[5] Ibid., p. 316.
[6] Ibid., p. 50.
[7] Ibid., Vol. 18, p. 194.
[8] Ibid.
[9] Ibid., Vol. 20, pp. 355-56.
[10] Ibid., Vol. 20, p. 308. The full report on Mooney’s administration appears in Ibid., pp. 376-92.
[11] Although the subsequent laws of the Tammany Society forbade the successive reelection of a Grand Sachem, the incumbent of the office was frequently permitted to “hold over.”
[12] Advertisement in the Columbian, May 14, 1810.
[13] Wortman had been a follower of Clinton and had been generously aided by him. He suddenly shifted to Tammany, on seeing better opportunities of advancement with that body.