Foote, Ebenezer, 1756-1829 To Philip J. Schuyler

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GLC#
GLC09636.15-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1 April 1810
Author/Creator
Foote, Ebenezer, 1756-1829
Title
To Philip J. Schuyler
Place Written
Arbor Hill, New York
Pagination
1 p. : address : docket Height: 32.1 cm, Width: 22.7 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Hamilton

A passionate letter in which Ebenezer says he was appointed the position of first judge, however he is very unhappy with it as he believes that it was given to him to make him happy and get him to stop speaking his opinion. He also writes that after this election he will not help campaign in another without knowing who everyone is and what they believe. He writes "as to my being pleased or displeased with the count, matters but very little and it would be very difficult for me to tell whother I were, one or the other. Had the thing been done in a fair honorable and manly way, I might not have been displeased, but as it is, I have no other feelings but contempt for the actors in the business be them who they may, my reasons are best kept to myself till I see you but be assured my friend that after this Campaign is over you never get me to take the field again, until I know who my commanding officers are I will never consent to fight for any cabal whatever who are not visible & responsible for the measures perused."

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