44 Donations Achiowledged. 



consented to the suspension of the work, although advance payments 

 had been made * Under the advice of a firm friend, Mr. C. Nordhoff, 

 then one of the editors of the New York Evening Post, Rev. O. H. 

 Dutton liad assisted in its completion. 



* A list of the donations received in New York and Ncav London was also sent from tlic 

 Monticello to the New York press, as follows : 



iJonaiions from ISi-u^ York. — Peter Cooper, condensed provisions; G. C. Baker, nantical in- 

 struments ; 11. S. Eacket & Son, transportation of powder free to New London on board tlio 

 schooner Dr. Franklin, S. J. Geer, master; H. Dalley, pain extractors; R. Keith & Co., concen- 

 trated medicines; Miles & Ilolman, hominy, samp, split pease, farina, «fcc. ; Knox, hats; D. C. 

 Morthead, ^l. D., magnetic i>lasters; W. S. Moldrum, sugar; G. F. Neshit, binding journal and 

 books for the Arctic Exjjeditiou; Reynolds, Pratt &, Co., chamois skins, «.tc. ; T. F. Brett, seine, 

 twine, &c. ; Letoumenr & Co., pure liquors; Philip Dater & Co., groceries; Colgate & Co., 

 soap; B. S. Osbom, sundries; G. P. Philes & Co., "Coat's Geography of Hudson's Baj-," a rare 

 aud valuable work ; Adams Express Company, kindness of John Hoey, who sent everything 

 free from New York to New London; Guiscppe Tagliabue, barometer and thermometer maker; 

 The Hazard Powder Comjiany ; M. P. Brown, importer of beads; W. C. Marshall, condensed 

 meats; Prof. R. S. Newton, M. D., medical stores and surgical instruments; H. W. Hunter, night 

 compasses, &c. ; Thomas H. Bate & Co., fish-hooks; The New York Lead Company, Thomas Otis 

 Le Roy Lead Company, and McCullough Lead Company, shot aud balls ; American Desiccating 

 Company; D. Eggert & Son, chronometer manufacturers; Benjamin Pike & Son, astronomical 

 iustrnmeiit makers; The American Bank Note Comiiany, jounial books of l)auk-note paper and 

 anti-freezing ink; Samuel L. Mitchell, desiccated vegetables; George C. Hubbell &. Co., golden 

 bitters; F. L. Kneelantl, Dupont's gunpowder; Lamson & Goodnow, cutlery; J. H. Brower, 

 Borden meat-biscuit; Stackpole & Brother, nautical instriuuents ; Barton, Alexander & Waller, 

 percussion caps, &c. ; Annin & Co., flags; McKesson & Robbins, drugs and medicines; Tomes &■ 

 Sous & Melvain, importers of guns; Theodore Polhemus, jr., & Co., dealers in cotton sail duck; 

 John Bliss & Co., manufacturers and dealers in nautical instruments; J. & J. C. Couroy, dealers 

 in nets; A. A. Low & Brothers, importers of tea; James M. Dietz, lamp manufacturers ; Thomas 

 L. Negus & Co., chronometer and nautical instruments; Goodyear's India Rubber Company, 

 India-rubber goods; O. B. Gray, India-rubber goods; E. & G. W. Blunt, nautical instruments, 

 charts, &c. ; Conolly & Co., wlndesale tobacco dealers; Augustus H. Ward, an order on Tiffany 

 iSc Co. for a first-class pocket chronometer; telegraph, express, steainboat, and railroad companies 

 for the freedom of their lines. 



DonatioHH from Xoc London. — F. L. Allen, drugs, &c. ; D. B. Hempstead, fancy articles and 

 jewelry; Shcppard & Harris, clothing; Harris, Williams A:. Co., hardware; Smith & Grace, tin- 

 ware; AiisDU Cliacc, gun-materials; N. D. Smith, stationery; H. P. Freeman, projuietor of the 

 Metropolitan Hotel, hospitalities. 



