Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, October 11, 1838
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, October 11, 1838
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Date:1838-10-11
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, October 11, 1838
action: sent
sender:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
Albany NY
Place
Name: City: Albany
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 County
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: mah
revision: ekk 2015-11-05
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Albany Oct 11.
I have just arrived, and shall go tomorrow evening to see Mr Duer
Name: John Duer
Birth: 1782-10-07
Death: 1858-08-08
, who has not done what we expected.
Shall decide here what is to be done on the subject of a_.
American Trust and Life Insurance Company
All looks better on that subject, and well throughout the state.
The result in Maine
Name: Maine City:
County:
State: ME
Country: US
has inspired our opponents with hopes
of Pennsylvania
Name: Pennsylvania City:
County:
State: PA
Country: US
of which the first reports of the election are a
signal rebuke.
I will write you tomorrow or before the mail closes which will carry
this. In the mean time I can only say that things look even better from this
central point than I had anticipated.
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Benjamin J. Seward Esq.
Westfield
Chautauqua County.
Albany N.Y. Oct 12
Type: postmark
Name: Benjamin Seward
Birth: 1793-08-23
Death: 1841-02-24Certainty: Probable
October 11. 1838
Albany Oct 11.
I have just arrived, and shall go tomorrow evening to see Mr Duer
Person
Shall decide here what is to be done on the subject of a_.
American Trust and Life Insurance CompanyEditorial Note
All looks better on that subject, and well throughout the state.
The result in Maine
Place
of Pennsylvania
Place
signal rebuke.
I will write you tomorrow or before the mail closes which will carry
this. In the mean time I can only say that things look even better from this
central point than I had anticipated.
Benjamin J. Seward Esq.
Westfield
Chautauqua County.
Albany N.Y. Oct 12
Stamp
Person
date:
Thursday, October 11, 1838
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sender:
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