Letters and Literary Memorials of Samuel J. Tilden

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

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Letters and Literary Memorials of Samuel J. Tilden, v. 1

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E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)

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

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1. 1.LETTERS AND LITERARY MEMORIALS OF SAMUEL J. TILDEN
2. 2.PREFACE OF THE EDITOR
3. 3.MR. TILDEN AN APPRECIATION, BY JAMES C. CARTER
4. 4.1810-1844 — ELAM TILDEN TO HON. ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON — S. J. TILDEN TO ELAM TILDEN — WM. COVENTRY H. WADDELL TO S. J. TILDEN — SENATOR WRIGHT, OF NEW YORK, TO THE NEW YORK UNITED STATES MARSHAL — S. J. TILDEN TO HIS SISTER HENRIETTA — JOHN M. NILES [2] to ELAM TILDEN — TO MR NELSON J. WATERBURY — SILAS WRIGHT, JR., TO ELAM TILDEN — SILAS WRIGHT, JR., TO ELAM TILDEN — SILAS WRIGHT, JR., TO ELAM TILDEN — M. VAN BUREN TO S. J. TILDEN — RECOMMENDATION OF S. J. TILDEN FOR THE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK — S. J. TILDEN TO HIS BROTHER — SILAS WRIGHT TO S. J. TILDEN — SAMUEL J. TILDEN TO R. L. SHIEFFELEN, ESQ., PRESIDENT OF THE COMMON COUNCIL — O'SULLIVAN'S PLAN AND ESTIMATE IN REGARD TO THE "MORNING NEWS." — TILDEN TO—— — SENATOR SILAS WRIGHT TO TILDEN — SILAS WRIGHT TO S. J. TILDEN — FOOTNOTES:
5. 5.1845-1850 — S. J. TILDEN TO—— — TILDEN TO WM. H. HAVEMEYER [9] (probably) — NELSON J. WATERBURY TO TILDEN — TILDEN TO—— — GOVERNOR WRIGHT TO TILDEN — TILDEN TO J. L. O'SULLIVAN — JOHN A. DIX TO TILDEN — TILDEN TO HON. CHARLES P. BROWN — TILDEN TO—— — CERTIFICATE OF MR. TILDEN'S ELECTION TO THE ASSEMBLY — JOHN A. DIX TO TILDEN — TILDEN TO HON. N. P. TALLMAGE — E. CROSWELL TO TILDEN — TILDEN TO E. CROSWELL — JOHN VAN BUREN TO EDWIN CROSWELL — CERTIFICATE OF THE ELECTION OF MR. TILDEN AND OTHERS TO THE CONVENTION ORDERED TO REVISE THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN 1846 — N. J. WATERBURY TO TILDEN — CONDITIONS ON WHICH TILDEN RETIRED FROM THE "MORNING NEWS" — JOHN A. Dix [13] TO S. J. TILDEN — THE FIRST GUN FOR FREE SOIL — S. P. CHASE [14] TO JOHN VAN BUREN — TILDEN TO S. P. CHASE — GOVERNOR COLES TO M. VAN BUREN — THOMAS VAN RENSSELAER TO MARTIN VAN BUREN — M. VAN BUREN TO S. J. TILDEN — TILDEN ON MR. GREELEY, THE LEGISLATOR, AND THE SLAVERY QUESTION [17] — " Office of Receiver of Taxes, New City Hall, Park. — DEPOSIT WITH MR. TILDEN TO SECURE A LOAN TO MR. O'SULLIVAN — TILDEN TO MRS. CHASE [18] — COPY OF DRAFT-LETTER, FULL OF "FINANCE AND FIGURES," REFERRED TO IN THE PRECEDING LETTER — FOOTNOTES:
