Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, April 20, 1833
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, April 20, 1833
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1833-04-20
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, April 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:
UnknownUnknown
transcription: cef
revision: ekk 2015-09-25
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N.Y. 20 Apl.
Dear Brother
Your letters came - the one
inclosed was handed to Billy Kant
Name: Billy Kant
Birth:
Death:
, who
very kindly consented to undertake for
you.– I am very full of business, but
not so much so, that I shall fail to
get you many letters – good ones –
Henry Seward
Name: Henry Seward
Birth: 1793-04-15
Death: 1871-08-27
of Goshen
Name: City: Goshen
County: Orange
State: NY
Country: US
has one of
your notes – (is to have. I have the money).
- Burr Wakeman
Name: Burr Wakeman
Birth:
Death: Certainty: Probable
has one - & I am in-
debted to John Steward
Name: John Steward
Birth: 1777-04-04
Death: 1854-12-19
for the amount
& more of that other - but he has not
yet agreed to take it– If it will be
a convenience to you I think I get
along without using it – let me know.
Augustus
Name: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1820-05-18
Death: 1889-05-08
has gone to visit Aunt
Cornelia
Name: Louisa Canfield
Birth: 1805
Death: 1839-01-04
- poor girl she is wishing you
off as fast as possible – she expects to
meet mother
Name: Mary Seward
Birth: 1769-11-27
Death: 1844-12-11
here very soon thereafter.
You must come down a week before
starting to see the frends I have called
on for letters & to make the needful
enquires & get a few books &c, come
Page 2
to 54 Provost - Father
Name: Samuel Seward
Birth: 1768-12-05
Death: 1849-08-24
will probably
be there–
Poor Dana
Name: Henry Ward
Birth: 1797
Death: 1884
is upon his last
legs - the Whig gasps - he has gone
or going to the country to get a reviving
breath – but all, I think will, not
save the paper.–
Write me – Love to Frances
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
B.J. Seward
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
B.J. Seward
20 Ap. 1833
N.Y. 20 Apl.
Dear Brother
Your letters came - the one
inclosed was handed to Billy Kant
Person
very kindly consented to undertake for
you.– I am very full of business, but
not so much so, that I shall fail to
get you many letters – good ones –
Henry Seward
Person
Place
your notes – (is to have. I have the money).
- Burr Wakeman
Person
debted to John Steward
Person
& more of that other - but he has not
yet agreed to take it– If it will be
a convenience to you I think I get
along without using it – let me know.
Augustus
Person
Person
off as fast as possible – she expects to
meet mother
Person
You must come down a week before
starting to see the frends I have called
on for letters & to make the needful
enquires & get a few books &c, come
to 54 Provost - Father
Person
be there–
Poor Dana
Person
legs - the Whig gasps - he has gone
or going to the country to get a reviving
breath – but all, I think will, not
save the paper.–
Write me – Love to Frances
Person
B.J. Seward
Person
20 Ap. 1833
date:
Saturday, April 20, 1833
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