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Dakota Devereux'
Boss Tweed . . . In the Beginning
Dakota Devereux
Category:
USA Yesterday
Published:
September 2020
"In 1861, William Tweed leaves behind his fire department and runs for sheriff of the Metropolitan Police. He loses. Instead, he becomes the chairman of the Democratic General Committee, the head of Tammany--Boss."