Belknap scandal and Washington society critique 1876
Special correspondence surveys corruption in Washington society amid Belknap impeachment rumors. It condemns social elites, calls for reform in manners and church complicity, notes political divisions over education, currency, and party integrity, and lists contemporaneous political and social references.
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WasHinngton
D. C
Telegraph
Belknap
Washington
National
White Leagues
Louisiana
Kellogg
House
St. Louis
Hendricks
Blaine
Don Carlos
Alfonso
Maxwal
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Gen. Sheridan
Yellowstone
Susan B. Anthony
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J. A. Bound
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Iowa
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N. Y
John Letcher
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Alfred Wheeler
Schuler Colfax
South Bend
Inn
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Alleghany River
Pittsburg
Frances
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Spencer Decker
Boston
Charles H. Pressy
Plato
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Wm. I. Torrence
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Edward Deal
Kansas City
Gov. Hayes
U. S
Lavin Blecker
van Wert
Oliver R. Hudson
George Fletcher
Zanesville
Hayes
Grosvenor
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War Department
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Cleveland
Charles C. Jennings
Painsville
Miami Valley
Frank Emerson
Ralph
Columbus Public Schools
Jake Allen
Turkey Bottom
Adin
Payne
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Ohio
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Desfiance
Sarah J. Willner
Geneva
Milwaukee
Manker
Leesburg
Highland County
Kenton
Merrill Bros
Barlow
C. W. Oakes
Marietta
M. E
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A. Edgerton
Bradbury
Mary Wright
Common Pleas
Louis Schmidt
Rebecca L. Sharp
Charles T. Sharp
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Jeremiah Gittings
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Marietta National Bank
Bank of Marietta
Teachers’ Institute
Register
Knowles
Marietta Times
Muskingum Farmers’ Club
Washington County
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State of
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Salem Township
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Rickerley Knight
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Robert Folden
Mr. Lemuel Swearigen
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E. W. Parker
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R. Spence
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Middleport
Larry Leppart
New Lima
Rutsland
Isaac Reynolds
Fort Jones
California
Ransom Griffin
Nevada
Plains of Bethleham
Coopers
Plains
Racine Township
F. W. Dixon
Salem Center
Frank Hall
Frank Biffle
Wilkesville
Vinton County
West Virginia
Eagle Furnace
Lexington
Hamilton
Somerset
Somerset Press
John W. Free
Laura Watkins
New Lexington
Roseville
James Taylor
Centennial Commission
New Lexington Tribune
John Bennett
E. H. Heagler
M. KE
Hocking
Logandull
Huddle
Samuel
Elizabeth Rhoades
Logan
Henry C. Woodard
Huldah Tumbleson
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Starr Township
Bartholomew Tatman
Sentinel
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Fairfield County
Isaac Burgorn
Buena Vista
Isaac
Winton
Woman's Foreign Mission Society
Hamden
McArthur
Enquirer
David Henry Bay
Destrict
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Vinton Record
Harvey Wells
Wellston
Morgan
McConnell
Harvey Davis
Pennsville
Henry Brien
Louisa Abbott
Windsor Township
Maggie
J. C. Metcalf
McConnelsville
J. W. Ruby
Lysander Stokes
Herald
Cornell
Margaret Porter
Hugh Porter
Meigsville Township
Wm. Tennent
Presbyterian Church
McConnelsville Herald
Love
Ngely
Dawson
Ross
South Salem Presbyterian Church
Chillicothe
Brown’s Chapel
Clarksburg
Asbury Church
R. A. Lemaster
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Gen. Hurst
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