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

by De Alva Stanwood Alexander

[312] F.W. Seward, Life of W.H. Seward, Vol. 3, p. 339.

[313] Sherman's Letters, p. 278.

[314] New York Nation, Vol. 3, p. 234.

[315] New York Tribune, September 6, 1866.

[316] "There stood Fenton, marking the lowest point in the choice of a State executive ever reached in our Commonwealth by the Republican party."—Autobiography, Vol. 1, p. 131.

[317] "The Republican ticket was as follows: Governor, Reuben E. Fenton, Chautauqua; Lieutenant-Governor, Stewart L. Woodford, Kings; Canal Commissioner, Stephen T. Hoyt, Steuben; Prison Inspector, John Hammond, Essex."—New York Tribune, September 7, 1866.

[318] New York Times (editorial), September 7, 1866.

[319] New York Evening Post, August 27, 1866.

[320] New York Times, September 7.

[321] Letter of Thurlow Weed, New York Times, October 9, 1866.