any other contributions to the Fair. THE CINCINNATI BROOM. In the centre of Mechanics' Hall was hung a mammoth broom, forwarded from Cincinnati to the Fair, with the follow- ing challenge to Brooklyn: "Sent by the Managers of the Cincinnati Fair, greeting: AYe have swept up $210,000; 82 History of the Brooklyn, beat this if you can." To this, as soon as the mag- nificent result of our Fair began to loom up so that an approxi- mate estimate could be made, some " sporting " member of the Committee on Manufactures appended the following addenda: "Brooklyn sees the $210,000, and goes $150,000 better:' THE DEPOT OF THE WOMAN'S RELIEF ASSOCIATION. The depot of the Woman's Relief Association, removed for the nonce from No. 6 Court street, was located in the Hall of Alanufactures, where it occupied a snug corner, enclosed by a low railing. Here the processes of preparing and packing goods for the soldiers' and hospital use went forward unremit. tingly, cases containing some five thousand garments being on hand in the depot. Thoughtful visitors to the Fair regarded this quiet spot with a rare and affectionate interest, for there was to be seen a glimpse of the inner life of this terrible struggle—the undercur- rent, that, moved by the heavenly love and charity of woman, flows pure and strong and steady beneath the bloody, turbid tide of war. Here was to be seen the proof that the soldiers of the Republic are not alone the manly braves who bear up her glorious banner where blows fall thickly, and shrilly hum the bees of death, but that there are other soldiers working and fighting with woman's sublime constancy and faith, and a courage that endures when the hearts of strong men faint and fail—working with woman's weapons of purse, and needle, and encouragement and prayer, for the cause that is dearer than life. As the sweetest flowers of the forest, the early violets of Spring, nestle in the most secluded nooks, and are only traced by the incense they cannot conceal, so woman's part in this great struggle for nationality and freedom is performed out of sight, and is only knowm by the fruits it bears. It is not too much to say that, but for woman's hand, and woman's heart sustain- ing the national cause, that cause would ere this have sunk in gloom and blood. Brooklyn and L. I. Fair. 83 With the women of our land so nearly a unit in patriotic de- votion to that cause, it must surely prevail, and, by the grace of God helping us, it shall prevail. Already more than one noble woman has laid down her life from excessive labor in behalf of the Great Charity to which the Brooklyn and Long Fair ministered.* AYhen the history of this A\7ar is written its most shining page will be that which records the faith, the courage, and the love of Woman, which fortified and blessed our Nation in its day of trial. To the battle's bloodiest marge, Where the foemen thickest charge, And the flags of Freedom wave; Where the cannon's crimson lips Roar along the flaming ships, Honor flies to crown the brave. But the brightest crown she hath Who, with woman's heavenly faith- Girding weapon to his thigh— Lest the holy cause should fail, And her country's foes prevail, Sends her dearest forth to die. * Mrs. Caroline M. Kirkland, the favorite authoress, and Mrs. David Dudley Field, both lost their lives through excessive and exhausting labors for the New York Fair. THE MUSEUM OF ARTS, RELICS AKD CURIOSITIES. HIS unique and interesting department of the Fair occupied the Taylor Mansion, on the corner of Montague and Clinton streets. Here were collected a vast number of relics of priceless value, wliich are cherished by iheir owners as more precious than rubies or diamonds, brought out to add to the attrac- tions of this great effort in behalf of the National Charity, and most of wliich the public will probably never have another op- portunity of seeing. Then there were the torn and battle- stained flags of many of our noble Union Regiments, side by side with numerous trophies wrested from Rebellion, on the his- toric fields, and in the glorious sea-fights of the war. China, India, Japan, and the Islands of the sea, also contributed of their rare and wonderful products to enrich and adorn this Grand Collection. THE MUSEUM BUILDING. On entering, on the left, the visitor found a small room where were collected a large number of paintings and other works of Art, contriluited for sale. Some of these were of considerable merit. A catalogue will be found in the Appen- dix. Here, also, was exhibited the Album of Sketches by Amateur Artists, heretofore described. In the main rooms, or parlors, on the first floor, was located the grand collection of Curiosities and Relics. To give an Brooklyn anel L. I. Fair. 85 adequate idea of the wonders of this apartment, we must refer the reader to the catalogue in the Appendix. The unequaled collection of AVasliington relics, the mementoes of Chief Justice Jay, and the superb case of Mrs. St. John were constantly sur- rounded by eager, interested throngs. On the same floor, on the other side of the hall, was the room (hivoted to the exhibition of Army trophies and memen- toes. One of the most interesting features of this room w-as a collection of the various descriptions aird sizes of shot and shell used by the Union and Rebel forces. The antique arms exhibited were also very curious. In this little apartment the visitor found himself face to face with grim-visaged A\rar. But, after all, he only saw here a few waifs that had drifted out from the bloody turmoil in which our fathers, husbands, sons and brothers are surging, in this war for National life. It is one thing to contemplate with calmly curious gaze a few torn and scorched banners, and to handle a harmless fragment of shell which has once crashed through the side of a gun- hoat, but it is quite another to charge through the wither- ing blaze of musketry that had to be faced by our gallant hoys before they could call tlrat miserable rag their own, or to hear the dreadful howl of the invisible shell as it comes, laden with death, to the crowded deck. There were lessons to he learned iir that little room, and he was no true man whose [trayers did not thence arise that God would, in His infinite inercv, bless and protect our gallant soldiers and sailors. On the second floor, the three front rooms were fitted up as a Gallery of Engravings. The Sub-Committee on Engravings, consisting of Alessrs. John M. Falconer, Chairman, Charles Congdon, Henry AYard Beecher, Charles Burt, S. P. Avery, and Chas. Parsons, determined that this department of the Fair should not be excelled in interest and beauty. An ex- tract from their circular to Artists and Collectors, says : " Xo public Exhibition of Engravings has ever taken place on this Continent, to our knowledge. Seeking to initiate such, we ask you to place at our disposal a part of the ample material that exists. Wc want, if possible, as Donations or on Loan, a full repre- s<; History of the sentation of the Chalcographic Art, from its most ancient date down to the latest discov- eries and inventions of the day. It may be classified, viz: Line, Mezzotint, Stipple, Mixed Engravings, Etchings, Lithographs, Wood Engravings, Color-Printings. Also, Artistic Thotographs, when choice and important in subject. In every instance the Choicest Impressions are sought, and, if possible, framed under glass—failing these, prints from the portfolio will be acceptable. The greatest possible care will be taken of their surface and margins, in arranging and returning them when desired. Insurance will be effected when required." The result was the finest collection of Engravings ever seen on this Continent. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher lent to the project his rare enthusiasm and electric force and spirit, lie placed at the disposal of the Committee his own collection of choice proof Engravings—perhaps the finest in our city, and equaled by lew elsewhere. Messrs. G Burt, W. II. Swan, and J. M. Falconer, also contributed very largely to the col- lection, Mr. Swan contributing many of the best for sale. The variety, extent, and merit of this Gallery of Engravings can only be estimated by a study of the Catalogue which we re- produce in the Appendix. A room next the Gallery of Engravings was occupied by a splendid collection of Eastern curiosities, Chinese and Japanese wares, etc. This room contained, of itself, material demanding a day's attentive examination and study. In a small room on the same floor were some of Robert Ful- ton's models and drawings. These were exhibited by Ohas. W. Cope-land, Esq., the eminent civil engineer of ibis city. There was also in this room an elegant and complete working model of a pontoon train—wagons, boats, bridges, etc., con- structed by the Engineer Corps of General Benham expressly for the hair. This interesting and valuable model was pur- chased for presentation to the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. On the second floor was also a room devoted to the sale of photographs, cartes de visite, moss, cone and leather work, sea- weeds, collections of autumn leaves, and a large number of other articles which could not well be classified in any particu- lar department of the Fair. Among the contributors to the large assortment of photographs—which comprised portraits of Brooklyn and L. I. Fair. S7 all our leading generals and public men, and copies of cele- b-rated works of art—were Messrs. Sherman, Aloran, and Brady. Mr. Sherman contributed superb colored imperial pho- tographs of Rev. Drs. Storrs, Littlejolm, and Farley. Mr. Brady contributed large and elegant photographs of A. A. Low, Esq., and his Honor, Mayor A. M. AYood. All of the above photographers also gave a large number of orders for photographs to be sold to visiters to the Fair. The Brooklyn Institute contributed fifty photographic copies of " Brooklyn fifty years ago." THE AUTOGRAPH ROOM. Retired as was the modest room appropriated to the exhibi- tion and sale of Autographs, and devoid as it was of any gaud or glitter to attract the crowd, it was speedily discovered by the thoughtful and appreciative, the antiquary and the stu- dent, that its narrow compass embraced a wealth which was, perhaps, paralleled by no apartment in the entire building. Of Autograph Albums there were several conspicuous for tasteful and sumptuous binding, and more than one contain- ing such autographic treasures as are rarely clasped between the covers of any single collection. Among the most note- worthy was an album