The Murchison letter was a political scandal during the 1888 US presidential election between Grover Cleveland, the Democratic incumbent, and the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison. The letter was sent by Sir Lionel Sackville-West to "Charles F. Murchison," who was actually a political operative posing as a British expatriate. In the letter, Sackville-West suggested that Cleveland was preferred as president from the British point of view.[1] The Republicans published this letter just two weeks before the election and turned many Irish-American voters away from Cleveland. That made him lose New York State and Indiana and thus the presidency. Sackville-West was sacked as British ambassador.
^"That "Murchison" Letter. The Alleged Correspondent Of Lord Sackville. A California Man Says He Entrapped The British Minister And Wants Harrison To Know It". New York Times. January 9, 1889. Retrieved 2010-07-19. George Osgoodby, author of the famous "Murchison" letter, has lived at Pomona 15 years. He came to California from New-York when a boy, and has worked on farms during the greater part of his residence in California.
The Murchisonletter was a political scandal during the 1888 US presidential election between Grover Cleveland, the Democratic incumbent, and the Republican...
Osgoodby wrote a letter to Sir Lionel Sackville-West, the British ambassador to the United States, under the assumed name of "Charles F. Murchison," describing...
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Atlantic". Boston. September 9, 1857 – via Internet Archive. "That 'Murchison' Letter. The Alleged Correspondent Of Lord Sackville. A California Man Says...
the world, including in Nigeria, the Czech Republic and Argentina. Murchisonletter regarding inadvertent British influence on the 1888 U.S. presidential...
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the policies of President Cleveland and his Democratic Party. The Murchisonletter was released shortly before the 1888 election in an attempt to reduce...
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field observations. Murchison retired as director-general in 1867 to be succeeded by Andrew Ramsay. In 1880 an anonymous letter to The Times was highly...
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