These statues were quite precious for all the people from the commonalty to the Emperors. As a borough, Hastings had a corporation consisting of a "bailiff, jurats, and commonalty". The organisation was to comprise a Governor, six bailiffs, 20 conservators and the commonalty. The defendants were Mayor Alderman and the Commonalty of the City of New York. Hobart one of "Trustees of the freeholders and commonalty of the town of East-Hampton". The Commonalty included George Clark, Robert J. Haws, Moses W. J. Jackson, and others.