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From his unofficial throne atop the bootblack stand in the New York County Courthouse, Tammany Sachem George Washington Plunkitt (1842-1924) used to extol the virtues of Tammany Hall. He gloried in the durability of the city machine that went on "flourishin' forever, like fine old oaks. Say, that's the first poetry I ever worked off. Ain't it great...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SACHEMS & SINNERS AN INFORMAL HISTORY OF TAMMANY HALL | 8/22/1955 | See Source »

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