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(NEW YORK.). [INGRAHAM, ABIJAH.]. A Biography of Fernando Wood. A History of the Forgeries, Perjuries, and Other Crimes of Our "Model" Mayor. No. 1. [Wrapper title.]. [New York: 1856]. 1st ed. 8vo. 32 pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Disbound, but complete. $85.00

 

Wood was a Tammany leader, a successful speculator and businessman, and a national political figure who financed Stephen A. Douglas' campaign. See D.A.B. for this controversy concerning his alleged corruption.