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Albert Haller Tracy
Birth: 6-17-1793
Death: 9-12-1859
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Tracy, Harriet Foote
Biography
Albert Haller Tracy was born June 17, 1793, in Norwich, Connecticut. He began the study of medicine with his father, but soon abandoned it to pursue a career in law. He was admitted to the bar in 1815, and settled in Buffalo, where he became a leading attorney. However, because of his absorption in politics, he seldom took on legal cases. His ability as a jurist was exhibited when he was in the New York State Senate (1830-1838) during the time when that body was also the Court for the Correction of Errors, the highest tribunal at the time in the state. He is said to have written and delivered many opinions which showed legal knowledge of the highest order.
Tracy aligned himself politically with the Anti-Masons, and later with the Whigs, working with Millard Fillmore, Thurlow Weed, William H. Seward, John C. Spencer, as well as with non-New Yorkers he met during his time in Congress (1819-1825), and in his work in connection with national party conventions which nominated its presidential candidates in 1824, 1828, 1832, and 1836. Tracy also distinguished himself during his time in Congress as an expert in government financial affairs. For a time he served as chairman of the committee which oversaw the operations and expenditures of the Treasury Department. After his defeat in 1839 as a Whig candidate for the United States Senate, Tracy refused to be a candidate for public office or to accept any appointment to such, even a cabinet post. However, his advice continued to be sought.
Tracy was also involved in business and cultural affairs of Buffalo. He was one of nine original members of the Buffalo Harbor Company, organized in 1819; a member of the first board of directors of the branch of the United States Bank, established in Buffalo in 1826; one of the incorporators in 1846 of the University of Buffalo; and president of the Buffalo Water Works Company from 1855-1859. He died in Buffalo, September 19, 1859.
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 9,
1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 23, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 23, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield, June 24, 1832
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 2,
1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 9, 1834
Letter from William Henry Seward to Elijah Miller, December 16, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, December 29, 1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, November 5, 1841
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, August 17, 1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 1, 1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 31, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 23, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 31, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, June 27, 1840
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, August 10, 1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 22, 1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 24, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 5, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 25, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, July 24, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, August 25,
1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 7,
1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 2,
1834
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 13,
1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 20,
1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 23,
1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 6,
1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, November 17,
1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 8,
1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 23,
1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 2,
1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, September 9,
1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, August 31,
1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, September 27,
1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March,
1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 12,
1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 4,
1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 25,
1832
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 10,
1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 16,
1831
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, September 8, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, November 23, 1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 20, 1831
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, November 18, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 29, 1837
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, December 13, 1838
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, August 7, 1838
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, September 21, 1838
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, June 3, 1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 27, 1838
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, December 8, 1834
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, December 1, 1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 27, 1834
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, November 28, 1834
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, December 5, 1834
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, August 17, 1834
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 1834
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, August 22, 1834
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, January 6, 1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, 1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 22, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 25, 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 25, 1833
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, August 28, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 8, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 5, 1833
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, July 22, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 9, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 13, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 4, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 5, 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 6, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 27, 1832
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, May 6, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 24, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 20, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 18, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, April 13, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 7, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 29, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 22, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 9, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 5, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, April 13, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 5, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 26, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 20, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, February 3, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 8, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 23, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 27, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 16, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 6, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 22, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 25, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, April 17, 1831
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Biography and Citation Information:
Biography: Albert Haller Tracy was born June 17, 1793, in Norwich, Connecticut. He began the study of medicine with his father, but soon abandoned it to pursue a career in law. He was admitted to the bar in 1815, and settled in Buffalo, where he became a leading attorney. However, because of his absorption in politics, he seldom took on legal cases. His ability as a jurist was exhibited when he was in the New York State Senate (1830-1838) during the time when that body was also the Court for the Correction of Errors, the highest tribunal at the time in the state. He is said to have written and delivered many opinions which showed legal knowledge of the highest order.
Tracy aligned himself politically with the Anti-Masons, and later with the Whigs, working with Millard Fillmore, Thurlow Weed, William H. Seward, John C. Spencer, as well as with non-New Yorkers he met during his time in Congress (1819-1825), and in his work in connection with national party conventions which nominated its presidential candidates in 1824, 1828, 1832, and 1836. Tracy also distinguished himself during his time in Congress as an expert in government financial affairs. For a time he served as chairman of the committee which oversaw the operations and expenditures of the Treasury Department. After his defeat in 1839 as a Whig candidate for the United States Senate, Tracy refused to be a candidate for public office or to accept any appointment to such, even a cabinet post. However, his advice continued to be sought.
