Viva voce - New York Times (15/11/1861)

"The resolution was laid on the table, and was finally voted down, 34 to 72. A motion to proceed viva voce, and informally, to the nomination of a candidate for Mayor was adopted, and the following named gentlemen received honorable mention: George Opdyke, William R. Stewart, James W. Booth, Joseph Bowers, Moses H. Grinnell Benjamin Wood, Robert B. Minturn, Peter Ross, John J. Astor, Hamilton Fish, Lewis P. Woodruff, Horace Greeley, Fernando Wood, Hiram Barney, O.W. Brennan, and James Gordon Bennett."

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