6. 6.1851-1860 — M. VAN BUREN TO TILDEN — D. BURWELL TO TILDEN — GIDEON WELLES TO TILDEN — W. L. MARCY TO TILDEN — MARTIN VAN BUREN TO S. J. TILDEN — TILDEN TO—— SUGGESTION FOR PRESIDENT PIERCE IN THE ORGANIZATION AND CONDUCT OF HIS ADMINISTRATION — TILDEN TO FRANKLIN PIERCE — ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE ALLOTMENT [OF OFFICES UNDER THE PIERCE ADMINISTRATION] — J. VAN BUREN TO ISAAC FOWLER, POSTMASTER OF NEW YORK CITY — W. L. MARCY TO S. J. TILDEN — PROSPECTUS OF THE "FORNEY-CATERER" — TILDEN [INCOMPLETE] — WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT TO TILDEN — S. J. TILDEN TO MARCY (PROBABLY) — W. L. MARCY TO TILDEN — HORATIO SEYMOUR TO S. J. TILDEN — TILDEN TO—— — TILDEN TO—— — M. VAN BUREN TO S. J. TILDEN — S. J. TILDEN TO—— — S. J. TILDEN TO—— — JOHN B. MILLER, WM. CASSIDY, THOS. G. ALVORD TO TILDEN — TILDEN TO DEAN RICHMOND — TILDEN TO—— — M. VAN BUREN TO MOSES TILDEN [24] — W. L. MARCY TO TILDEN — S. J. TILDEN TO MESSRS. KNOX & MORGAN — TILDEN TO HON. GEO. WEIR — MARTIN VAN BUREN TO S. J. TILDEN — MARTIN VAN BUREN TO TILDEN — TILDEN TO MR. CASSIDY — M. VAN BUREN TO TILDEN — M. VAN BUREN TO TILDEN — TILDEN TO M. VAN BUREN THE MAYORALTY ELECTION OF 1859 — TILDEN TO W. H. SWAYNE — S. J. TILDEN TO M. VAN BUREN—UNFINISHED — TILDEN TO JOHN CLANCY — S. J. TILDEN TO THE EDITORS OF THE "EVENING POST" — "THE TREMENDOUS DEMONSTRATION — WM. CASSIDY TO TILDEN — JOHN BIGELOW TO S. J. TILDEN — JOHN BIGELOW TO S. J. TILDEN — S. J. TILDEN TO JOHN BIGELOW — S. J. TILDEN TO JOHN BIGELOW — EDWARD EVERETT TO S. J. TILDEN — SENATOR J. M. MASON [28] TO S. J. TILDEN — G. S. HILLARD TO S. J. TILDEN — THE PROMISED REPLY OF THE "EVENING POST" TO THE LETTER OF SAMUEL J. TILDEN — RECAPITULATION. — TILDEN TO W. H. SWAYNE ON THE PROCURING A CHARTER FROM THE STATE OF OHIO FOR THE PITTSBURG, FORT WAYNE & CHICAGO RAILROAD — TILDEN TO W. B. OGDEN — TOWNSEND WARD TO TILDEN — S. J. TILDEN TO (TOWNSEND WARD) — S. L. M. BARLOW TO TILDEN — FOOTNOTES:
7. 7.1861-1867 — TILDEN TO WYNDHAM ROBERTSON — D. BURWELL TO CASSIDY — BURWELL TO CASSIDY — G. W. NEWELL TO TILDEN — GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT TO WM. H. SEWARD — J. L. O'SULLIVAN [33] TO TILDEN — M. VAN BUREN TO MOSES S. TILDEN — MR. TILDEN'S WAR RECORD — J. L. O'SULLIVAN TO TILDEN — J. D. ANDREWS TO TILDEN — GEN. JNO. A. DIX TO TILDEN — MEMORANDUM LEFT BY MR. TILDEN — JOHN A. DIX TO TILDEN — HORATIO SEYMOUR (RECENTLY ELECTED GOVERNOR) TO TILDEN — TILDEN'S INTERNAL REVENUE TAX DURING THE WAR IN 1863 — AUGUST BELMONT TO TILDEN — R. H. GILLETT TO TILDEN — WILLIAM G. FOWLER TO TILDEN — GEO. A. THURSTON TO TILDEN — TILDEN TO J. J. TAYLOR [36] — H. HOGEBOOM TO S. J. TILDEN — ---- TO TILDEN — GEO. T. CURTIS TO TILDEN — F. W. HUGHES TO TILDEN — GEO. T. CURTIS TO TILDEN — J. C. G. KENNEDY TO MR. POND — WILLIAM B. REED TO TILDEN — TILDEN TO HENRY HOGEBOOM — HORATIO SEYMOUR TO TILDEN — J. VAN BUREN TO TILDEN — HIRAM KETCHUM TO TILDEN — TILDEN TO JOSEPH S. FAY — TILDEN TO JOS. S. FAY — TILDEN TO MR. KENT — C. EAMES [40] TO TILDEN — J. VAN BUREN TO TILDEN — GENERAL J. S. WHITNEY TO TILDEN — TILDEN TO