contributed by Miss Mary C. Jarvis, con- taining patriotic sentiments and poems—many of them writ- ten expressly for the collection—from Bayard Taylor, Fitz- Greene Halleck, Rev. Dr. Muhlenberg, Geo. II. Boker, Ralph Waldo Emerson, AYalter Channing, T. S. Arthur, Rev. A. Cleveland Cox, Hon. AYilliam II. Seward, J. Lothrop Motley, Charles Sumner, Major-General B. F. Butler, Major-General A. E. Burnside, Brigadier-General Anderson, Major-General Geo. B. McClellan, General O. M. Mitchell, Rear Admiral J. A. Dahlgren, Capt. John L. Worden, Edward Everett, Hon. John P. Kennedy, J. T. Headley, James Russell Lowell, AYil- liam Cullen Bryant, Henry AY. Longfellow, John G. AYliittier, Henry T. Tuckerinan, O. AY. Holmes, John G. Saxe, Parke Godwin, George AYilliam Curtis, J. G. Holland, Donald G. ss History of the Mitchell, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Parton, Regis Gig- noux, Caroline Chesebro, Elizabeth T. Porter Beach, Mrs. L. II. Sigourney, "" Fanny Fern," Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Dr. Hitchcock, F. I). Huntington, Horace Greeley, John Mi- nor Pitts, Rev. Dr. Farley, and others. Most of the contribu- tions to the album were accompanied by private notes from those sending them, full of expressions of sympathy with and interest in the great object of the Fair. It is a matter of regret that so few of the visitors to the Fair had an opportunity to examine this valuable album, as it was sold as soon as presented for exhibition, and removed at once. It brought two hundred dollars. Aliss Jarvis contributed another album scarcely second to the first in value, and, to many, of far greater interest. This contained autographic copies of the prayers composed for paro- chial use by the loyal Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, touching the present grievous national crisis. This was sold for the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars. Mr. Geo. A. Jarvis contributed fifty lithographic copies of the prayers, which were readily sold at S3 each. Among Mr. Jarvis's contributions to this department was a letter of Benedict Arnold, and an autograph copy of Air. Sew- ard's famous despatch to Air. Dayton upon the subject of French recognition of the Rebel Confederacy. Mr. George Jarvis, Sr., contributed an album containing autographic copies of the last Thanksgiving Proclamations of the loyal gov- ernors, the number being very nearly complete. Miss Kate Ripley presented a beautiful album, containing contributions from nearly all our best-known American poets, many of the pieces being composed for the book. This fine collection brought two hundred dollars. Aliss Clara C. Harrison con- tributed an album, containing autographs of the statesmen of our country; and Air. L. B. AYvinan contributed a superbly bound album, containing autographs of a large number of public men, and all the members of the present Congress, which was sold for two hundred and fifty dollars. Brooklyn eind L. I. Fair. 89 Among the other autographs were letters from John AYes- ley, several of Washington, (one of which was to Franklin,) Walter Scott, Uncas, Israel Putnam, William Prince of Or- ange, Duke of Alva, Queen Elizabeth, and John Brown's last letter to his cousin, of which lithographed copies were for sale. Mr. J. Carson Brevoort exhibited a very interesting relic, be- ing a letter of Hannah Arnold, mother of Benedict Arnold, to her son. Mr. AVilliam Kemble exhibited fac-simile copies of all the papers found upon Major Andre when captured by the American Scouts on the Hudson. Among other contributors to the Autographic Department were Messrs. Henry AVard Needier, Ex-Governor John A. King, Theodore Dwight, Sam- uel Coleman, Gordon L. Ford, D. C. Kellogg, Governeur Alor- ris,Alrs. J. R. St. John, Airs. Annie Messenger and many more. Among the ladies and gentlemen whose services were con- spicuous in the collection, arrangement, exhibition, and sale of the articles in the Museum, were Mrs. S. B. Chittenden, Chair- man of the Ladies, and Mr. E. S. Mills, Chairman of the Gentle- man's Committees on Arts, Relics and Curiosities, Mrs. A. Ilenshaw, Mrs. Gordon L. Ford, Airs. J. O. Low, Airs. (lias. Congdon, Mrs. J. F. Howard, Mrs. Captain John L. AVorden, Mrs. Captain Radford, Miss Cooper, Aliss Rebecca Paulding, Mrs. AYilliam M. Richards, Miss Mary Stranahan, Mrs. A. 0. Rossiere, Mrs. J. R. St. John, Airs. A\rm. St. John, Aliss Sarah Luqneer, Miss 0. M. Olcott, Mrs. Henry A. Dike, Misses Eliza ami Kate Ripley, Aliss Kate Taylor, Aliss Emma F. Wallace, Mrs. Edward Butler, and others. Messrs. J. At. Falconer and 0. Burt hung the Engravings, and Air. P. Ryder the Pictures in the sales room. Air. Gordon L. Ford was of great service in the Autograph Room, and Alessrs. John AY. Frothingham, R. AY. Hubbard and A. M. Muir, rendered valuable aid in iin.nv ways. THE DRUM-BEAT. HIS was the first attempt made at any of the Sanitary Fairs, to issue a daily newspaper. It is true, at some of the previous Fail's, Print- ing Presses were erected and in operation, from which daily bulletins were issued, but these were more for the purpose of showing the working of the press than with an idea of making a bona fide journal. In the Brooklyn and Long Island F'air a bolder project was conceived, being nothing less than the issue of a daily morn- ing paper, with all its appointments complete. The follow- ing extract from the prospectus, issued by the Committee hav- ing the matter in charge, will show the design and scope of the proposed paper: It will be under the editorial charge of Rkv. R. S. Storrs, Jr., D, D., assisted by com- petent writers and reporters ; and original contributions are already promised for its col- umns by eminent writers. In addition to articles original and selected, and a department of entertaining miscellany, it will contain a complete Directory to the Fair, and a daily report of the sales, incidents, and general chit-chat of the previous day. The committee hope and believe that it will be a spirited and interesting paper, gladly welcomed and freely purchased by the patrons of the Fair, and distributed by them to their friends and correspondents in other partsof the country. It will be printed on a sheet of eight pages of nearly the same size and general style with the pages of the "Army and Nary Journal" and sold for five cents per copy; and the committee hope for a daily circulation of eight to ten thousand copies. * * * The committee are happy to say that such arrangements have been made for the pub- lication of the paper, that every dollar received for advertisements will go directly, with- out diminution, into the Treasury of the Sanitary Commission. Applications for advertisements may be made either at the office of the " Union," No. 10 Front street, Brooklyn, or of Messrs. Charnley & Hatch, Bankers. No. 34 Wall street. N. Y. S. B. Caldwell, W. T. Hatch, J. M. Van Cott, Ciias. Nokdiioff, A. S. Barnes, Oonun'Utec. Bkookltn, February, lsfil. Brooklyn and, L. I. Fair. 91 The editorship of the paper was, as appears by the prospect- us, offered to Rev. R. S. Storrs Jr., D. I), who generously un- dertook the onerous charge, associating with himself Mr. Francis Williams, City Editor of the New York Keening Post, who prepared for each day's issue a "Record of the Fair," w-ritten in the chaste and graphic style for which he is distinguished. The first number of the Drum-Beat was issrred oir Alon- day morning, Feb. 22d, and the paper was issued daily there- after, the last regular number appearing on Saturday morning, March 5th. A supplementary number was also issued on Friday, March 11. Each number contained twenty-four wide columns. The first page bore an appropriate vignette. The typographical appearance of the paper was universally com- mended. Those who know anything of the difficulties which beset the establishment of a newspaper enterprise must concede that the Drum-Beat, considering especially the magnitude of the task undertaken, was most creditable to the industry and editorial ability of its distinguished conductor. Its col- umns were daily filled with interesting matter, nearly the whole of which was prepared for the paper. Among the contributors were some of the most eminent literary men of the country, although, unfortunately, some of the best things sent came too late for use. A regular and brilliant contribu- tor to the paper was Captain R. AY. Raymond, who wrote a series of articles over the signature " Augustus Watts," des- cribing his " Experience of the Great Fair," wliich added not a little to the attractiveness and variety of the paper. The principle adopted by the editor of the Drum-Beat in the conduct of the paper was to make it not merely an amus- ing trifle, to bring in by its sale a certain number of dollars to the Fair, and not even merely a compendium of choice lite- rary reading to gratify the cultured taste. It was to make it, as far as possible, an effective agent to keep alive, and augment 9-2 History of the the popular interest and the 'popular efforts in behalf of the Fair. To this end its editorials and selected articles all tended, aiming to present the claims of our soldiers upon the sympathy and support of the nation in the strongest possible light. It was intended to be, and wras, a vigorous and earnest lay preacher in behalf of the Sanitary Commission, and the great work in hand. None will deny that it did excellent ser- vice in this direction. The daily circulation averaged about six thousand copies. Among the noticeable features of the Drum-Beat win its humorous illustrations, one or more appearing every day, gen- erally of subjects apropos to the Fair. These were mainly from designs by some of our best comic artists, Messrs. AleLenan, Bellew, Muller, and Beard; a number were from the pencil of a talented young lady, formerly a resident of this city. The history of the Drum-Beat would be incomplete did we fail to notice the fact that the entire cost of the type-setting and printing was assumed by S. B. Chittenden, Esq., one of the members of the Executive Committee of the Fair. We should also note that much of the success of the paper was due to the able management of its business department, by Alessrs. Samuel B. Caldwell and AY. T. Hatch, while the entire Committee, whose names are given above, were assidu- ous in their efforts to make it both a pecuniary success and an honor to the Fair. THE CATTLE SHOW. A cattle-show was not wanting to complete the interest of the Brooklyn and Long Island Fair. A splendid Durham Bull, presented by Elias