Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 8, 1838
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 8, 1838
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Date:1838-10-08
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 8, 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: sss
revision: ekk 2015-11-05
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Monday evening
Dr Henry
I am distressed to learn
that P. JVanH
Name: Peter Van Hall
Birth: 1799-12-23
Death:
is absent – & nothing
is recd from J.D.
Name: John Duer
Birth: 1782-10-07
Death: 1858-08-08Certainty: Probable
as yet. The
delay grows more & more embar-
rassing.
Peter Loucks
Name: Peter Loucks
Birth: 1788
Death: 1855-08-29
– a Loco F. ma-
gistrate & Commissioner from Gerry
Name: City: Gerry
County: Chautauqua
State: NY
Country: US
asserted last week that he had
been at the office & demfanded
his mortgage which was denyed
him – that he offered to bet $500
with me that I could not pro-
duce it. which I dare not
accept – &c &c.
To which, in answer to a
letter to me, Col Young
Name: Charles Young
Birth: 1790-12-05
Death: 1883Certainty: Probable
, for him-
self & the other clerks replyed
Page 2
that he said not one word to
me about either “mortgage” or
“bet” when here a few days since
& that he has not been here
but once in three months.
This falsehood will bring us 100
votes at least.
Things looks well – our
Conservative friends are returned
and are perfectly delighted.
Pray ask your scribe
Name: Samuel Blatchford
Birth: 1820-03-09
Death: 1893-07-07
to
send us a corrected list of
the estimated majorities of the
different counties.
Yours as ever
BJ Seward
Page 3
W.H. Seward Esq
Auburn
N.Y.
WESTFIELD NY OCT 9
Type: postmark
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
B.J. Seward
Oct 9, 1838.
Monday evening
Dr Henry
I am distressed to learn
that P. JVanH
Person
is recd from J.D.
Person
delay grows more & more embar-
rassing.
Peter Loucks
Person
gistrate & Commissioner from Gerry
Place
asserted last week that he had
been at the office & demfanded
his mortgage which was denyed
him – that he offered to bet $500
with me that I could not pro-
duce it. which I dare not
accept – &c &c.
To which, in answer to a
letter to me, Col Young
Person
self & the other clerks replyed
that he said not one word to
me about either “mortgage” or
“bet” when here a few days since
& that he has not been here
but once in three months.
This falsehood will bring us 100
votes at least.
Things looks well – our
Conservative friends are returned
and are perfectly delighted.
Pray ask your scribe
Person
send us a corrected list of
the estimated majorities of the
different counties.
Yours as ever
BJ Seward
W.H. Seward Esq
Auburn
N.Y.
WESTFIELD NY OCT 9
Stamp
Person
Oct 9, 1838.
date:
Monday, October 8, 1838
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