S. C. BALDWIN — TILDEN TO CHARLES P. DALY, CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE ON INVITATIONS TO THE MEETING, TO BE HELD IN UNION SQUARE, TO CELEBRATE RECENT NATIONAL VICTORIES, ON MARCH 4, 1865 — PETER W. COOPER AND OTHERS TO TILDEN — SAMUEL L. M. BARLOW TO TILDEN — F. P. BLAIR TO TILDEN — GENL. DANIEL BUTTERFIELD TO S. J. TILDEN AND OTHERS TESTIMONIAL TO GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT — TESTIMONIAL TO LIEUT.-GENL. U. S. GRANT LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS — " Head Quarters Armies of the United States. — J. D. VAN BUREN TO TILDEN — TO BE DESTROYED — TILDEN TO HUGH MCCULLOCH — S. E. CHURCH TO TILDEN — S. E. CHURCH TO TILDEN — H. MCCULLOCH TO TILDEN — H. MCCULLOCH TO TILDEN — TILDEN TO MAJ.-GEN. JOHN A. DIX — S. E. CHURCH TO S. J. T. — TILDEN MADE AN LL.D. — JOHN A. DIX TO TILDEN ANTI-RENTERS AND THEIR LEASES — WILLIAM CASSIDY TO TILDEN — ANDREW JOHNSON TO TILDEN — HORATIO SEYMOUR TO TILDEN — JNO. D. VAN BUREN TO TILDEN (ENCLOSING MR. VAN BUREN'S CHECK FOR $200) — WILLIAM CASSIDY TO TILDEN — WILLIAM CASSIDY TO TILDEN — HORATIO SEYMOUR TO TILDEN A POLITICAL FORECAST — WM. A. WALLACE TO TILDEN — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.1868-1871 — S. L. M. BARLOW TO TILDEN OBJECTIONS TO HENDRICKS AS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE — CLARKSON N. POTTER TO S. J. TILDEN — GOVERNOR WM. BIGLER, OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO TILDEN — CH. O'CONOR TO TILDEN (HIS INTERVIEW WITH THE "GREAT MOGUL") — R. C. ROOT TO TILDEN (SUGGESTS TILDEN AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY) — S. J. TILDEN TO R. C. ROOT (PROBABLY) — WILLIAM BIGLER TO TILDEN — HORATIO SEYMOUR TO TILDEN — FRANCIS KERNAN TO TILDEN — WM. BIGLER [44] TO S. J. TILDEN — HORATIO SEYMOUR TO TILDEN — WILLIAM CASSIDY TO TILDEN — JOHN A. DIX TO S. J. TILDEN (ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL PLATFORM) — WM. S. HAWLEY TO S. J. TILDEN ADVOCATES THE NOMINATION OF S. P. CHASE — S. E. CHURCH TO TILDEN — A. LOOMIS TO S. J. TILDEN — W. F. ALLEN [48] TO TILDEN — S. L. M. BARLOW TO TILDEN (FAVORS CHASE FOR PRESIDENT) — MONTGOMERY BLAIR TO TILDEN — R. J. WALKER, [50] SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY UNDER PRESIDENT POLK, TO TILDEN — TILDEN TO THE TAMMANY SOCIETY — TILDEN TO FRANCIS KERNAN — R. W. LATHAM [51] TO TILDEN — F. P. BLAIR TO TILDEN — HORATIO SEYMOUR TO TILDEN — F. P. BLAIR TO TILDEN — HORATIO SEYMOUR TO TILDEN — AGREEMENT OF AUGUST BELMONT, SAMUEL J. TILDEN, AUGUSTUS SCHELL, RICHARD SCHELL, GEORGE I. MAGEE, THOMAS C. DURANT, CHARLES O'CONOR, AND C. H. McCORMICK TO SUBSCRIBE $10,000 EACH TOWARDS ELECTION EXPENSES OF CAMPAIGN OF 1868 — M. BLAIR TO TILDEN — HORATIO SEYMOUR TO TILDEN — HORATIO SEYMOUR TO TILDEN — HORATIO SEYMOUR TO TILDEN — S. J. TILDEN—RECEIPT — WINFIELD S. HANCOCK TO TILDEN — S. J. TILDEN, AUGUSTUS SCHELL, AND