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March, IQII

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city. Here it was customary for the mayor
to hold a reception on New Year’s day, and
it frequently served a like purpose when
distinguished strangers visited the city, as
when Lafayette held a reception on August
16, 1824, after his formal presentation to
the mayor and the common council.
In 1836, a resolution was passed by the
common council directing a committee
“to cause the Governor’s Room to be new
furnished.” In 1858, the building was
seriously injured by fire, the cupola and
part of the dome being destroyed. Ex-
tensive repairs became necessary, and it
was decided to enlarge the Governor’s
Room by connecting with it the two ad-
joining rooms formerly occupied by the
comptroller and the grand jury. The three
rooms are now generally spoken of col-
lectively as “the Governor’s Room.”
In subsequent years changes have oc-
curred at frequent intervals, usually follow-
ing the taste and exigency of the period,
without reference to the desirability of pre-
serving the room as it was originally de-
signed. The greatly increased interest in
historical associations which had developed
of late years, and a higher appreciation of
the artistic merits of the City Hall, inspired
the idea of restoring this historic room so
far as possible to its original condition and
of decorating it in accordance with the
taste and designs of McComb. When the
Art Commission took up the subject of re-
modeling the room with this object in view
it was structurally in good repair, and the
city authorities, to whom application was
made for an appropriation, did not con-
sider that artistic and historic interest af-
forded a sufficient justification for the ex-
penditures which the alterations would
involve. It was under these circumstances
that Mrs. Russell Sage intervened and
offered to supply the necessary funds, her
offer being conveyed in the following letter:
632 Fifth Avenue,
New York, December 10, 1907.
Hon. George B. McClellan, Mayor of
the City of New York; Hon. John F.
Ahearn, President of the Borough of
Manhattan; Hon. RobertW. de Forest,
President, Art Commission of the City of
New York:
Gentlemen—I am interested in the com-
plete and satisfactory restoration of the Gov-
ernor’s Room in the City Hall as one of the
most important historical rooms in the city.
I understand that the changes recently
made have not been satisfactory to the city
authorities, but that there is no city money
presently available to restore this room, as
well as its decorations and furniture, sub-
stantially to their original condition.
Under these circumstances, if it be ap-
propriate for me to have this done at my ex-
pense, I will be glad to pay the necessary
amount, which I understand will not exceed
twenty-five thousand dollars at the most, pro-
vided these restorations be carried out pur-
suant to contracts and plans to be approved
by the Art Commission of the City of New
York, and be completed according to such
plans, to be evidenced by their certificate.
Very truly yours,
Margaret Olivia Sage.
This generous, public-spirited offer was
accepted by Mayor McClellan and Bor-
ough President Ahearn, and on December
17, 1907, the Art Commission adopted the
following resolution:
Resolved, That the Art Commission
learn with deep gratification of the offer of
Mrs. Margaret Olivia Sage to provide a
fund of $25,000 to meet the expense of re-

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