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Chapter Headings in this episode:
Chapter 25 - Collapse and Dispersion of "The Ring," 1871 - 1872
Chapter 26 - Tammany Rises from the Ashes, 1872 - 1874
Chapter 27 - The Dictatorship of John Kelly, 1874 - 1886
Books/information mentioned in this episode:
William "Boss" Tweed
Henry Ward Beecher
Judge George C. Barrett
William Walter Phelps
William M. Evarts
Tammany and NY Times, summer of 1871
John T. Hoffman
"Honest" John Kelly
John Morrissey
Isaac V. Fowler
James O'Brien
Apollo Hall Democracy, mentioned in the NY Times (43 times)
The original Committee of Seventy
William F. Havemeyer
Richard Croker
Little Big Man (1970)
William H. Wickham
Irving Hall Democracy, mentioned in the NY Times (385 times)
Edward Cooper (thank you BoweryBoys)
Augustus Schell (click on the Picture History link to see a pic - I'm not going to pay the $100 licensing fee!)
Cardinal Francesco Satolli
Cardinal Satolli and Tammany Hall
William R. Grace
New York County Democracy
New York County Democracy, mentioned in the NY Times (332 times)
Grover Cleveland
Definition of emolument
Other relevant information:
The history of the man who took on "Boss" Tweed and brought us Santa Claus
The Tammany Hall Political Corruption Cartoons of Thomas Nast
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