Error message

  • Warning: array_values() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in field_collection_entity_preload() (line 1026 of /var/www/sewarddev/sites/all/modules/field_collection/field_collection.module).
  • Warning: array_values() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in field_collection_entity_preload() (line 1026 of /var/www/sewarddev/sites/all/modules/field_collection/field_collection.module).

Person Information

  • Show Citations

    Edward Cornelius Delevan

    Birth: 1-6-1793

    Death: 1-15-1871

Biography

Edward Cornelius Delavan was the owner of the famous downtown hotel and restaurant the Delavan House, notorious for open bribery and assorted shenanigans of state legislators during the Tammany Hall era. The booze flowed freely at his hotel, and he was a successful wine merchant who, later in life, did an about-face and became a rabid teetotaler and fanatical leader of a national temperance movement.

Letter References

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, November 24, 1834

Citations

Biography and Citation Information:
Biography: 
Edward Cornelius Delavan was the owner of the famous downtown hotel and restaurant the Delavan House, notorious for open bribery and assorted shenanigans of state legislators during the Tammany Hall era. The booze flowed freely at his hotel, and he was a successful wine merchant who, later in life, did an about-face and became a rabid teetotaler and fanatical leader of a national temperance movement.
Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Edward-Cornelius-Delavan-1793-1871-Hotel-4983402.php
Title of Webpage: 
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/d/ecdelavananb.html
Website Viewing Date: 
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 10:30
Website's Last Modified Date: 
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 10:30
Citation Notes: 
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5788514
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/d/ecdelavananb.html
Title of Webpage: 
Edward C. Delevan
Website Viewing Date: 
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 10:30
Website Last Modified Date: 
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 10:30
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/d/ecdelavananb.html
Title of Webpage: 
Edward C. Delevan
Website Viewing Date: 
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 10:30
Website Last Modified Date: 
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 10:30
Citation Notes: 
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5788514