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Samuel Tilden

Revolutionary Veterans in New Lebanon’s Cemetery of the Evergreens

March 11, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

John Bull, Capt., Stephens' Northern AP'T, Rev. War graveFormer New Lebanon resident George Clark, a member of the community’s Floyd Carlton Post of the American Legion, has been working to identify the graves of Revolutionary War soldiers for many years.

Helping him has been his friend Dale Ackley. Former town historian Sharon Moon and Cemetery of the Evergreens board members have been working at it, too. The undertaking has been immense, and, if they succeed in their goal to restore headstones, it will be very costly. [Read more…] about Revolutionary Veterans in New Lebanon’s Cemetery of the Evergreens

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: 1876 Election, American Revolution, Cemeteries, Columbia County, Daughters of the American Revolution, New Lebanon, Samuel Tilden

John Morrissey: Toward Setting The Record Straight

February 12, 2021 by John Warren Leave a Comment

Young John Morrissey detail from a painting held by the Saratoa History MuseumJohn Morrissey was born in Ireland on February 12th, in 1831.

As a result of bigoted attacks by his political enemies being carried forward by later writers like Herbert Asbury in Gangs of New York (1928), he’s been falsely accused of being in criminal league with Tammany Hall, for leading “the dead rabbits gang,” and for being involved in the killing of the nativist William “Bill the Butcher” Poole. [Read more…] about John Morrissey: Toward Setting The Record Straight

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, New York City Tagged With: 1876 Election, Boss Tweed, boxing, Cultural History, Fernando Wood, Gambling, Irish Immigrants, John Morrissey, Nativism, New York City, Political History, Rensselaer County, Samuel Tilden, Saratoga County, Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, Sports History, Tammany Hall, Troy, Vice

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