Letter, 1876 March 8.

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Letter, 1876 March 8.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122578526

Letter to Benson J. Lossing. "Some of my political and personal friends in this Congressional District are proposing to say to Governor Tilden that my name would be a respectable one to offer to the Senate for a political appointment." Written at Amenia, N.Y.

4 pages.

American Periodical Series I

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Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886

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Samuel Jones Tilden (February 9, 1814 – August 4, 1886) was the 25th Governor of New York and the Democratic candidate for president in the disputed election of 1876. Tilden is the only individual to win an outright majority of the popular vote in a United States presidential election but lose the election. Tilden was born into a wealthy family in New Lebanon, New York. Attracted to politics at a young age, he became a protégé of Martin Van Buren, the eighth President of the United States. Af...

Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891

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Historian, author. From the description of Transcriptions of documents, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122583022 Wood engraver, author, editor. From the description of Benson J. Lossing papers, 1861-1891. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51576931 From the description of Papers, 1861-1891. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155519295 Benson John Lossing, editor, illustrator, and historian born in New York. Edited the Poughkeepsie Telegraph, Poughk...

Benton, Joel, 1832-1911

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Journalist, poet. From the description of Letters, 1883. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122519965 From the description of Letter, 1876 March 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122578526 Joel Benton (1832-1911), author of IN THE POE CIRCLE, resided in New York (State). From the description of Joel Benton papers, 1892-1908. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478168 American journalist and poet, author of several books on American writers. ...