AUGUST BELMONT TO W. F. STORY (TELEGRAM) — TILDEN TO FRANCIS P. BLAIR, SEN. (TELEGRAM) — TILDEN TO AUGUSTUS SCHELL (TELEGRAM) — SANDFORD E. CHURCH TO TILDEN — TILDEN TO COMMITTEE OF ALBANY BAR — CH. O'CONOR TO S. J. TILDEN — JOHN SHERMAN TO S. J. TILDEN (CIRCULAR TO THE BONDHOLDERS OF PITTSBURG, FORT WAYNE & CHICAGO RAILWAY CO.) — TILDEN TO RICHARD VAUX — TILDEN TO ALBERT CARDOZO — S. E. CHURCH TO S. J. TILDEN — S. E. CHURCH TO TILDEN (WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SOME MONEY) — TILDEN TO T. P. BISSELL — JAY GOULD TO S. J. TILDEN — TILDEN TO JAY GOULD — JAY GOULD TO TILDEN — TILDEN—CIRCULAR OF THE STATE COMMITTEE — TILDEN TO HON. S. E. CHURCH — S. E. CHURCH TO TILDEN — TILDEN TO JOHN R. REID — TILDEN TO HON. JOHN GANSON — TILDEN TO GEORGE W. CASS (JAY GOULD'S RETAINER) — MR. TILDEN'S PURCHASE OF TOPIC — SAML. G. COURTNEY TO S. J. TILDEN — EVILS OF OUR TIMES (ENDORSED "DRAFT OF CIRCULAR," ALL IN TILDEN'S SCRIPT) — " National Government. — " State Government. — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.1871-1872 — TILDEN TO W. CASSIDY — S. E. CHURCH TO TILDEN — HORATIO SEYMOUR TO TILDEN — TILDEN TO MR. PURCELL — JOHN A. DIX TO TILDEN — S. J. TILDEN (CIRCULAR LETTER AS CHAIRMAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE) — W. F. HAVEMEYER TO R. B. CONNOLLY — W. F. HAVEMEYER TO A. H. GREEN — R. B. CONNOLLY TO A. H. GREEN — CHARLES O'CONOR TO S. J. TILDEN — S. J. TILDEN TO FRANCIS KERNAN (TELEGRAM) — CH. O'CONOR TO TILDEN — HORATIO SEYMOUR TO TILDEN — WM. PURCELL TO TILDEN — CHARLES O'CONOR TO TILDEN — CHARLES O'CONOR TO TILDEN — ROYAL PHELPS TO S. J. TILDEN — HAMILTON FISH TO TILDEN (ENDORSING MR. TILDEN'S COURSE) — HENRY ADAMS TO TILDEN — FRANCIS LYNDE STETSON TO TILDEN — WILLIAM CASSIDY TO TILDEN — J. W. EDMONDS TO TILDEN — T. F. BAYARD TO S. J. TILDEN — TILDEN TO HON. HAMILTON FISH — CHARLES O'CONOR TO TILDEN — H. F. TAINTOR [58] TO TILDEN — CHARLES O'CONOR TO TILDEN — TILDEN TO CHARLES O'CONOR — A. OAKEY HALL TO TILDEN — TILDEN TO GEO. W. CASS — G. W. CASS TO S. J. TILDEN — TILDEN TO LOGAN RAILEY [60] — TILDEN TO MAHLON SANDS — CHARLES O'CONOR TO TILDEN — RICHARD B. CONNOLLY TO TILDEN — CARL SCHURZ, JACOB D. COX, WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, D. A. WELLS, OSWALD OTTENDORFER, JACOB BRINKERHOFF (COMMITTEE) TO TILDEN — JOHN J. TAYLOR TO TILDEN — TILDEN'S ADDRESS TO THE BAR ASSOCIATION — TILDEN TO EUGENE CASSERLY — A. G. THURMAN TO TILDEN — HORATIO SEYMOUR TO TILDEN — WHY KERNAN WAS NOMINATED FOR GOVERNOR (INTERVIEW WITH "HERALD" REPORTER, NOV. 3, 1872) — " City Frauds. — " Kernan and O'Conor. — " Proscription — " City Reformers. — TILDEN TO MRS. CASSIDY — TILDEN TO N. W. PARKER — WM. M. EVARTS TO TILDEN — KEY-NOTE OF FEDERAL POLITICS IN 1873 — MR. TILDEN RESIGNS THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE [63] — TILDEN TO JOHN KELLY — MAYOR HAVEMEYER'S MESSAGE