Samuel J. Tilden correspondence, 1870 April 15.

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Samuel J. Tilden correspondence, 1870 April 15.

Letter of introduction for Henry Brodhead, written by Tilden to James Fish, giving details of an upcoming legal case.

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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...

Brodhead, Henry

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Fish, James, active 1870

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