Letters and Literary Memorials of Samuel J. Tilden, v. 1
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EDITED BY JOHN BIGELOW, LL.D.
VOL. 1
NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1908
Copyright, 1908, by Harper & Brothers.
All rights reserved. Published February, 1908.
Shortly before the death of the late Samuel J. Tilden, and in compliance with his wishes, a selection was made by our senior colleague from such of Mr. Tilden's public writings and speeches as were then conveniently accessible and seemed then responsive to a popular demand. This selection was edited and published in 1885.
The forty-second section of the will of Mr. Tilden, who died in the following year, provided as follows:
I also authorize my said Executors and Trustees to collect and publish in such form as they may deem proper my speeches and public documents, and such other writings and papers as they may think expedient to include with the same, which shall be done under their direction. The expenses thereof shall be paid out of my estate. My Trustees and Executors are authorized and empowered to burn and destroy any of my letters, papers or other documents, whether printed or in manuscript, which in their judgment will answer no useful purpose to preserve.
In discharge of the duty imposed on us by this clause of the testator's will, we have selected such portions of a vast correspondence with, or relating to, the testator as give promise of answering a useful purpose; and at our solicitation Mr. Bigelow has undertaken to edit and publish them in a form that shall harmonize with, and be complementary to, the volume of Speeches and Writings of Mr. Tilden, already in print.
Samuel J. Tilden
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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
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:
S. J. TILDEN TO——
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"
THE FIRST GUN FOR FREE SOIL
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
"Office of Receiver of Taxes, New City Hall, Park.
DEPOSIT WITH MR. TILDEN TO SECURE A LOAN TO MR. O'SULLIVAN
COPY OF DRAFT-LETTER, FULL OF "FINANCE AND FIGURES," REFERRED TO IN THE PRECEDING LETTER
FOOTNOTES:
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 FRANKLIN PIERCE
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——
W. L. MARCY TO TILDEN
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 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
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. B. OGDEN
TOWNSEND WARD TO TILDEN
S. J. TILDEN TO (TOWNSEND WARD)
S. L. M. BARLOW TO TILDEN
FOOTNOTES:
TILDEN TO WYNDHAM ROBERTSON
D. BURWELL TO CASSIDY
BURWELL TO CASSIDY
G. W. NEWELL TO TILDEN
GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT TO WM. H. SEWARD
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
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
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
"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.
WILLIAM CASSIDY TO TILDEN
ANDREW JOHNSON TO TILDEN
HORATIO SEYMOUR TO TILDEN
WILLIAM CASSIDY TO TILDEN
WILLIAM CASSIDY TO TILDEN
WM. A. WALLACE TO TILDEN
FOOTNOTES:
CLARKSON N. POTTER TO S. J. TILDEN
GOVERNOR WM. BIGLER, OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO TILDEN
S. J. TILDEN TO R. C. ROOT (PROBABLY)
WILLIAM BIGLER TO TILDEN
HORATIO SEYMOUR TO TILDEN
FRANCIS KERNAN TO TILDEN
HORATIO SEYMOUR TO TILDEN
WILLIAM CASSIDY TO TILDEN
S. E. CHURCH TO TILDEN
A. LOOMIS TO S. J. TILDEN
MONTGOMERY BLAIR TO TILDEN
TILDEN TO THE TAMMANY SOCIETY
TILDEN TO FRANCIS KERNAN
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
TILDEN TO RICHARD VAUX
TILDEN TO ALBERT CARDOZO
S. E. CHURCH TO S. J. TILDEN
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
MR. TILDEN'S PURCHASE OF TOPIC
SAML. G. COURTNEY TO S. J. TILDEN
FOOTNOTES:
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
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 MAHLON SANDS
CHARLES O'CONOR TO TILDEN
RICHARD B. CONNOLLY 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
TILDEN TO MRS. CASSIDY
TILDEN TO N. W. PARKER
WM. M. EVARTS TO TILDEN
KEY-NOTE OF FEDERAL POLITICS IN 1873
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
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
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
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
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
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.
FOOTNOTES:
