MARTLING MEN
\mˈɑːtlɪŋ mˈɛn], \mˈɑːtlɪŋ mˈɛn], \m_ˈɑː_t__l_ɪ_ŋ m_ˈɛ_n]\
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In New York political history, the members of a union of Burrites and Lewisites (followers of Morgan Lewis), mostly Democrats, formed in 1807. So called because their usual place of meeting was "Martling's long room." They were connected with the Tammany Society, and were later known as Bucktails.
By John Franklin Jameson
