Willers family papers, 1820-1908.

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Willers family papers, 1820-1908.

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Letters and other material relating to patronage and machine politics of the Democratic Party in Seneca County; other topics include draft exemptions, laws relating to the hiring of substitutes in the Civil War, pardons, Poor House investigations, canals and canal appointments, letters concerning Governor Tilden's policies, Horatio Seymour's stand on the subject of bounties, and actions taken by the Romulus Convention (1875). Also, papers relating to the German Reformed Church at Bearytown, Seneca County, New York.

2.8 cubic ft.; 2 v.; 1 folder.

Cornell University Library

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Cornell University Library

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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...

Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886

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Horatio Seymour (May 31, 1810 – February 12, 1886) was an American politician. He served as Governor of New York from 1853 to 1854 and from 1863 to 1864. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president in the 1868 presidential election. Born in Pompey, New York, Seymour was admitted to the New York bar in 1832 but primarily focused on managing his family's business interests. After serving as a military secretary to Governor William L. Marcy, Seymour won election to the New York State Assem...

Willers, Diedrich, 1798-1883

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Democratic Party (N.Y.)

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Romulus Convention (1875).

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Willers, Diedrich, 1833-1908

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Willers family.

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Diedrich Willers Sr. was born in Germany and came to the United States after having served with the Hanoverian forces at the Battle of Waterloo. Diedrich Willers Jr. (1833-1908) was secretary of New York State (1878), and a Democratic assemblyman from Seneca County. From the description of Willers family papers, 1820-1908. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 74899109 ...