Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 24, 1838
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 24, 1838
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Date:1838-08-24
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 24, 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:
Auburn NY
Place
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: keh
revision: ekk 2015-11-18
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Page 1
Augst
Dear H.
Fox
Name: Chauncey Fox
Birth: 1797-08-21
Death: 1883-02-11
is here: from Ellicottville
Name: City: Ellicottville
County: Cattaraugus
State: NY
Country: US
–
says his Co will send the right men – already
public sentiment has selected them & no doubt
remains about who they will be & how they
will go. Great efforts have been made by
T.
Name: Nathaniel Tallmadge
Birth: 1795-02-08
Death: 1864-11-02Certainty: Probable
to bring men to sustain G.
Name: Leonard Gibbs
Birth: 1800-04-21
Death: 1863-09-12Certainty: Probable
– but the in-
dications are strong, very strong against
this influence. He remarks that it is
a conceded point that G would get the
whole whig vote & satisfy the party: –
but if the other candidate is proposed
many V.B
Name: Martin Van Buren
Birth: 1782-12-05
Death: 1862-07-24
voters would go for him.
The difference he says will be several
hundred certainly – probably a good
many hundred. What this means
with exactness I do not know. He
showed a good deal of fear lest
B.
Name: Luther Bradish
Birth: 1783-09-15
Death: 1863-08-30Certainty: Probable
should be selected – says Patterson
Name: George Patterson
Birth: 1799-11-11
Death: 1879-10-15
had written him, that this would
promote harmony – but that he wrote
back, strong, that his want of tact
makes him a dangerous leader
for ultimate success – G. must be
the 2d choice not B.
Crosshatch text
W.
Name:
Birth:
Death:
write you about the convention at
^Lansingburgh or New Scotland^ Albany
Name: Albany County City:
County: Albany
State: NY
Country: US
– but suppose you have heard all about it
ere this. The Agent writes from N.Y.
Name: City: New York
County:
State: NY
Country: US
that
if he can he will furnish a place for Oliphant
Ten miles of the RR are let-low.
Bailey
Name: Orange County City:
County: Orange
State: NY
Country: US
was at Tappan
Name: City: Tappan
County: Rockland
State: NY
Country: US
& spoke favourably
of things at G
Name: City: Goshen
County: Orange
State: NY
Country: US
. Everything he says are right in
Rockland
Name: Rockland County City:
County: Rockland
State: NY
Country: US
. V.P.
Name: Gulian Verplanck
Birth: 1786-08-06
Death: 1870-03-18Certainty: Probable
tells him all will be right in N.Y.
He met his excellent friend G.
The question was not complicated – it was only whether
G. or B should be nominated!! Thus he talked!
He also speaks of Gibbs as being right & so
many & in such strong terms that I fancy
he he is too sanguine.
Our little caucas here is doing good
getting out papers & calling in men.
[left Margin] He mentions that Plumb
Name: Alvin Plumb
Birth: 1802-06-09
Death: 1877-08-31Certainty: Probable
of Lodi
Name: Erie County City:
County: Erie
State: NY
Country: US
the current is
at this time setting against T. & G. The Co, it is is against them.
Buffalo
Name: City: Buffalo
County: Erie
State: NY
Country: US
people write Plumb, that the city is against them & P. thinks
the right
kind of man
will be sent.
We flatter some
here – rather
I – for I carry
a stiff
upper lip as
the wags
have it
can you not send us
a word of
comfort.
Page 2
P. Lot 2. T. 2. R 15. Sold Mr Underwood
is 128 Acres at $4 not 155 Acres. Right
We are marking off ownerships in
the Land Legers – and in the salesbook.
The errors are numerous & perplexing.
Humphrey
Name: George Humphreys
Birth: 1814-03-15
Death: 1885-06-09
prepared the table of used land
reverted land & expired contracts – and
it had been better to have paid him
for lying in bed & hired his work
done well than now to consume
so much time to test his results.
Young
Name: John Young
Birth: 1796
Death: 1877Certainty: Probable
& Patchin
Name: Thaddeus Patchin
Birth: 1805-05-17
Death: 1892-05-17Certainty: Probable
are with us
& we are doing all we can.
Smith
Name: Junius Smith
Birth: 1807-05-13
Death: 1864-07-29
writes from Avon
Name: City: Avon
County: Livingston
State: NY
Country: US
that it
is not likely he will go to Auburn
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
.
I shall write him that I think
it doubtful whether his habit of
inattention is not invetrate – and that
as he is likely to relapse, it might be
pleasenter to devise some business while
with his father
Name: Lucius Smith
Birth: 1784-04-09
Death: 1847-01-12
& take his own time
& inducements to leave us – but that
if he will apply himself, few could give
better satisfaction. Yours with gratitude
B.
Page 3
W. H. Seward Esq
Auburn
N.Y.
Westfield, N.Y. 25 Aug '38
Type: postmark
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
B. J. Seward
Aug. 24, 1838.
Augst
Dear H.
Fox
Person
Place
says his Co will send the right men – already
public sentiment has selected them & no doubt
remains about who they will be & how they
will go. Great efforts have been made by
T.
Person
Person
dications are strong, very strong against
this influence. He remarks that it is
a conceded point that G would get the
whole whig vote & satisfy the party: –
but if the other candidate is proposed
many V.B
Person
The difference he says will be several
hundred certainly – probably a good
many hundred. What this means
with exactness I do not know. He
showed a good deal of fear lest
B.
Person
Person
had written him, that this would
promote harmony – but that he wrote
back, strong, that his want of tact
makes him a dangerous leader
for ultimate success – G. must be
the 2d choice not B.
Crosshatch textEditorial Note
Unknown
and ParmeleePerson
^Lansingburgh or New Scotland^ Albany
Place
ere this. The Agent writes from N.Y.
Place
if he can he will furnish a place for Oliphant
Unknown
.Ten miles of the RR are let-low.
Bailey
Unknown
of OorangePlace
Place
of things at G
Place
Rockland
Place
Person
He met his excellent friend G.
Unknown
at the springs who saidThe question was not complicated – it was only whether
G. or B should be nominated!! Thus he talked!
He also speaks of Gibbs as being right & so
many & in such strong terms that I fancy
he he is too sanguine.
Our little caucas here is doing good
getting out papers & calling in men.
[left Margin] He mentions that Plumb
Person
Unknown
told him that in EriePlace
at this time setting against T. & G. The Co, it is is against them.
Buffalo
Place
the right
kind of man
will be sent.
We flatter some
here – rather
I – for I carry
a stiff
upper lip as
the wags
have it
can you not send us
a word of
comfort.
P. Lot 2. T. 2. R 15. Sold Mr Underwood
is 128 Acres at $4 not 155 Acres. Right
We are marking off ownerships in
the Land Legers – and in the salesbook.
The errors are numerous & perplexing.
Humphrey
Person
reverted land & expired contracts – and
it had been better to have paid him
for lying in bed & hired his work
done well than now to consume
so much time to test his results.
Young
Person
Person
& we are doing all we can.
Smith
Person
Place
is not likely he will go to Auburn
Place
I shall write him that I think
it doubtful whether his habit of
inattention is not invetrate – and that
as he is likely to relapse, it might be
pleasenter to devise some business while
with his father
Person
& inducements to leave us – but that
if he will apply himself, few could give
better satisfaction. Yours with gratitude
B.
W. H. Seward Esq
Auburn
N.Y.
Westfield, N.Y. 25 Aug '38
Stamp
Person
Aug. 24, 1838.
date:
Friday, August 24, 1838
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