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Tammany: 1789-1928 Tammany Hall; The Organization; and the Sway of the Bosses By Allan Frankin
Originally published 1928 |
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ON March 4, 1789, George Washington stood in front of the old Federal Hall at Wall and Nassau Streets, New York City, and swore to uphold, as first President of the United States, the recently ratified Constitution of his country.
A little later in that historic year another inauguration took place in the same neighborhood. A newly formed society moved into quarters in nearby Broad Street and began to solicit membership in the pleasing names of "the smile of charity, the chain of friendship and the flame of liberty; and, in general, whatever may tend to perpetuate the love of freedom or the political advantages of this country."
The society was "The Society of St. Tammany, or Columbian Order"; and so ardently did it undertake immediate pursuit of its charitable, friendly and patriotic course that seven years later, when about to retire from his distinguished office, President Washington felt called upon to devote a portion
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