[499] New York Tribune, August 27, 1870.
[500] Ibid., September 8.
[501] Edward Cary, Life of George William Curtis, p. 230.
[502] Three ballots were cast as follows:
| Woodford | 153 | 170½ | 258 |
| Greeley | 143 | 139 | 105½ |
| Curtis | 104½ | 87½ | 20 |
| Total | 390½ | 397 | 383½ |
The following ticket was nominated: Governor, Stewart L. Woodford, Kings; Lieutenant-Governor, Sigmund Kaufman, Kings; Comptroller, Abiah W. Palmer, Dutchess; Canal Commissioners, Absalom Nelson, Erie; Alexander Barkley, Washington; Prison Inspector, John Parkhurst, Clinton.
[503] September 10 and 14, 1870.
[504] From speech of July 23, 1872, New York Times, July 24, 1872.
[505] New York Tribune, September 13, 1870.
[506] A.R. Conkling, Life of Roscoe Conkling, p. 329.