Howe, Jr., occupied a comfortable stable near the New England Kitchen: he was sold by shares for $500. The pair of Steers promised by Mr. S. B. Chitten- den were promptly forthcoming, and wen; sold at auction in front of the Academy on February 28th, for X2D5. THE CALICO BALL. T was determined, as the Fair was drawing to a (lose, to terminate it with a grand " Calico Ball," the proceeds of which were to be appro- priated to the Brooklyn Female Employment ) Society, to be disbursed for the benefit of the sol- diers' families. Accordingly, on Tuesday even- ing, March Mth, a meeting of gentlemen was held in the Directors' Room of the Academy, to take the necessary steps for the Ball. After some discussion as to time, etc, the following resolution, offcr- ino- by W. AY. Goodrich, was unanimously adopted : Resolved, That it is deemed advisable to have a Calico Ball, the same to be held on Friday evening of the present week, the proceeds of which shall be applied for the relief of the families of the soldiers of Brooklyn, and be paid into the hands of T. H. Frothirrgham, Esq., for that purpose. The resolution was unanimously adopted. It was then resolved that a Committee of one hundred should be appointed to carry out the object and purpose of the foregoing resolution. Air. McLean was unanimously selected as Chairman of the Committee. The following Committees were subsequently chosen: Fioor Committee-CoI. J. B. Woodward, Chairman. D. W Van Ingen, W. L. Ogden. H C Cullen Jr W R. Bunker, R. C. Ward, C. H. Hunter, W. C. Smith, s. P. Ilurlburt, c'lladden. Jr.. Joseph G. Story, W. A. McKee. C. P. Gnlick, R. B. Woodward F. A. Baldwin, Philip II. Brigsrs. A. TI. Williams, James B. Beebe, A. S. Gatche, Joseph How- ard, Jr.. H. D. Polhemus. 91 History of the Refreshment Committee—K. H Stephenson, Chairman. Wm. R Bunker, B. F. Wy- man, W. L. Ogden. Reception Committee—C. W. Blossom, Chairman. A. Mewcr, A. McCue, Jos. B. Blos- som, R. B. Lawrence. A. E. Sumner, J. L. B. Willard, Oeo. D. Puffer, A. liegeman, Jr., W. W. Goodrich. Printinu Committee—S. G. Butler, Chairman. J. W. Croxson. The ball was given with great eclat on Friday evening, March 11th. More than half the ladies were in plain calico dresses. The music was furnished by Sanger's and Dod worth's Bands. The supper was served under the direction of Mr. Charles Yarick, in Knickerbocker Hall, and it was the last of its glories. Henceforth it was " A banquet hall deserted, Its lights all fled, its garlands dead." The Ball-netted about two thousand dollars for the worthy object for which it was given. After the Ball, many of the ladies who were present sent their calico dresses to the Acad- emy to be given to the soldiers' wives and daughters. ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO THE PliESS. WQj r K CLOSING this History of the Brooklyn and \\ Long Island Fair, it is but appropriate, as well as an act of simple justice to allude to the great .services rendered the enterprise by the Public /' Press of the City, in both the Eastern and AYest- ern Districts, and throughout the Island. AVe express not only the feeling of the Executive Offi- cers of the Fair, both Ladies and Gentlemen, but that of the entire community, when Ave recog- nize the fact that to the cordial support of the undertaking by the Press of the City and Island, during the preparatory steps. and the copious and graphic daily reports furnished by the city papers during the progress of the Fair, its great success was in a large measure due. While the press of the neighbor- ing Metropolis—with a few honorable exceptions, of which should be particularly noted the Evening Post, which gave several very excellent notices of the Fair—to a large degree ignored our undertaking, the duty of awakening and keeping alive the popular enthusiasm devolved almost entirely upon the local Press, ami most nobly and efficiently did they per- form their work. In contrasting the results of the Great Me- tropolitan Fair just closed, with those of the effort of Brooklyn and Lono- Island, let it be remembered that, while the latter had the Advantage of the support of the great Metropolitan Journals, which circulate all over the country, reaching even to lands 'beyond the sea, and thus interesting and impelling multitudes from abroad to contribute to its success, we were in a great measure cut off from these important aids. That a 96 History of the success so magnificent crowned our efforts, notwithstanding this drawback, is certainly a most significant tribute to the power and influence of our Press. Had we received the assist- ance that was reasonably expected from the Metropolitan pa- pers, wliich are not wont to neglect events transpiring at their own doors of the magnitude and importance of the Brooklyn and Long Island Fair, it is highly probable the latter would have proved even a more formidable competitor than it did with the Metropolis and its numerous aids, for the honor of hav- ing produced the greatest of the Sanitary Fairs. With a desire, therefore, for only that which is our rightful honor, it is but fair and just to claim for Brooklyn and Long Island, considering the amount of their population and the auxiliaries at command, that they have eclipsed all efforts yet made in aid of the United States Sanitary Commission. IN CONCLUSION, We felicitate our fellow citizens of Brooklyn and Long Island on the successful inauguration, progress, and results of our Great Sanitary Fair. Our preparations were made under the most auspicious circumstances, and with active and experi- enced agencies, to which we referred in the beginning, to form the germ of the thorough and efficient organization, under whose care it was conducted. The very heavens seemed to smile on us. At a season which with us is usually marked by severe cold, and often as severe storms, the large temporary buildings which were required in addition, to the Academy of Music and the Taylor Mansion, were erected almost to their completion under uniformly bright and genial skies, and not a casualty of any kind marred or saddened for a moment the progress of the work. The day of the opening was specially beautiful, rendering the military parade most agreeable to the men under arms, and to the throngs who beheld it. During the entire fortnight of the Fair, there was scarcely a day in wliich it was not pleasant to be abroad, and the same exemp- tion from untoward accidents as attended these preparations Brooklyn and L. I. Fair. 97 continued to its close. Every individual among the multitudes who attended it seemed to regard it as a great Festival of Love, ami to reciprocate the kindliest sympathies. When we speak of its results, we primarily refer to the Four Hundred Thousand Dollars it poured into the Treasury of the United States Sanitary Commission, for the care and relief of our sick and suffering soldiers. Thus viewed, they are goodly and grand. But the Island and its chief City will inevitably, un- less grossly unfaithful to themselves, realize much more and greater. Brooklyn, especially, has seized and secured new vantage ground for future consideration and respect through- out the land, and for the truest greatness, attractiveness, and enjoyment within herself. She has nobly illustrated her re- sources. She has shown the taste, the wealth, the co-operative energy of her population. She has proved incontestibly the generous loyalty of her citizens. Now let her be faithful to the great trust, which, as an unavoidable inference, is in her hands. Whatever she needs in Institutions of Art, Learning or Charity, to make her, in a far higher sense than that of mere numbers, wealth, and growth, a great city, she shows to the world she has ability to possess. And if this Fair, in its great proportions and eminent success is appreciated by her citizens as it deserves, its future and best results will be found in the fresh and permanent impulse given to every wise pur- pose and plan for increasing the attractiveness of Brooklyn as a place of residence; paving in the best way, cleaning, and keeping clean the streets ; improving and extending the Pub- lic Parks ; perfecting the Civic and Sanitary Police ; liberally fostering, and increasing the grades of the Public Schools, creating and sustaining a Great Public Library, and Schools and Galleries of Science and Art, and permanently endowing her admirable institutions of benevolence. The salubrity and loveliness of her superb territorial position will then be but the type of what should and may be hers—the proud pre-eminence of a model American and Republican city. $ fr- □ a n c a; Montague U L_ Ladies Com:mittee Tent containing Goodsfroa. ., Davids lsl4! K Hospital, j L 1 Re e eptioxi I>i stribution and. Sale of Goods. ^g Cloth±n£. "~1 G? a3 ?* ■5 « c *-"S - r Ci ? « * CO 0) - CO K [ChfldreiL's |ClolMrtg| Lang Island. ~ H Dej>aTtmejit. 1 H Plan of the BrooMyn Academy of Music and adjacent Grounds, as pTepared for tbe BROO KLYS vis dLOX G IS IAN D FA IR, In aid of die V. S, Sanitary Commission, FEBRl.'ARYaxu MARCH, 1864. j^^UWlif^tf? Nassau StNT APPENDIX. • APPENDIX. &Uim$ xrl tlie §MwkJp uM §m$ §&lm& $niv. LADIES' GENERAL, COMMITTEE, WESTERN DISTRICT, MRS. J. S. T. STRANAIIAX, President. ----••-•---- CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES. Pilgrim Church.—Mrs. R. S. Storrs, R. P. Buck, James P. Dike, Camden Dike, James Humphrey, J. P. Robinson, Geo. Mygatt, Seymour Burrill, Ch. B. Caldwell, Coe Adams, John Bullard, Jr., W. T. Hatch, A. B. nail, Sidney Green, X. E. James, Timo. D. Vail, A. P, Goodnow, J. H. Rodman, L. P. Kellogg, J. Bulkley, Dwight Johnson, A. C. Brownell. Misses Emma Buck, Mary Hyde, Helen Phelps, Alice Gray, Mary James, Mo- ses Green, Fannie Marsh, Laura P. Marsh, Emily Fisk, Mary Sharpe, Josephine Mali. Plymouth Church.—Mrs. II. W. Beecher, R. R. Graves, Henry Dike, Henry Collins, Chas. Dennis, M. K. Moody, II. P. Ludlum, J. T. Howard, Robert R. Raymond, Charles F. Blake, G. W. Bergen, Aug. Storrs, A. II. Garbutt, G. G. Spencer, M. S. Beach, A. Fitzger- ald, Chas. Farrar, J. A. Newbold, D. S. Arnold, W. Wise, J. A. Ely, M. P Brown, S. C. Fales, G. II. Livingston, John Bliss, Jr., L. Benedict, R. S. Benedict, J. Fanning, G. A. Bell, Daniels and daughters, E. E. Bowen, Jos. Howard, W. Gordon, J. B. Merwin, C. B. Camp, J. G. Voigt, Fuller, J. B. Murray, A. McCullum, S. Conant, Thos. Bird, D. Fan- ning, W. Kent, E. A. Tricady, E. Seagrave, II. E. Mathews, II. Morrill, Woodbridge, A. Graves. Misses A. Noble, Hinman, Duryea. Clinton Avenue Church.