Letters, checks, affidavit of JH Ingersoll Correspondence; Ephemera; Legal Document; Newspaper Clipping; Financial Document 1866-1877

Format:

Other

Contributor:

Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), digitiser.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

Gilded age and progressive era

Place of Publication:

Marlborough, Wiltshire Adam Matthew Digital 2021

Summary:

Ingersoll was one of the most notorious members of the Tweed ring and was instrumental in the infamous new Court House corruption. Includes checks between Tweed and Ingersoll that were used as evidence in the court case and the reward poster after Tweed's escape from jail in 1875. Letter from Tweed to his wife detailing Tweed Ring activities and saying they are in a dangerous position, extracts from the Ingersoll vs. Tweed case, a letter from Tweed to Ingersoll in 1877 in very shaky hand asking him to 'discontinue suits against him as he is physically and financially in trouble'

Notes:

AHMC - William Marcy Tweed Papers

OCLC:

1295843198

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license