Max Matherne
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Displaying 121 - 140 of 149To His Excellency De Witt Clinton, Esq.
Sir—
The vacancy which now exists in the seat of government, by the elevation of his excellency Daniel D. Tompkins to the office of Vice President of the U. States, and his subsequent surrender into the hands of the people of the supreme executive power, have imposed upon us the duty of recommending to your suffrages candidates worthy of your confidence.
The Senate were in Committee of the whole to day on the Cattskill Bank Bill, from the House.—A motion for its rejection being lost, various means were resorted to in order to defeat the Bill.
Mr. Van Buren went thro' the history of our controversy with Great Britain, and recapitulated the events and progress of the dispute in a manner that evinced his perfect command of the subject.
At a meeting of republican delegates from the several towns in the county of Columbia, held at the house of Jacob I. Harder, in the town of Claverack, on the 15th of April, 1811,
Gen. Samuel Ten Broeck, in the Chair,
Martin Van Buren, Secretary;
The bill which was some days ago introduced into the Senate, by Mr. Van Buren, to exempt the Society of Friends, and the people called Shakers, from the performance of militia duty, and also from the payment of all commutation therefor, was on Wednesday taken up in the Senate, and passed, 18 to 10.
You will recollect, that last fall, or in the beginning of winter, you proposed that Mr. CLINTON should be sent abroad as Minister to England or some other foreign embassy.
I had not the honor of receiving your lett[e]r of yesterday, until last evening, so that I could not comply with your request, in answering it on that day.
Mr. Van Buren, from the select committee of the senate, to whom was referred the bill from the honorable the Assembly, to continue the state tax for one year, reported:
The attorney general, on the petition of George B. Rapelye, respectfully reports—
The attorney general, on the petition of Daniel Livingston, Esquire, respectfully reports—
The attorney-general, to whose consideration was referred the petition of Henry Parlee and others, respectfully reports—
The attorney-general, on the petition of John Preston, respectfully reports—
A communication from M. Van Beuren, Esq. attorney-general, was read, and is in the words following, to wit:—
We take the liberty to inform you, that having made considerable progress in the investigation of your claim against the state, we are now ready to receive from you, the terms on which you are willing to compromise.
The Attorney General and Surveyor General, to whom was referred the petition of James Pumpelly and others, proprietors and owners under proprietors of lands in the tract commonly called the Boston ten townships, respectfully report—
A communication from the attorney general was read, in the words following, to wit:
Mr. Van Buren requests the honour of Mr. Williamson Company at dinner on Tuesday next at 4 oClock. P.M.
To the Republican Electors of the Middle District.
fellow citizens—