Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, February 10, 1838
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Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, February 10, 1838
action: sent
sender:
Alvah Worden
Person
Name: Alvah Worden
Birth: 1797-03-06
Death: 1856-02-16
Person
location:
Unknown
receiver:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
UnknownUnknown
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Page 1
Saturday Evening Feb, 10
Dear S
Garlinghouse
Name: Joseph Garlinghouse
Birth: 1784-09-14
Death: 1862-02-22
has just inquired of me whether you were to be Presi–
dent of the NY & Erie rail road? he said he had heard so: I
of course made strange of it. and said it was news to me: I saw
by his manner that he had dropt a secret. and asked him
where he heard the report. he said he could not tell, but he had
heard it spoken of some where: I saw a thought I saw that
he was a little embarrassed by my enquiry: and I remarked
that it was not probably so as I would have heard of it.
Is there anything in this my suspicions were somewhat
awakened. and it suggested itself to me that he might
have been told that you were to be disposed of next fall
by appointment: and that he had let out the secret
he said he would not tell me who told him: can it be
that he is advised of, and with reference to this matter
and could any one have originated this report. of then
ones inventions? this cannot be, Is any one here knowing to the
proposition you suggested to me had been made, or can any
such one have originated the proposition to set you out of
the way? There is something in this.
Truly
Worden
Page 2
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
A. Worden
Feb. 10, 1838
Erie
Name: Erie County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Nyork
Chautauqua
Name: Chautauqua County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Cattaraugus
Name: Cattaraugus County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Columbia
Name: Columbia County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Steuben
Name: Steuben County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Chenango
Name: Chenango County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Clinton
Name: Clinton County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Westchester
Name: Westchester County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Essex
Name: Essex County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Albany
Name: Albany County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Delaware
Name: Delaware County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Jefferson
Name: Jefferson County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Yates
Name: Yates County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Genesee
Name: Genesee County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Rensselaer
Name: Rensselaer County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Kings
Name: Kings County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Niagara
Name: Niagara County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Otsego
Name: Otsego County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Lewis
Name: Lewis County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Ulster
Name: Ulster County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
St. Lawrence
Name: St. Lawrence County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Onondaga
Name: Onondaga County City:
County: Onondaga
State: NY
Country: US
Warren
Name: Warren County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Wayne
Name: Wayne County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Madison
Name: Madison County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Herkimer
Name: Herkimer County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Sullivan
Name: Sullivan County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Schenectady
Name: Schenectady County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Ontario
Name: Ontario County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Cortland
Name: Cortland County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
New York
Name: City:
County: New York
State: NY
Country: US
Rockland
Name: Rockland County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Schoharie
Name: Schoharie County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Greene
Name: Greene County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Montgomery
Name: Montgomery County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Tioga
Name: Tioga County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Richmond
Name: Richmond County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Washington
Name: Washington County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Livingston
Name: Livingston County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Tompkins
Name: Tompkins County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Monroe
Name: Monroe County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Orange
Name: Orange County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Alleghany
Name: Allegany County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Queens
Name: Queens County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Dutchess
Name: Dutchess County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Orleans
Name: Orleans County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Cayuga
Name: Cayuga County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Oswego
Name: City:
County: Oswego County
State: NY
Country: US
Chemung
Name: Chemung County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Suffolk
Name: Suffolk County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Putnam
Name: Putnam County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Oneida
Name: Oneida County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Broome
Name: Broome County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Seneca
Name: Seneca County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Saratoga
Name: Saratoga County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Alvah Worden
Feb.10.1838.
Saturday Evening Feb, 10
Dear S
Garlinghouse
Person
dent of the NY & Erie rail road? he said he had heard so: I
of course made strange of it. and said it was news to me: I saw
by his manner that he had dropt a secret. and asked him
where he heard the report. he said he could not tell, but he had
heard it spoken of some where: I saw a thought I saw that
he was a little embarrassed by my enquiry: and I remarked
that it was not probably so as I would have heard of it.
Is there anything in this my suspicions were somewhat
awakened. and it suggested itself to me that he might
have been told that you were to be disposed of next fall
by appointment: and that he had let out the secret
he said he would not tell me who told him: can it be
that he is advised of, and with reference to this matter
and could any one have originated this report. of then
ones inventions? this cannot be, Is any one here knowing to the
proposition you suggested to me had been made, or can any
such one have originated the proposition to set you out of
the way? There is something in this.
Truly
Worden
Person
Feb. 10, 1838
Erie
Place
Chautauqua
Place
Place
Columbia
Place
Place
Chenango
Place
Place
Westchester
Place
Place
Albany
Place
Delaware
Place
Place
Yates
Place
Genesee
Place
Place
Kings
Place
Place
Otsego
Place
Place
Ulster
Place
Place
Onondaga
Place
Place
Wayne
Place
Madison
Place
Place
Sullivan
Place
Place
Ontario
Place
Place
New York
Place
Rockland
Place
Place
Greene
Place
Place
Tioga
Place
Place
Washington
Place
Place
Tompkins
Place
Place
Orange
Place
Place
Queens
Place
Dutchess
Place
Place
Cayuga
Place
Place
Chemung
Place
Place
Place
Oneida
Place
Place
Seneca
Place
Place
Alvah Worden
Feb.10.1838.
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