Letter from Elijah Miller to William Henry Seward, June 23, 1835
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Letter from Elijah Miller to William Henry Seward, June 23, 1835
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Date:1835-06-23
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Letter from Elijah Miller to William Henry Seward, June 23, 1835
action: sent
sender:
Elijah Miller
Person
Name: Elijah Miller
Birth: 1772-04-11
Death: 1851-11-13
Person
location:
Auburn NY
Place
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
Place
receiver:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
UnknownUnknown
transcription: keh
revision: ekk 2016-03-07
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Page 1
Auburn 23.d June 1835
Dr Sir
your Letter from Woodstock
Name: Woodstock, Virginia City: Woodstock
County: Shenandoah
State: VA
Country: US
Virginia
of 15th June was received yesterday, from yo
your account of Francis
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
health we think
it has improved a little, but regret
that it is not so little; We are all
well, Augustus
Name: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1826-10-01
Death: 1876-09-11
continues steady at School
& is doing we well; Sanford
Name: Rollin Sanford
Birth: 1806-03-27
Death: 1879-12-02
left here
I believe abou before you did, he got
married in Connecticut
Name: Connecticut City:
County:
State: CT
Country: US
& does not
return but has settled in N. york
Name: City: New York
County:
State: NY
Country: US
in business with the Lawyer
Winter before last; Beardsley
Name: Nelson Beardsley
Birth: 1807-05-30
Death: 1894-01-15
gets along
as usual with business, he expects Sanford
here soon to stay 8 or 10 days, then to return
to N. york; The Auburn & Owaso
Name: City: Owasco
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
Canal
is growing into consequence, a new Bord
of T Trustees ^Directors^ was Elected according to Law
on the first Monday of June instant
to wit H. Polhemus
Name: Henry Polhemus
Birth: 1780
Death: 1871
E. Miller A Underwood
Name: Amos Underwood
Birth: 1791-12-22
Death: 1846-06-23
N. D. Carhart
Name: Nehemiah Carhart
Birth: 1806-08-24
Death: 1874-05-16
W H Seward J M Sherwood
Name: John Sherwood
Birth: 1793-09-16
Death: 1871-04-16
N. Beardsley George H. Wood
Name: George Wood
Birth: 1805-10-07
Death: 1844-02
& Henry
Yates
Name: Henry Yates
Birth: 1770-10-07
Death: 1854-03-30
of N. Y; we have purchased the
Paine
Name: Lyman Paine
Birth: 1773
Death: 1853-01
Property of Yates & McIntire
Name: Archibald McIntyre
Birth: 1772
Death: 1858
at
$22,000 & they take in part payment
$10,000 of the Stock of the A & O. Canal
Compy in at its par value; Carhart
& Polhemus convey their Mills and
Lands attached therto to the Company
at for $18.500, we have also puchased
besides the Cumpston
Name: Samuel Cumpston
Birth: 1790
Death: 1850-04-03
property all the
property on the Hill for the use of
the Company except W. P. Smith
the Lyman Hinman
Name: Lyman Hinman
Birth: 1798
Death: 1861-05-23
Property.
The new Diretors has Elected John M
Sherwood President, N. Beardsley Treasurer
& George H Wood Secretary
Page 2
We have had about 10 or 12 days ago a
very severe Hai Hail storm, it destroyed a
great deal of Garden Vegetables particularly
early cucumbers (ours is almost all cut off)
it broke a great deal of glass on the
West side of the buildings, the Whig
Liberty Pole was br prostrated in the
md midst of the storm, it broke off
about 25 feet from the ground without
doing any injury in the fall, it fell
on the side walk in front of I. S. Miller
Name: Isaac Miller
Birth: 1791-04-30
Death: 1853-04-03
hard ware Store.
T. Weed
Name: Thurlow Weed
Birth: 1797-11-15
Death: 1882-11-22
in the evening Journal is un-
willing at this time to help the Jackson
Name: Andrew Jackson
Birth: 1767-03-15
Death: 1845-06-08
Van Buren
Name: Martin Van Buren
Birth: 1782-12-05
Death: 1862-07-24
Party by
^an^
organized & clamourous
opposition &c ^to that Party;^ but a number of the
Whig papers disapprove of his course and
others the N. York American
who is willing for principal sake (as
he says) to keep up an organized
minority to oppose an unprincipeled
Majority, this shows perhaps some valor
by ^but but^ no disention.
My best love to Frances & Frederick
Name: Frederick Seward
Birth: 1830-07-08
Death: 1915-04-25
, &
tell him that he shall have the Toys he
wished me to get (I have forgot what) as
soon as he gets home
yours sincerely
E. Miller
W. H. Seward Esqr
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
E. Miller
June – 1835
Auburn 23.d June 1835
Dr Sir
your Letter from Woodstock
Place
of 15th June was received yesterday, from yo
your account of Francis
Person
it has improved a little, but regret
that it is not so little; We are all
well, Augustus
Person
& is doing we well; Sanford
Person
I believe abou before you did, he got
married in Connecticut
Place
return but has settled in N. york
Place
in business with the Lawyer
Unknown
he
^was^
with theWinter before last; Beardsley
Person
as usual with business, he expects Sanford
here soon to stay 8 or 10 days, then to return
to N. york; The Auburn & Owaso
Place
is growing into consequence, a new Bord
of T Trustees ^Directors^ was Elected according to Law
on the first Monday of June instant
to wit H. Polhemus
Person
Person
N. D. Carhart
Person
Person
N. Beardsley George H. Wood
Person
Person
Paine
Person
Person
$22,000 & they take in part payment
$10,000 of the Stock of the A & O. Canal
Compy in at its par value; Carhart
& Polhemus convey their Mills and
Lands attached therto to the Company
at for $18.500, we have also puchased
besides the Cumpston
Person
property on the Hill for the use of
the Company except W. P. Smith
Unknown
's andthe Lyman Hinman
Person
The new Diretors has Elected John M
Sherwood President, N. Beardsley Treasurer
& George H Wood Secretary
We have had about 10 or 12 days ago a
very severe Hai Hail storm, it destroyed a
great deal of Garden Vegetables particularly
early cucumbers (ours is almost all cut off)
it broke a great deal of glass on the
West side of the buildings, the Whig
Liberty Pole was br prostrated in the
md midst of the storm, it broke off
about 25 feet from the ground without
doing any injury in the fall, it fell
on the side walk in front of I. S. Miller
Person
hard ware Store.
T. Weed
Person
willing at this time to help the Jackson
Person
Van Buren
Person
opposition &c ^to that Party;^ but a number of the
Whig papers disapprove of his course and
others the N. York American
who is willing for principal sake (as
he says) to keep up an organized
minority to oppose an unprincipeled
Majority, this shows perhaps some valor
by ^but but^ no disention.
My best love to Frances & Frederick
Person
tell him that he shall have the Toys he
wished me to get (I have forgot what) as
soon as he gets home
yours sincerely
E. Miller
W. H. Seward Esqr
Person
June – 1835
date:
Tuesday, June 23, 1835
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