{78} Samuel J. Tilden"s speech.
{86} The Committee of citizens consisted of the leading merchants of New York--such men as Royal Phelps, Robert Lenox, P. Bissinger, Paul N.
Spofford, Samuel Willets, H. B. Claflin, Seth B. Hunt, T. F. Jeremiah, R.
L. Cutting, W. A. Booth, Jas. Brown, B. L. Solomon, Courtlandt Palmer, J.
K. Porter, W. E. Dodge, T. W. Pearsall.