Union Defence Committee
of the City of New York,
No. 30 Pine Street, April
24, 1861.
Sir, — At a
meeting of the citizens of New York, held on Saturday, 20th instant, a
committee was appointed to represent the citizens in the collection of funds,
and the transaction of such other business in aid of the movements of the
government as the public interests might require.
The undersigned have been appointed a Committee of
Correspondence, in behalf of the General Committee constituted at the public
meeting, and take leave respectfully to say that they will be happy to receive
any communications of information, advice, or suggestion on the subject of the
present state of public affairs, and to convey any information which they
possess or may receive that will advance the public interests.
With this view they subjoin a copy of the organization of
the Union Defence Committee and the address of each member of the Committee of
Correspondence, and beg that any subject of interest may be communicated,
either by mail or by telegraph, to any member of the General Committee, and
they promise immediate attention thereto.
They beg to be advised of the organization of any similar
committees of citizens with which they may put themselves in communication.
With great respect,
your obedient servants,
Hamilton Fish,
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Committee of
Correspondence
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William M. Evarts,
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Edwards Pierrepont,
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James T. Brady,
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John J. Cisco,
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N.B. — The Committee has rooms at No. 30 Pine Street, open
all day; and at Fifth Avenue Hotel, open in the evening.
Committee.
JOHN A. DIX,
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MOSES TAYLOR,
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MOSES H. GRINNELL,
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EDWARDS PIERREPONT,
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ROYAL PHELPS,
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RICHARD M.
BLATCHFORD,
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WILLIAM E. DODGE,
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ALEXANDER T. STEWART
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GREENE C. BRONSON,
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HAMILTON FISH,
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WILLIAM M. EVARTS,
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SAMUEL SLOAN,
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JOHN J. CISCO,
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JOHN JACOB ASTOR,
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JAMES T. BRADY.
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WM. F. HAVEMEYER,
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SIMEON DRAPER,
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CHARLES H. RUSSELL,
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JAMES S. WADSWORTH,
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RUDOLPH A. WITTHAUS,
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ISAAC BELL,
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CHARLES H. MARSHALL,
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JAMES BOORMAN,
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PROSPER M. WETMORE,
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ABIEL A. LOW,
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ROBERT H. McCURDY
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THEODORE DEHON,
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AUGUSTUS C. RICHARDS
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Ex-officio.
FERNANDO WOOD, Mayor,
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HENRY W. GENET, President of Board of Aldermen.
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ROBERT T. HAWS, Comptroller,
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MORGAN JONES, President of Board of Councilmen.
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President.
JOHN A. DIX.
Vice-President.
SIMEON DRAPER.
Secretary.
WILLIAM M. EVARTS.
Treasurer.
THEODORE DEHON.
Executive
Committee.
SIMEON DRAPER, Chairman,
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PROSPER M. WETMORE,
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JAMES S. WADSWORTH,
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JOHN J. ASTOR,
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MOSES H. GRINNELL,
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AUGUSTUS C. RICHARDS,
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ISAAC BELL,
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RICHARD M.
BLATCHFORD,
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SAMUEL SLOAN,
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CHARLES H. MARSHALL.
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Committee on
Finance.
CHAS. H. RUSSELL,
Chairman,
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THEODORE DEHON,
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ABIEL A. LOW.
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MOSES TAYLOR,
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JAMES BOORMAN.
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Committee of
Collections and Subscriptions.
A. T. STEWART, Chairman,
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WM. E. DODGE,
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ROBT. H. McCURDY,
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WM. F. HAVEMEYER,
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ROYAL PHELPS,
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R. A. WITTHAUS
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Committee of
Correspondence and Publications.
HAMILTON FISH, Chairman, No. 134 E. Seventeenth Street,
WM. M. EVARTS, No. 2 Hanover St.,
E. PIERREPONT, No. 16 Wall St.,
JAS. T. BRADY, No. 111 Broadway,
JOHN J. CISCO, No. 52 Wall Street.
SOURCE: Morgan Dix, Memoirs of John Adams Dix,
Volume 2, p. 11-12
