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Subject: TAMMANY HALL, NEW YORK CITY
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` "THE TWEED RING, 1868", by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: The great moguls of gotham! Their proud purses
Last Line: Sleeps in the throttles of this ruthless three
Subject(s): "depressions, Economic;income Tax;money;social Classes;tammany Hall, New York City;tweed, William Marcy [boss] (1823-78);wealth;" Recessions;caste;riches;fortunes


ELECTION RETURNS AT TAMMANY HALL, 1819, by GULIAN VERPLANCK    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The time next may-the place, suppose
Last Line: On rockland, putnam, orange, kings.
Subject(s): New York City - 19th Century; Tammany Hall, New York City


REMEMBER WARING! (THE CITY AGAINST TAMMANY), by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Again the bugle-blow
Last Line: Remember waring.
Subject(s): Corruption In Politics; Tammany Hall, New York City


TAMMANY HALL, 1819, by FITZ-GREENE HALLECK    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: There's a barrel of porter at tammany hall
Last Line: Is that barrel of porter at tammany hall.
Alternate Author Name(s): Croaker
Variant Title(s): Song
Subject(s): New York City - 19th Century; Tammany Hall, New York City