Colfax Angers Committee Testimony on Union Pacific Bribery
The testimony before Judge Poland's committee reveals Schuyler Colfax denouncing bribery claims tied to the Credit Mobilier affair. He states he never paid or received stock or dividends and disputes accusations of improper payments to Ames, challenging the charges and recalling his long public career.
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Schuyler Colfax
Schuyler Ng
Poland
Colfax
Credit Mobilier
Bend
Chicago Inter-Ocean
P Endant
Indo
CVE
Recollections of Schuyler Colfax and the Ames funds dispute
Chauncey, a House employee, discovers a box of old letters in 1888 recounting the Ames bribery case tied to Schuyler Colfax. The testimony details deposits, drafts, and investments around 1865 to 1868, including a $1000 draft to Nesbit and a $45,000 balance claim. The witness explains record loss, confirms witness accounts, and notes family ties and loan repayments related to Colfax and Ames.
Testimony on Colfax Thousand Dollar Bill Incident
A half sister of Mr Colfax recalls Colfax receiving a thousand dollar bill with a congratulatory letter in June 1868 at breakfast in Washington. Nesbit, a New York stationer, could corroborate, and Mrs Colfax was present to testify about the money during the Colorado trip that summer. Judge Poland halted further testimony on the matter.
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Julian
Perscus
Publican Co
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Tore & In
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Saale
Matthew
Nile
Chauncey
House
Thad
Capitol
Senate
Tridiana
Tung
New York Tribune
Brooks
New York
West
Lake Superior
Pennsylvania Steel Company
South Bend
Matthews
Western Rolling Mills
Rickston Burroughs
Congress
Tribune
Adams Express
Alton & Terre Haute Railroad
Poland
Colfax
Ames
Witness
Credit Mobilier
Ile
Nesbit
Washington
Esbit
Anid
Danbury
Minnesota
Toper
Odds and Ends and Oddities from Many Lands
A collage of humorous items and anecdotes from Indiana to Oregon. Quips about autographs, notes of hand, a grocer in Indianapolis fined for trifling with Miss Florence Johnson, a telegraph joke in Midland, and a cascade of regional gags from Virginia City to Rome.
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Indianapolis
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Morristown
Shelby County
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University of Pennsylvania
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