—"Sin.. A. S. Barnes, S. II. Brown, Henry Jones, Burnett, C. Knight. D. B. Dearborn. M. Packard, L. Andrews, Win. Moses, Geo. S. Coe, C. P. Dixon, C. ('. Woolworth, S. E. Warner. J. A. Dayton. South Congregational Church.—Mrs. H. Heath, D. L. Barnes, J. L. Brownell, Jas. T. Bailey, J. B. Swift, Packer, J. Winston, A. Isaacs. Central Congregational Church .—Mrs. J. C. French, II. J. Rice, II. M. Peckham, E. R. Mcllvainc. Miss Carrie Pratt. Tabernacle.—Mrs. William A. Bartlett, Samuel D. Crosby, Hy. Elliott, Miss Elizabeth Burke. Church of the Saviour (Unitarian.)—Mrs. F. A. Farley, Ed. Anthony, W. S. Tisdale, A. M. White, J. M. Watkins, I. H. Frothingham, J. Atkins, G. W. Hennings, C. P. San- ger, S. H. Low, E. Blunt, S. W. Slocum, J. O. Low, II. B. Duryea, D. D. Badger, J. R. Jewett, T. Vietor, Jas. Littlejohn, I. R. St. John, L. Bierwirth, Jas. W. Low, H. Trost, Hy. Poor, Hy Kelley, George S. Cary, H. B. Duryea, Hy. Je'ssop, W. H. McCluncy, C. F. Leavitt, Ann W. Cromwell, G. W. Baxter, II. E. Nesmith, William Lombard, A. B. Hall. Misses Kate Treadway, E. Vietor, A. M. Farley, Alice B. Cary, E. Blunt, E. Boyd, J. Jessop. Second Unitarian Church.—Mrs. H. H. Warden, D. Fairbanks, Wm. B. Kendall, John Nortan, Jr.. J. Hillard, R. H. Manning, P. Shaw, D. Brigham, Daniell, N. A Staples, Mar- cus, Greene, J. Maxwell, S. T. Clarke, E. Atkins, E. K. Whittlesey, W. Beare, F. Strong, Misses L. Arnold, Olcott. U)2 Appendix, UNIVEKSALIST CHURCHES. / Church of the Restoration.—Mrs. Eli Robbins, J. B. Wellington, J. Pope. J H.Her- bert, W. C. Dunton, Chas. Hutchins, G. B. Jennison, Miss Barstow. EPISCOPAL CHURCHES. Christ Church—Mrs. S. B. Caldwell, H. Allen, F. Trowbridge, A. Thompson, J. P. Van Nostrand, H. Slipper, D. Lamont, Dimond, Chas. B. Loomis, Win. Arrowsmith, 8. B Titus, C. H. Sand, George C. Jarvis, N. Luquer, Coleman, S. S. Smith, A. Donnison, A. Beare, C. Oakley, J. A. Cowing, Chas. Kelsey, Heinrichs. Misses Allen, Shippen. K. Van Nostrand, Luquer, Lizzie Shapter, Emma Wadsworth. Kate McClellan, Kate Taylor. Holy Trinity Church.—Mrs. A. N. Littlejohn, H. Laing, G. T. Csher, Henry Van Dyne. N. B. Kittell. Misses II. Hunter, Barnard, R. Thomae. St. Aim's Church. —Mrs. Jos. AY. Greene, Thos. Messenger, A. Wyckoff. Missc.- Mary Cornell, Maria Sands. Grace Church.—Mrs. W. Sheldon, G. P. Van Bergen, A. W. Benson. Samuel Agman, Hastings, Meigs, Chas. Congdon, Samuel McLean. 67. Peter's Church.—Mrs. R. S. Slocum, G. L. Stagg, L. Chapin, A. B. Olmstead. A. Belknap. Misses M. Johnson, H. Leslie, L. Fowler. Church of the Redeemer.—Mrs. Edward Jessup. John D. Cocks, W. H. Beare, L. Brotherton, J. Ogden Smith, E. Beare, J. Beare. Church of the Messiah.—Mrs. John Allen, E. Griffin;,'. ■sV. Mary's Church .—Mrs. S. Husted, E. Beers. 67. Luke's.—Mrs. Jas. H. Henry, E. Woolsey. Kobt. Jenkins. Mi^-s E. M. Woo!- sey. St. John"1*.—Mrs. 11. D. Thome, E. E. Baker, Hines. PRESBYTERIAN" CHURCHES. First—Henry Street.—Mrs. E. H. Babeock, Lewis Beach, Wm. C. Brooks, Win. J. Brower, Gordon L. Ford, C. Haddou. W. Hastings, Jas. How, J. D. Hurlbut, J. L. Nich- ols, C. Noble, R. C. Ogden, G. C. Ripley, J. J. Rockwell, X. Satters, Jas. Sheldon, N. T. Sweeney, A. Van Sinderen, II. A. Blakeslee, Albert Bunker, W. E. Iloxie, M. J. Tolford Henry lde, Bryan Smith, Alex. M. Earl. D. Pomeroy, T. T. Buckley. Mis:v;. A:.na E. Downing, Fanny M. Ford, E. L. How, Emily Judson, Susan S. Nelson, E. L. Penniman, E. L. Smith, L. C. Smith. II. A. Tucker, M. F. Worthiugton, Julia Hutchinson, M. C. Studwell, Emma Jenkins, Corning, Mary Hurlbut. First—Remsen.--Mrs. James C. Wilson, Jas. R. Lott, David Moll'att, Jas. Christy. D. G. Eaton. Misses Caroline Kimball, Louisa Dunham. Second.—Mrs. Alanson Trask, A. P. Wickham, A. Jewett. L. \V. DeLamater, De Will C. Enos, John Prentice, A. H. Ritchie, E. L. Thayer, C. K. Horton, Chas. Baylis, A. Baylis, W. Spellman, George Talbert, Dr. Cochran. Miss J. L. Marquand. Third.—Mrs. John Ritchie, Sam'l. Crooke, Thomas Yates. Edward C. Halsey, Win. H. Hazard. Ventral.—Mrs. J. E. Rockwell, R. L. Scrim, W. H. Marston, C. Hammill, Jas. H. Prentice, L. Atwater, W. H. Weed, Dr. Barber, W. C. Benedict. Misses Kate Mills, Sarali Van Antwerp, Jepson, Harriet Howard, Mattie Williams. \Yestervelt, Amelia Smith, Judd, II. L. Waterbury. Lafayette Avenue.- Mrs. Houghtaling, B. Van Vliet, Gallaudet, Metz. Chichester Simpson, H. Loomis, S. II. White. C. C. Smith. Spelman, Bedell, Gay, Weatherby Snow. Misses J. F. Gregory, Davol. South.—Mrs. W. C. Bowers, Dunning, Theodore Dwight, W, S. Griffith, E. Ham- A]>penelvx. 103 ilton, Gibson, Swan, \Y. AY. Uose, Beam, Cowell, Blaekwell, Francis Knight, Halliday, Chas. Peter.-. Misses Sarah Boynton, Halsey, J. Buckmastcr, J. M. Spear, Abbey, S. Thompson. Westminster.—Mrs. Capen, AYelch, Babcock, Rust, J. Edwards, Lanman, Jos. Radner, W. P. Dana, Lambeer, H. S. Carpenter, AV. A. Doubleday, J. AVorth, Him, McMullen. Greene Avenue.—Mrs. S. B. Brown, Anna Longson. Reformed.—Mrs. A. McClellan, Madean. DUTCH REFORMED CHURCHES. First.—Mrs. Theodore Polhemus, John Herriman, Wm. Fowler, George AA'. Dow, Edward P. Beach, W. S. Herriman, A. D. Polhemus, Cisco, Waldron, H. Starr, J. AY. Spader, Rockwell, Heddenburgh, Edward Newton, Lawrence, J. Adams. Lowber, James Morse, AVarren Gray, Hart, E. R. Durkee. Misses Suydam, Mary Moon. Church on the Heights.—Mrs. Miller, Geo. S. Stephenson, Amos Robbins, Peter Duryea, James Myers, Schoonmaker, Orr, Lowe, Gregg, Hoyt, Taylor. Misses Smith, Mattocks. Clark, Louisa A'an Ingen, Caroline Thurston. Harrison Street.— Mrs. N. E. Smith, Akerman, Bal, Cromwell, L. Johnson. James A. Degrau. Misses Hotchkiss, Holmes. Xorth— Mrs. Elmendorf, John P. Elwell, D. McDonald, Rd. Williams, Albert Brett, Higgins, Pierce, Imlay, Charters, Stone, Harrison. Misses Mary Williams, Carrie Evarts. East.—Mrs. AA'iggins, Gelhart, Dow. Misses Prior, Hopper. South.—Airs. T. S. Barkeloo, D. Bergen. Miss Mary Bergen. METHODIST CHURCHES. Sands Street.—Mrs. George Vining, Robt. Powell, Daniel Fairwether, Chas. Nordhoff, Abr. Inslee, Cutter. Miss Gascoigne. Washington Street.—Mrs. Joseph Greenwood, Theo. Freeman, Chas. Voigt. T. D. Taylor, Burton, Jos. Spinney, Jere. Mundell, L. Ileqninger, J. AY. Gascoigne, A. M. Davis, Sawyer. Edward Rolph, Henderson. Misses Dodge. Seney. Carlton Arenue.— Mrs. Pettit, Morrell, Lowber, Fisher, Mary AVilson, Hugh Miller. First Place.—Mrs. Hunt, P. AYaters, Currie, Garrison, Robt. Crawford, Creamer. Miss Mary Barber. Hanson Place.—Mrs. Woodruff, Hicks, Buller, Higby, Simonson, Coffin. Fleet Street.—Mrs. R. Hatfield, Jas. II. Taft, Darley Randall, J. II. Richards. Pacific Street.—Mrs. Smith Fancher, McKenney. BAPTIST CHURCHES. Strong Place.—Mv^. A. B. Capwell, M. Mills, W. A. Gellatly, Chapel, H. E. Saw- yer, Chas. Wliitney, H. Farrington, E. B. Litchfield, Jos. AA'. A'ail, Jas. Taylor, P. Wyckoff, Barter, Townsend, J. E. Sonthworth, Wilson G. Hunt, Haywood, Thomas Hunt, Rollinson, Chadbourne, Crolius, Farren, Fred. AYhitney, Lamson, Clark, Perry, L. B. Chase, Kelsey, P. AY. Kenyon, M. Knight. Misses Addie Shotwell, Maggie Buckland. Central.—Mrs. Gibbs, Fish, Clarkson. Young, Mason. Sarles, Amos Fish, T. T. De- van, Butler, Stille, Conant, Pollard, Bebee. Pierrepont.—Mrs. Silas Ludlam, S. Gregory, Elijah Bliss, J. Plummer, F. A. Crocker. Miss E. Meacham. First.—Mrs. AV. Harding, J. A". Carpenter. Misses Fanny Raymond, S. Chestnut- wood, S. Quereau. Hanson Place. -Mrs. J. B. Bigelow, Joseph Mayer, Lemuel AY. Serrell, S. S. Guy. Aliss Mary C. Rich. 104 Append i.e. Washington Arenue.—Mrs. E. (^uereau, William Atkins, Catharine Corning, Thomas Vernon, L. Richardson. Athenaium.—Mrs. J. S. Wheeler, James Borland, P. A. Hepburn, D. D. Baker, S. H Marshall. OTHER CHURCHES. German Evangelical Church.—Mrs. H. Garlichs, Thomas Achelis. Moravian Church.—Mrs. E. Wilkins. Friends' Society.—Mrs. A. W. Leggett, Susan Lukins, R. H. Underhill, Is;inc Hall. Davis, C. Carpenter, Geo. Brown, John J. Merritt, Wm. Robbins, F. T. Carpenter, Henry Everett. Roman Catholic Church—St. Charles Borromeo.—Mrs. Hy. J. Cullen, Peter Rice, Alex. McCue, John Greenwood, Wm. E. Fjbinson, Mad. D. St. Amant. Jewish Synagogue. —Mrs. M. Bass. MISCELLANEOUS. Teachers.—Mrs. Chs. E. West, H. C. Osborn, A. AY. Morehouse, J. H Raymond, S. G. Taylor, Mad. Napolien. Misses C. Parish, C. Harrison, Ranney, Hunter, M. E. Thalheimer, H. Graham, A. L. Jones, Erricson Aid Society. — Mrs. Alfred Lowber, R. Osborn, Arosburgh, Miller, Minns, Currie. Misses M. Lorch, Ella A'osburgh, Kate Osborn, E. Lowber. Managers Chosen at Large (W. B.)—Mrs. R. Gignoux, J. C. Whitcomb, A. Critten- den, A. Belknap, A. M. Wood, Francis A'inton. L. Burnham, Gen'l. Crooks, L. Chapman, Col. Pratt, Col. Everdell, Elwell, Gen'l. Spinola, G. West, M. C. Dunkley, G. F. Dunning, Hy. Brookman, Talford, D. J. Lyons, Henry Sands, Geo. Hart, Dorance, J. G. Voigt, C. F. Oliver, D. C. Middleton, Chs. Peters, W. B. Barber, AArork, Henry E?ler, John J. Morrow, Pope Catlin, L. D. Conklin, M. P. Brown, Chas. Woodbridge. Misses C. Prentice, Fanny C. West, Ayres Russell, Carrie Van Cott, Sarah Blunt, Fanny Grey, F. Willing, J. Farring- ton, A. Totten. EASTERN DISTRICT. CHURCHES. First Baptist.—Mrs. E. Robinson, W. W. Armfield, Thomas Wallace, O. M. Beach, S, W. AYoolsey, E. A. Thurston, John D. Russ, Smith Place, Ewd. A. Jones. R. Trus- sell, W. S. Conant, Henry Disbrow, S. Kennedy, Wm. Braisted. Misses Anna M. Ander- son. S. A. Anderson, J. A'an A'olkcnburg. Xew England Congregational.—Airs. S. Ballard, R. Clark, A. L. A'anBlarcom, Chs. Aik- man. Lee Arenue Congregational.—Mrs. Theod. Bulkley, AVilliam Brush, Kneeland, F. Scholes, Wm, McFarland, F. Summers, S. AA'yckoff. Miss S. Johnson. Reformed Butch.—Mrs. Charles De Bevoise, Henry Schenck, F. Schenck, Isaac De Be- voise, M. Kalbfleisch, Fred. Kalbfleisch, Miss Julia Meeker. Gothic Methodist Episcopal.—Mrs. Daniel Maujer, Chas. Maujer, Brading, Mather. Miss Mary Maujer. Fourth Street Reformed Butch.—Mrs. J. S. Morrell, E. Porter. Hy. Marsh. AYilliam Han- son, AA'enham, J. A. Heath. Misses S. A. Hathorne, Charlotte Richards. First Presbyterian.—Mrs. Samuel J. Burr, Cheesborough Christ Church, Episcopal.—Mrs. C. Y. AVemple, H. Barstow, Emily Egan. Misses M. B. Dominick, E. Ten Eyck. St. Mark's, Epi j>endix. Gallaway & Sons................. $5 00 Rufus Crook..................... 50 00 M. Muir........................... 1 25 Han & Zipfel...................... 15 00 Martin Fullerton................. 15 00 Edward Harvey.................. 231 63 Joseph Wild...................... 75 00 J.F.Mason....................... 