Letter from George MacCullough Grier to William Henry Seward, February 24, 1840
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Letter from George MacCullough Grier to William Henry Seward, February 24, 1840
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Date:1840-02-24
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Letter from George MacCullough Grier to William Henry Seward, February 24, 1840
action: sent
sender:
George Grier
Person
Name: George Grier
Birth: 1802-09-27
Death: 1878-12-20
Person
location:
Goshen NY
Place
Name: City: Goshen
County: Orange
State: NY
Country: US
Place
receiver:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
Albany NY
Place
Name: City: Albany
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: dxt
revision: ekk 2016-02-02
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Page 1
Goshen Febry 24th 1840
Governor Seward
Dear Sir
Permit me to make a
suggestion to you in regard to the appointment of
Masters in Chancery for this County
Name: Orange County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
. If J.E. Phillips
Name: John Phillips
Birth: 1805-03-20
Death: 1841-12-17
has not applied for the appointment it would be
advisable in my opinion to give Newburgh
Name: City: Newburgh
County: Orange
State: NY
Country: US
both the
masters, say S.W. Eager
Name: Samuel Eager
Birth: 1789-04-08
Death: 1860-12-23
& Hunn
Name: Peter Hunn
Birth: 1794-05-20
Death: 1847-07-31
, if they want them.
Some of the Newburgh Gentlemen are dissatisfied because
Eager did not get the Surrogate Office, owing in a
great measure to a report they had for sometime
there that you had pledged yourself to Nominate
him that report has since been contradicted by
Jennings
Name: Benjamin Seward
Birth: 1793-08-23
Death: 1841-02-24
had a conversation with Mr Benton
Name: Albert Benton
Birth: 1796
Death: 1849-07-29Certainty: Possible
this evening he can give you his opinion.
The Governor will be sustained in Old Orange
at all events he will get as many votes next
Fall as the rest of our Ticket. My word for it,
Yours Truly
Geo. M Grier
[left Margin] Confidential
WHS
Page 2
His Excellency William H Seward
Governor
Albany
Name: Samuel Blatchford
Birth: 1820-03-09
Death: 1893-07-07
George M. Grier
Feb. 24. 1840
Goshen Febry 24th 1840
Governor Seward
Dear Sir
Permit me to make a
suggestion to you in regard to the appointment of
Masters in Chancery for this County
Place
Person
has not applied for the appointment it would be
advisable in my opinion to give Newburgh
Place
masters, say S.W. Eager
Person
Person
Some of the Newburgh Gentlemen are dissatisfied because
Eager did not get the Surrogate Office, owing in a
great measure to a report they had for sometime
there that you had pledged yourself to Nominate
him that report has since been contradicted by
Jennings
Person
Person
this evening he can give you his opinion.
The Governor will be sustained in Old Orange
at all events he will get as many votes next
Fall as the rest of our Ticket. My word for it,
Yours Truly
Geo. M Grier
[left Margin] Confidential
WHS
His Excellency William H Seward
Governor
Albany
Person
Feb. 24. 1840
date:
Monday, February 24, 1840
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