John Kelly to Diedrich Willers, Jr., 1875-01-12

Letter dated January 12, 1875 from John Kelly of N. Y. C. to Diedrich Willers Jr. (now N.Y.S. Secretary of State), Kelly will not come to Albany during the senatorial race, it might hurt their chance of electing their candidate (Keenan), he does not want Murphy elected, Murphy took the lead in the state legislature of those who brought disgrace to us and to my mind was the cause of our defeat in 1871 and 1872.