WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BOSS TWEED'S NEW YORK CITY OPERATIONS AND THE YAZOO LAND FRAUD, WHICH INVOLVED PRIMARILY MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA AS WELL AS INVESTORS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, THE 'FOUNDING FINAGLERS' CONFINES ITSELF TO CORRUPTION OF A NATIONAL NATURE (PARTLY, ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, TO KEEP IT TO A MANAGEABLE LENGTH). SOME OF THE OTHER INFAMOUS EPISODES INVOLVE THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK AND PIRATES IN THE 1690'S, GEORGE WASHINGTON'S LAND ACQUISITIONS, ANDREW JACKSON, ULYSSES S. GRANT, AND WARREN HARDING.