The Spoils system in New York.
Contributors: Eaton, Dorman B. 1823-1899.; Shores, Venila Lovina.
Series: Politics and people; Smith College studies in history,; v. 4, no. 4.
Publisher: Arno Press
Published: 1974
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893.; Conkling, Roscoe, 1829-1888.; Alexander Hamilton United States Custom House (New York, N.Y.); Postal service -- New York (State) -- New York.; United States -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment. -- Case studies.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1877-1881.
Notes: Reprint of 2 works, the 1st published in 1881 by Putnam, New York, which was issued as no. 3 of Publications of the Civil Service Reform Association; and the 2d published in 1919 by the Dept. of History of Smith College, Northampton, Mass. and issued as v. 4, no. 4 of Smith College studies in history.
Table of contents: title: Eaton, D. B. The spoils system and civil service reform in the Custom-House and Post-Office at New York.; title: Shores, V. L. The Hayes-Conkling controversy, 1877-1879. Bibliography (p. [278]-279)