Research Catalog
Samuel J. Tilden papers
- Title
- Samuel J. Tilden papers, 1794-1886, bulk (1835-1876).
- Author
- Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding aid and digital assets
Available Online
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 49.4 linear feet (99 boxes, 13 v.)
- Summary
- The Tilden papers are comprised of correspondence, political and legal files, financial documents, writings, speeches, and personal papers documenting the political and legal career of Samuel J. Tilden. Material dates from 1785 - 1929 (bulk 1832 - 1886).
- Donor/Sponsor
- Hermione Foundation.
- Subjects
- Governors
- Lawyers
- Presidential candidates
- Politicians
- Photographs
- Architectural drawings
- Blueprints
- Maps
- Photoprints
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
- New York (State) > Politics and government > 1865-1950
- New York (N.Y.) > Politics and government > To 1898
- Delaware and Hudson Canal (N.Y. and Pa.)
- Tweed Ring
- Railroads > United States
- Presidents > United States > Election > 1876
- Political parties > United States
- Elections > United States
- Canals > Pennsylvania
- Canals > New York (State)
- New York Public Library
- Tammany Hall
- Democratic Party (N.Y.)
- Tilden, Samuel J (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886
- Genre/Form
- Photoprints.
- Maps.
- Blueprints.
- Architectural drawings.
- Photographs.
- Note
- The Samuel J. Tilden Papers were processed and made accessible through a generous gift from the Hermione Foundation.
- Access (note)
- Advance notice required. Apply at: http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Additional Formats (note)
- Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online.
- Biography (note)
- Samuel Jones Tilden (1814-1886) was an attorney, prominent Democrat, governor of New York in 1874-1875, and U.S. presidential candidate in 1876. An advocate of reforms in taxation, legislative rules and municipal financing, Tilden was active in Democratic Party politics. He gained considerable acclaim for dismantling the Tweed Ring, and battling other instances of graft in state government. In 1876 he won the popular vote for the presidency but lost the election to Rutherford B. Hayes in the Electoral College. He declined the presidential nomination in 1880 and 1884, citing age and ill health. After his death, his estate was tied up in litigation until 1892 in a dispute over the provision of his will that specified that the bulk of the estate be used for the creation of a free library and reading room in New York City. The trust was later used to establish The New York Public Library.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- MssCol 2993
- Author
- Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886.
- Title
- Samuel J. Tilden papers, 1794-1886, bulk (1835-1876).
- Biography
- Samuel Jones Tilden (1814-1886) was an attorney, prominent Democrat, governor of New York in 1874-1875, and U.S. presidential candidate in 1876. An advocate of reforms in taxation, legislative rules and municipal financing, Tilden was active in Democratic Party politics. He gained considerable acclaim for dismantling the Tweed Ring, and battling other instances of graft in state government. In 1876 he won the popular vote for the presidency but lost the election to Rutherford B. Hayes in the Electoral College. He declined the presidential nomination in 1880 and 1884, citing age and ill health. After his death, his estate was tied up in litigation until 1892 in a dispute over the provision of his will that specified that the bulk of the estate be used for the creation of a free library and reading room in New York City. The trust was later used to establish The New York Public Library.
- Additional Formats
- Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online.
- Restricted Access
- Advance notice required. Apply at: http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Finding Aids
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Politicians.Presidential candidates.Lawyers.Governors.
- Added Author
- Bigelow, John, 1817-1911.Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878.Dana, Charles A. (Charles Anderson), 1819-1897.Manning, Daniel.Marble, Manton, 1834-1917.Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886.Tweed, William Marcy, 1823-1878.Weed, Smith M.Tilden Trust.
- LCCN
- ms 74000562
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 2993