Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 20, 1833
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 20, 1833
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 20, 1833
action: sent
sender:
Benjamin Seward
Person
Name: Benjamin Seward
Birth: 1793-08-23
Death: 1841-02-24
Person
location:
New York NY
Place
Name: City: New York
County:
State: NY
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 2015-09-25
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Page 1
New York 20 Feb 1833
To my dear Brother Henry
A S. School object in Ithaca
Name: City: Ithaca
County: Tompkins
State: NY
Country: US
prevented me from seeing you on my
return from Rochester
Name: City: Rochester
County: Monroe
State: NY
Country: US
: found all well
on my arrival here on Friday night last:
and greatly rejoiced to be once more safe
at home. Though I saw you not,
I almost daily hear from you, being
sometimes asked how long since I left
my seat in the Senate by those who
know you, & oftener, if I am not re-
lated to him of the Legislature, we
look so much alike: all this sur-
prises me a little, never being able
to percieve in what our countenances
resemble each other, but it is far
from being unpleasant to me; as it often
leads to acquaintence & to accounts
of your health &c &c.
I spent one night in Newburgh
Name: City: Newburgh
County: Orange
State: NY
Country: US
with Father
Name: Samuel Seward
Birth: 1768-12-05
Death: 1849-08-24
: Brown
Name: Will Brown
Birth:
Death: Certainty: Probable
, & Hallack
Name: Henry Halleck
Birth: 1815-01-16
Death: 1872-01-09Certainty: Probable
& Greer
& Wisner
Name: Henry Wisner
Birth: 1777
Death: 1842-02-20Certainty: Probable
& others were holding on to the
Judge to consent to stand a candidate
[left Margin] Kiss those dear little pets
Name: Frederick Seward
Birth: 1830-07-08
Death: 1915-04-25
Name: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1826-10-01
Death: 1876-09-11
of GrandPa's for Uncle Jennings.
Marcia
Name: Marcia Seward
Birth: 1794-07-23
Death: 1839-10-25
would send love if she were here to sister Frances.
Page 2
for re appointment against Robt Fowler
Name: Robert Fowler
Birth:
Death:
or Jones
Name: Pomeroy Jones
Birth: 1789-12-30
Death: 1884-07-28Certainty: Probable
, or Dennison
Name: John Dennison
Birth:
Death: Certainty: Probable
. Greer, it was
determined should see you & Vandeyer
Name: Vandeyer
Birth:
Death:
in
Albany & let the old gentleman know
& upon this he agreed to suspend the
announcement of his purpose to
withdraw from public life, do write
me & tell me what is the prospect.
My friends in Pearl street seem
anxious about the fate of thier appli-
cation for a Bank & fear a defeat
most in your house. I have told
them what I heard you say, that
you would go for the measure, but
they importune me to again address
you, and believing that you will
do all for them you consistently
can, it is rather to gratify them
than in the hope of moving you, I
again introduce the matter to your
notice.
Poor John Steward
Name: John Steward
Birth: 1777-04-04
Death: 1854-12-19
has lost
a dear good wife
Name: Mary Steward
Birth: 1803-03-01
Death: 1833-02-10
, & is exceedingly
bowed down, what a world of death
& disappointment this is we live in!
[left Margin] Dan Jackson
Name: Andrew Jackson
Birth: 1767-03-15
Death: 1845-06-08Certainty: Probable
is playing great man in Washington.
Page 3
We cannot if we would, we ought not if
we could, shut our eyes to the fact that
we are deeply and personally interested in
the movements of Gods providence. You
will not doubt me when I say that I
feel a strong solicitude that you should
participate in whatever if peace and
comfort flows from a full & settled
faith in such subjects. Albany I
know is a poor school, but I do hope
that there things do not
pass you unheeded by, you[ r ]
Reason: hole
health is not more fin [hole]
than was John Craigs
Name: John Craig
Birth: 1788
Death: 1832-01-11Certainty: Probable
, your life may
not be longer than Maynards
Name: William Maynard
Birth: 1786-11-11
Death: 1832-08-28
was.
