Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, February 26, 1832
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Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, February 26,
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Date:1832-02-26
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Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, February 26, 1832
action: sent
sender: Alvah Worden
Birth: 1797-03-06
Death: 1856-02-16
location: Auburn, NY
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Albany, NY
transcription: aca
revision: tap 2017-02-10
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Feb 26. 1832
Dear S.
I recd your bunch of speeches last evening and the Books
by Gallup
from Dill
have them, I can pay John Dill
will take them I will let him have them and he may
pay you when you come home
I have written to Martin
lage law — as I understand if opposition comes it will
come from that quarter —
Dick Smith
office and rent Woods Books — he offers to sell his
Cowen
that case, — George Rathbone
del the other day in Onondaga @ $ 3 1/2 — a Lawyer died
and his books were sold —
I do not know as I shall get any
business in the law trade — but it must be my only
hope hereafter and you cannot blame me for be-
ing anxious to get all the knowledge I can of the
profession this I can do only by books — and the
last decisions are the most necessary to be understood
Douglass
something done with that Hughes note — I am
of opinion that note can be collected — Sally Anne
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before her marriage became administrative assis-
tant. She took possession of Johns Real ^& personal^ Estate & received
the rents and profits paid Johns debts &c her purchase
under the Bond & Mortgage given by John to the
heirs of Charles Hughes is fraudulent — She had enough
of the property in her hands to have paid the Bond &
Mortgage and she cannot buy in as executor any
property under a sale upon Mortgage or judgment for
the purchases of bonds paid Creditors — her purchase
was nothing more than the payment of the Mort-
gage — she had enough in her hands to have paid
the mortgage
only difficulty is how to proceed — I do think that
as the matter now stands I would be as the ^ equitable^ owner
of that note entitled to maintain a suit in chan-
cery — were Stephen W Hughes living I consider main-
tain a suit in equity to recover the note — I have
the equitable interest in the note — and as there is no
one save ^S W^ Hughes heirs who has the legal interest will
not the Court of Chancery protect my equitable
right — I find cases almost exactly in point I am ^as he^
maintaining the suit
I intended to have sent you some of
the New Years Convention addresses but it is
Sunday night and I cannot get into I Ken-
mers
as you can spare they go well W
[left Margin] A Worden
26 Feb 1832
Feb 26. 1832
Dear S.
I recd your bunch of speeches last evening and the Books
by Gallup
Unknown
. I am sorry I got the Rev Stat
Publisher: Packard and Van Benthuysen Place of Publication:Albany, N.Y. Date: 1829
. as I can have a lotfrom Dill
Birth: 1767-10-22 Death: 1869-05-01Certainty: Possible
, CookUnknown
wants a
set and I think it best to let himhave them, I can pay John Dill
Birth: 1757-10-28 Death: 1846-09-21Certainty: Probable
, in a thousand ways if
Cookwill take them I will let him have them and he may
pay you when you come home
I have written to Martin
Birth: 1808-11-25 Death: 1883-09-19Certainty: Probable
about the Vil-lage law — as I understand if opposition comes it will
come from that quarter —
Dick Smith
Birth: 1791 Death: 1838-09-06
will probably go into Woods
Birth: 1798-10-06 Death: 1839-02-20
office and rent Woods Books — he offers to sell his
Cowen
Author: Esek Cowen Place of Publication:New York, NY Date: 1823-1828
and Wendels Reports
Author: John Wendell Place of Publication:New York, NY Date: 1828-1841
@ $4 per volume inthat case, — George Rathbone
Birth: 1802-10-16 Death: 1870-01-04
bot a
few of Cowen & Wen-del the other day in Onondaga @ $ 3 1/2 — a Lawyer died
and his books were sold —
I do not know as I shall get any
business in the law trade — but it must be my only
hope hereafter and you cannot blame me for be-
ing anxious to get all the knowledge I can of the
profession this I can do only by books — and the
last decisions are the most necessary to be understood
Douglass
Unknown
has been here and wantssomething done with that Hughes note — I am
of opinion that note can be collected — Sally Anne
Birth: 1795 Death: 1837-02-14
before her marriage became administrative assis-
tant. She took possession of Johns Real ^& personal^ Estate & received
the rents and profits paid Johns debts &c her purchase
under the Bond & Mortgage given by John to the
heirs of Charles Hughes is fraudulent — She had enough
of the property in her hands to have paid the Bond &
Mortgage and she cannot buy in as executor any
property under a sale upon Mortgage or judgment for
the purchases of bonds paid Creditors — her purchase
was nothing more than the payment of the Mort-
gage — she had enough in her hands to have paid
the mortgage
The charging of property by a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt, on the condition that it shall be returned on the payment of the debt within a certain period • Convey property to a creditor as security on a loan •
and she should have done so, theonly difficulty is how to proceed — I do think that
as the matter now stands I would be as the ^ equitable^ owner
of that note entitled to maintain a suit in chan-
cery — were Stephen W Hughes living I consider main-
tain a suit in equity to recover the note — I have
the equitable interest in the note — and as there is no
one save ^S W^ Hughes heirs who has the legal interest will
not the Court of Chancery protect my equitable
right — I find cases almost exactly in point I am ^as he^
maintaining the suit
I intended to have sent you some of
the New Years Convention addresses but it is
Sunday night and I cannot get into I Ken-
mers
Unknown
office ––
Send me as many of your speechesas you can spare they go well W
[left Margin] A Worden
26 Feb 1832