18 00 Geo. AVilson..................... 18 00 Clarence Hedge.................. 2 50 C. W. Schrensek ................. 12 00 J. H. McAuley................... 13 00 N. Cooper......................... 2 00 Joseph Hegeman.................. 16 50 J. B. Sutton...................... 18 00 John B. Wright & T. B. Woolsey. 63 00 Clarke Jervis..................... 10 00 J. Dawson........................ 10 00 W. H. Schwarzwaelder........... 36 00 Peter B. Anderson................ 38 00 R. E. Sinclair..................... 33 16 Union White Lead Manuf'g Co... 5 00 B. F. Corlies & Macy.............. 2 00 B. Stralton........................ 120 00 First Baptist Church, through Mr. Sweeny........................ 131 00 Munsell & Thompson............. 140 00 P. Rollhaus....................... 5 60 W. Hutcheon..................... 200 00 W. M. Rodgers & Co.............. 150 00 Thompson & Weller............ 240 00 J. E. Dobson..................... 10 00 From Southampton............... 5 00 A'an Ostrand & Wright........... 5 00 E. McManus...................... 12 00 Second Unitarian Society, through Mrs. Arnold.................. 7 00 Mrs. Curtis...................... 2 00 J.H.Crook..................... 100 00 Shelter Island............. 8 00 Weeks & Co..................... 7 50 Duryea's Maizena................ 1,069 50 A. & P. Dorlon.................... 125 00 Dorlon & Shaffer.................. 50 00 J. C. & D. D. Whitney............ 7 00 Ovington Bros................... 207 75 From Chicago.................... 65 15 Beard & Haywood................ 15 00 J. AV. Schoonmaker............... 10 00 Young, Davidson & King......... 9 00 J. E. Colyer....................... 15 00 Frank Miller...................... 12 50 W. S. Dunham................... 12 50 Aliss Hinchman................... 15 00 Phillip H. Grogan................. $55 00 H. Mayer........................ 22 00 WH. Van Name............... 1100 White & Frazer.................. 11 00 S. D. Barnes & Co................ 1100 J. &G. Thompson................ 11 00 C. Van Name...................... 11 00 B. & AV. Decker................... 11 00 J. J. Housman.................... 11 00 R. C. Burbank..................... 11 00 G. D. Post & Co................... 11 OO Alex. Frazer...................... 11 00 Wm. Phillips..................... 5 00 Charles Mott...................... 5 00 Delmar......................... 5 00 D. W. Whitmore.................. 2 50 Grocers' and Hardware Committee 89 35 Knickerbocker Ice Company...... 65 00 J. Sprott.......................... 11 00 T. Swaney........................ 10 25 J. H. Mumby...................... 2 00 F. B. Kirby...................... 10 00 C. E. Anderson................... 41 00 Robert G. Anderson............. 204 00 Mrs. Robert G. Anderson......... 50 00 D.H.Gould... ................. 110 05 John E. List...................... 11 00 G. P. Wright & Co................ 11 00 J. E. Merrill & Co................ 1100 Henry Miller.................... 11 00 Ansly Bedell.................... 11 00 AV. H. Christie.................... 22 00 AA'm. Jackson................... 11 00 Paul Mead....................... 25 00 J.F.Brown...................... 10 00 Clark & Hennion............... 25 00 Geo. Barton....................... 45 00 ---Willisdorf, Baker............ 10 00 G.M.Thompson................. 6 00 E.R.Gillespie................... 10 00 Alfred Thompson................ 7 50 Noble & Douglass................ 35 00 Goff & Smith..................... 11 00 Clarke. Clapp & Co............... 35 00 T. Porter......................... 17 48 A. W. Leggett.................... 17 50 W. A. Keeler .................... 36 00 Cartwright, Harrison & Co....... 20 00 Valentine & Bergen............... 30 00 Horace Gray...................... 45 10 J. F. Seymour & Co............... 50 00 Tallman, Dufouns & Co.......... 21 00 Reeve, Case & Banks............ 2100 Gordon, Fellows & McMillian ... 42 00 Appendix. 139 A. Mumford...................... $15 00 J. Q. Adams & Co................ 32 00 Jas. Borland & Son............... 30 00 A.M.Terry..................... 50 00 R. P. Getty & Son................ 48 00 Howe & Bonvin................... 20 00 I. E. & E. B. Place ............... 21 00 Kent & Co....................... 30 00 Stanton, Sheldon & Co........... 30 00 H. A. Tucker.................... 107 00 B. T. Babbitt.................. 7 20 ---Burrows...................... 25 00 Haywood pen dix. New York and Brooklyn form a binary star ; and that if our magnitude is greater, the lustre just exhibited in yours is brighter. With the heartiest wishes for the growth, prosperity and repute of Brooklyn, and with profound thanks for the noble, persistent support given the U. S. Sanitary Commission by its citizens, I remain, gentlemen, with the warmest personal regard your obliged friend and servant, HENRY W. BELLOWS, President V. S. Sanitary Commission. ? X Plan of 2* Floor of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, as arranged for the BROOKLYN VXD LONG ISLAM) FAIR, Fn aid of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, FEBRUARY 224 TO MARCH 8* 1864. ABrown&Co. 47Xassau StSX TREASURER'S REPORT. The following statement of receipts and disbursements on account of the Fair were communicated by the Treasurer to the Executive Committee, under date of June 30, 18(54. STATEMENT OP CASH CONTRIBUTIONS. The Treasurer would remind contributors to the Fund, whose names appear in the following pages, that his accounts relate to the money receipts alone, and that the acknowledgment of all other donations should be found in the reports of sub-committees elsewhere printed. A Achelis, Thomas.................... $250 00 Anonymous, through Post Office tc i Adams, Coe......................... 500 00 Bach & Co................... $14 00 Adams, Joseph H., & Coombs....... 100 00 Anonymous, by J. O. Low ......... 500 00 Adams, R. W.,...................... 200 00 An hony & Hall................... 100 00 African M. E. Wesleyan Church, 1,000 00 James Morris Williams, Pastor... 20 00 Arnold,D.S...................... 250 00 Ahrens, Henrv...................... 25 00 Arnold & Constable.............. 100 00 A H. & Co ................ 15 00 25 00 5 00 Arnold, Edward H., & Son.......... Art Reception, Proceeds of,...... Arthur, Mrs. Children of her School, 40 00 1,297 61 Allen, Mrs. F....................... 4 50 Allen, W.B........................ 50 00 355 30 25 00 Aschman, F. T., &Co............. 50 00 American Flask & Cap Co.......... 5 00 250 00 Amityville, Village of, by B. Skid- 250 00 35 51 25 00 Averill, J.O......................... 100 00 20 00 Andrews, Giles, Sanford & Co...... 50 00 50 00 100 00 B B.,byE.W.C.....................$100 00 Bagley, J. S...................... $150 00 Babylon, village of, by Martin Wil- Bagley, William, Proceeds of Enter- ic............................... 125 00 tainment......................... 50 00 Babylon, village of, by C. Jayne.... 34 50 Bailey & Southard.................. 25 00 Backus, W. W...................... 25 00 Baker A............................ 25 00 Bader A. & Bro.................... 5 00 Banchman, Thomas............. 5 00 Badger, A. H....................... 50 00 Bancroft, E. W.................. 50 00 Badger'D.D...................... 30 00 Banks, Henry W.................. 200 00 174 Treasurer s Report. Barber, Samuel..................... $50 00 Bardwell, Carlos................... 100 00 Barnes, Mrs. A. S., Proceeds of En- tertainment ....................... 400 00 Barnes, D. S.................... 100 00 Barnum, P. T....................... 200 00 Barratt, R. D........................ 50 00 Barstow, Henry W.................. 100 00 Barton, Alexander & Waller........ 5 00 Bauer, D............................ 25 00 Baylis, A. B....................... 500 00 Baylis, Charles S................... 500 00 Baylis, Henry...................... 10 00 Beach, O. M........................ 50 00 Beale, Mrs. John C................. 25 00 Beard, Miss Amelia, Proceeds of a Gold Coin of 1798................ 8 75 Beard, S. C.......................... 50 00 Beard, S. M........................ 500 00 Beard, William.................... 250 00 Beatty, John C...................... 100 00 Beatty, Robert W.................. 100 00 Becar & Co......................... 100 00 Bechtel, G. T....................... 25 00 Becker, H. & Co..................... 50 00 Bedford Avenue Baptist Church___ 38 00 Bell, Henry G ...................... 100 00 Belmont, August.................... 500 00 Benedict, L ..................... 10 00 Benedict, R.S................... 250 00 Benner & Brown................. 100 00 Benson, Arthur W.................. 500 00 Bentley & Burton................... 200 00 Benton, R.......................... 25 00 Bergen, C. J........................ 500 00 Bergen, Mrs. J. A............... 50 00 Bethel Mission Sunday School, 42 & 44Fulton street................... 123 91 Bicknell, Daniel................... 5 00 Bill, Charles E...................... 500 00 Binns, James ...................... 25 00 Binsse, L. B..................... 25 00 Birgham, A......................... .25 00 Blake, A. V........................ 100 00 Do........................ 150 00 Blake, C. F..................... 157 81 Blossom, Benjamin............ 250 00 Blossom, C. W..................... 250 00 Blossom, James B.................. 100 00 Blossom, Josiah B.................. 100 00 Blunt, John........... ..... 100 00 Board of Brokers, New York ...... 500 00 Bogart, Daniel, Jr.................. 92 00 Bogart, John B..................... 100 00 Boiken & Siefkes................... $25 00 Booth & Turtle................... 25 00 Borger, H. S........................ 50 00 Borland, J. & Co................... 25 00 Bostwick, Charles E............... 500 Bowers, Beekman & Bradford, Jr,.. 100 00 Boyle, Ann....................... 1 00 Bradbury, E. E., Young Ladies of his Seminary..................... 50 00 Bradley, Mrs. J................... 1 50 Bradshaw, Mrs., sundry collections. 29 00 Bradstreet, J. M., & Son ........... 50 00 Brahe, Charles H.................... 25 00 Brand, Wm., & Co................... 100 00 Braun, Ellon & Co.................. 25 00 Breese, Theo. F..................... 5 00 Breithaupt & Wilson.............. 100 00 Bridgehampton, town of............ 24 00 do. by Hon. H. P. Hedges....................... 912 94 Brigham, Miss Ada.................. 10 00 Brigham, Miss Emma............... 20 00 Brigham, Mrs. G. W................ 50 00 Brigham, L. H...................... 200 00 Brigham, Miss Zennie.............. 