Letter from George MacCullough Grier to William Henry Seward, July 22, 1840
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Letter from George MacCullough Grier to William Henry Seward, July 22, 1840
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1840-07-22
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Letter from George MacCullough Grier to William Henry Seward, July 22, 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: crb 2016-02-12
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Goshen July 22d 1840
Dear Henry
We held our County Convention
this day and appointed Stephen St John
Name: Stephen St. John
Birth: 1788-11-26
Death: 1870-08-30
of
Deerpark
Name: Deerpark City: Deerpark
County: Orange
State: NY
Country: US
, Phineas Rumsey
Name: Phineas Rumsey
Birth: 1807-07-05
Death: 1855-10-09
of Goshen, and William
C Hasbrouck
Name: William Hasbrouck
Birth: 1800-08-23
Death: 1870-11-05
of NewBurgh
Name: City: Newburgh
County: Orange
State: NY
Country: US
delegates to the State
Convention. They are all good men, all of whom
were recommended by myself. We are in fine
spirits & have some hopes of Old Orange
Name: Orange County City:
County: Orange
State: NY
Country: US
, at all
events we think the majority will be small
either way. Our Delegates will want
James Burt
Name: Thurlow Weed
Birth: 1797-11-15
Death: 1882-11-22
he must have Burt on the ticket.
We are all well
Yours Affectly
Geo. M Grier
NB
Your old Friend Jeffrey Wisner
Name: Jeffrey Wisner
Birth: 1769-04-20
Death: 1855-04-11
would not consent to
have even a substitute appointed unless he was known
to be in favor of W H Seward
Page 2
William H Seward
Governor
Albany
GOSHEN N.Y. JUL 23
Type: postmark
Name: Samuel Blatchford
Birth: 1820-03-09
Death: 1893-07-07
George M. Grier
July 22. 1840
Goshen July 22d 1840
Dear Henry
We held our County Convention
this day and appointed Stephen St John
Person
Deerpark
Place
Person
Person
Place
Convention. They are all good men, all of whom
were recommended by myself. We are in fine
spirits & have some hopes of Old Orange
Place
events we think the majority will be small
either way. Our Delegates will want
James Burt
Unknown
for our Elector. Tell T. Weed EsqrPerson
he must have Burt on the ticket.
We are all well
Yours Affectly
Geo. M Grier
NB
Your old Friend Jeffrey Wisner
Person
have even a substitute appointed unless he was known
to be in favor of W H Seward
William H Seward
Governor
Albany
GOSHEN N.Y. JUL 23
Stamp
Person
July 22. 1840
date:
Wednesday, July 22, 1840
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