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Box 1

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Contains 37 Results:

Government Investigations, 1859-04-11

 File — Box: 1
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Subpoena issued to Diedrich Willers Jr. to appear before a N. Y. State Assembly committee desiring information from certain state officers April 11, 1859.

Dates: 1859-04-11

Horatio Seymour to Diedrich Willers, Jr., 1862-12-15

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Letter from Horatio Seymour to Diedrich Willers, Jr., stating that he intends to place before the state legislature a measure relating to bounties, December 15, 1862

Dates: 1862-12-15

Civil War Draft, 1863-08-18 - 1864-12-14

 File — Box: 1
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Receipt for $50.00 paid by Diedrich Willers in order to exempt his son, Calvin Willers, from the draft; see also letters from Diedrich Willers Jr. to Calvin Willers, Aug. 18, Sept. 1 and Sept. 26. See letter from the District Provost Marshal to Diedrich Willers, December 8, 1863. Also, letters Dec. 8 and 14, 1864.

Dates: 1863-08-18 - 1864-12-14

Diedrich Willers Jr. to Calvin Willers, 1864-09-25

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Letter from Diedrich Willers Jr. to Calvin Willers (his brother) discussing the County (Seneca) Democratic ticket and possible results for Calvin if the Democrats are successful in the state and local campaign, September 25, 1864. See also letter of September 1, 1864 concerned with the Presidential Campaign, McClellan's qualifications, and the possibility Horatio Seymour had of securing the Democratic nomination.

Dates: 1864-09-25

D. D. Lefler to Diedrich Willers, Jr., 1873-01-14

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Letter from D. D. Lefler to Diedrich Willers, Jr. requesting his help in securing the promotion of a friend of Lefler's on the N. Y. Police Force, January 14, 1873.

Dates: 1873-01-14

Robert Finrel to Diedrich Willers Jr., 1873-12-24 - 1873-12-25

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Letter from Robert Finrel to D. Willers Jr. stating that he supported Willers in the last State Convention and helped him secure the nomination of Secretary of State but that, in return, Willers has not rewarded his loyal King's County supporters; thus, Finrel says he will not make the same "mistake" in the next convention; but see letter from Josiah T. Miller to Willers, December 25, 1873, and from G. M. Ridler, December 24, 1873.

Dates: 1873-12-24 - 1873-12-25

Horatio Seymour to Diedrich Willers, Jr., 1873-12-26

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Letter from Horatio Seymour to Diedrich Willers, Jr. asking him not to publish the name of a certain Henry J. Miller in his list of appointees, December 26, 1873.

Dates: 1873-12-26

Stephen Taber to Diedrich Willers Jr., 1873-12-29

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Letter from Stephen Taber to Diedrich Willers, Jr. requesting that part of the printing of the official canvases of the 1873 state election be bestowed upon the Hempstead Inquirer December 29, 1873; see also letter from D. A. Lamont to Willers December 29, 1873

Dates: 1873-12-29

H. A. Reeves to Diedrich Willers, Jr., 1874

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Letter from H. A. Reeves to Diedrich Willers, Jr. concerning the forthcoming congressional canvass in New York.

Dates: 1874

Gideon J. Tucker to Diedrich Willers, Jr.

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Scope and Contents Letter from Gideon J. Tucker to D. Willers Jr. concerning the position of Superintendent of Canals, January 31, 1875; see also letter from William W. Van D Mach to Willers, January 2, 1874; concerning appointment Canal Superintendent at Seneca Falls, see letter from James Plunkett to Willers, January 9, 1874, D. E. Slawson to Willers January 10, 1874, and G. J. Magee to Willers January 10, 1874; see letter from J. R. Wheeler to Willers concerning appointment to a clerkship in the canal...
Dates: 1820-1908.