Excerpt from Finishing and Furnishing the New Custom-House, New York: August 25, 1842, ReportOn the loth November, 1840, (c, ) Hoyt wrote again to the Secretary. He said I suggest that you ask Congress for an appropriation to pur chase furniture for the building, &c., and gave it as his opinion that it, would require from five to seven thousand dollars, in addition to the furniture we now have that could be used, to fit up all the rooms.Mr. Frazee is of opinion that a larger sum would be required than I have named, and his judgment probably is better than mine in that mat ter. He thinks none of the old furniture is fit to be used, but I differ in opinion with him on that question.In reply to this letter, Mr. Woodbury, on the 13th of November, (d, ) said that he would be happy to submit the matter to the consideration of the appropriate committee at the meeting of Congress. He required, however, that, in the mean time, Mr. Frazee should furnish the Depart ment with a detailed estimate of the amount of money required for the object stated, to be laid before the committee.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.