A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3

by De Alva Stanwood Alexander

[437] Ibid., Vol. 3, p. 371.

[438] F.W. Seward, Life of W.H. Seward, Vol. 2, p. 518.

[439] Alex. K. McClure, Recollections of Half a Century, p. 204.

[440] George T. Curtis, Life of James Buchanan, Vol. 2, p. 530.

[441] O.B. Hallister, Life of Colfax, p. 173.

[442] F.W. Seward, Life of W.H. Seward, Vol. 2, p. 530.

[443] Alex. K. McClure, Life of Lincoln, p. 56.

[444] George T. Curtis, Life of James Buchanan, Vol. 2, p. 530.

A writer in the North American Review says, "the clamour for offices is already quite extraordinary, and these poor people undoubtedly belong to the horde which has pressed in here seeking places under the new Administration, which neither has nor can hope to have places enough to satisfy one-twentieth the number." November, 1879, p. 488.

[445] F.W. Seward, Life of W.H. Seward, Vol. 2, p. 518.