Tracy was also involved in business and cultural affairs of Buffalo. He was one of nine original members of the Buffalo Harbor Company, organized in 1819; a member of the first board of directors of the branch of the United States Bank, established in Buffalo in 1826; one of the incorporators in 1846 of the University of Buffalo; and president of the Buffalo Water Works Company from 1855-1859. He died in Buffalo, September 19, 1859.Citation Notes: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc15305.htm
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Spouse
Tracy, Harriet Foote
Biography
Albert Haller Tracy was born June 17, 1793, in Norwich, Connecticut. He began the study of medicine with his father, but soon abandoned it to pursue a career in law. He was admitted to the bar in 1815, and settled in Buffalo, where he became a leading attorney. However, because of his absorption in politics, he seldom took on legal cases. His ability as a jurist was exhibited when he was in the New York State Senate (1830-1838) during the time when that body was also the Court for the Correction of Errors, the highest tribunal at the time in the state. He is said to have written and delivered many opinions which showed legal knowledge of the highest order. Tracy aligned himself politically with the Anti-Masons, and later with the Whigs, working with Millard Fillmore, Thurlow Weed, William H. Seward, John C. Spencer, as well as with non-New Yorkers he met during his time in Congress (1819-1825), and in his work in connection with national party conventions which nominated its presidential candidates in 1824, 1828, 1832, and 1836. Tracy also distinguished himself during his time in Congress as an expert in government financial affairs. For a time he served as chairman of the committee which oversaw the operations and expenditures of the Treasury Department. After his defeat in 1839 as a Whig candidate for the United States Senate, Tracy refused to be a candidate for public office or to accept any appointment to such, even a cabinet post. However, his advice continued to be sought. Tracy was also involved in business and cultural affairs of Buffalo. He was one of nine original members of the Buffalo Harbor Company, organized in 1819; a member of the first board of directors of the branch of the United States Bank, established in Buffalo in 1826; one of the incorporators in 1846 of the University of Buffalo; and president of the Buffalo Water Works Company from 1855-1859. He died in Buffalo, September 19, 1859.
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 9, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 23, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 23, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield, June 24, 1832
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 2, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 9, 1834
Letter from William Henry Seward to Elijah Miller, December 16, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, December 29, 1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, November 5, 1841
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, August 17, 1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 1, 1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 31, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 23, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 31, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, June 27, 1840
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, August 10, 1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 22, 1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 24, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 5, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 25, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, July 24, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, August 25, 1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 7, 1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 2, 1834
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 13, 1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 20, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 23, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 6, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, November 17, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 8, 1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 23, 1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 2, 1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, September 9, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, August 31, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, September 27, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 12, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 4, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 25, 1832
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 10, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 16, 1831
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, September 8, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, November 23, 1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 20, 1831
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, November 18, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 29, 1837
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, December 13, 1838
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, August 7, 1838
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, September 21, 1838
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, June 3, 1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 27, 1838
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, December 8, 1834
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, December 1, 1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 27, 1834
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, November 28, 1834
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, December 5, 1834
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, August 17, 1834
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 1834
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, August 22, 1834
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, January 6, 1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, 1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 22, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 25, 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 25, 1833
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, August 28, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 8, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 5, 1833
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, July 22, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 9, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 13, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 4, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 5, 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 6, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 27, 1832
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, May 6, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 24, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 20, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 18, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, April 13, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 7, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 29, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 22, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 9, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 5, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, April 13, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 5, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 26, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 20, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, February 3, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 8, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 23, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 27, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 16, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 6, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 22, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 25, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, April 17, 1831
Citations
Biography and Citation Information:
Biography:
Albert Haller Tracy was born June 17, 1793, in Norwich, Connecticut. He began the study of medicine with his father, but soon abandoned it to pursue a career in law. He was admitted to the bar in 1815, and settled in Buffalo, where he became a leading attorney. However, because of his absorption in politics, he seldom took on legal cases. His ability as a jurist was exhibited when he was in the New York State Senate (1830-1838) during the time when that body was also the Court for the Correction of Errors, the highest tribunal at the time in the state. He is said to have written and delivered many opinions which showed legal knowledge of the highest order.
Tracy aligned himself politically with the Anti-Masons, and later with the Whigs, working with Millard Fillmore, Thurlow Weed, William H. Seward, John C. Spencer, as well as with non-New Yorkers he met during his time in Congress (1819-1825), and in his work in connection with national party conventions which nominated its presidential candidates in 1824, 1828, 1832, and 1836. Tracy also distinguished himself during his time in Congress as an expert in government financial affairs. For a time he served as chairman of the committee which oversaw the operations and expenditures of the Treasury Department. After his defeat in 1839 as a Whig candidate for the United States Senate, Tracy refused to be a candidate for public office or to accept any appointment to such, even a cabinet post. However, his advice continued to be sought.
Tracy was also involved in business and cultural affairs of Buffalo. He was one of nine original members of the Buffalo Harbor Company, organized in 1819; a member of the first board of directors of the branch of the United States Bank, established in Buffalo in 1826; one of the incorporators in 1846 of the University of Buffalo; and president of the Buffalo Water Works Company from 1855-1859. He died in Buffalo, September 19, 1859.
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