20 00 Brinkerhoff, A..................... 25 00 Brittan, Bros....................... 150 00 Broach, John....................... 50 00 Broadway, Rail Road Co............ 100 00 Brooklyn Athenaeum and Reading Room............................. 100 00 Brooklyn Daily Times.............. 543 50 Brooklyn Daily Union.............. Ill 2s Brooklyn City Rail Road Co....... 1,925 68 Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytech- nic Institute......................1,032 25 Brooklyn Female Seminary, 293 Clin- ton Street, Teachers and Pupils of 25 00 Brooklyn Gaslight Co., additional.. 300 00 Brooklyn Heights Seminary, Prof. C. E. West....................... 140 00 Brooklyn Savings Bank.............5,000 00 Brooklyn Steam Boiler Works, Em- ployees of......................... 21 74 Brookman,F........................ 50 00 Brookman, H. D.................... 200 00 Brooks, Josiah & Co................ 25 00 Brooks, Thomas & Co.............. 500 00 do. do. do. Employees of, 40 00 Brookville, village of, by Rev. Jere- miah Searle....................... 108 00 Brown, Mrs. George W............. 100 00 Brown, Thomas M., & Son.......... 25 00 Brown, W. A...................... 100 00 Treasurer's Report. 175 Brownell, A. C........ Bromley & Kellogg... . Brundeis & Wicket..... Brunner, J......... .... Brunner, W., & Co ..... Brush, Jarvis....... Brush, Joseph B....... Bryant, C. R....... Buchanan, Wm., & Co. Buck, R. P......... Buckle}', Charles J. .. . Buckley, Thomas T. ... Buckley, Mrs. T T... . Bucklin, T P., Jr.,... Buffum, Mrs. D..... Bulkley Bros....... Bulkley, J. W. ....... Ciesar & Pauli.................. Cahoe, Henry................... Caldwell, C. B................... Caldwell. Samuel B .............. Cameron, John................. Campbell, D. G................ Campbell, J. W.................... Campbell, Magee & Co............ Camp, C. B...........^........... Capitoline Association, Proceeds of Entertainment................... Carey, S. W...................... Carhart, Bacon, Greene & Co....... Carman, Jesse S.................... Caron, Ewald................... Carter, Stewart & Co.............. Carver, Benjamin.................. Cary, George S................... Cary, Mrs. Maria................... Case, J. S........................... Cash................................ do ............................... do................................ do .............................. do .............................. do............................ do .............................. do S. F. G..................... do S. F. G...................... do ............................... do .............................. do byC. W. B..................... do by II. II D..................... do Sundry items by Mr. Grundy... do by A. A. L................... do byD Mel...................... $50 00 200 00 25 00 25 00 25 00 50 00 100 00 5 00 50 00 500 00 100 00 250 00 81 00 100 00 5 00 660 00 25 00 $100 00 25 00 200 00 500 00 5 00 25 00 25 00 25 00 250 00 175 00 200 00 100 00 50 00 100 00 200 00 250 00 250 00 300 00 100 00 1 00 10 00 6 00 10 00 10 00 1 00 1 00 50 00 50 00 2 00 10 50 00 3 00 19 00 250 00 25 00 Bulkley & Co.................... $25 00 Bullard, John, Jr............... 500 00 Bullocke. John.............. 50 00 Bunting, T. B & Co............... 100 00 Burchard, Mrs. N................. 25 00 Burgess, J S................. 250 00 Burnham's Gymnasium Exhibition. 688 45 Burr &Co., Employees of....... 26 96 Burr, W. H........................ 5 00 Burrell, Seymour............. 250 00 Burroughs, Horace F.............. 25 00 Burroughs, Allen & Co ,....... 25 00 Burt, James ............... 100 00 Butler, John, Employees of........ 13 o0 Butler, Silas G............... . 50 00 Butler, Cecil & Rawson............. 25 00 Butterrield, F., & Co................ 200 00 C Cash by Mr. N...................... $25 00 Caswell, S. T .................... 100 00 Central Bank...................... 100 00 Central Baptist Church, Rev. Mr. Sarles........................... 12 00 Central Presbyterian Church, by Mr. Bryer........................... 200 00 Chapman & Co...................... 100 00 Chappell, George ................. 10 00 Charlton Academy................ 14 00 Charter Oak Life Insurance Com- pany, of Hartford................. 50 00 Chase, H. G. O., & T. M............ 25 00 Chittenden, S. B....................1,000 00 Chittenden, Mrs. S. B., Proceeds of Entertainment.................. 409 00 Chrisfield, W.................... 25 00 Christ, Jay & Co ................... 50 00 Christmas, Charles................. 500 00 Christ Church, Rev. Dr. Canfield... 31 10 Christ Church, E. D., member of, by Rev. A. H. Partridge........... 150 00 Church, S. B....................... 5 00 Church of St. Charles Borromeo, Rev.Dr.Pease................... 200 00 Church of St. Peter & Paul, Rev. S. Malone.......................... 603 00 Church of the Holy Trinity, Rev Dr. Littlejohn................... 18 00 Church on the Heights, Rev. Mr. Eells........................... 58 00 Citizens of the U S. in Berlin, by A. C. Woodruff.................. 241 00 Claflin, Aaron.................... 600 00 Claflin, Horace B...................1,000 00 Clapp, JohnF..................... 50 00 176 Treasurer's Report. Qlarendon, Thomas................ Clark, B. E..................... Clark, J. D., Pupils of his School .. Clark, Pickering................... Clark, Geo. A., & Bro............ Clark, Clapp & Co................. Clarke, R. J.................... Clinton Inst'te, by W. A. Nash, Prin. Coffee, John...................... Coffee, Mrs. John. ........ Cole, F. B., Estate of, by Theodore Hinsdale......................... Colgate, Robert & Co............... College Grammar School, L. W Hart, Principal............ Collins, George.............. Collins, James B................. Collins, Plummer & Co ....... ... Colored Union Mission Sunday School.................... Columbian Insurance Co.......... Comings & Mensing.............. Commercial Advertiser Association. Conant, Mrs...................... Congregation Beth Elohim......... do. do. do. by S. Ro- senberg......................... Congregational Ladies1 Sewing So- ciety of Colchester, Conn......... $50 00 Conklin, H. N., Son, & Beers.......$515 00 150 00 Conkling, D. H................... 200 00 126 00 Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance 100 00 Co., Hartford.................. 100 00 100 00 Conway & Powers............ 5 00 100 00 Cook, John F...................... 25 00 2 00 Cooper, Charles W.................. 100 00 36 00 Cooper J R...................... 50 00 25 00 Cooper, William.................. 250 00 10 00 Corlies, E. W................... 500 00 Cornell, Peter C.....................1,000 00 500 00 Coughlan, T. H.................... 25 00 100 00 Cove (Oyster Bay) Ladies' Soldiers' Aid Society.................. 33 00 17 50 Cox, Mrs. E.................... 5000 100 00 Craig, Adam.................... 25 00 50 00 Crane, John J ................. 2500 500 00 Crittenden, Mrs. A............... 149 58 Crook & Scotts..................... 25 00 5 00 Crosby, H. T................... 50 00 250 00 Cross & Austins.................... 100 00 25 00 Cruse, Isaac....................... 5 00 18 00 Cummings, M. W................... 50 00 100 Cushman, F. A.................... 25 On 230 00 Cutchogue, Village of, by Goldsmith &Tuthill....................... 81 00 102 00 Cuthbert & Cunningham.......... 225 00 Cypress Hills, Village of, by William 10 00 Aug. Walker ................... 104 10 D Dale, Bros & Co ................... $50 00 Dale, Thomas N., & Co............ 25 00 Dater, J. H ....................... 25 00 Davis, C.......................... 50 00 Davis, Henry....................... 100 00 Davol, John ...................... 250 00 Dean, WW....................... 5 00 Dearborn, D B..................... 155 00 Debevoise, Charles ................ 25 00 Delamater, B. W.................... 50 00 Delano, B. F (collections).........5,000 38 do. do.......... 184 25 Delano, M. P...................... 25 00 Delass, P.......................... 5 00 Delisle, Oscar................... 25 00 Deluce, E. S., Navy Yard, for self and employees in the Chief Engi- neer's Office..................... 100 37 Denison, Abel..................... 250 00 Dennington, C. L................... 50 00 Denny & Jones.................... 50 00 Deppeler, J........................ 25 00 Dewitt Nephews................. 10 00 Dickinson, George................. Dickinson, H, H................. Dickinson, J. C.................... Dietz, Benjamin .................. Dime SavingsBank................ Dimmock & Moore................ Dimon, Margaret............... Dimon, J., & Co................... Dodge, Edward................ do. Entertainment by J Wilson and friends........ Dodge & Olcott.................... Dolan, John..................... Donald, P...................... ... Donaldson, J. J................ Doty, J............................ Doughertv, A..................... Douglass, James................... Douglass, W., of Douglass Farm... Dubois, C........... .............. Ducker, D. K...................... Duckwitz, Geo. F.................. Dun, R. G....................... $150 00 100 00 5 00 100 00 1,000 00 100 00 100 00 25 00 500 00 164 79 100 00 50 00 25 00 50 00 56 13 50 00 150 00 50 00 20 00 . 100 00 . 250 00 5 00 Treasurer's Report. 177 Dunham, E. W..................$100 00 Dutcher & Ellory..................$200 00 Durant, Thomas C...............1,000 00 Dutch Reformed Church of Queens, Duren, Mrs., Young Ladies of her Queens Co....................... 40 33 School............................ 175 00 E Eames, E. E.....................$100 00 Earle, Jonathan .................. 150 00 Barle, A. M ...................... 250 00 Eastman, Smith J.. .............. 250 00 Easton, Charles.................... 100 00 East Hampton, of, by J. Madi- son Huntting..................... East New York, etc., Company.... do. town of, by Mrs. C. R. Miller......................... East New York, town of, by P. H. Reed............................ Ebbinghousen & Co............... Eells, Mrs.. Candy Table........... Elliott, Henry..................... Elwell, C. F....................... 170 49 100 00 18 75 61 75 5 00 250 00 200 00 100 00 $10 00 5 00 5 00 25 00 50 00 100 00 Fabrequettes, E., Jr................ Fair, by four little girls............ Fair, by Minnie Fowler, Kittie Reamer and Gertie Cummings___ Pairchild & Fanshawe............ Falkner, Kimball & Co............. Parley, Frederick C................. Farmington School, by Edwards S. Sandford ...................... 500 Farmingdale, village of, by Charles S.Powell...................... 