Letter from George MacCullough Grier to William Henry Seward, August 25, 1838

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Letter from George MacCullough Grier to William Henry Seward, August 25, 1838

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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1838-08-25

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Letter from George MacCullough Grier to William Henry Seward, August 25, 1838

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sender: George Grier
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Person

Name: George Grier Birth: 1802-09-27 Death: 1878-12-20

location: Goshen NY
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Place

Name:  City:  Goshen County:  Orange State:  NY Country:  US

receiver: William Seward
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Person

Name: William Seward Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10

location: Auburn NY
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Place

Name:  City:  Auburn County:  Cayuga State:  NY Country:  US

transcription: keh 

revision: crb 2016-02-04

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Goshen August 25th 1838
Dear Henry
Yesterday we held our County
convention to nominate delegates to the Utica
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Place

Name:  City:  Utica County:  Oneida State:  NY Country:  US

convention, which resulted in the appointment
of Genrl Nathaniel Dubois
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Person

Name: Nathaniel Dubois Birth: 1773-11-18 Death: 1848-05-10
of Newburgh
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Place

Name:  City:  Newburgh County:  Orange State:  NY Country:  US
, Joseph Davis
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Person

Name: Joseph Davis Birth: 1795-12-14 Death: 1865-09-27
of Minisink
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Place

Name:  City:  Minisink County:  Orange State:  NY Country:  US
and James Swartwout
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of Dearpark
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Place

Name: Deerpark City:  Deerpark County:  Orange State:  NY Country:  US
, and also three Supernumaries as follows
Samuel Townsend
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Person

Name: Samuel Townsend Birth: 1786 Death: 1850-10-05
John I Brooks
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Person

Name: John Brooks Birth: 1774 Death: 1852-08-07
& Myself. We are all
called Seward men, and there is no mistake in that,
I R Van Duzer
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Person

Name: Isaac Van Duzer Birth: 1802-05-08 Death: 1841-11-27
was one the Delegates from Goshen we had
a high time in making them. Sharp
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nominated three
men first and thought everything was right. We then
nominated ours, and when the vote was taken
Sharps men got 5 votes and ours got 30 AS Murray
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Person

Name: Ambrose Murray Birth: 1807-11-27 Death: 1885-11-08

the Cashier of the Bank was so angry at the result that
he rubed his fist in my face. I have just had a long
conversation with the General he is now for this
matter all settled, he finds they are used up, but more
of this hereafter – If you want me to be at Utica
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you must write and let me know.
I would like to hear from you as soon as conven-
ient how the Matter appears at present.
It is surmised here that Bradish
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Person

Name: Luther Bradish Birth: 1783-09-15 Death: 1863-08-30
& Granger
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Person

Name: Francis Granger Birth: 1792-12-01 Death: 1868-08-31

will write to defeat your nomination that they
expect you will be the Strongest on the first ballat
We are all well
Yours Truly
Geo M Grier
seward-pen
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Person

Name: William Seward Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
Geo M. Grier
Aug. 23, 1836
date: 
Saturday, August 25, 1838
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