Papers relating to William Marcy Tweed

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unitid

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{"value"=>"1862-1876", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1862/1876"}

date_inclusive_start

1862

date_inclusive_end

1876

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1862

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{"value"=>"Papers relating to William Marcy Tweed"}

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abstract

{"value"=>"Collection consist of confidential letters from U.S. Secretary of State Hamilton Fish and acting Secretary John L. Cadwalader to District Attorney B.K. Phelps in New York concerning Tweed's apprehension and return from Spain, 1876, and two letters by Tweed concerning the employment of individual teachers. Also present are four checks, an invitation, and a copy of an 1868 New York State Senate Act to found a Presbyterian Hospital in the City of New York, all signed by Tweed, as well as a certified copy of the indictment filed February 20, 1873 in the case of the People of the State of New York vs. Elbert A. Woodward and William M. Tweed for forgery."}

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{"value"=>"Papers relating to William Marcy Tweed, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

origination

{"value"=>"Tweed, William Marcy, 1823-1878", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consist of confidential letters from U.S. Secretary of State Hamilton Fish and acting Secretary John L. Cadwalader to District Attorney B.K. Phelps in New York concerning Tweed's apprehension and return from Spain, 1876, and two letters by Tweed concerning the employment of individual teachers. Also present are four checks, an invitation, and a copy of an 1868 New York State Senate Act to found a Presbyterian Hospital in the City of New York, all signed by Tweed, as well as a certified copy of the indictment filed February 20, 1873 in the case of the People of the State of New York vs. Elbert A. Woodward and William M. Tweed for forgery.</p>"}

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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Susan P. Waide</span>, <span class=\"date\">2014</span></p>"}

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.1 linear feet (1 folder)

date_start

1862

date_end

1876

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