Series 3 (17 February 1815-2 December 1821)
Mrs. VB. continues distressingly sick the physicians on consultation this morning report her simptoms favourable & I feel a lively hope that by Wednesday she will be in a situation that I can leave her. I have written to Mr Sanford on the subject of your business. It must remain untill I come up. I understand it perfectly & must & will carry it through at all events. The appointmts.... Continue Reading
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Your letters enclosing your note &c. wasre received during my absence at the Columbia Circuit. I regret that this circumstance may have caused you some uneasiness. The annexed will hower prevent further.
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You will recollect that the deeds on the above foreclosure were delivered to you & that Mr Hill was to leave with you the amount of the costs. They have to this moment not been paid. Understanding that the reason of their not being paid was that Mr Hill had paid for the same service in advance to Mr Hildrith & that Mr Van Veghten having accounts with Mr Hildrith had engaged with Mr Hill... Continue Reading
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Recipient: John Vernon Henry
Albany, February 12, 1821.
"Sir,
I accept the appointment of Senator to represent this state in the Senate of the Congress of the United States, and respectfully request you to communicate to the honorable the Assembly my grateful acknowledgements, for the honor conferred upon me."
MARTIN VAN BUREN.
The Hon. Peter Sharpe, Speaker.
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The Attorney General and Comptroller, on the petition of Benjamin Sanford, refered to them by the honorable the Assembly, reported:
That on the 20th December, 1814, it appears the petitioner obtained a loan from Hugh Boyd, James La Grange and Gilbert Stewart, the commissioners for improving the navigation of the Hudson river, below the city of Albany, out of certain public monies granted by the... Continue Reading
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The Attorney General, on the petition of John Champlin, Esq. refered to him by the honorable the Assembly, reported:
That the suits for which the costs are charged by Mr. Champlin, were originally brought in the supreme court of this state by Mr. Cantine: That the costs in that court, amounting in all the suits to $209 60, were paid: That the suits were removed into the supreme court of the... Continue Reading
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The Attorney General, on the petition of Joshua Hamden, reported:
That the facts stated by the petitioner are substantially true: That by the existing laws, compensation cannot be made by the commissioners of the land office to the petitioner, for monies which have been expended by him for the benefit of the state, and at the instance of the respective attorney generals, in the course of the... Continue Reading
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The Attorney-General, in compliance with the request contained in the resolution of the honorable the Assembly of the 18th inst. on the subject of the legal proceedings which have been had against the Utica Insurance Company, respectfully informs the honorable the Assembly,
That in pursuance of the joint resolution of the Senate and Assembly, of the 8th and 9th of November, 1816, an information... Continue Reading
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The Surveyor General and Attorney General, to whom was refered the engrossed bill from the honorable the Senate, entitled "an act giving relief to the purchasers of certain lots of land," respectfully report:
That on the 16th day of April, 1816, a considerable number of lots of ground at Black Rock, in Niagara county, were sold at auction in the city of Albany, subject to a condition to build... Continue Reading
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The Attorney General, to whom was refered the petition of Zadock Rider and others, possessors of Lot No. 28, Free mason's patent, reported—
That by the evidence submitted to him by the petitioners, the following facts have been satisfactorily established, viz,
1st. That the premises in question were originally granted to Allen M'Dougle, who probably was a nominal patentee for the benefit of John ... Continue Reading
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The attorney-general, to whom was referred the petition of the trustees of the Hamilton and Lebanon manufacturing society, reported—
That the prayer of the petitioners is, that the Legislature shall by law divest Horton Corwin and Lambert Wickwin, of their title to about twenty acres of land, in the town of Lebanon, in the county of Chenango, which are overflowed in consequence of a dam erected... Continue Reading
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The attorney-general, to whom was referred the petition of Johannes L. Lawyer and others, reported as follows:
That the allegations on which the petitioners ground their prayer for relief are—
1st. That on the 2d of April, 1725, a patent was granted to Johannes Lawyer and others, for about one thousand six hundred acres of land, situate in the now town of Minden, in the county of Montgomery.
2d.... Continue Reading
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The attorney-general and surveyor-general, on the petition of Richard Goodwell, and also the memorial of Matthew McNair and others, reported as follows, to wit:
That the object of the petition and the memorial is, to authorise a sale to the petitioner of lots No. 42 and 6, in East Oswego.
The memorialists, consisting of a considerable number of the most respectable citizens in the vicinity of the... Continue Reading
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The attorney-general, to whom was committed the engrossed bill, from the honorable the Assembly, entitled "an act for the relief of Isaac Cross," and the petition of Lucretia Heyser, presented to the Senate, reported as follows, to wit:
That the property in question, between the parties, has escheated by the death of Magdalen Cross without heirs; that the escheat was under circumstances which... Continue Reading
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The attorney-general, to whom was referred the petition of the inhabitants of the town of Islip, and the remonstrance of the trustees of the freeholders and commonalty of the town of Huntington, in the county of Suffolk, referred to him at the last session of the Legislature, reported as follows, to wit:
That the property to which the said petition and remonstrance relate, are three islands in... Continue Reading
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