Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, September 12, 1837

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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, September 12, 1837

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Distributor:Seward Family Papers Project

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1837-09-12

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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, September 12, 1837

action: sent

sender: Benjamin Seward
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Person

Name: Benjamin Seward Birth: 1793-08-23 Death: 1841-02-24

location: Westfield NY
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Place

Name:  City:  Westfield County:  Chautauqua State:  NY Country:  US

receiver: William Seward
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Person

Name: William Seward Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10

location: Philadelphia PA
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Place

Name:  City:  Philadelphia County:  Philadelphia State:  PA Country:  US

transcription: kac 

revision: crb 2015-11-04

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Westfield Sept 12. 1837
Dear Henry
I wrote you on Saturday last
from Warren
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Place

Name:  City:  Warren County:  Warren State:  PA Country:  US
, giving the opinion that all
would be well. I knew but little then
& have since seen that appearances
were as fallacious. Still, I hope all is
safe - but if it turns out to be so, it
has been brought about by a struggle
and against an even chance that
it might have been far otherwise.
I have a Lumbermans Bank draft
in the United States Bank at four
months for the $4.190 I took down
with me, adding 60 in interest, with
Lowry's
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Person

Name: Nathaniel Lowry Birth: 1805-10-22 Death: 1852-02-23
& Irving's
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Person

Name: Guy Irvine Birth: 1792-12-15 Death: 1868-08-24
, joint & separate
guarantie for the payment. But
it cost me long negotiations through
Saturday & yesterday till 1/2 past five
to obtain it. I have just arrived
came through today.
The Bank is evidently in trouble.

[left Margin]
Mr. Falconer is a fine old gentleman but he is chapfallen
and is so in clutches that he cannot act—he sends regards.
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Hall
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Person

Name: Josiah Hall Birth: 1784 Death: 1877-04-01
has just returned from a visit to
shepard
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Person

Name: Fitch Shepard Birth: 1802-04-05 Death: 1881-08
, with as I fancy, no favourable
news. Irving has just returned from
Cincinnati
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Place

Name:  City:  Cincinnati County:  Hamilton State:  OH Country:  US
& St H Louis
Unknown
, with as report
says, $18,000—$40,000—$80,000 in specie
but I shrewdly suspect he did not
bring a cent. Falconer
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Person

Name: Robert Falconer Birth: 1780-12-22 Death: 1851-10-20
, Hall & all
are m. Mr. F.
Unknown
says that Shepard
will lose his office.
I asked Mr. Falconer if his interpretation
of his own letter to me, was a withdrawal
of his private guarantie to which he
answered that it was. The want of
frankness among those who knew all &
the little I heard from others soon satis-
fied me that everything was at stake
- but I dared not to whisper a dispo-
sition not to receive their bills for fear
that my application to have those I held
redeemed would be rejected.
The first offer of the modest
pair Irving & Lowry, after long consul-
tation was to take the present sum
& what we might hereafter receive & give row

[left Margin] Julian
Unknown
says all well in Florida
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Place

Name:  City:  Florida County:  Orange State:  NY Country:  US
.
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as their individual note at 4 mo pay-
able in Ohio Bank proper—and I obtained
the draft & guarantie, in the hope on their
part that we would continue to receive as
usual, upon the strength of collections to
be made by Tucker
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Person

Name: Chauncey Tucker Birth: 1805-10-05 Death: 1874-04-25
. But we have
not received a dollar for a week &
shall not, unless Tucker guarantees the re-
demption. This I will ascertain in a
day [ or ]
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Supplied

Reason: hole
two.
[ Lowry ]
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Supplied

Reason: hole
& Irving offer their
[ guarantie ]
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Supplied

Reason: hole
that the Lumbermans
[ Ban ]
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Supplied

Reason: hole
k checks on Phil
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Place

Name:  City:  Philadelphia County:  Philadelphia State:  PA Country:  US
shall be
[ prompty ]
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Alternate Text

Alternate Text: promptly
met at 4 mo for all we
may hereafter receive. But I waived
it under pretext of reliance upon re-
ceipts sooner from Tucker, not wishing
to give 4 mo. So I suppose you
will think—if otherwise, I dare say
we may yet obtain drafts at 4 mo
with their guarantie—inform me.
Lewis
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Person

Name: Abner Lewis Birth: 1801-08-07 Death: 1879-10-12
has just come in—has had
a good time—Ell Gerry
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Place

Name:  City:  Gerry County:  Chautauqua State:  NY Country:  US
comes in
slow—all is safe. We have
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taken $1.500 & more in the last 6 days,
Mrs. Dickson
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Person

Name: Caroline Dixon Birth: 1798-03-07 Death: 1837-09-10
is no more.
Your grateful brother
B.J. Seward
Ps. I ought to add that I have no
confidence in Tuckers receipts as a
resource for us because the Bank
would not instruct him to pledge a dollar
to me—the truth is they need & hope, I
suspect, to turn this over to Chautauqua
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Place

Name: Chautauqua, NY City:  Chautauqua County:  Chautauqua State:  NY Country:  US
Bank
in payment.
W. H. Seward Esq.
now in Philadelphia
Single
WESTFIELD N.Y. SEP 13
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Stamp

Type: postmark

seward-pen
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Person

Name: William Seward Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
B.J. Seward
Sept 12, 1837.
seward-pen
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Person

Name: Frederick Seward Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
B.J. Seward
Sept 12, 1837.
date: 
Tuesday, September 12, 1837
year: