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Title |
Certificate of Canvass |
Collection Name |
Richmond County Public Records |
Date |
February 12, 1895 |
Description |
This is an individual item contained within archival collection MS236. This document certifies the results of an election held in the 3rd Election District of the Town of Middletown in Richmond County (Staten Island), New York. It is printed and handwritten on five sheets of off-white lined paper, with a printed and handwritten outer sheet of pink paper; they are fastened together at upper left with a metal paper fastener. The document lists the total number of votes cast for each office and the number of votes received by each candidate; each page is signed by the inspectors of elections, including Charles Schmeiser, John Consalus, and John Guilfoyle. Two printed ballots are glued to the reverse of the last page. The document was stored folded, and the pink outer cover has a printed and handwritten inscription on the outer fold: "CERTIFICATE OF CANVASS / OF / TOWN OFFICERS, / 1895. / Election District No. 3 -- / TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN, / RICHMOND COUNTY, / Filed Feby 13th 1895 / George Brand / Town Clerk." The candidates include John L. Feeny, Charles Unger, and Adrian G. Funck for Supervisor; Peter Tiernan, John F. Langton, and Thomas C. Engelbrecht for Justice of the Peace; James Gibson, Theodore V. Hanlon, and Michael Dwyer for Collector; Michael F. Donnelly and Jacob Dasher for Sealer of Weights and Measures; Richard McNamara and Frank G. Vorsatz for Game Constable; Robert Goggin, Bernard B. Lynch, Edward Doyle, Michael Hickey, William Davis, Roy L. Garretson, and John Hoffman for Constable; and George W. Batz, Julius C. Muller, Charles Schmeiser, John Consalus, John Guilfoyle, Michael Curry, and William Schoen for Inspectors of Election. |
Biography and History |
A Certificate of Canvass is the official record of the votes cast in an election. This certificate for a town election held in Middletown, Staten Island, includes a count of how many votes were cast, how many of those votes were won by each candidate, and copies of the official ballots used at the election. This particular election was widely covered in the local newspapers because the results diminished the influence of Staten Island’s long-time Democratic Party boss Nicholas Muller, who was connected to New York’s powerful Tammany Hall political organization. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |
Physical Extent |
12.625" H x 7.5" W |
Catalog Number |
X19.0253 |
Object Name |
Document |
Archival Description Level |
Item |
Parent Record |
MS236.000 |
Subjects |
Voting Political elections Ballots |
Earliest Date |
1895 |
Latest Date |
1895 |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Batz, George William Muller, Julius C. Curry, Michael |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, August 2020. |