115 Faye, Thomas....................... 100 Finney, Wm....................... 100 Firemen's Ball, Proceeds of Tickets donated........................... 48 First Baptist Church................ 50 First Baptist Church, E. D., Rev. Dr.Baker......................... 376 59 First Presbyterian Church, Remsen street, balance of donation from 32 families attached to............ 5 Fish, James D..................... 200 Fish, James D. President........... 250 Fisher, J........................... 5 Fisher, Donnelly & Co.............. 50 Fitch, Porter..................... 50 Flagg, Baldwin & Co.............. 100 Flato, Joseph...................... ~ Flatbush, town of, by J. Lefferts.... 718 do. St. Paul's Epis'l. Church 1.435 Elwell, Jas. W......................$500 00 Elwell, John P..................... 25 00 Ely, Mr............................ 20 00 Ely, Joseph N. ................... 25 00 Emery, L. H , of West Newberry, Mass.............................. 25 00 Employees of and Hill...... 41 41 Engle, Samuel...................... 125 00 Entertainment by Lizzie C. Com- stock, Grace A. Bowen and Nellie A. Bowen........................ 11100 Entertainment by Sarah E. Conner and A. C. Smith.................. 100 00 Ericsson Aid Society, by Mrs. A. B. Lowber........................... 120 00 Escher&Co...... ................ 50 00 Flatbush, St. Paul's Epis'l, Church $34 79 do. do. do. do. by W. M.......................... 237 05 Flatlands, village of, by R. Magaw. 230 00 do. do. do. Rev. Mr. Doolittle......................... 56 n Flushing, village of, by Miss A. L. Jones..........................., . 14 00 Flushing, village of, by B. W. Down- ing .............................. 190 86 Ford, H............................. 25 00 Ford, John R....................... 100 08 Forman, Alexander................ 50 00 Forstmann & Co.................... 50 00 Forty-Seventh Regt., N. G, by Col. J. V. Meserole, Jr................. 400 00 Foster. Amasa S ................ 250 00 Foster & Bro ..................... 25 00 Foulds, R., Jr....................... 10 00 Fowler, W. A....................... 250 00 Fowler, W. C....................... 100 00 Fowler & Ward................... 100 00 Franklinville Soldiers' Aid Society. 5 00 Fraser, Edward A................. 25 00 Freeman, Mrs. A. N................ 20 50 Free School of East New York, G A. F. North, Principal........... 20 00 French F. W ...................... 25 00 French John....................... 50 00 Friend.............................. 1 00 178 Treasurer'* Report. Friend.............................. $25 Oo Friend—S. W. C................... 100 Oo Friend of Miles O'Reilly ........... 1 00 Frost, Ezra M...................... 100 00 Frost, Mrs. J. H.................... 158 00 Frothingham. Jas. H........... 100 00 Frothingham, John W...........$500 00 Fuller, Edward.................... 50 00 Fuller, T. D....................... 90 00 Funch, Meincke & Wendt....... 15 00 Furman. W. C ................. 50 00 G Gale, F. A......................... $50 00 Gallagher, John.................. 5 00 Gamble,A......................... 50 00 Garner & Co........................ 200 00 Garnor, Thomas............... 25 00 Garritt, Clark & Co .............. 25 00 Geltson, Mrs. George............... 40 00 Germania Life Insurance Co........ 50 00 Germania Society................ 225 00 Gerry, Isaac....................... 100 00 Gerson, J........................ 10 00 Gibson, E. T. H...................1,000 00 Gildersleeve, David H............. 10 00 Gill, Andrew W................... 10 00 Gillott, Joseph.................... 25 00 Giraud, Barbey & Co............ 50 00 Glen Cove, village of, by Miss E. N. Valentine........................ 263 45 Godfrey, A. W...................... 10 00 Goetchinis, J. M................... 100 00 Goodnow, A. F..................... 100 00 Goodridge, S. F..................... 250 00 Goodwin, Charles.................. 100 00 Gookin, W. D....................... 250 00 Gordon, O. H...................... 50 00 Gordon, Mrs. O. N., Sale of five Brooches...................... 44 00 Gove, Walter S.................. 25 00 Grace Church.................... 206 05 Graeve, Werner................ 100 00 Graves, Erastus ..................$250 00 Graves, Rufus R................... 500 00 Gravesend, village of, by S. Gerret- sen..... ........................ 93 30 Gravesend Neck, by S. Gerretsen... 118 00 Gray, H. A.................. 50 00 Gray, H. W....................... 100 00 Green, Mrs. N..................... 5 00 Green, Sidney...................... 500 00 Green Avenue Presbyterian Church. 25 00 Greenfield, village of, by Mrs. Close 18 55 do. Children of, by Miss S. Heath.......................... 169 90 Greenpoint Sugar House .......... 100 0? Greenpoint Oil Co................ 25 00 Greenport, town of, by Rev. Chas. Backman........................ 170 00 Greenwood Baptist Church___. .. 65 00 Greve C.......................... 10 00 Gridley, James................... 50 00 Griflen, Thomas W. & Co. . ..... 48 00 Griffith, Prentiss & McCombs...... 250 00 Griggs, James M.................. 100 00 Grimshaw, B....................... 50 00 Groom, Bros. & Co.......... ...... 50 00 Grumbach & Marschall............. 5 00 Grundy, Wm...................... 25 00 Guardian Life Insurance Co........ 100 00 Guild & Garrison................... 50 00 Guy, S.J.......................... 25 00 H. by E. W. C...............$100 00 Haas, Frederick.................... 10 00 Hagemeyer & Brunn............... 25 00 Haggerty&Co................... 25 00 Hale, Charles E., & Co............. 25 00 Hall, A. 1......................... 25 00 Hall, Isaac......................... 10 00 Hall, James........................ 50 00 Hall, J. R........................... 10 00 Hall, Richard B..................... 10 00 Hallenbeck, John J................. 25 00 Hammond, D. S.................... 10 00 Hanks, C. F......................... 5 00 Harmon, Andrew, & Sons..........$250 00 Harold, John..................... 100 00 Harper, Charles.................... 5 00 Hart, James H., & Co.............. 224 00 Harteau, H., & Co............... '25 00 Harthill, A....................... 25 00 Haslehurst & Smith............. 250 00 Hastings & Potter ................. 10 00 Hatch, Miss E. C, From young la- dies of her school at New Leb- anon Flats....................... 82 00 Hathaway,. Francis................. 250 00 Hathaway, James L................ 2500 Harlem, J L. 5 00 do. 100 00 Treosv rers Report. 179 Haviland, Lindsley & Co........... $50 Hawes, L. P........................ 250 Hawley, A. P....................... 25 Haxtun, Benjamin............... 5 Hayne, H. J., & Co................ 25 Hay ward & Briggs................. 25 Heath, J. A., & Co., Employees of.. 30 Heinrichs, OF A.................. 100 Heller, Wm., & Co................. 50 Hempstead, town of, by Jno. Harold 614 Hempstead, town of, by Miss Hen- drickson......................... 1 Hempstead, town of, W. D., by C. W. Rogers........................ 627 Hempstead, Ladies Union Associa- tion ............................... 155 Henly, A.......................... 750 Hennequin, H., & Co............ 50 Herriman, W S.................. 250 Heuser, Geo. L.................. 250 Heussner, Charles, it Co......... 50 Heyarick, Rev, D. M............. 5 Heyne, Frederick.................. 10 Higgins, E. S., & Co............ 25 Hill, Charles E..................... 250 Hill & Chapman.................... 15 Hillyer, Nathaniel ................ 100 Hinchman, Frank.................. 100 Hines, D. S., Collections......... 321 Holbrook, Floyd & Co............ 25 Hodges, H....................... 25 Holcomb, J. M..................... 100 Hollinshead, James S.............. 50 Holme, Rev. J. S................... 50 Holmes, Booth - Sick little girl at Hazlewood........ 1 00 23 00 Sidney Place Seminary, Mrs. Fitch. 7 00 Schlessinger, H............ 50 00 Simonin, Mr., Several pupils of his Schmidt, Jacob............. 2 00 School............................ 17 50 Schnabel & Co............. 25 00 Simpson, Edward................... 50 00 Scholes, H. B................ 250 00 Sixth Ward Bounty Committee..... 2,000 00 Schoonmaker, Mrs. P........ 5 00 Skating Pond, Benefit.............. 98 25 ScovilleManufacturing Co... 50 00 Skating Pond, Sale of Magic Pond. 50 00 1.250 00 100 00 Skinner, F......................... Slade & Colby...................... 200 00 Scrymser, John.............. 100 00 i....... 15 00 297 00 Slate, John, & Co.................. 50 00 Second Presbyterian Church Slimmon, R........................ 50 00 Second Unitarian Society, M. 13. Sloan, Hon. Samuel................ 250 00 Bryant..................... 25 00 Slocomb, F......................... 50 00 Secor, W................... 20 00 Smieton, James................... 50 00 Seiberg, Aug.............. 25 00 Smith, Benj. M.................... 50 00 Seivers, J. A................ 5 00 Smith. Mrs. Edmund T., of Smith Setauket, village of, by T. S. Strong 50 00 town............................. 25 00 Treasurer's Report. 185 Smith, G. B......................... $5 00 Smith, R......................... 10 00 Smith, Hon. Samuel............... 250 00 Smith, W. H..................... 10 00 Smith, Jonas, & Co............... 26 00 Smith & Jewell.................... 200 00 Smith & Swan..................... 2 00 Smithers, A........................ 50 00 Smithtown, town of, by John Law- rence Smith...................... 241 85 Sneden, John....................... 200 00 Sniffen, John, Jr.. ............... 25 00 Snow, Ambrose.................... 500 00 Snow, Michael..................... 100 00 Social Singing Society of the First R. D. Church, E. D., by John A. Gray, additional.................. 75 50 Society at Fort Hamilton . ........ 12 50 Soldier's Aid Society of Queens. .. 107 25 Solomon, B. L., & Sons............ 25 00 Sorchan, Allien & Diggleman...... 50 00 South Brooklyn Engine and Boiler Works, Daniel McLeod, proprietor and workmen.................... 254 00 South Brooklyn Female Seminary Entertainment, A. W. Morehouse, Principal......................... 125 00 South Brooklyn Savings Institution 2,000 00 South Hampton, village of, by Col. B. H. Foster..................... 1,051 25 South Presbyterian Church......... 346 00 South Second Street M. E. Church, Rev. J. W. Home, Pastor........1,000 00 Southwick, H. C................ 50 00 Southwick, J. C.................. 200 00 Southwick, Nathan................. 200 00 Sparkman, Mrs., and Mrs. Morelle.. 