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Domestic News November 17, 1837

The Charlotte Journal

Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

What is this article about?

Wm. L. May, former Illinois Representative, published a pamphlet accusing party leaders of corruption, including placing Amos Kendall's relatives in lucrative post office positions to steal money from dead letters.

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Wm. L. May, a Van Buren Representative in the last Congress from Illinois, has published a pamphlet in which he accuses the leaders of his party of divers acts of corruption. Among others he enumerates a pretty long list of Amos Kendall's relatives who have been provided with lucrative offices in the post office department. Two or three of them are in the Dead Letter office. Kendall placed them there to pocket the money found in the dead letters returned to the general post office. This is a more serious charge than we ever saw preferred against the Postmaster General by his political opponents. But then these official gentry doubtless know each other better than the whigs know them.—Kennebec Journal.

What sub-type of article is it?

Politics Crime

What keywords are associated?

Political Corruption Amos Kendall Post Office Scandal Dead Letter Office Wm L May

What entities or persons were involved?

Wm. L. May Amos Kendall

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Key Persons

Wm. L. May Amos Kendall

Outcome

accusations of corruption against party leaders and post office officials

Event Details

Wm. L. May published a pamphlet accusing leaders of his party of corruption, listing Amos Kendall's relatives in post office jobs, including the Dead Letter office to pocket money from dead letters.

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