Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, July 15, 1838
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, July 15, 1838
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1838-07-15
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, July 15, 1838
action: sent
sender:
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
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: keh
revision: ekk 2015-11-18
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New York July 15
My dear Jennings. On the 11th instant the title of Chau- tauque
Name: Chautauqua County City:
County: Chautauqua
State: NY
Country: US
passed to John Duer
Name: John Duer
Birth: 1782-10-07
Death: 1858-08-08
Morris Robinson
Name: Morris Robinson
Birth: 1784-09-02
Death: 1849-05-05
and W.H.Seward
in trust for the various owners and without encumbrance.
You will therefore make out no more deeds or mortgages in
the name of the Holland Co. My agency will continue and
nothing be changed but forms. I will write you tomorrow or
the next day giving you instructions how to proceed and shall with
as little delay as possible join you in Chautauque.
Meantime and until you hear from me nothing need transpire
of the arrangement. Tomorrow I close my business here and leave
town. I do not know whether you have been alarmed by our
fathers
Name: Samuel Seward
Birth: 1768-12-05
Death: 1849-08-24
long & dangerous illness. He is now convalescent.
I stop there a day on my journey home.
Our Uncle John
Name: John Seward
Birth: 1765-06-10
Death: 1847-04
and his grandson
Name: Israel Seward
Birth: 1795-09-03
Death: 1869
is at Florida
Name: City: Florida
County: Orange
State: NY
Country: US
.
Nothing new here politically.
My business is arranged satisfactorily.
Your brother [ Hy ]
Alternate Text: Henry
Tomorrow I am to have an answer in Mr Rumseys
Name: Stephen Rumsey
Birth: 1785-06-01
Death: 1873-07-31Certainty: Probable
business[
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Reason:
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Benjamin J. Seward Esq
Westfield
Chautauque Co.
NEW-YORK JUL 15
Type: postmark
Name: Benjamin Seward
Birth: 1793-08-23
Death: 1841-02-24
July 15, 1838
New York July 15
My dear Jennings. On the 11th instant the title of Chau- tauque
Place
Person
Person
in trust for the various owners and without encumbrance.
You will therefore make out no more deeds or mortgages in
the name of the Holland Co. My agency will continue and
nothing be changed but forms. I will write you tomorrow or
the next day giving you instructions how to proceed and shall with
as little delay as possible join you in Chautauque.
Meantime and until you hear from me nothing need transpire
of the arrangement. Tomorrow I close my business here and leave
town. I do not know whether you have been alarmed by our
fathers
Person
I stop there a day on my journey home.
Our Uncle John
Person
Unknown
a son of IsraelPerson
Place
Nothing new here politically.
My business is arranged satisfactorily.
Your brother [ Hy ]
Alternate Text
Tomorrow I am to have an answer in Mr Rumseys
Person
Supplied
Benjamin J. Seward Esq
Westfield
Chautauque Co.
NEW-YORK JUL 15
Stamp
Person
date:
Sunday, July 15, 1838
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