Series 3 (17 February 1815-2 December 1821)
I have given the subject of our accounts as much examination as the State of my health would allow & have left wthem with Mr Butler who will Rate them at large & attempt a settlement with you. From the fairness which has characterisd your conduct throughout & my acquaintance with you & from my perfect knowledge of your integrity I know there will be no possible difficulty in... Continue Reading
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I have examined the question submitted by you with great care, & although I have not been able to find a single case, in which the immediate question has been decided: I think the better opinion is, that Mr Busti has not the power to revoke Mr Ellicotts appointment. The only authority conferred on Busti is to substitute, that of revoking when intended is usually & ought to be given... Continue Reading
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I take the liberty of sending you by Mr Tracy a copy of Kentilworth which though distressing in its conclusion, is I think one of the most successfull efforts of its author.
I confess I have been somewhat disappointed and certainly mortifyed in not learning from your good husband in the course of the winter, that you had expressed in your letters some concern about our political affairs &... Continue Reading
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I have again postponed my visit to the west untill next season. By consequence I will be deprived of the pleasure of seeing you & my good friend Mrs. Evans. At the close of the election here I will go to Newyork, by <to> pass to S the way of Connecticutt at which place I wish you would let me hear from you on the subject of the election but more particularly on your private affairs as ... Continue Reading
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I have last evening returned from a roving Jaunt every where & lastly from Newyork where your friends entertain the same affectionate regard for you and Mrs. Evans they were want to do. Mrs. Livingston & Mrs. Hunter will spend the Winter in Albany & insist on Mrs. Evans doing so also. I mention my peregrination as an apology for not writing to you often[er]. Have you seen Willson... Continue Reading
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After mature examination & reflection I have engaged lodgings for you & Mrs. Evans at Mrs. Rockwells & I venture the regard of Mrs. E. upon the propriety of my choice. You have a large room very well furnished, a small bed room adjoining & Board for yourself Mrs Evans & servant girl for $20 a Week. I have boarded with Mrs. Rockwell myself & know her to be an affectionate... Continue Reading
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I now enclose you the circular, it will not be circulated untill about the first of December. I am persuaded it will draw off a few. I belive we shall get the council & am desirous that you shall not so far commit yourself that it would not be in the power of the members to take you, there are many pressing & cogent reasons why they ought to do so. Cant you do any thing with Mc Kay. We... Continue Reading
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I have not written you as often as I ought but I know you will excuse me. I have been much from home & for the last month confidently expected to see you at Court in which I was greatly disappointed. There is a radical difference between us, while I on the one hand am over-sanguine & consequently often err in my calculations, you on the other are of a different temparemt, more... Continue Reading
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I am here a few days for health & pleasure & embrace the leisure produced by it to drop you a line. Some time since I rcd. a letter from you on the subject of the Collectorship at Buffalo. I did not write to Mr Crawford as you suggested & have been very remiss in not before explaining to you the cause of my inattention to your requests. The truth is I have had so little intercourse... Continue Reading
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I received your several communications at Newyork & was highly gratifyed with their contents—for although they did not bring tidings of complete success they afforded the most satisfactory evidence that the desired result must take place at the great & interesting election which takes place next year. You have doubtless seen all our election accounts from this quarter long since in the... Continue Reading
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Yours of the 30th. ultimo was duly rcd. proceed agt. Lot 73 Milton. I will obtain the necessary information respecting 57 Sempronius & advise you of it. I wish an Interview with the Surveyor general respecting the lots you wrote about before which circumstances has prevented, when that takes place I will give the necessary instructions. I enclose you a blank ejectmt that you may have them... Continue Reading
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In the Name of God Amen, I Abraham Van Buren of the Town of Kinderhook in the County of Columbia being of Sound disposing mind & memory, Do make and publish This my last Will and Testament as follows. First, I give devise & bequeath unto my Son Lawrence Van B[uren], all my Estate both real & personal, [To] have and To hold to him his heirs [a]nd assigns for ever, on the Condition [fo]... Continue Reading
You had my permission to use my name as a committee to call a meeting of our citizens to express their opinion on the Missouri Question, & the propriety of your doing so has not been questioned by me.— You surely cannot suppose, that the use of my name for that purpose, imposed on me an obligation to sign whatever memorial might be agreed upon by the meeting.— Being out of town when it was... Continue Reading
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Will you have the goodness to let me know whether in your opinion, the 15th. Section of the last supply bill, a copy of which you have above, ought to be considered as a repeal of the claim in the tax law, authorising the Comptroller to charge office fees, or merely as a direction to cause them to be paid into the Treasury, instead of retaining them for his own emolument.
I directed the... Continue Reading
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