Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 16, 1834
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 16, 1834
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Date:1834-10-16
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 16, 1834
action: sent
sender:
Benjamin Seward
Person
Name: Benjamin Seward
Birth: 1793-08-23
Death: 1841-02-24
Person
location:
Troy NY
Place
Name: City: Troy
County: Rensselaer
State: NY
Country: US
Place
receiver:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
Auburn NY
Place
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: mah
revision: ekk 2015-10-15
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Troy 16 Oct. 1834
My dear Brother
You tell me that our
Western friends Mr.
Name: Josiah Brown
Birth: 1783-07-12
Death: 1852-01-27Certainty: Probable
& Mrs Brown
Name: Betsey Brown
Birth: 1785
Death: 1870Certainty: Probable
have been with you: I am
glad. I doubt not you were
pleased. And you ask
me about Pollydore
Name: Edwin Seward
Birth: 1799
Death: 1872-04-23
.
He found a place some
two weeks since in Newburgh
Name: City: Newburgh
County: Orange
State: NY
Country: US
where a man was wanted to
keep a stable for a small
tavern, & engaged to supply
it. I heard of when in
F
Name: City: Florida
County: Orange
State: NY
Country: US
. & endeavoured to dissuade
him from it, but found him
not in a situation to be
reasoned with & I did not
succeed. He left on Sun[ - ]
Reason:
[ Margin] W.
Name: George Seward
Birth: 1808-08-26
Death: 1888-12-07Certainty: Probable
I Find has gone west from A.
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
I suppose
you have seen him. All is well
below[ . ]
Reason:
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day. I followed him in
the dead hours of the night
& on Monday morning. Find’g
him determined not to return
obtained from him an assignment
to his father
Name: Samuel Seward
Birth: 1768-12-05
Death: 1849-08-24
, of all his prop-
erty for the benefit, first of
his wife & creditors & then
of his family: I left him
a few days after, when on
my return home. I saw in
his new vocation, endeavo-
ured to take him home
with me. he utterly declined
but ^he^ fully followed me soon
after. In the city he soon
got in with an Omnibus
driver & hired himself to
him. he eluded me. I sought
him at all hours but
could not find him. he drove
Page 3
team two or three trips & was discharged
, robbed of his money, disgraced, wet,
muddied, led about among the stable
boys in an upper ward, exhibbeted as
a brother of the Governor. The jeer, scoff
but & ridicule of a mad Jackson mob:
my heart sickens at the recital & I
felt as if I could kick the Jessup?
that told me. I cannot find
[ where in ]
Reason: wax-seal he slept that awful night.
M[ or ]
Reason: wax-sealning following he rode home
& at present is at work with
his father at days work. It was
my wish to get him over to Massachu- setts
Name: Massachusetts City:
County:
State: MA
Country: US
out of the reach of rum, but
know not that it will do of
any avail. he is debased, I say
what I mean, he is debased beyond
anything I could conjecture.
Your Hurried brother
B.J. Seward
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Hon. Wm H. Seward
Auburn
New York
Troy Oct 16
Type: postmark
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
B. J Seward
Oct 16. 1834.
Troy 16 Oct. 1834
My dear Brother
You tell me that our
Western friends Mr.
Person
Person
have been with you: I am
glad. I doubt not you were
pleased. And you ask
me about Pollydore
Person
He found a place some
two weeks since in Newburgh
Place
where a man was wanted to
keep a stable for a small
tavern, & engaged to supply
it. I heard of when in
F
Place
him from it, but found him
not in a situation to be
reasoned with & I did not
succeed. He left on Sun[ - ]
Supplied
[ Margin] W.
Person
Place
you have seen him. All is well
below[ . ]
Supplied
day. I followed him in
the dead hours of the night
& on Monday morning. Find’g
him determined not to return
obtained from him an assignment
to his father
Person
erty for the benefit, first of
his wife & creditors & then
of his family: I left him
a few days after, when on
my return home. I saw in
his new vocation, endeavo-
ured to take him home
with me. he utterly declined
but ^he^ fully followed me soon
after. In the city he soon
got in with an Omnibus
driver & hired himself to
him. he eluded me. I sought
him at all hours but
could not find him. he drove
team two or three trips & was discharged
, robbed of his money, disgraced, wet,
muddied, led about among the stable
boys in an upper ward, exhibbeted as
a brother of the Governor. The jeer, scoff
but & ridicule of a mad Jackson mob:
my heart sickens at the recital & I
felt as if I could kick the Jessup?
that told me. I cannot find
[ where in ]
Supplied
M[ or ]
Supplied
& at present is at work with
his father at days work. It was
my wish to get him over to Massachu- setts
Place
know not that it will do of
any avail. he is debased, I say
what I mean, he is debased beyond
anything I could conjecture.
Your Hurried brother
B.J. Seward
Hon. Wm H. Seward
Auburn
New York
Troy Oct 16
Stamp
Person
Oct 16. 1834.
date:
Thursday, October 16, 1834
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