The civil service and the patronage
By: Carl Russell Fish.
Series: Harvard historical studies
Publisher: Russell & Russell
Published: 1963
Place of publication: New York
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: Civil service -- United States; United States -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment
Notes: "This work is the outgrowth of a statistical study of removals from offfice begun in the Seminary of American history and institutions at Harvard University. The results of this preliminary study were published in the Annual report of the American historical association for 1899. From materials accumulated not strictly pertinent to the subject of this volume, an article on 'Lincoln and the patronage' was contributed to the American historical review for October, 1902."

First ed. 1904.

"List of authorities": p. 252-266.