Irving
Name: Pierre Irving
Birth: 1802-04-03
Death: 1876-02-25
here lost his wife
Name: Margaret Irving
Birth:
Death: 1832-10-05
and
is about to imigrate with Jas Berdan
Name: James Berdan
Birth: 1805-07-04
Death: 1884-08-24
to Illinois
Name: Illinois City:
County:
State: IL
Country: US
, they ask me for
David
Name: David Hunter
Birth: 1802-07-21
Death: 1886-02-02Certainty: Probable
's letters to me, but they
are in your hands. Can you furnish
them?
Father talks of going up to Albany
more of visiting New York & still more
of voyaging to Liverpool
Name: City: Liverpool
County:
State:
Country: GB
, to accomplish
all which I showed like to aid him.
[left Margin] Your advertisment about the Cotton Factory you will
see in the American.
Page 4
Mother
Name: Mary Seward
Birth: 1769-11-27
Death: 1844-12-11
looks in much better health than
I have before seen her since my return from
the west, the whole house are expecting you
& sister Frances
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
down in the spring.
Your affectionate Brother
B.J. Seward.
Wm H Seward Esq
Now in
Albany
Per
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
B. J. Seward
20 Feb 1833
New York 20 Feb 1833
To my dear Brother Henry
A S. School object in Ithaca
Place
prevented me from seeing you on my
return from Rochester
Place
on my arrival here on Friday night last:
and greatly rejoiced to be once more safe
at home. Though I saw you not,
I almost daily hear from you, being
sometimes asked how long since I left
my seat in the Senate by those who
know you, & oftener, if I am not re-
lated to him of the Legislature, we
look so much alike: all this sur-
prises me a little, never being able
to percieve in what our countenances
resemble each other, but it is far
from being unpleasant to me; as it often
leads to acquaintence & to accounts
of your health &c &c.
I spent one night in Newburgh
Place
with Father
Person
Person
Person
Unknown
& Wisner
Person
Judge to consent to stand a candidate
[left Margin] Kiss those dear little pets
People
Marcia
Person
for re appointment against Robt Fowler
Person
or Jones
Person
Person
determined should see you & Vandeyer
Person
Albany & let the old gentleman know
& upon this he agreed to suspend the
announcement of his purpose to
withdraw from public life, do write
me & tell me what is the prospect.
My friends in Pearl street seem
anxious about the fate of thier appli-
cation for a Bank & fear a defeat
most in your house. I have told
them what I heard you say, that
you would go for the measure, but
they importune me to again address
you, and believing that you will
do all for them you consistently
can, it is rather to gratify them
than in the hope of moving you, I
again introduce the matter to your
notice.
Poor John Steward
Person
a dear good wife
Person
bowed down, what a world of death
& disappointment this is we live in!
[left Margin] Dan Jackson
Person
We cannot if we would, we ought not if
we could, shut our eyes to the fact that
we are deeply and personally interested in
the movements of Gods providence. You
will not doubt me when I say that I
feel a strong solicitude that you should
participate in whatever if peace and
comfort flows from a full & settled
faith in such subjects. Albany I
know is a poor school, but I do hope
that there things do not
pass you unheeded by, you[ r ]
Supplied
health is not more fin [hole]
than was John Craigs
Person
not be longer than Maynards
Person
Irving
Person
Person
is about to imigrate with Jas Berdan
Person
to Illinois
Place
David
Person
are in your hands. Can you furnish
them?
Father talks of going up to Albany
more of visiting New York & still more
of voyaging to Liverpool
Place
all which I showed like to aid him.
[left Margin] Your advertisment about the Cotton Factory you will
see in the American.
Mother
Person
I have before seen her since my return from
the west, the whole house are expecting you
& sister Frances
Person
Your affectionate Brother
B.J. Seward.
Wm H Seward Esq
Now in
Albany
Per
Person
20 Feb 1833
date:
Wednesday, February 20, 1833
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