Pomroy Jones to Governor Tilden, page 1, 1875

Pomroy Jones to Governor Tilden, page 1, 1875 Lairdsville Oneida Co. August 4th 1875 Governor Tilden Dear Sir. I yesterday received a letter from comptroller Hopkins that the bill providing for the redemption of the Certificates of the Militia of the War of 1812 had failed to become law. Whether there was a motive in sending [these circulars?] you can judge as well as myself. When I read in the papers that Gov. Tilden had refused to sign the bill making the appropriation I was sorely disappointed. The State had made itself morally & legally responsible to pay these Certificates. Gov. Seymour saw this and recommended in one of messages their payment. I think that when you come to review the situation that after we had petitioned & repetitioned Writer Pomroy Jones Date written 1875-08-04 Paper x cm x xcm x x xin Pencil Penmanship Style Collection Pomroy Jones to Governor Tilden, August 4, 1875. Old Soldiers claims. Samuel J. Tilden Papers. Series I. Correspondence. I.F. Gubernatorial, 1874-1876. Proposed legislation. Digital Collections, The New York Public Library. <ref name=NYPL>Template:Cite web |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=February 11, 2017 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lennox, and Tilden Foundation}}</ref> File name Jones Pomroy 1789---00x-00x-00x Links related to Pomroy Jones NYPL [1], Pomroy Jones' History of the Town of Sangerfield (1851) [2], findagrave.com [3]