Tag: 1810
Tammany Society’s Troubling Ties: A Glimpse into New York’s Corrupt Politics
As the sun set over New York in May 1810, the Tammany Society or Columbian Order was celebrating its anniversary in a manner that would come to define the group’s questionable character. The Beaver Tribe No. 3 in the city marked the occasion with pomp and circumstance, but beneath the surface, a more sinister reality…
