28 [Assembly 
Know all men by these presents, that I, Ebenezer EramonSj Jr., 
of the city and county of Albany, and the State of New- York, for 
and in consideration of the sum of one dollar, to me in hand paid, the 
receipt of which is hereby confessed and acknowledged, do hereby 
assign, transfer and set over to Richard H. Pease, of the same placcj 
all my claim against the State of New- York for work done and ma- 
terials furnished for the said State of New-York, amounting to the 
sum of seven thousand seven hundred and fifty-one dollars, which 
claim is now actually due and unpaid. 
In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal, this first day 
of April, 1850. 
(Signed) EBENEZER EMMONS, Jr. 
In presence of Earl P. Pease. 
A portion of the above claim ($6,000) was presented to the select 
committee of 1850. We have already stated the terms on which 
the coloring was to be performed, and the discretion left to the res- 
pective Professors, (see page 27 of the report.) To this may be added 
the following extract from the testimony of E. Emmong, Jr., (page 
108 of said report,) ^' There was a verbal agreement made by me 
with Governor Young that I should do the coloring at five cents per 
page. The number of pages to be colored was not specified. There 
was no time fixed for the continuance of the contract. 
Under the above state of facts we required a certificate from Dr. 
E, Emmons that he had taken the responsibility of ordering the color- 
ing as charged above. The following was presented to us. 
" For the purpose of carrying into effect the objects of the geolo- 
gical and agricultural survey I was fully authorized to construct and 
color such illustrations as might be necessary. I therefore authorized 
the construction and coloring of the plates now in the hands of Mr. 
Pease. The coloring of the temperature plates became necessary in 
consequence of the crossing of the lines of observation ; and this mode 
of illustration of the variations of temperature is the only one of much 
use. By the plates the entire range of temperature for the several 
points of observation is seen at once and easily comprehended. 
Whereas by columns of figures only we can acquire only imperfect 
ideas on the subject. Persons who have inspected the colored plates 
have invariably approved of them. The easy comparison of the lines 
