. New York city and vicinity during the war of 1812-15, being a military, civic and financial local history of that period. ^ to Complete Her—Petitionto Committee of Defence for Help—Money Loaned by theCity—Report to the Common Council—Display at the Launch-ing—Description of Her and Her Armament—Other War Ves-sels Proposed. ^^ HE building of Fultons Steani War Frigate/ before mentioned (ante, :2-89), was progressing. The nationalgovernment had furnished $95,000 to-wards her construction. A large partof this sum was in Treasury notes andcould not be used to pay the workmen; money was neede
. New York city and vicinity during the war of 1812-15, being a military, civic and financial local history of that period. ^ to Complete Her—Petitionto Committee of Defence for Help—Money Loaned by theCity—Report to the Common Council—Display at the Launch-ing—Description of Her and Her Armament—Other War Ves-sels Proposed. ^^ HE building of Fultons Steani War Frigate/ before mentioned (ante, :2-89), was progressing. The nationalgovernment had furnished $95,000 to-wards her construction. A large partof this sum was in Treasury notes andcould not be used to pay the workmen; money was needed for that pur-pose. The committee of defenceloaned the construction committee $10,000 on theTreasury notes to pay off the workmen on September24th. More money was still needed, and the nationalgovernment could not immediately furnish it. Thesuperintending committee therefore applied to thecity for aid. On September 26th they laid the fol-lowing statement before the Common 352 STATEMENT TO To THE COMIVfON COUNCIL OF THE CiTY OF NeW B York. The undersigned having at the request of theSecretary of the Navy of the United States under-taken to superintend the building and the equip-ment of a vessel of w^ar to be propelled by steam,beg leave to represent to the Corporation, that with-out their co-operation in procuring money for itscompletion, this engine of defence, which promisesto be so serviceable in protecting the city in the(event of an attack upon it, must remain unfinished. The pecuniary means that have been furnished byGovernment to carry on this work amount to $95,000 ; $15,000 of that sum having been remitted tous in cash, and $80,000 in Treasury notes. Hither-to we have been able to purchase materials andcarry on the work with the latter description ofpaper, which we have been informed by the NavyDepartment, is the only species of remittance thatcan be made to us, and which, in the present em-barrassed state of society, is found to be inadequatet
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