Examination as to the charges preferred by S. D. Phelps against George V. Brower, U.S. General Appraiser at the Port of New York : typescript, 1886.

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Examination as to the charges preferred by S. D. Phelps against George V. Brower, U.S. General Appraiser at the Port of New York : typescript, 1886.

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Transcription of evidence offered by witnesses questioned by General [Martin T.] McMahon in relation to charges brought by Phelps to President Grover Cleveland concerning Brower being inappropriate for his post as appraiser.

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Brower, George D.

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Phelps, S. Dryden (Sylvanus Dryden), 1816-1895

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McMahon, Martin Thomas, 1838-1906

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Martin Thomas McMahon was born 21 March 1838 in Laprairie County, Quebec, Canada. He came to New York for his education and received his bachelor's degree from St. John's College Fordham in 1855, his M.A. in 1857, and his doctor of laws degree in 1866. McMahon served in the Union army during the Civil War, eventually being brevetted a major-general of volunteers due to his conspicuous service. After the Civil War, he returned to New York City to begin his career as corporation counsel in 1866. M...