Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 1, 1832
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 1, 1832
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Date:1832-02-01
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 1, 1832
action: sent
sender:
Benjamin Seward
Person
Name: Benjamin Seward
Birth: 1793-08-23
Death: 1841-02-24
Person
location:
Shawneetown IL
Place
Name: City: Shawneetown
County: Gallatin
State: IL
Country: US
Place
receiver:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
Albany NY
Place
Name: City: Albany
County: Albany
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: cef
revision: ekk 2015-09-17
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Page 1
Shawneetown 1 Feb 1832
Dear Brother Henry
I wrote you a harty letter a few
days since from America
Name: City: America
County: Pulaski
State: IL
Country: US
, and am seated
at a lawyers table, writing with a silver pen
as you may observe, addressing you again.
In the apprehension that that letter may
have miscarried I write at this time to say
that I have I have compromised my diffi-
culties with Col Post
Name: Justus Post
Birth: 1780-11-18
Death: 1846-03-14
on terms very satisfac-
tory to me, (provided it be in be in your
power to raise me the sum of six hundred
dollars.). He gives me up all my lia-
bilities to him, with proper assignments to you
for about Fifty thousand dollars, and he
furnishes me with about twelve hundred dol-
lars worth of land, with which I hope
to purchase my peace from other creditors
into the bargain, provided, I need it in
the settlement with them, if not I am
not to take it, and if I do he is not
to hold a scrape of a pen against me
for it, and still it is understood between
us that in the happening of any event
by which I am made able, while he is
rich poor, I am to pay him this sum
without interest. Poor Post is perfectly
poor as to present means, he relies
upon this six hundred dollars as a
capital to support him in trade. I
forget to mention that I have paid
him 40$, am to pay $60 in a
few months & $100 during summer
Page 2
Thus $800 buys me, all claims of his
& the assignment is to be made to you.
If you cannot go $600, do try & go $450
& I will sell all I have to make up
the residue, and I wish you if you please
to advance the whole, as soon as pos-
sible & take duplicate reciepts from
Alderman Woodruff
Name: Thomas Woodruff
Birth: 1781
Death: 1855Certainty: Probable
^for use of Justus Post^
, Broad Way
Name: City:
County:
State:
Country:
New York, send one to me at
Hillsboro
Name: Hillsborough City: Hillsboro
County: Montgomery
State: IL
Country: US
Montgomery Co Ill.
The river is running ice like
wildfire. I have but a mo-
ment, many are waiting, excuse
this wretched scroll, send me
the Antimasonic news.
Do not fail me, if you can
possibly avoid it & I will forever
call you as I ever did the
best of Brothers in trouble.
Yours as ever
B.J Seward
[left Margin]
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
B.J. Seward
Feb 1, 1832
Shawneetown 1 Feb 1832
Dear Brother Henry
I wrote you a harty letter a few
days since from America
Place
at a lawyers table, writing with a silver pen
as you may observe, addressing you again.
In the apprehension that that letter may
have miscarried I write at this time to say
that I have I have compromised my diffi-
culties with Col Post
Person
tory to me, (provided it be in be in your
power to raise me the sum of six hundred
dollars.). He gives me up all my lia-
bilities to him, with proper assignments to you
for about Fifty thousand dollars, and he
furnishes me with about twelve hundred dol-
lars worth of land, with which I hope
to purchase my peace from other creditors
into the bargain, provided, I need it in
the settlement with them, if not I am
not to take it, and if I do he is not
to hold a scrape of a pen against me
for it, and still it is understood between
us that in the happening of any event
by which I am made able, while he is
rich poor, I am to pay him this sum
without interest. Poor Post is perfectly
poor as to present means, he relies
upon this six hundred dollars as a
capital to support him in trade. I
forget to mention that I have paid
him 40$, am to pay $60 in a
few months & $100 during summer
Thus $800 buys me, all claims of his
& the assignment is to be made to you.
If you cannot go $600, do try & go $450
& I will sell all I have to make up
the residue, and I wish you if you please
to advance the whole, as soon as pos-
sible & take duplicate reciepts from
Alderman Woodruff
Person
Place
New York, send one to me at
Hillsboro
Place
The river is running ice like
wildfire. I have but a mo-
ment, many are waiting, excuse
this wretched scroll, send me
the Antimasonic news.
Do not fail me, if you can
possibly avoid it & I will forever
call you as I ever did the
best of Brothers in trouble.
Yours as ever
B.J Seward
[left Margin]
Person
Feb 1, 1832
date:
Wednesday, February 1, 1832
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