Letter from Elijah Miller to William Henry Seward, May 21, 1838
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Letter from Elijah Miller to William Henry Seward, May 21, 1838
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1838-05-21
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Letter from Elijah Miller to William Henry Seward, May 21, 1838
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 2016-03-09
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Page 1
Auburn 21st May 1838
Dr Sir
Judge Conkling
Name: Alfred Conkling
Birth: 1789-10-12
Death: 1874-02-05
& myself have con-
cluded to act as the agents of the A &
Owasco
Name: City: Owasco
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
Canal Co in overseeing what-
ever work may be done this season
so that ^you^ need ^not^ send on any agent;
we have wrote to Holmes Hutihun Hutchinson
Name: Holmes Hutchinson
Birth: 1794-01-05
Death: 1865-02-22
who probably
^will^
be
here in 8 or 10 days to examine
the River from the Paine Dam
to the Lake & also the sand flat
into the Lake to deep water so
as to le ^get^ his estimate of the expense
& the res has also to get his opi-
nion of the manner how to
proceed to make a good navi-
gation to the Deep water in
the Lake —
The interest for one year $2500-
will be due on the 17th June on the
Mortgage to Mr McIntire
Name: Archibald McIntyre
Birth: 1772
Death: 1858
, and we
have ^no^ money to pay him. I wish
you would call & see him, and
if he is unwilling to wait we
must rase raise the money so
as not to disappoint him –
The family are all well
Yours sincerely
E. Miller
Wm H. Seward Esqr
Page 2
Auburn 21st May 1838
Dr Sir
Judge Conkling
Person
cluded to act as the agents of the A &
Owasco
Place
ever work may be done this season
so that ^you^ need ^not^ send on any agent;
we have wrote to Holmes Hutihun Hutchinson
Person
here in 8 or 10 days to examine
the River from the Paine Dam
to the Lake & also the sand flat
into the Lake to deep water so
as to le ^get^ his estimate of the expense
& the res has also to get his opi-
nion of the manner how to
proceed to make a good navi-
gation to the Deep water in
the Lake —
The interest for one year $2500-
will be due on the 17th June on the
Mortgage to Mr McIntire
Person
have ^no^ money to pay him. I wish
you would call & see him, and
if he is unwilling to wait we
must rase raise the money so
as not to disappoint him –
The family are all well
Yours sincerely
E. Miller
Wm H. Seward Esqr
date:
Monday, May 21, 1838
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