Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 26, 1834
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 26, 1834
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Date:1834-02-26
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 26, 1834
action: sent
sender:
Benjamin Seward
Person
Name: Benjamin Seward
Birth: 1793-08-23
Death: 1841-02-24
Person
location:
New London CT
Place
Name: City: New London
County: New London
State: CT
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: gew
revision: ekk 2015-10-07
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New London 26 Feb. 1834
My dear Brother,
I owe you a letter these two
or three weeks & having a half hour
to spare, will address you from this
delightful city. This will help to
tell you that I have taken up the
business of rambling again & expect to
push about all over New England
& to be away from home more than
half the time this summer.
This is a charming place –
with a soil but three quarters of an
inch thick & that half covered with
ever enduring granite, it is still so
handsomely moulded up into hills
& dales – lies so delightfully along
the sound – the region is so pleas-
antly fringed with inlets & strands
and with all, there is such an
industry & sobriety in the people
that I am altogether delighted with
New London; I mean to bring my
good lady
Name: Marcia Seward
Birth: 1794-07-23
Death: 1839-10-25
here some time this summer
Page 2
suppose I do so in the spring & bring
my dear Sister Frances
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
along - will
you give consent.
This is the most comfortable
& pleasant military post I have
ever seen. The surgeon
and his family are old & intimate
friends of me & mine, such a meeting
as we had today! It was worth
two hundred dollars - at least in
easy & cheerful times[ . ]
Reason:
Harry Seward
Name: Henry Seward
Birth: 1793-04-15
Death: 1871-08-27
was a few days
since in N.Y.
Name: City: New York
County:
State: NY
Country: US
& so spoke of your note
of $200 as to induce me to believe
that he expects me to pay him the
difference of exchange between N.Y. &
Auburn – & when I mentioned that
you would be down this spring he
said he would defer sending. He
has had the note a long time
& I really do not know when it
is due. Wakeman
Name: Burr Wakeman
Birth:
Death:
– has been a
Page 3
kind of brother to me of late – lent
me money & backed my paper
when I have had accommodations
from others – he will have a like
claim in you that I think is due
about the first of April. I am
concerned, really, for fear in these
perilous Jackson
Name: Andrew Jackson
Birth: 1767-03-15
Death: 1845-06-08
times that Grover
Name: Salmon Grover
Birth: 1775-05-10
Death: 1859-11-22
& Gunn
Name: Volney Gunn
Birth: 1801
Death: 1849
will scarcely leave you room
to meet these things with
convenience – do write me
& if it is not perfectly
agreeable I will try to prevent this
burthen from falling on you.
Old Father Dwight
Name: Theodore Dwight
Birth: 1764-12-15
Death: 1846-06-12
says the Safety
fund Banks are likely to blow up (He
I mean of the Daily Advertiser) do tell
me what you think – is there any
such riddance of the country of the
"little deceiver." Mr Dwight paid your
speech a high compliment without
knowing me. If the Regency cut
their own throatshese one thinks the senatorial trio
Page 4
of N.Y. will occupy & very enviable &
advanced position. God send it may be
so. Do write me oftener. my love to
sister – oh there are some delightful fam-
ilies here – what think you of Cox
Name: Ross Cox
Birth: 1793
Death: 1853
's letters.
Three sprightly young ladies are in the
room with me & a young gentleman
came up with me as aid to my object
all talking at once – this will account
for any [ nots ]
Alternate Text: knots in this long yarn[
.
]
Reason:
B.J. Seward
Hon. Wm H Seward
Now in
Albany
N.Y.
NEW LONDON CT FEB 27
Type: postmark
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
B.J. Seward
21 Feb 1834.
New London 26 Feb. 1834
My dear Brother,
I owe you a letter these two
or three weeks & having a half hour
to spare, will address you from this
delightful city. This will help to
tell you that I have taken up the
business of rambling again & expect to
push about all over New England
& to be away from home more than
half the time this summer.
This is a charming place –
with a soil but three quarters of an
inch thick & that half covered with
ever enduring granite, it is still so
handsomely moulded up into hills
& dales – lies so delightfully along
the sound – the region is so pleas-
antly fringed with inlets & strands
and with all, there is such an
industry & sobriety in the people
that I am altogether delighted with
New London; I mean to bring my
good lady
Person
suppose I do so in the spring & bring
my dear Sister Frances
Person
you give consent.
This is the most comfortable
& pleasant military post I have
ever seen. The surgeon
Unknown
of the garrisonand his family are old & intimate
friends of me & mine, such a meeting
as we had today! It was worth
two hundred dollars - at least in
easy & cheerful times[ . ]
Supplied
Harry Seward
Person
since in N.Y.
Place
of $200 as to induce me to believe
that he expects me to pay him the
difference of exchange between N.Y. &
Auburn – & when I mentioned that
you would be down this spring he
said he would defer sending. He
has had the note a long time
& I really do not know when it
is due. Wakeman
Person
kind of brother to me of late – lent
me money & backed my paper
when I have had accommodations
from others – he will have a like
claim in you that I think is due
about the first of April. I am
concerned, really, for fear in these
perilous Jackson
Person
Person
& Gunn
Person
to meet these things with
convenience – do write me
& if it is not perfectly
agreeable I will try to prevent this
burthen from falling on you.
Old Father Dwight
Person
fund Banks are likely to blow up (He
I mean of the Daily Advertiser) do tell
me what you think – is there any
such riddance of the country of the
"little deceiver." Mr Dwight paid your
speech a high compliment without
knowing me. If the Regency cut
their own throatshese one thinks the senatorial trio
of N.Y. will occupy & very enviable &
advanced position. God send it may be
so. Do write me oftener. my love to
sister – oh there are some delightful fam-
ilies here – what think you of Cox
Person
Three sprightly young ladies are in the
room with me & a young gentleman
Unknown
thatcame up with me as aid to my object
all talking at once – this will account
for any [ nots ]
Alternate Text
Supplied
B.J. Seward
Hon. Wm H Seward
Now in
Albany
N.Y.
NEW LONDON CT FEB 27
Stamp
Person
21 Feb 1834.
date:
Wednesday, February 26, 1834
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