Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, November 22, 1837
xml:
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, November 22, 1837
transcriberTranscriber:spp:nds
student editorTranscriber:spp:sss
Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive
Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1837-11-22
In the context of this project, private URIs with the prefix "psn" point to
person elements in the project's persons.xml authority file.
In the context of this project, private URIs with the prefix "pla" point to
place elements in the project's places.xml authority file.
In the context of this project, private URIs with the prefix "psn" point to
person elements in the project's staff.xml authority file.
In the context of this project, private URIs with the prefix "psn" point to
person elements in the project's bibl.xml authority file.
verical-align: super; font-size: 12px;
text-decoration: underline;
text-decoration: line-through;
color: red;
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, November 22, 1837
action: sent
sender:
Alvah Worden
Person
Name: Alvah Worden
Birth: 1797-03-06
Death: 1856-02-16
Person
location:
Canandaigua NY
Place
Name: City: Canandaigua
County: Ontario
State: NY
Country: US
Place
receiver:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
UnknownUnknown
transcription: nds
revision: ekk 2016-03-07
<>
Page 1
Canandaigua Nov 22 37
My Dear S
In the bustle & confusion of our court of com[ mon ]
Reason: pleas
at the suggestion of my friend Jonas M Wheeler
Name: Jonas Wheeler
Birth: 1787-03-25
Death: 1878-10-16
. and
for fear that I may forget this request I write you to say
he wants to be sergeant at arms: Granger
Name: Francis Granger
Birth: 1792-12-01
Death: 1868-08-31
is doing
all he can for him, Sibley
Name: Mark Sibley
Birth: 1796-11-06
Death: 1852-09-08
will lend his effforts and
as you know the man, and know him to be good and
true — (and he is better and truer than you know him) may
I hope that you will do all you can for him
Weed
Name: Thurlow Weed
Birth: 1797-11-15
Death: 1882-11-22
can do much in this business
Granger will write Weed. Will you also? — I have
written to Isaac S Miller
Name: Isaac Miller
Birth: 1791-04-30
Death: 1853-04-03
: why cannot you drop Isaac
a line
Wheeler belongs to a clique now. upon which a
most salutary feeling might be wrought. were he to be in
Albany
Name: City: Albany
County: Albany
State: NY
Country: US
one Winter: they are good men & true, all, but
I think they would see some things differently were one
of them to spend the Winter in the focus of Albany
All well. Lazette
Name: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
health about as when here. we have
raised a Negress — not heard from Auburn
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
this week
Sibley left on Saturday: have a long letter to write to you
Bon Soir
Worden
Page 2
Canandaigua Nov 22 37
My Dear S
In the bustle & confusion of our court of com[ mon ]
Supplied
at the suggestion of my friend Jonas M Wheeler
Person
for fear that I may forget this request I write you to say
he wants to be sergeant at arms: Granger
Person
all he can for him, Sibley
Person
as you know the man, and know him to be good and
true — (and he is better and truer than you know him) may
I hope that you will do all you can for him
Weed
Person
Granger will write Weed. Will you also? — I have
written to Isaac S Miller
Person
a line
Wheeler belongs to a clique now. upon which a
most salutary feeling might be wrought. were he to be in
Albany
Place
I think they would see some things differently were one
of them to spend the Winter in the focus of Albany
All well. Lazette
Person
raised a Negress — not heard from Auburn
Place
Sibley left on Saturday: have a long letter to write to you
Bon Soir
Worden
date:
Wednesday, November 22, 1837
receiver:
sender:
year: