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

by De Alva Stanwood Alexander

[369] Gustavus Myers, History of Tammany Hall, p. 250.

[370] New York Tribune, March 5, 1868.

[371] Tweed's testimony, Document No. 8, p. 105.

[372] Gustavus Myers, History of Tammany Hall, p. 257.

[373] New York World, October 4, 1867.

[374] The following persons were nominated: Secretary of State, Homer A. Nelson, Dutchess; Comptroller, William F. Allen, Oswego; Treasurer, Wheeler H. Bristol, Tioga; Attorney-General, Marshal B. Champlain, Allegany; State Engineer, Van R. Richmond, Wayne; Canal Commissioner, John F. Fay, Monroe; Prison Inspector, Nicholas B. Scheu, Erie; Court of Appeals, Martin Grover, Allegany.

[375] New York World, October 4, 1867.

[376] New York World, October 4, 1867.

[377] New York World, September 27, 1867.

The story of these frauds is found in two volumes of testimony submitted by the Canal Investigation Committee to the Constitutional Convention of 1867.