Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 6, 1838
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 6, 1838
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1838-10-06
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 6, 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: crb 2016-02-04
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Page 1
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Alternate Text: Westfield – 6 Oct. '38
My Dear B
Not a word from J. D.
Name: John Duer
Birth: 1782-10-07
Death: 1858-08-08
yet – indeed
I have now ceased to look for anything
except from you.
The Censor does not give us the printing
yet: strange.
Plum
Name: Alvin Plumb
Birth: 1802-06-09
Death: 1877-08-31
has been exploring Gerry
Name: City: Gerry
County: Chautauqua
State: NY
Country: US
& hears
from Charlotte
Name: Charlotte, NY City: Charlotte
County: Chautauqua
State: NY
Country: US
– one man only complains
(Leffingwell
ing an ejectment served upon him – settled (& half
the costs charged to him) by D. B
as he says too high. French
Name: George French
Birth: 1798
Death: 1865-01-29
thinks it will do
no harm. The mortgage story is doing
us good, as I think. Crooker
Name: George Crooker
Birth: 1799
Death: 1874
of C.
Name: Conewango City: Conewango
County: Cattaraugus
State: NY
Country: US
has
not as yet announced his purpose. Our
friends think he can do no mischief to M.
or otherwise – & it will be well if he kills himself
off. Lewis
Name: Abner Lewis
Birth: 1801-08-07
Death: 1879-10-12
of Panama
Name: City: Panama
County: Chautauqua
State: NY
Country: US
says matters are
all safe in Harmony
Name: City: Harmony
County: Chautauqua
State: NY
Country: US
& Clymer
Name: City: Clymer
County: Chautauqua
State: NY
Country: US
. No letters
for you.
I dropd a line to Humphrey
Name: George Humphreys
Birth: 1814-03-15
Death: 1885-06-09
– & mentioned
incidentally that you had probably seen him
& expressed a desire that Grosvener
Name: Godfrey Grosvenor
Birth: 1800-03-13
Death: 1849-06-25
should let the
Ripley
Name: City: Ripley
County: Chautauqua
State: NY
Country: US
man have the lot. Humphrey passed through
here today & remarked to Young
do it. Pray write Humphrey to yield.
Page 2
W H. Seward Esq
Auburn
N. Y.
WESTFIELD N.Y. OCT 7
Type: postmark
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
B. J. Seward
6 Oct 1838.
[ Wd ]
Alternate Text
My Dear B
Not a word from J. D.
Person
I have now ceased to look for anything
except from you.
The Censor does not give us the printing
yet: strange.
Plum
Person
Place
from Charlotte
Place
(Leffingwell
Unknown
) who says he was wronged by hav-ing an ejectment served upon him – settled (& half
the costs charged to him) by D. B
Unknown
& M.Unknown
at a priceas he says too high. French
Person
no harm. The mortgage story is doing
us good, as I think. Crooker
Person
Place
not as yet announced his purpose. Our
friends think he can do no mischief to M.
or otherwise – & it will be well if he kills himself
off. Lewis
Person
Place
all safe in Harmony
Place
Place
for you.
I dropd a line to Humphrey
Person
incidentally that you had probably seen him
& expressed a desire that Grosvener
Person
Ripley
Place
here today & remarked to Young
Unknown
that G should notdo it. Pray write Humphrey to yield.
W H. Seward Esq
Auburn
N. Y.
WESTFIELD N.Y. OCT 7
Stamp
Person
6 Oct 1838.
date:
Saturday, October 6, 1838
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