Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, June 22, 1837
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, June 22, 1837
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Distributor:Seward Family Papers Project
Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1837-06-22
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, June 22, 1837
action: sent
sender:
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
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: mah
revision: crb 2015-11-02
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Page 1
Auburn June 22d.
My dear J,
I leave today for New York
Name: City: New York
County:
State: NY
Country: US
& Philadelphia
Name: City: Philadelphia
County: Philadelphia
State: PA
Country: US
,
to close my affairs as early as possible & early next month
will be with you. Please so say to anybody whom
it may concern.
Please say to Mr. Rumsey
business there as [ efficienty ]
Alternate Text: efficiently and promptly as I can.
Your letter is recd. Henry Smiths
Name: Henry Smith
Birth:
Death: 1850-08-12
marriage was
announced by him to his parents. It was a rash step
and necessarily alarmed them much. If it shall make
him more sensible of the necessity of establishing incomplible
habits of industry and enterprise it may and probably will
be of service to him. I hope it will have that effect. Soli-
citous for his welfare and sympathy with his family
in the affliction of his father’s
best calculated to earn their kind [ consideation ]
Alternate Text: consideration of his pre=
maturely assuming so fearful responsibilities. Please show
him thus much of this letter.
T.W.
Name: Thurlow Weed
Birth: 1797-11-15
Death: 1882-11-22
will send you the deed & proper letter.
Write to New York until you hear from me.
Page 2
Benjamin J. Seward Esq.
Westfield
Chautauqua Co.
Auburn N.Y. JUN 22
Type: postmark
Name: Benjamin Seward
Birth: 1793-08-23
Death: 1841-02-24
June 22. 1837
Auburn June 22d.
My dear J,
I leave today for New York
Place
Place
to close my affairs as early as possible & early next month
will be with you. Please so say to anybody whom
it may concern.
Please say to Mr. Rumsey
Unknown
I shall attend to his business there as [ efficienty ]
Alternate Text
Your letter is recd. Henry Smiths
Person
announced by him to his parents. It was a rash step
and necessarily alarmed them much. If it shall make
him more sensible of the necessity of establishing incomplible
habits of industry and enterprise it may and probably will
be of service to him. I hope it will have that effect. Soli-
citous for his welfare and sympathy with his family
in the affliction of his father’s
Unknown
illness, I have said what wasbest calculated to earn their kind [ consideation ]
Alternate Text
maturely assuming so fearful responsibilities. Please show
him thus much of this letter.
T.W.
Person
Write to New York until you hear from me.
Benjamin J. Seward Esq.
Westfield
Chautauqua Co.
Auburn N.Y. JUN 22
Stamp
Person
date:
Thursday, June 22, 1837
receiver:
sender:
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