Ferrero leased the ballroom of Tammany Hall for his academy and joined the Tammany Society, becoming socially active in Loyal Legion.
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It was called " Baker's American Museum " after Baker took control of it from the Tammany Society in 1795.
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It was the first American opera to deal with Native Americans, and was sponsored by the New York Tammany Society, an anti-Federalist organization.
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On June 25, 1810, Jonas Hawkins, Benjamin F . Thompson and Charles H . Havens founded a branch of the Tammany Society at Setauket.
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Tammany societies were established across the United States after the American Revolutionary War, and Tammany assumed mythic status as an icon for the peaceful politics of negotiation.
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The name was in use as early as 1791 when a bucktail worn on the headgear was adopted as the " official badge " of the Tammany Society.
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His son founded the New York Historical Society, served as secretary of the New York Chamber of Commerce, and was elected first Sagamore of the Tammany Society.
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Indeed, there were Tammany Societies throughout the colonies, and later, the young country, reflecting a great popular interest in frontier and Indian life, customs and language.
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There were two distinct entities : the Tammany Society, headed by a Grand Sachem elected annually on May 23; and the Tammany Hall political machine headed by a " boss ".
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After the trial of William M . Tweed and his associates, Schell labored for the purification and rehabilitation of the Tammany society, and in 1878 was its unsuccessful candidate for mayor.
