 Individual members of the Board of Directors made committees of themselves to solicit subscriptions, and one of them, Director Sheldon, raised §100,000 among the grocers of New York in one day.By the beginning of October, 1845, the entire loan of §3,000,000 was subscribed, and Newburgh subscribed §100,000 toward the building of the Newburgh Branch.This article incorporates public domain material from Edward Harold Mott "Between the Ocean and the Lakes