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The History of Tammany Hall

by Gustavus Myers

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  1. 1Preface to the First Edition (1901)
  2. 2Foreword to the New Edition (1917)
  3. 3Chapter I — Resistance to Aristocracy 1789-1798
  4. 4Chapter II — Aaron Burr at the Helm 1798-1802
  5. 5Chapter III — Tammany Quarrels With de Witt Clinton 1802-1809
  6. 6Chapter IV — Slow Recovery From Disaster 1809-1815
  7. 7Chapter V — Tammany in Absolute Control. 1815-1817
  8. 8Chapter vi — Clinton Maintains His Supremacy 1817-1820
  9. 9Chapter VII — The Suffrage Contest 1820-1822
  10. 10Chapter VIII — Struggles of the Presidential Factions 1822-1825
  11. 11Chapter IX — The Jackson Element Victorious 1825-1828
  12. 12Chapter X — The Workingmen’s Party 1829-1830
  13. 13Chapter XI — Tammany and the Bank Contest 1831-1834
  14. 14Chapter XII — The Equal Rights Party 1834-1837
  15. 15Chapter XIII — Tammany “Purified” 1837-1838
  16. 16Chapter XIV — Whig Failure Restores Tammany to Power 1838-1840
  17. 17Chapter XV — Rise and Progress of the “Gangs” 1840-1846
  18. 18Chapter XVI — “Barnburners” and “Hunkers” 1846-1850
  19. 19Chapter XVII — Defeat and Victory 1850-1852
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — “Hardshells” and “Softshells” 1852-1853
  21. 21Chapter XIX — A Chapter of Disclosures 1853-1854
  22. 22Chapter XX — Fernando Wood’s First Administration 1854-1856
  23. 23Chapter XXI — Wood’s Second Administration 1856-1859
  24. 24Chapter XXII — The Civil War and After 1859-1867
  25. 25Chapter XXIII — The Tweed “Ring” 1867-1870
  26. 26Chapter XXIV — Tweed in His Glory 1870-1871
  27. 27Chapter XXV — Collapse and Dispersion of the “Ring” 1871-1872
  28. 28Chapter XXVI — Tammany Rises From the Ashes 1872-1874
  29. 29Chapter XXVII — The Dictatorship of John Kelly 1874-1886
  30. 30Chapter XXVIII — The Dictatorship of Richard Croker 1886-1897
  31. 31Chapter XXIX — The Dictatorship of Richard Croker (Concluded) 1897-…
  32. 32Chapter XXX — Tammany Under Absentee Direction 1901-1902
  33. 33Chapter XXXI — Charles F. Murphy’s Autocracy 1902-1903
  34. 34Chapter XXXII — The Sway of Bribery and “Honest Graft” 1903-1905
  35. 35Chapter XXXIII — Tammany’s Control Under Leader Murphy 1906-1909
  36. 36Chapter XXXIV — Another Era of Legislative Corruption 1910-1911
  37. 37Chapter XXXV — “Chief” Murphy’s Leadership — Further Details 1912-1913
  38. 38Chapter XXXVI — Governor Sulzer’s Impeachment and Tammany’s Defeat…
  39. 39Chapter XXXVII — Tammany’s Present Status 1914-1917

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