Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 19, 1837
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 19, 1837
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1837-05-19
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 19, 1837
action: sent
sender:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
Philadelphia PA
Place
Name: City: Philadelphia
County: Philadelphia
State: PA
Country: US
Place
receiver:
Benjamin Seward
Person
Name: Benjamin Seward
Birth: 1793-08-23
Death: 1841-02-24
Person
location:
Westfield NY
Place
Name: City: Westfield
County: Chautauqua
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: sss
revision: crb 2015-10-23
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Page 1
Philada May 19.
My dear Jennings,
I wish you to be relieved of further
solicitude concerning the object of my coming here.
I have assurances of the requisite aid, but it is de-
sirable that the matter be supposed by our associates
to be uncertain until we meet in Albany
Name: City: Albany
County: Albany
State: NY
Country: US
on
the 28th instant.
I go to Bargaintown
Name: City: Bargaintown
County: Atlantic
State: NJ
Country: US
tomorrow. Return on
Monday, and then to New York
Name: City: New York
County:
State: NY
Country: US
& Albany. Our
board of proprietors meet at Albany on the 28th.
After that I return to Auburn
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
.
I have a letter from you requesting me to pay
Halstead & Hains $100 for you. You must postpone
them until after the 1st of July when my pay-
ments will be over. If that will not do write to
me at Auburn & I will remit from there.
Ever your friend & brother
WH Seward
B.J. Seward Esq
Page 2
B. J. Seward Esq
Chautauqua Land Office
Westfield
New York
Philadelphia Pa MAY 20
Type: postmark
Name: Benjamin Seward
Birth: 1793-08-23
Death: 1841-02-24
May 19, 1837
Philada May 19.
My dear Jennings,
I wish you to be relieved of further
solicitude concerning the object of my coming here.
I have assurances of the requisite aid, but it is de-
sirable that the matter be supposed by our associates
to be uncertain until we meet in Albany
Place
the 28th instant.
I go to Bargaintown
Place
Monday, and then to New York
Place
board of proprietors meet at Albany on the 28th.
After that I return to Auburn
Place
I have a letter from you requesting me to pay
Halstead & Hains $100 for you. You must postpone
them until after the 1st of July when my pay-
ments will be over. If that will not do write to
me at Auburn & I will remit from there.
Ever your friend & brother
WH Seward
B.J. Seward Esq
B. J. Seward Esq
Chautauqua Land Office
Westfield
New York
Philadelphia Pa MAY 20
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Friday, May 19, 1837
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