Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 3, 1838
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 3, 1838
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Date:1838-02-03
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 3, 1838
action: sent
sender:
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
receiver:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
New York NY
Place
Name: City: New York
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: kac
revision: crb 2015-11-11
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Page 1
Chautauqua Land Office
Westfield Feb. 3. 1838
Dear Henry,
Although I have written you very
shortly since, I deem it of sufficient in-
terest to you to know whatever h
may be essential in the affairs of the
Lumbermans Bank, to write you again.
Mr. Falconer
Name: Robert Falconer
Birth: 1780-12-22
Death: 1851-10-20
writes me that the
funds were in Phil
Name: City: Philadelphia
County: Philadelphia
State: PA
Country: US
to meet our $4232
draft—& that the a/c Cashr "informs
him that it was an oversight that
they were not appropriated. The old
bill is returned, mutilated—& I have
written to Mr. Falconer to send me
a new one for $4.2658 which will in-
clude charges for , postages & inter-
est to the 18th inst on which day I have
asked him to make the bill payable.
This new bill, if sent to me will
be sent with an apology to Mr. Vander Kemp
Name: John Vanderkemp
Birth: 1783-04-22
Death: 1855-12-04
to be presented & if paid, Mr.
Van Hall
Name: Peter Van Hall
Birth: 1799-12-23
Death:
to be informed so that the
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sum may be placed to our credit.
Mr. F. writes that the elements are
in array against him—but he is deter-
mined to abide in his present office
till all is made straight.
Irving
Name: Guy Irvine
Birth: 1792-12-15
Death: 1868-08-24
, I understand has adjust-
ted his debt with the Bank. He's said
that he has paid a large sum in cash
some say $25.000—others $40.000.—cash
also a large sum equally large in drafts
on dealers in Cin.
Name: City: Cincinnati
County: Hamilton
State: OH
Country: US
Louisville
Name: City: Louisville
County: Jefferson
State: KY
Country: US
. St
H. Louis
Name: City:
County:
State:
Country:
&c due 3.4.9.&1 Mo hence—which he
guarantees shall be good paper—
He surrenders $20.000 of stock at pa eer
& gives his own notes at 12. & 18
months for balance—say $110.000 in
all. —Lowry's
Name: Nathaniel Lowry
Birth: 1805-10-22
Death: 1852-02-23
debt of $80.000 remains
unpaid—& he says nothing. —He is pre-
paring a statement it is said for
the public.
We have a draft of $109080 due
29th ultimo at Phil Bank—Falconer
makes no allusion to it—but I
have, in a letter to him.
Page 3
We have no snow—& a few customers
except tax gather[ er ]
Reason: s—We are pushing
the statement & hope to have it done
by 20th—If however there should be
snow, it will fill our rooms so that
we should be unable to breathe, much
less to work at the statement.
Excuse this hasty scroll—I
am so worn out that I cannot
write. Tomorrow, thanks to a
munificence Providence is a
day of rest.
Kind regards to sister Fanny
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
our ladies talk of her every day—
& wonder she does not write.
Your Grateful Brother
B.J. Seward
A suit in chancery is commenced against
Throop
Name: City: Ripley
County: Chautauqua
State: NY
Country: US
who refuses to sign his Bond
bill.—
Page 4
Wm H Seward Esq
Care Am. Life & Trust Co
New York City
Single.
WESTFIELD N.Y. FEB 4
Type: postmark
PAID
Type: postmark
Name: Roswell Colt
Birth: 1779-07-20
Death: 1856-11-22
sent a
letter to Mr. Seward at Auburn
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
B.J. Seward
Feb 3. 1838.
Chautauqua Land Office
Westfield Feb. 3. 1838
Dear Henry,
Although I have written you very
shortly since, I deem it of sufficient in-
terest to you to know whatever h
may be essential in the affairs of the
Lumbermans Bank, to write you again.
Mr. Falconer
Person
funds were in Phil
Place
draft—& that the a/c Cashr "informs
him that it was an oversight that
they were not appropriated. The old
bill is returned, mutilated—& I have
written to Mr. Falconer to send me
a new one for $4.2658 which will in-
clude charges for , postages & inter-
est to the 18th inst on which day I have
asked him to make the bill payable.
This new bill, if sent to me will
be sent with an apology to Mr. Vander Kemp
Person
Person
sum may be placed to our credit.
Mr. F. writes that the elements are
in array against him—but he is deter-
mined to abide in his present office
till all is made straight.
Irving
Person
ted his debt with the Bank. He's said
that he has paid a large sum in cash
some say $25.000—others $40.000.—cash
also a large sum equally large in drafts
on dealers in Cin.
Place
Place
Place
&c due 3.4.9.&1 Mo hence—which he
guarantees shall be good paper—
He surrenders $20.000 of stock at pa eer
& gives his own notes at 12. & 18
months for balance—say $110.000 in
all. —Lowry's
Person
unpaid—& he says nothing. —He is pre-
paring a statement it is said for
the public.
We have a draft of $109080 due
29th ultimo at Phil Bank—Falconer
makes no allusion to it—but I
have, in a letter to him.
We have no snow—& a few customers
except tax gather[ er ]
Supplied
the statement & hope to have it done
by 20th—If however there should be
snow, it will fill our rooms so that
we should be unable to breathe, much
less to work at the statement.
Excuse this hasty scroll—I
am so worn out that I cannot
write. Tomorrow, thanks to a
munificence Providence is a
day of rest.
Kind regards to sister Fanny
Person
our ladies talk of her every day—
& wonder she does not write.
Your Grateful Brother
B.J. Seward
A suit in chancery is commenced against
Throop
Unknown
in RipleyPlace
bill.—
Wm H Seward Esq
Care Am. Life & Trust Co
New York City
Single.
WESTFIELD N.Y. FEB 4
Stamp
PAID
Stamp
Unknown
Mr. R. L. ColtPerson
letter to Mr. Seward at Auburn
Person
Feb 3. 1838.
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