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George Boutwell: “Weed gave me information in regard to candidates for office in the State of New York, including their relations to the…”

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Weed gave me information in regard to candidates for office in the State of New York, including their relations to the factions that existed--usually Seward and anti-Seward--and with as much fairness as he could have commanded if he had had no relation to either faction.
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George Boutwell
Massachusetts

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Boutwell acknowledges the valuable information he received from Thurlow Weed regarding political candidates.

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