In 1864 , Shepard was a member of the executive committee and chair of the Committee on Contributions from Without the City for the New York Metropolitan Fair . He chaired lawyers ' committees for disaster relief , including those in Portland , Maine and Chicago after the 1866 Great Fire and the 1871 Great Chicago Fire respectively , and was a member of the municipal committee for victims of the 1889 Johnstown Flood
Johnstown Flood
Johnstown Flood
Elliott Fitch Shepard