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Wild 1869 “BOSS TWEED/Tammany Hall” Administration, National Broadway Bank Check for street Improvem

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Wild 1869 “BOSS TWEED/Tammany Hall” Administration, National Broadway Bank Check for street Improvem
Wild 1869 “BOSS TWEED/Tammany Hall” Administration, National Broadway Bank Check for street Improvements GRaded au53 By PMG. Wild 1869 “BOSS TWEED/Tammany Hall” Administration, National Broadway Bank Check for street Improvements, Signed by the then Mayor and Tammany Hall Leader, Abraham “Elegant Oakey” Oakey Hall and the Infamous Richard “Slippery Dick” Connolly. I am including a then political cartoon and photo of Mayor Hall, note the cartoon refers to getting streets paved, and the check is for….Street Improvements. I am also including a short bio of “Slippery Dick” Connolly. Richard Barrett Connolly was an American politician from New York. He came to New York City in 1826, and as a Tammany Hall Democrat, he was Clerk of New York County from 1853 to 1858; and a member of the New York State Senate (7th D.) from 1860 to 1863. He was elected New York City Comptroller in 1867, and became a member of the infamous "Tweed Ring." Some newspaper writers referred to him at that time as "Slippery Dick". He was re-appointed by Mayor A. Oakey Hall as City Comptroller under the "Tweed Charter" and remained in office until his resignation on November 18, 1871. A week later, Connolly was arrested and later indicted on 15 counts of misdemeanors. On New Year's Day, 1872, he was released on bail, and went abroad, never to return to the United States. He died in Marseille, France, while being a fugitive from justice. As a added bit of Fun on this Check, On the reverse it is Signed and Endorsed by Stevenson Towle, who almost 28 years later would be asked to resign as the Chief Engineer of Highways, it what was known as the “Asphalt Paving Scandal” of 1898, lol. I also included the New York Times Article of 1898. And finally, in what I’ve come to know as the check of the damned, it is last endorsed by hand written signature by “John J. Cisco & Sons” a well known at the time Wall street bank, which on January 16 of 1885, were forced to close their doors, amid a scandal with $2,000,000 to $3,000,000 in outstanding Liabilities. I have also included this NY Times Article. Oh By the Way PMG has certified the Check, with all 4 Original Signatures as au53.