[471] Appleton's Cyclopædia, 1869, p. 486.
[472] The Democratic ticket was as follows: Secretary of state, Homer A. Nelson, Dutchess; Comptroller, William F. Allen, Oswego; Treasurer, Wheeler H. Bristol, Tioga; Attorney-General, Marshall B. Champlain, Allegany; State Engineer, Van Rensselaer Richmond, Wayne; Canal Commissioner, William W. Wright; Prison Inspector, Fordyce Laflin, Ulster; Court of Appeals, John A. Lott, Kings; Robert Earl, Herkimer.
[473] New York Tribune, October 11, 1869.
[474] Nelson for secretary of state over Sigel, 22,524; Allen for comptroller over Greeley, 26,533; Greeley over Sigel in New York City, 1,774; Sigel over Greeley in the State, 4,938; against the constitution, 19,759; majority for the judiciary article, 6,006.—New York Tribune, November 23, 1869.
[475] New York Times, March 25, 1870.
[476] The Tweed Case, 1876, Vol. 2, p. 1212.
[477] Document No. 8, pp. 84-92; Gustavus Myers, History of Tammany Hall, p. 272; James F. Rhodes, History of the United States, Vol. 6, p. 395; New York Tribune, September 17, 1877.
[478] Albert B. Paine, Life of Thomas Nast, p. 143.
[479] John Bigelow, Life of Tilden, Vol. 2, p. 185.
[480] The Nation, May 27, 1869.