Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, October 24, 1842
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Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, October 24, 1842
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Date:1842-10-24
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Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, October 24, 1842
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:
Albany NY
Place
Name: City: Albany
County: Albany
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: keh
revision: ekk 2016-02-09
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Canandaigua Oct 24 1842
My Dear Gov
I brought the enclosed application for pardion with me to
Albany but had not the opportunity to hand it to you and forgot to
leave it. The persons signing the petition are the most respectable
citizens residing near to Wood
but I advised the applicant that these were as good as more. I have
the utmost confidence in the signers of the petition.
We have just gone through another Scene and Sibley
Name: Mark Sibley
Birth: 1796-11-06
Death: 1852-09-08
is
a defeated Candidate for Congress again: at which he rejoices with
"Exceeding great joy" — Mr Nicholas
Name: Robert Nicholas
Birth: 1801-12-06
Death: 1854-05-10
is also defeated, and both
^each^
ascribe
to the other the merit of his defeat, which produces an unpleas-
ant state of feeling between the disappointed aspirants MrSibley
consoles himself with the reflection that he only consented to the nom-
ination to preserve harmony in the Whig ranks. This Nicholas &
his friends seem to regard as affectation and resorted to to cover
up his real wishes: the result has been to throw the nomination
into Livingston Co.
Name: Livingston County City:
County: Livingston
State: NY
Country: US
and give it to a very good whig.
From present prospects Ontario
Name: Ontario County City:
County: Ontario
State: NY
Country: US
will give 300 Majority
perhaps as high as 900. I am a Standing Candidate for the
Stump but can get no meetings to hear me we may get up a
little spirit before election. I return again to Rochester
Name: City: Rochester
County: Monroe
State: NY
Country: US
tomorrow but will be any where I am wanted to do the
Whig party all the good I can.
Very Truly
AWorden
Page 2
Canandaigua Oct 24 1842
My Dear Gov
I brought the enclosed application for pardion with me to
Albany but had not the opportunity to hand it to you and forgot to
leave it. The persons signing the petition are the most respectable
citizens residing near to Wood
Unknown
. More names could have been procuredbut I advised the applicant that these were as good as more. I have
the utmost confidence in the signers of the petition.
We have just gone through another Scene and Sibley
Person
a defeated Candidate for Congress again: at which he rejoices with
"Exceeding great joy" — Mr Nicholas
Person
to the other the merit of his defeat, which produces an unpleas-
ant state of feeling between the disappointed aspirants MrSibley
consoles himself with the reflection that he only consented to the nom-
ination to preserve harmony in the Whig ranks. This Nicholas &
his friends seem to regard as affectation and resorted to to cover
up his real wishes: the result has been to throw the nomination
into Livingston Co.
Place
From present prospects Ontario
Place
perhaps as high as 900. I am a Standing Candidate for the
Stump but can get no meetings to hear me we may get up a
little spirit before election. I return again to Rochester
Place
tomorrow but will be any where I am wanted to do the
Whig party all the good I can.
Very Truly
AWorden
date:
Monday, October 24, 1842
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