In February 1866, the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) of New York's govt committee privately distributed a report that was created by Cephas Brainerd and Robert McBurney entitled, "A Memorandum Respecting New-York as a Field for Moral and Christian Effort Among Young Men." This memorandum joined the key information of the YMCA to facts and figures that ended up drawn from the census, tax details, and licensing studies.