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Excerpt from Annual Report of the American Institute of the City of New York: For the Years 1862, '63 To the Honorable Legislature of the State of New York: The Trustees of the American Institute, in conformity with law, beg leave to present their Annual Report for the years 1862-3. No public exhibition or fair was held during the past year, but, nevertheless, the Institute has been true to its mission; and the report of the Board of Managers, and the Proceedings of the Farmers' Club and Polytechnic Association, will show to what extend in what manner it has afforded encouragement and given aid to the industrious pursuits, which have heretofore received its favors and its benefits. In the month of May last, the Trustees presented to the common council of the city of New York the following memorial: To the Honorable the Common Council of the City of New York: The undersigned, Trustees of the American Institute of the city of New York, respectfully represent to your honorable body: That the promotion of agriculture, commerce and the mechanic and manufacturing arts, are the objects contemplated by the charter of the Institute; and that for a period of upwards of thirty years the steady aim of its members and managers has been devoted to the advancement of these interests; that the exhibitions and fairs of the Institute have contributed largely to the prosperity of the city of New York, by attracting to it many thousands of strangers annually, and by concentrating at this point the earliest improvements and the best inventive genius of the nation. Your memorialists would further represent that, since the conversion of Castle Garden to its present use, and the destruction of the crystal palace by fire, there are no buildings or inclosures of sufficient magnitude in the city of New York to answer for such exhibitions as are now demanded by the public, and such as the Institute desires to present. Relying, therefore, upon the co-operation of your honorable body to aid their endeavors to meet the demands of the country in this regard, they pray your honorable body to grant them a lease of Reservoir Square, at a nominal rent, under such restrictions and limitations as to your honorable body may seem just and proper. This petition is accompanied by a plan of the character of the building to be erected by the Institute. And your petitioners will ever pray. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.