Carl Russell Fish

“ Memoirs of the Administrations of Washington and John Adams. 2 vols. New York, 1846. — Intimate correspondence between Oliver Wolcott and officials and distinguished men, 1789-1800.
Hamilton, J. A. Reminiscences; or Men and Events at Home and Abroad. New York, 1869. — The inaccurate and prejudiced memoirs of a man who was very well acquainted with the Jackson and Van Buren administrations.
Higginson, Stephen. Letters, 1783-1804. American Historical Association, Report, 1896, i. 704-841. Washington, 1897. — Valuable for the whole period of federalist control. ”

“ Report of the Subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary, appointed to investigate the Administration of the Civil Service Laws of the State of New York. Albany, 1895.
Richmond, H. A. The Workingmen's Interest in Civil Service Reform: the Spoils System in the Public Schools. Address before the Central Labor Union of Buffalo, April 4, 1888. [Buffalo, 1888.]
Russell, C. T. Address before the National League of the Civil Service Reform Association. Boston, 1892.
Schurz, Carl. The Spoils System. Address to the Civil Service Reform League at Washington, December 12, 1895. [Philadelphia, 1896.] ”

“ It continued to be the organ of the party until 1857, when the practice of having such a mouthpiece practically died out, although the Union continued to the close of the Buchanan administration.
United States Telegraph. Washington, 1826, etc. — Published and edited by General Duff Green. Strongly partisan, and supporter of the spoils system; official Democratic paper from 1828 to 1833, when the Globe was established to take its place because of Green's strenuous support of Calhoun.
Worcester Palladium. Worcester. — Democratic. ”

“ In addition it gives all the rules proposed and adopted in the Senate for the regulation of its relations with the president. The portion recently published, including the period from 1869 to 1892, is particularly rich in this latter kind of material. ”

“ A useful list is found in the Fifteenth Report of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, pp. 511-517.
North, S. N. D. History and Present Condition of the Newspaper and Periodical Press of the United States. (Census Report, 1880.) Washington, 1881.
Albany Argus. Albany, 1813, etc. Edited by Jesse Buel, and afterward by Leake and Croswell. — Often had the state printing, and was for many years the chief regency organ.
Boston Courier. Boston, 1824, etc. — Chiefly commercial; Whig in politics, but not violent; valuable during the forties. ”

“ Address to the People of the American States who Choose Electors . . . to which is added a short sketch of the Biography of General George Clinton, and several Essays. Washington, 1808. — On rotation.
Andrews, C. C. Administration Reform as an Issue in the next Presidential Canvass. Cambridge, 1888.
Austin, Benjamin, Jr. Constitutional Republicanism in Opposition to Fallacious Federalism. Boston, 1803.
Bernard, G. S. Civil Service Reform versus Spoils System. New York, 1885. — Contains a bibliography.
Bonaparte, C. J. Civil Service Reform as a Moral Question. New York, 1889. ”

“ Tacitus [Thomas Evans] . A Series of Letters addressed to Thomas Jefferson, Esq., President of the United States. Philadelphia, 1802.
Three Patriots (The) ; or the Cause and Cure of Present Evils. Addressed to the voters of Maryland. Baltimore, 1811.
Tocqueville, Alexis de. Democracy in America. Translated by Henry Reeve, and revised by Henry Bowen. 2 vols. Boston, 1863.
Van Buren, Martin. [Pamphlets on Van Buren, 1832-1848, passim. Harvard College Library, shelf number 7393.23.] ”

“ Office-seeking during Washington's Administration. American Historical Review, i. 270-283. New York, etc., January, 1896.
Johnson, E. R. The Early History of the United States Consular Service, 1776-1792. Political Science Quarterly, xiii. 19-40. New York, etc., March, 1898.
Lawton, G. W. The American Caucus System: its Origin, Purpose, and Utility. New York, etc., 1885.
Luetscher, G. D. Early Political Machinery in the United States. Philadelphia, 1903.
Merriam, J. M. Jefferson's Use of the Executive Patronage (abstract) . American Historical Association, Papers, ii. No. 1, pp. 47-52. ”

“ Boston, 1871. — Valuable letters from 1809 to 1860, particularly for Adams's administration.
Seward, F. W. William H. Seward. 3 vols. (i. Autobiography, 1831-1846; ii.-iii. Seward at Washington, 1846-1872.) New York, 1890. — Particularly valuable for Taylor's administration.
Shepard, E. M. Martin Van Buren. (American Statesmen Series.) New York, 1888. — One of the best secondary accounts of the spoils system.
Sumner, W. G. Andrew Jackson as a Public Man. (American Statesmen Series) Boston, etc., 1882. ”