Oct 11, 2007 - Sale 2123

Sale 2123 - Lot 39

Price Realized: $ 360
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
BOSS TWEED AND HIS NEMESIS TWEED, WILLIAM MARCY. Autograph Letter Signed, "William M. Tweed," to Governor Horatio Seymour, a letter of introduction for Patrick Keans who "aided in the organization of the 18th Regt N.Y. Cavalry F Company with the expectation of receiving a commission--was not commissioned he is now again an applicant . . ." 1 page, folded 8vo sheet with integral blank, Board of Supervisors stationery; soiled, with vertical tear affecting the signature with no loss. New York, 11 February 1864.

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with--Autograph Letter Signed by Noah Davis, the judge who presided at Tweed's trial and conviction in 1871. The letter, to the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, recommends a law firm for Beecher's son. 4 pages, folded tall 8vo sheet. New York, 11 January 1874.