James Bradley
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Displaying 81 - 100 of 173You must not for a moment think hard of my not writing you before, you know the State of my family when you left me, it has continued afflicted by sickness to nearly the same extent since. Mrs. VBun, John, & myself are better but to make up for it little Martin has been taken down by a fever with which he is yet confined to his mothers lap.
Immediately on the receipt of Swartwouts letter, we announced you as our candidate, it is received with unusual satisfaction. You have now rallyed round you the great body of the party, a host of independent and highminded men who are ^not^ dragooned or influenced by any other consideration than that of principle. Every effort will be made to get you to decline.
Let them say what they please I assure you that the counsill ar anti-Clintonian Judge Noyes was our man as well as that of our adversaries, & he is clearly & unequivocally with us. So much for that. Monell goes down this eving I fear highly prejudiced.
I trust it cannot be necessary for me to assure you that it would at all times be gratefull to my feelings to gratify you ^in^ any reasonable request. The suggestion [howe]ver to make a deduction from my Judgmt agt. your dcd. brother I cannot regard as such & I am persuaded that on more reflection you will concur with me in this opinion.
I have the pleasure of informing you that in the city of Albany, we have gained 82 Votes. The 35 in Bethlehem, & divided Rensselaerville, & from wh the information received from the other towns, without being able to Calculate accurately, we shall razee the majority in Albany County from 300 to 500 Votes.
The dirty billingsgate of the Wig has been generally read here and universally & openly reprobated by all respectable Federalists. It was my intention to have sent Franklin down by tomorrows boat but have been prevented by the following circumstances. Yesterday Mr.
I received yesterday your letter of the 29th. Ult, and will with frankness answer your enquiry.
Our Legislature meets tomorrow & most of the members have already arrived are already here. On the subject of the Presidential election an uncommon degree of solicitude and warmth exhists, the complaints agt.
My friend Genl. Porter has consented to receive for me the monies allowed to me as special Judge advocate for the trial of Genl. Wilkinson & will deliver my receipt for the same. Receive my greatfull acknowledgements for the Just & polite direction which has been given to this business & the assurance of the respect & Esteem with which
I called at your office this morning with the view of seeing you on the Subject of my note of yesterday, but finding so many waiting for an Interview with you I felt unwilling to intrude on your attention business of probably minor importance.
1 <Introduction> including consequences
2d. The falt must lay on Governmt army or Gen
3d. The Genl. has attributed it to Governmt Troops & officers.
4th. My duyty to shew where the falt lays, & in doing so will have to lay it at the Genl door
5h. Here in the manner in which I will speak of him.
6h. The Charge
Notes on Genl Hulls opening
Allusion to the possibility of governmental & political Influence, prejudicing his case.
Objects to the giving evidence afterwards, think it would be wrong.
Did not think Malden an object.
The Erection of the enemies Batteries & omitting to anoy them
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I shall not be at Albany in less than two & perhaps not in three weeks Mrs Van Burens state of health renders it necessary that I should go to the eastward with her.
Notes of agreement concluded upon this twenty third day of June 1814 Between George Caines & Martin Van Buren, as follows, viz,
Ist. Mr. Van Buren agrees to Loan to Mr. Caines Two Thousand Dollars for three years at an Interest of Seven per cent.
Ist. The substance of Banking operations, viz
Ist. The Creation of a fictitious Capital
2d. The substitution of a representative for money.
2dII. The nature of the Business subject to Danger.
At a meeting held at the house of Jonas Miller in the town of Granger previous to the last election you asserted–that you could prove in a court of Justice that I had ^written^ a letter last winter to a member of the Legislature “conjuring him to present a report on the petition of Henry Avery & others as matters were working well in the manor and that we would...
This will be handed to you by my Brother who I have sent down with the proceedings in the case of Genl. Hull. On examining them you will I presume be surprised that he was not detained by the court, that he ought to have been was my opinion, the court however thought that it did not belong to them but to the Goverment to arrest & confine him.
I wrote you some time ago in answer to a Letter which I received fr[o]m you, fearfull howev[er] that It may ^not^ have reached you, and wishing to relieve the solicitude you, express for my Welfare, I have thought proper to write you again to inform you that I am at present foll[owin]g [m]y pursuing my studies with you[r] Brother where I...