Only the occasion was needed to call it forth. The site had already been donated by the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Association.
And so the good work went successfully forward, the original plan was enlarged and elaborated, and the event grew in importance. As the monument approached completion, the 19th of October, it being the 113th anniversary of the surrender of Cornwallis, at Yorktown, was very appropriately designated as the day of dedication, and the following committees appointed for the occasion :
Executive Committee : -- Samuel Requa, Benson Ferris, M. D. Raymond, Wm. T. Lockwood, R. B. Coutant.
Committee of Arrangements : -- M. D. Raymond, Wm. T. Lockwood, D. O. Archer, Charles E. Nossitter, Andrew C. Fields, Samuel Requa, W. H. H. Ely, Wm. II. Ployt, David Silver.
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Committee on Speakers : -- M. D. Raymond, R. B. Coutant, H. C. Griffin.
Committee on Invitation and Reception: -- Geo. C. Andrews, Frank V. Millard, E. A. Studwell, John Webber, R. T. Yale, C. S. Davison.
Committee on Government Officials: -- W. H. H. Ely, Charles P. McClelland, Lewis Roberts, N. Holmes Odell, Daniel Armstrong.
Press Committee : -- W. H. PI. Ely, M. D. Raymond, George N.
Pratt.
Committee on Printing and Badges : -- M. D. Raymond, W. H< H. Ely, Joseph E. See.'
The following additional appointments were also soon after announced :
President of the Day: -- Plon. Noah Davis. Orator: -- Hon. Isaac N. Mills. Grand Marshal : -- C. T. Carpenter.