Excerpt from A Letter From the Corresponding Secretary of the New York State Inebriate Asylum to the Governor of the State of New York, on the Subject of Appropriation: Dated December 22, 1857The Trustees appointed by the Legislature of the State to found the New York State Inebriate Asy lum, have organized their Board by electing Hon. Benjamin E. Butler, as President, Hon. Wm. T. Mc Coun, vice-president Hon. Josiah B. Williams second vice-president, J. H. Ransom, Esq., Treasurer, Hon. Reuben H. Walworth, Hon. Washington Hunt, Hon. Ransom Balcom, Hon. Edward A. Lambert, and J. Edward Turner, the Committee on Location, Wil liam E. Dodge, Esq., John E. Rathbone, Esq., Hon. Charles Cook, Hon. Henry P. Alexander, and J. Ed ward Turner, the Committee on Finance.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.