"Boss" Tweed Document - Double Signature
"Boss" Tweed Document - Double Signature
William M. "Boss" Tweed Document Signed as New York Street Commissioner. Dated 1865 and made out to Charles Schoettel for $172.25. This was for reimbursement for "supplies for cleaning public offices", printed on blue ledger paper.
William "Boss" Tweed was the head of the Tammany Hall political machine that dominated New York City politics during the 1860s and 1870s. A notorious episode in American financial and political history. He died in jail in 1878. condition is Fine/Very Fine, but there is minor paper loss along the edges.