[8] Journal of the Senate, 1826, Vol. 6, Appendix B. A considerable part of the money and stock promised the members of the Legislature for their votes was withheld owing to the expected investigation.
[9] Ibid.
[10] Ibid.
[11] Senate Documents, 1834, No. 47, and Ibid., No. 94. Walter Bowne was the bank’s president.
[12] Ibid., No. 94.
[13] Ibid., No. 47.
[14] Journal of the Senate, 1833, p. 396.
[15] Documents of the Senate, 1834, No. 108.
[16] Lee was the last Mayor elected by the Common Council (1833-34).
[17] Lawrence had a curious habit of strolling the streets carrying his spectacles in his hand behind his back, and ogling all the pretty girls he met, a habit which was broken later when one winsome lass tangled him in a plot, much to his financial and mental distress.