The History of Tammany Hall / Second Edition

CONTENTS

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Preface to the First Edition (1901)	v
Foreword to the New Edition (1917)	xiii
CHAPTER I
Resistance to Aristocracy—1789-1798	1
CHAPTER II
Aaron Burr at the Helm—1798-1802	11
CHAPTER III
Tammany Quarrels with De Witt Clinton—1802-1809	17
CHAPTER IV
Slow Recovery from Disaster—1809-1815	29
CHAPTER V
Tammany in Absolute Control—1815-1817	37
CHAPTER VI
Clinton Maintains His Supremacy—1817-1820	47
CHAPTER VII
The Suffrage Contest—1820-1822	56
CHAPTER VIII
Struggles of the Presidential Factions—1822-1825	60
CHAPTER IX
The Jackson Element Victorious—1825-1828	69
CHAPTER X
The Workingmen’s Party—1829-1830	77
CHAPTER XI
Tammany and the Bank Contest—1831-1834	85
CHAPTER XII
The Equal Rights Party—1834-1837	94
CHAPTER XIII
Tammany “Purified”—1837-1838	112
CHAPTER XIV
Whig Failure Restores Tammany to Power—1838-1840	117
CHAPTER XV
Rise and Progress of the “Gangs”—1840-1846	128
CHAPTER XVI
“Barnburners” and “Hunkers”—1846-1850	140
CHAPTER XVII
Defeat and Victory—1850-1852	150
CHAPTER XVIII
“Hardshells” and “Softshells”—1852-1858	161
CHAPTER XIX
A Chapter of Disclosures—1853-1854	167
CHAPTER XX
Fernando Wood’s First Administration—1854-1856	174
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