ANNOUNCING THE DEATH OF AZARIAH C. FLAGG — S. J. TILDEN TO H. A. TILDEN — S. S. COX TO TILDEN (TELEGRAM) — TILDEN TO S. S. COX (TELEGRAM) — W. E. HAVEMEYER TO S. J. TILDEN — TILDEN TO MISS MORSE AND MISS DALY — WHEELER H. PECKHAM TO TILDEN — ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN 1876 (REPORT OF A CONVERSATION WITH GOV. TILDEN IN 1874) — JACOB S. GOULD TO H. A. TILDEN — D. MAGONE TO TILDEN — ALVA H. TREMAIN TO TILDEN — HORATIO SEYMOUR TO TILDEN — FRANCIS KERNAN TO TILDEN — N. W. PARKER TO TILDEN (TELEGRAM) — TILDEN TO HON. A. BIRDSALL — HORATIO SEYMOUR TO TILDEN — P. H. COWEN TO TILDEN (ADVICE VOLUNTEERED BUT NOT FOLLOWED) — TILDEN FOR GOVERNOR (THE COURSE OF THE ADMINISTRATION PRESS REVIEWED) — HORATIO SEYMOUR TO TILDEN — CHARLES O'CONOR TO TILDEN — GOVERNOR TILDEN TO WILLIAM PURCELL — WILLIAM PURCELL (DECLINING STAFF APPOINTMENT) — GOVERNOR TILDEN TO JOHN KELLY — JOHN KELLY TO TILDEN — "'CITY NEWS. — "'CITY NEWS. — CHARLES O'CONOR TO TILDEN — JOHN BIGELOW TO TILDEN — ABRAM S. HEWITT TO GOVERNOR TILDEN — CHARLES O'CONOR TO TILDEN (ON THE GOVERNOR'S POWER OF REMOVAL FROM OFFICE) — FRANCIS C. BARLOW TO TILDEN — SAMUEL HAND TO TILDEN — SAMUEL HAND TO TILDEN — CHARLES O'CONOR TO TILDEN — A. LOOMIS TO TILDEN — PECKHAM TO TILDEN — HORATIO SEYMOUR TO TILDEN — CHARLES O'CONOR TO TILDEN — MALCOLM CAMPBELL [65] TO TILDEN — JOHN BIGELOW TO S. J. TILDEN — ALGERNON S. SULLIVAN TO TILDEN — DAVID DOWS TO CHAS. STEBBINS, PRIVATE SECRETARY OF GOVERNOR TILDEN — WILLIAM CAMPBELL TO TILDEN — G. W. CLINTON TO TILDEN — W. W. NILES TO TILDEN — PETER COOPER TO TILDEN — ANONYMOUS TO S. J. TILDEN — CHARLES O'CONOR TO TILDEN — HENRY L. FISH TO TILDEN — JOHN KELLY TO TILDEN — RESOLUTIONS IN RESPECT TO THE CANALS OF NEW YORK — G. HILTON SCRIBNER [66] TO TILDEN — WHEELER H. PECKHAM TO TILDEN — CHARLES O'CONOR TO TILDEN — JOHN KELLY TO TILDEN — CHARLES O'CONOR TO TILDEN — WHEELER H. PECKHAM TO GOVERNOR TILDEN — W. C. BRYANT TO TILDEN — CHARLES O'CONOR TO TILDEN — WHEELER H. PECKHAM TO TILDEN — CHARLES O'CONOR TO TILDEN — DANIEL MANNING TO TILDEN — TILDEN TO FRANCIS S. THAYER, AUDITOR OF CANAL BOARD — FRANKLIN B. DEXTER TO MR. TILDEN (MR. TILDEN RECEIVES THE DEGREE OF LL.D. FROM HIS ALMA MATER) — CHARLES O'CONOR TO S. J. TILDEN — " State of New York, Executive Chamber , — CHARLES O'CONOR TO TILDEN — HORATIO SEYMOUR TO GOVERNOR TILDEN — J. E. COOLEY TO TILDEN — DAVID A. WELLS TO TILDEN — "QUESTIONS — "ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. — " No. 1. Population. — " No. 2. Aggregate Capital. — " No. 3 and 5. Annual Gross and Net Income on Savings. — " 4. Annual Income from Foreign Investments. — " 5. Annual Outgo to pay Interest on Foreign Debts. — " 7. Exports and Imports. — " 8. Bullion Product of the United States for each of Five Years. — " 9. Exports of Gold and Bullion for Four Years. — FOOTNOTES:
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