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