Florida 12^th Nov 1838
My dear Henry
I congratulate you on the over-
whelming Majority you have received in your
Election — I rejoice with you and the whole people
that the destructives are completely vanquished
the experimental government has made its
last struggle — I mingle my most profound
grattitude with our friends of the Empire State
that to us belongs the fame of giving our Enemies
the deadly blow — Grattifying it would have
been if old Orange had given us a majority
but the spoiler alone out did us, our friends
turned out manfully and in our native
Town we beat them — From the time the
result of the Elections in Penn. & New Jersey were
known we did not doubt your success but
that you should thousands ahead of them is
beyond the most sanguine expectations —
I have for a long time omited to write to you
because I know your every moment was
occupied on subjects that required the strictest
application — Your labour must have
been immense and I only admire that
your health has been sustained through it
My dear Child having the Executive
duties of this great state soon to devolve
upon you it is natural it is right that the
hopes and fears of a tender father should
be unusuall excited — The sufferages of the

Electors of so large a majority of this
vast State is more than coud have been
anticipated — The next great object is that
your administration should meet their
views and fill their expectations — The
first great object in Government is to become
fully acquainted with the views the objects
and the pursuits of the people — For when
the great mass of Electors speak it is right
they should, and they will be heard
Next econemy in manageing the finances
of the people is of vast importance — and none
so favourable a time can take place as on
so great a change of the administration
The good old rule is that the la[ b ] ourer is
worthy of his hire — Wages honest ^ly^ fixed on
this principle cannot err — The injustise
in the satlaries of officers of goverment are
enormus — While Judges of the supreme Court
are compelled to resign for want of sup-
port — Clerks of the different Courts are
paid Exorbetant sums — The state
printer ought to be the first object of
Whig reforms —
Mr & Mrs Grier has at
this moment called on us — the change
is so great and the Locos are so chap
fallen that we hardly know how to
contain ourselves — and from strict
observation for months past I can say
with the utmost candor that no man

In Orange County has spent as
much time got into the subject as
deep or pursued the Nomination
and Election in your favour as
thorougholy as George Grier — If any
man deserves well of his Country
more than another it is he —
and believing it would be a de-
sireable object to him — I sincerely
hope that when the Surrigates Office
of this County expires he may be
appointed —
My health is a little improved
the family is well your friends in
Goshen are well and I can expr[ ess ]
m[ y ] self no stronger to your and
our friend at Auburn than to
say the greetings & rejoiceing are
unnumbered warm and hearty
Will you write the first Leasure
moment —
Truly and affectionately
Yours
Sam^l S. Seward
W H Seward

William H Seward Esq
Auburn
Cayuga Co
h Hamptonburgh
Nov 13^th
hSamuel S Seward
Nov. 12. 1838.