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A Dictionary of American History
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Mulligan Letters
Mulligan Letters On 31 May 1876, Henry Mulligan, a Boston bookkeeper, told a congressional committee that James Blaine promised political favors to railway executives in exchange for railroad stock and was hiding evidence of graft. On 5 June, Blaine attempted to squelch the controversy by reading excerpts from letters alluded to by Mulligan. The charges destroyed Blaine’s chances of being nominated for president in 1876. When it was learned that he had selectively read from the letters to hide references dealing with Mulligan’s charges, Blaine’s reputation was badly damaged. The letters were a major factor in Blaine’s narrow defeat in the election of 1884.
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Chicago:
Thomas L. Purvis, "Mulligan Letters," A Dictionary of American History in A Dictionary of American History (Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Reference, 1995), Original Sources, accessed July 8, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DBID515DYICSF2J.
MLA:
Purvis, Thomas L. "Mulligan Letters." A Dictionary of American History, in A Dictionary of American History, Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Reference, 1995, Original Sources. 8 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DBID515DYICSF2J.
Harvard:
Purvis, TL, 'Mulligan Letters' in A Dictionary of American History. cited in 1995, A Dictionary of American History, Blackwell Reference, Cambridge, Mass.. Original Sources, retrieved 8 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DBID515DYICSF2J.
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