137 62 Sparks, H. II...................... 14 00 Spelman, J. B., & Sons............. 200 00 Spencer, CD...................... 25 00 Spencer, D. C..................... 25 00 Spencer, George G................. 100 00 Sprague, Cooper & Colburn........ 100 00 S. R. & Co........................ 25 00 St. Ann's Church, by Miss Cornell.. $42 00 St. Paul's Church.................. 80 00 Stanfield, Wentworth & Co........ 100 00 Starbuck, W. H.................... 50 00 Starr, D............................ 5 00 Stai-Spangled Banner, proceeds of. 50 00 State Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Worcester....................... 100 00 Stearns, Mrs. J. W................ 5 00 Steele, W. M., & Co................ 125 00 Steinert, J.......................... 10 00 Stephenson, Edward H............. 100 00 Stephenson, George S..............1,000 00 Stevens, B.......................... 105 00 Stone, Henry...................... 100 00 Stone, W.J......................... 1 00 Stone, Bliss, Fay & Allen........... 50 00 Stony Brook, village of, by Colonel W. S. Williamson................ 100 00 Storrs, Augustus.................... 200 00 Storrs, Charles..................... 500 00 Storrs, CO........................ 10 00 Storrs, R. O........................ 25 00 Stranahan, Hon. J. S. T........... 500 00 Strasburger & Nuhn................ 100 00 Stratton, Jas........................ 25 00 Streeter, Faxon & Potter........... 50 00 Struller, Louis..................... 25 00 Studwell, Aug..................... 25 00 Studwell, Alexander............... 100 00 Studwell, Geo. II................... 25 00 Sturges, Bennet & Co.............. 250 00 Stursberg, H., & A., & Co.......... 50 00 Stutzer, Hermann................. 50 00 Sullivan, Thomas................... 100 00 Sunday School of Fourth Universa- list Society ..................... 47 25 Sutton, J. B..................... 40 00 Sutton, Smith & Co................ 200 00 Sutton, Misses, Pupils of the....... 25 00 Swan, Foster....................... 50 00 Swan, W. H....................... 250 00 Switzer, Lewis..................... 10 00 Syz, J., &Co...................... 25 00 Taber, C. C. & H. M...............$100 00 Tableaux Entertainment at Athen- aeum by the Committee..........1,599 00 Tableaux, proceeds of, by Mrs. C. Coles, E. D........................ 300 00 Talmage, Daniel & Co.............. 50 00 Tallmadge, II. E ................... 20 00 Tatham, C. B.......................$100 00 Taylor, D. A........................ 25 00 Taylor, James R.................... 500 00 Taylor, M. A........................ 5 00 Taylor, N. B....................... 50 00 Taylor, W. L...................... 25 00 Taylor, Wm., & Sons............... 100 00 Tapscott, George, & Co............ 30 00 Taylor, Richards & Co.............. 85 00 186 T'reasurer's Report. Tefft, Griswold & Kellogg.......... Terry, D. T...................... Thallon, Robert................... The World Company............... Third Presbyterian Church, by Mrs. Badean .......................... Thirteenth Regiment, N. G., Col. Woodward, Proceeds of Promen- ade Concert...................... Thomas & Benham................. Thomas & Co....................... Thomas, H, & Co.................. Thompson, E....................... Thompson, Lucy................... Thome, Ella, Proceeds of Child's Fair.............................. Underhill, Alexander...... Underhill, Joseph E....... Underhill, J. S............. Underhill, Mrs. Thomas II. Union Chemical Work6«.... Vagt, John G. A.................... Valentine, Brewster & Bergen, George W......................... Van Anden, I...................... Van Benschoten, S................. Van Blankenstein, C.P............ Van Namee, James................. Van Nostrand, J.J................. Van Wyck, R....................... Van Wyck, Townsend & Co....... Wading River, village of, by Hon. J H. Tuthill........................ Wadron, Henry, & Co............. Wadsworth, Ruth A................ Wales, W. A........................ Walker, J. R...................... Wall, Hon. William................. Wall, William Jr.................. Wallace, J. P...................... Walters, Paul...................... Ward, James..................... Wardell, B. A...................... Wardell, H. B...................... Wardwell, John M................. Waring, D. S...................... Warren, C.C...................... Warren, H. M...................... Warren Chemical & Manufacturinj Company...................... $250 00 Thurston, Miss ..................$200 00 5 00 Thurston, Miss E .................. 200 00 250 00 Tiffany, S. S..................... 50 00 23 25 Tilton, Leonard................... 5 00 Tisdale, William S................. 200 00 110 00 Topping, William, & Co........ 50 00 Torry, Mrs. Jane S., Proceeds of Mu- sical Entertainment............. 503 00 4,01100 Townsend, B. C.................... 100 00 100 00 Trask. Alanson..................... 250 00 100 00 Treadwell, G. C, & Co............. 100 00 100 00 Trott, Chas......................... 75 00 50 00 Truslow, James L................. 200 00 50 00 Truslow, Samuel W................. 250 00 Turnbull, Slade & Co............... 50 00 16 63 Tuttle, H. A........................ 10 00 U $25 00 Union Ferry Co...................$5,000 00 50 00 Union Mutual Insurance Co....... 100 00 100 00 Upper Aquebogue, village of, by 22 00 Hon. J. H. Tuthill............... 14 00 25 00 V $25 00 Vernon, Bros. & Co................$250 00 Vetterlein, T. H., & B., & Co....... 25 00 500 00 Vietor, Charles H.................. 250 00 763 25 Vietor, Frederick W............... 250 00 250 00 Vietor, Theodore................... 250 00 250 00 Vining, George J................... 120 00 10 00 Vining & Powell................... 50 00 500 00 Voigt, G. A......................... 50 00 250 00 Vyse&Sons....................... 100 00 50 00 W Washington Avenue Baptist Church $143 50 $81 00 Washington Manufacturing Com- 100 00 pany............................. 5 00 12 00 Waterbury Hook & Eye Company... 10 00 10 00 Waterman, C....................... 5 00 5 00 Waters, Mrs. II..................... 42 50 500 00 Watson, J. H....................... 13 00 250 00 Watson, William, & Co............ 50 00 500 00 Watson & Pettinger................ 200 00 10 00 Wattles, James D.................. 25 00 10 00 Way, D. H.......................... 25 00 100 00 Wcatherly, C. S..................... 5 00 100 00 Webb & Bell's Ship Yard........... 50 00 5 00 Webster, Hosea..................... 500 00 115 00 Weed, E. S......................... 25 00 100 00 Wecden. Joseph A.................. 100 00 25 00 Weichmann, E. G.................. 50 00 ; Weile, Julius...................... 10 00 50 00 Welling, Charles II............... 100 00 Treasurer's Report. 1S7 Wellington, I. B................... Wemple, Mrs. J. C.................. Wendell, Samuel................... Wesson, David.................... Westbury, village of, by Isaac H. Cocks............................. Westlake, B., & G................. Westlake & MeKee................ Westminster Church............... White, Alexander M................ White, William Augustus.......... White & Douglass................ White, James F., & Co............. Whitehouse, J. O................... Whitehouse, J. T................... Whitney, Mrs. J. F................. Whitney, J. C. & D. D.............. Whittlesey, Granville.............. Wicks, Smith & Co............... Widow's Mite..................... Wilcox, A. P....................... Wilcox, J. D........................ Willard, J. L. B .................. Williams, H. E.................... Williams, P. II. & W................ Williams, M., & Co............... 1500 00 20 00 5 00 100 00 534 85 100 00 100 00 230 00 500 00 500 00 250 00 25 00 600 00 200 00 11 00 25 00 100 00 100 00 1 00 10 00 5 00 50 00 25 00 15 00 10 00 Williams & Whittlesey.............$100 00 Williamsburgh Post Office, Em- ployees of........................ 25 00 Williamsburgh, Resident of....... 10 00 Williston, Knight & Co........... 50 00 Wilmot & Kissam Manufacturing Company......................... 100 00 Wilson, James C................... 500 00 Wilson, John...................... 25 00 Windsor Terrace, by Miss Hudson. 16 25 Winterhoff, R. C.................... 10 00 Wise, William...................... 5 00 Wise, William—Collections......... 91 60 Wolfers & Kalischer................ 25 00 Wolt, P., Jr......................... 25 00 Worden, II. H.................... 250 00 Woodbridge & Morris.............. 25 00 Woodhaven, village of, by W. A. Walker........................... 48 30 Woodruff, Franklin................ 200 00 Woodruff & Robinsons............. 100 00 Woods, David ..................... 100 00 Woodward & Lawrence............ 100 00 W. W.A........................... 175 00 Wyckoff, Nicholas.................. 100 00 Wyckoff, Peter..................... 10 00 Yates,Thomas .................... $10 00 Young, D. L........................ $50 00 Yelverton, Henry P................. 5 00 Young, E. T........................ 10 00 Zion Church, Little Neck, Rev. H. M. Beard...................................... $29 10 188 Treasurer's Report. Brooklyn and Long Island Fair TO SUNDRY EXPENSES, AS FOLLOWS: X^X'• Cost of Buildings and Decorations...............................................$12,749 93 Rent of Academy of Music during the Fair and for Sundry Benefits........... 4,750 00 Door-Keepers, Ticket-Sellers and Clerks............................. .......... 2,017 50 BillforGas...................................................................... 219 75 " Fuel..................................................................... 49 12 " Insurance................................................................ 466 85 Music........................................................................... 880 00 Badges, Flags, etc............................................................... 237 44 Certificates to Contributors..................................................... 1,236 40 Advertising i a a w jo Aavaan ivnoiivn ;n L LIBRARY OF MEDICINE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE Ni W\ l MS 7=^y^s S^^\ w jo a a v a a 11 ivnoiivn sndiojw jo a a v a a 11 ivnoiivn jnoiojw jo Aavaan ivnoiivn 3 ''X .* /'il&b • dSJr'\ ? /jJ& 1 >-$£l^x * /^S^s * € ' ? ^§l / - x^llt5 • ^^/ 5 *V& • ICINE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE N A T I O N A I L I B R A R <| O F M !< i MS \ DICINE NATIONAL LIBRARY l< a M IVNOIIVN 3NI3I03W JO ABV«« ICINE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE N A T I O N A I I I B R A R Y O F M E D I C I N E N A T I O N A I I I B R A R Y 0I1VN 3NI 3. 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