Letter from Alfred Tweed to Uncle [Charley S. Sands?].
| dc.creator | Tweed, Alfred | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-26T20:13:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-04-15T20:00:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1881-10-31 | |
| dc.description | This letter described Alfred Tweed's Christmas wishes, to his Uncle, for money to be split among Anna Tweed, his Mother [Margaret M. Tweed], and Emma Tweed. In total he sends out $600, $500 of that goes to his Mother. | |
| dc.description | The Tweed Family Papers consists primarily of correspondence between Mrs. Richard Tweed and her children, relatives, and friends. Diaries, essays and poetry written by family members, newspaper clippings (photocopies), and financial and legal material are also included, as are a handful of photographs. All related primarily to the life of Mrs. Richard Tweed and her descendants. | |
| dc.description | Mrs. Richard Tweed, upon whom the majority of the materials focus, was the sister-in-law of William Marcy ("Boss") Tweed, who controlled the Democratic political machine at New York City's Tammany Hall during the mid-19th century. He and his associates misappropriated public funds on a large scale, leading to his arrest and imprisonment in 1871. | |
| dc.description | The Tweed Family Papers are organized by the following categories: Correspondence, Newspapers, Literary Production, Photographs, Financial Material, Printed Material, Scrapbook Material, Legal Material, and Artifacts. | |
| dc.description | Tweed Family Papers, 1836-1932 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas | |
| dc.description | Box 1, File 8 | |
| dc.format.extent | 3 pdf pages. | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10605/61994 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.subject | Tweed, Alfred | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Denver (Colo.) | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | New York (N. Y.) | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Brooklyn (New York, N. Y.) | |
| dc.title | Letter from Alfred Tweed to Uncle [Charley S. Sands?]. | en_US |
| dc.type | Text |