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Eno family letters, November 1813-September 1827
1827-04-29 Page 1
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April 29, 1827 Dear Father I received Your letter dated the 13th on the 20th of this month & was very much surprised that my letters which I sent immediately on my arrival here had not reached you, I wrote to you, William & Henry Husted & gave them to the one who had the care of the Post Office, & as soon as I received your letter wrote again which letter you will probably receive before this, you mentioned that Walter Reynolds had wrote that I was sick in Albany, I had a fit of the cholic but it was of such short duration that I should never have mentioned it, & I believe that I never enjoyed my health better than I have this spring; my application for the office of Surrogate was unsuccessful & I had reason to anticipate it would be some time ago. Judge Senator Olwin's brother is appointed, when I left Albany I had reason to believe I should receive the appointment as the Judge professed himself my warmest friend and pledged himself to support me with all his influence & as soon as I returned to this place Mr Ellsworth wrote a petition to the Gov which was signed by nineteen twentieths of the inhabitants of the Village, this was sent enclosed in a letter to Oliver & it is a great chance if it ever went farther, to gild the pill however I has appointed Master in Chancery & as the Judge says through his means, & very glad that the application was made as it has been the means of procuring me a great many friends who unite in believing that I was disappointed through the duplicity & intrigue of those who I believed & had reason to depend on, the Judge is much of the Scot, "who is always fair & allways false" You mentioned in your
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April 29, 1827 Dear Father I received Your letter dated the 13th on the 20th of this month & was very much surprised that my letters which I sent immediately on my arrival here had not reached you, I wrote to you, William & Henry Husted & gave them to the one who had the care of the Post Office, & as soon as I received your letter wrote again which letter you will probably receive before this, you mentioned that Walter Reynolds had wrote that I was sick in Albany, I had a fit of the cholic but it was of such short duration that I should never have mentioned it, & I believe that I never enjoyed my health better than I have this spring; my application for the office of Surrogate was unsuccessful & I had reason to anticipate it would be some time ago. Judge Senator Olwin's brother is appointed, when I left Albany I had reason to believe I should receive the appointment as the Judge professed himself my warmest friend and pledged himself to support me with all his influence & as soon as I returned to this place Mr Ellsworth wrote a petition to the Gov which was signed by nineteen twentieths of the inhabitants of the Village, this was sent enclosed in a letter to Oliver & it is a great chance if it ever went farther, to gild the pill however I has appointed Master in Chancery & as the Judge says through his means, & very glad that the application was made as it has been the means of procuring me a great many friends who unite in believing that I was disappointed through the duplicity & intrigue of those who I believed & had reason to depend on, the Judge is much of the Scot, "who is always fair & allways false" You mentioned in your
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