Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 25, 1838
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 25, 1838
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Date:1838-10-25
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 25, 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: sgl
revision: ekk 2015-11-11
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Page 1
25 Oct.
Dr H.
Prior to the recipt of your Expose
the Whig Com of Jameston
Name: City: Jamestown
County: Chautauqua
State: NY
Country: US
had formally requested
Hazeltine
Name: Abner Hazeltine
Birth: 1793-06-10
Death: 1879-12-20
, Wilcox
tion man, & Jud Crane
Name: John Crane
Birth: 1791-07-01
Death: 1860-05-18
, Dixon
Name: Abram Dixon
Birth: 1787-07-23
Death: 1875-04-19
& Cass
Name: Lewis Cass
Birth: 1782-10-09
Death: 1866-06-17Certainty: Possible
to examine.
None but Hazeltine came – after consultation he
concluded to examine, in presence of Dixon, Smith
Name: Walter Smith
Birth: 1800-03-21
Death: 1874-09-21Certainty: Probable
[
,
]
Reason:
Rumsey
Name: Stephen Rumsey
Birth: 1785-06-01
Death: 1873-07-31
, Gen. F.
Name: Joseph Farnsworth
Birth: 1775-07-16
Death: 1855-09-26Certainty: Probable
, Waters
Name: Josiah Hall
Birth: 1784
Death: 1877-04-01Certainty: Probable
and other villagers.
Cass declined to be present. He looked over the
contracts between the Prop & the Trust Co.. The
land legers, the mortgars &c &c, asked ques-
tions abut modes of entries, &c &c, & called in
old Clerks – Humphreys
Name: George Humphreys
Birth: 1814-03-15
Death: 1885-06-09
, (who open office with Patchin
Name: Thaddeus Patchin
Birth: 1805-05-17
Death: 1892-05-17Certainty: Possible
)
Young
Name: John Young
Birth: 1802-06-12
Death: 1852-04-23Certainty: Possible
, Rockwell
but Haight
Name: Fletcher Haight
Birth: 1799-11-28
Death: 1866-02-23
being three times sent for refused
to come in. H. took minutes & will confirm
what your expose says, & describe more particular-
ly than yours the nature of the borrowing & the
safety of the settler in making payments. One
thing in particular he will bring out that you
omitted that the old Co were more trustees
(just as Duer
Name: John Duer
Birth: 1782-10-07
Death: 1858-08-08
& Co are) for owners, & he will
insist that the transfer & substitution of Am.
names for Ecx. names is the whole story–
Haight will either be disrobed & held up to scorn
& contempt, or he will be contemptuously sanctioned.
Poor Cashier Patchin! has been lectured –
when it was known that at Albany
Name: City: Albany
County: Albany
State: NY
Country: US
that a man
of this name was in Syracuse
Name: City: Syracuse
County: Onandaga
State: NY
Country: US
, his friends there
were in the gratest consternation that with fear
that it was he – he has been whipped into
silence. Oliver Lee
Name: Oliver Lee
Birth: 1791-12-23
Death: 1846-07-28
is blowing against you: but
Mullet
Name: James Mullett
Birth: 1784-10-17
Death: 1858-09-10
pro
urposes to take a lecturing tour. B.
[ Margin] No news from Due[ r ]
Reason: wax-seal
[hole]
and you today The Mayville S.
& the
Extra Censor .
Page 2
25 Oct.
Dr H.
Prior to the recipt of your Expose
the Whig Com of Jameston
Place
Hazeltine
Person
Unknown
, ClarkUnknown
& one other Southern sec- tion man, & Jud Crane
Person
Person
Person
None but Hazeltine came – after consultation he
concluded to examine, in presence of Dixon, Smith
Person
Supplied
Rumsey
Person
Person
Unknown
, HallPerson
Cass declined to be present. He looked over the
contracts between the Prop & the Trust Co.. The
land legers, the mortgars &c &c, asked ques-
tions abut modes of entries, &c &c, & called in
old Clerks – Humphreys
Person
Person
Young
Person
Unknown
(who answered frankly & honestly)but Haight
Person
to come in. H. took minutes & will confirm
what your expose says, & describe more particular-
ly than yours the nature of the borrowing & the
safety of the settler in making payments. One
thing in particular he will bring out that you
omitted that the old Co were more trustees
(just as Duer
Person
insist that the transfer & substitution of Am.
names for Ecx. names is the whole story–
Haight will either be disrobed & held up to scorn
& contempt, or he will be contemptuously sanctioned.
Poor Cashier Patchin! has been lectured –
when it was known that at Albany
Place
of this name was in Syracuse
Place
were in the gratest consternation that with fear
that it was he – he has been whipped into
silence. Oliver Lee
Person
Mullet
Person
[ Margin] No news from Due[ r ]
Supplied
Extra Censor .
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