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The "spoils" system and civil service reform in the custom-house and post-office at New York
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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277889 no. 1.
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314519 no. 1.
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Manuscripts
The New York Custom House papers consist of documents and correspondence concerning the general operations, patronage, and personnel of the Custom House, as well as records of the frauds investigation conducted by the U.S. Treasury Department. To gain a full idea of Barney's activities as collector, the correspondence in the Business correspondence and political papers between Hiram Barney and Salmon P. Chase, Charles P. Clinch, William P. Fessenden, Abraham Lincoln, Manton M. Marple, Albert M. Palmer, and Edward D. Smith must also be consulted.
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