Letter from George MacCullough Grier to William Henry Seward, April 19, 1840
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Letter from George MacCullough Grier to William Henry Seward, April 19, 1840
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Date:1840-04-19
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Letter from George MacCullough Grier to William Henry Seward, April 19, 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: Albany
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: keh
revision: ekk 2016-02-03
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Goshen April 19th 1840
Governor Seward
Dear Sir The letter of Mr Draper
Name: Simeon Draper
Birth: 1795-04-14
Death: 1866-11-06
with a line from you in connexion is received.
I can assure you the report or assertion is false. There is
not the least shade of truth in the matter.
The R. V. Statutes make it the duty of Surrogates
to enter their costs in a book kept for that purpose
without compensation. I permitted Booth
Name: John Booth
Birth: 1792
Death: Certainty: Probable
to remain
in the office & write them out. He has also decrees
to write in 3 or 4 cases in which he had taken
the testimony before his term of Office had expired – and
those decrees were recorded by Mr Horace Sweezy
is in the office with me) but who was paid for
those services by Booth.
Mr Draper or any other Friend would
much oblige me by letting me know who takes the
responsibility of making so false a charge. I will
venture to predict he is not a good Whig nor a friend
of yours. As Benton
Name: Albert Benton
Birth: 1796
Death: 1849-07-29
Esqr took no part in the ap-
pointment of Surrogate he can inform you upon
the Subject. We have some Whigs in this County
Name: Orange County City:
County: Orange
State: NY
Country: US
&
in the City of New York
Name: City: New York
County:
State: NY
Country: US
who find fault with every-
thing done by our friends in Albany. My opponents
Eager
Name: Samuel Eager
Birth: 1789-04-08
Death: 1860-12-23
and Phillips
Name: John Phillips
Birth: 1805-03-20
Death: 1841-12-17
were both put upon the tickets this
Spring for town offices and both defeated. The Whig
Ticket in NewBurgh
Name: City: Newburgh
County: Orange
State: NY
Country: US
succeeded with all the important
offices except Eager the great sympathy for him soon van-
ished. You know that both yourself &
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Mr Draper can speak with freedom to
Mr Benton on any matter that concerns
you or myself
Yours Truly
Geo. M Grier
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Governor Seward
Albany
Name: Samuel Blatchford
Birth: 1820-03-09
Death: 1893-07-07
George M. Grier
April 19. 1840
Goshen April 19th 1840
Governor Seward
Dear Sir The letter of Mr Draper
Person
with a line from you in connexion is received.
I can assure you the report or assertion is false. There is
not the least shade of truth in the matter.
The R. V. Statutes make it the duty of Surrogates
to enter their costs in a book kept for that purpose
without compensation. I permitted Booth
Person
in the office & write them out. He has also decrees
to write in 3 or 4 cases in which he had taken
the testimony before his term of Office had expired – and
those decrees were recorded by Mr Horace Sweezy
Unknown
(whois in the office with me) but who was paid for
those services by Booth.
Mr Draper or any other Friend would
much oblige me by letting me know who takes the
responsibility of making so false a charge. I will
venture to predict he is not a good Whig nor a friend
of yours. As Benton
Person
pointment of Surrogate he can inform you upon
the Subject. We have some Whigs in this County
Place
in the City of New York
Place
thing done by our friends in Albany. My opponents
Eager
Person
Person
Spring for town offices and both defeated. The Whig
Ticket in NewBurgh
Place
offices except Eager the great sympathy for him soon van-
ished. You know that both yourself &
Mr Draper can speak with freedom to
Mr Benton on any matter that concerns
you or myself
Yours Truly
Geo. M Grier
Governor Seward
Albany
Person
April 19. 1840
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Sunday, April 19, 1840
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