assembled in the neighborhood would make a sudden rush for the building,
and sack it before help could arrive. This letter was handed to the High
Constable Hays, who showed it to Hart & Co., but they seemed to regard it
as an attempt to frighten them. This was followed by anonymous letters
from other parties, that reached the Mayor, insisting on it that danger
was hanging over this house. He sent them to Hart & Co., but they,
thinking it was only a trick to put down the price of flour, paid no
attention to them. They locked their three massive iron doors at night as
usual, and went to their homes without fear, and the underground swell
kept on increasing in volume.

The first plan of operation, if it ever existed, was either abandoned by
the mob or deferred till after other measures were tried.

At length, on the afternoon of the 10th of February, the following placard
was posted up all over the city:

BREAD, MEAT, RENT, FUEL!

_The voice of the people shall he heard and will prevail._

The people will meet in the PARK, _rain or shine_, at four o'clock on

MONDAY AFTERNOON,

to inquire into the cause of the present unexampled distress, and to
devise a suitable remedy. All friends of humanity, determined to resist
monopolists and extortioners, are invited to attend.

Moses Jacques. Daniel Graham. Paulus Hedle. John Windt. Daniel A.