Report of the committee of arrangements of the Common Council of New York, of the obsequies in memory of the HonHenry Clay . Committee of the Board of Aldermen. Committee of the> Board of 1 Assistant Alder?)! Mayors Office, July 2,1852. In respect to tlie memory of the departed sage and pa-triot, Henry Clay, whose remains will reach this city onSaturday, the 3d inst., on their route to the West, thepublic offices of the city will be closed, on that day, after12 oclock, M. A. C. KINGSLAND, Mayor. On Saturday morning, the Committee assembled, pre-paratory to proceeding to Jersey City, whe
Report of the committee of arrangements of the Common Council of New York, of the obsequies in memory of the HonHenry Clay . Committee of the Board of Aldermen. Committee of the> Board of 1 Assistant Alder?)! Mayors Office, July 2,1852. In respect to tlie memory of the departed sage and pa-triot, Henry Clay, whose remains will reach this city onSaturday, the 3d inst., on their route to the West, thepublic offices of the city will be closed, on that day, after12 oclock, M. A. C. KINGSLAND, Mayor. On Saturday morning, the Committee assembled, pre-paratory to proceeding to Jersey City, where they wereto receive the body. The Committee, accompanied by theMayor, members of the Common Council, City officers,Clay Festival Association, United States Governmentofficers, Company D, Washington Greys, (guard of honor)and a large number of invited guests, proceeded to theBattery, and embarked on board the steamer Philadelphiafor Jersey City. Upon the arrival of the train bearing the funeral cor-tege, the Hon. Joseph E. Underwood, was introduced toMr. Manners, Mayor of Jersey City, who spoke in be-half of the Committee, as follows: Mr. Chairman:—We come, in behalf the people ofJersey City, to express
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