[109] Doc. No. 33, Documents of the Board of Aldermen, xxii:26.
[110] Proceedings of the Board of Aldermen, 1832-33, iv: 416-418.
[111] Controller's Reports for 1831:7. Also Ibid. for 1841:28.
[112] Hammond's "Political History of the State of New York," 1:129-130.
[113] Journal of the [New York] Senate and Assembly, 1803:351 and 399.
[114] Ibid., 1812:134.
[115] Ibid., 1812:259-260. Frequently, in those days, the giving of presents was a part of corrupt methods.
[116] "The members [of the Legislature] themselves sometimes participated in the benefits growing out of charters created by their own votes; ... if ten banks were chartered at one session, twenty must be chartered the next, and thirty the next. The cormorants could never be gorged. If at one session you bought off a pack of greedy lobby agents ... they returned with increased numbers and more voracious appetite."—Hammond, ii:447-448.
[117] Journal of the [New York] Senate, 1824:1317-1350. See also Chap. VIII, Part II of this work.
[118] "Letter and Authentic Documentary Evidence in Relation to the Trinity Church Property," etc., Albany, 1855. Hoffman, the best authority on the subject, says in his work published forty-five years ago: "Very extensive searches have proved unavailing to enable me to trace the sources of the title to much of this upper portion of Trinity Church property."—"State and Rights of the Corporation of New York," ii:189.