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"THE IRISH FOUGHT US WITH THEIR BALLOTS & THEIR FISTS" (NEW YORK CITY.) Archive of correspondence of Benjamin D. Silliman. 80 letters to Silliman and 10 retained drafts of letters sent; various sizes and conditions. Vp, 1830-90
Benjamin Douglas Silliman (1805-1901) graduated from Yale in 1824 and was a practicing New York lawyer for more than seventy years. He was also active in state politics as a Whig and Republican, and was appointed by President Lincoln as a U.S. District Attorney in 1865. He corresponded with some of the most prominent figures in New York political culture, including Peter Cooper, Hamilton Fish, and Preston King (all represented here by Autograph Letters Signed). The collection also includes 2 letters from William Henry Seward, 1840 and 1841, as well 3 draft letters to Seward. Much of this Seward correspondence discusses the Irish influence on the 1840 elections. Silliman complained to then-Governor Seward that "the Irish so far as I can learn went to a man against us, & our friends feel bitterly on the subject . . . The foreigners have for the last two elections fought us with their ballots & their fists. I thank God we've been too much for them with both" (9 November 1840). Seward responded with a defense of the Irish character. An interesting and significant archive of New York political life before, during, and after the Civil War.
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