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Auction: 284 - Bond, Share & Americana Mailbid & Internet Exclusive
Lot: 884

Tweed Ring: Tweed, Connolly and Hall - Choice pair of documents signed by the infamous WM "Boss" Tweed (1823-78), alleged leader of New York´s Tammany Hall, and other members of the city´s corrupt political machine. DS "W.M. Tweed" as Deputy Street Commissioner, 1p, legal folio, NY, 11/14/1863. Tweed attests to the necessity of a city payout to E. Jones & Co for "Printing for Departments," totalling $1051. Also signed by Deputy Superintendent of Repairs and Supplies "Chas. Boice." Bottom 1/5 folded, with some separation at edges, small piece out at top left from stapling, overall VG. With a DS by Mayor "Oakley Hall" and Comptroller "Richard B. Connolly," 1p, oblong narrow 8vo, NY, 6/30/1870, a Broadway Bank check for $100 payable to Lawrence Murtha as "Salary as Subpoena Clk., Dist. Atty´s office..." VG.. Estimate US$ 150-200

Estimate
$150 to $200