Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 5, 1838
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 5, 1838
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Date:1838-12-05
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 5, 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:
UnknownUnknown
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revision: ekk 2015-10-28
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Westfield 5 Dec. ‘38
Dr H.
Your line about Dwight
Name: Francis Dwight
Birth: 1808-03-14
Death: 1845-12-15
for Geneva
Name: City: Geneva
County: Ontario/Seneca
State: NY
Country: US
is recd & complied with. We are glad to
hear of your safe return – and as it says
nothing about Frances
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
illness, we are re-
lieved from the apprehension & unhappiness
we were thrown into by Henry Smiths
Name: Henry Smith
Birth:
Death: 1850-08-12Certainty: Probable
letter
from his sister
her residence in Albany
Name: City: Albany
County: Albany
State: NY
Country: US
is likely to be!
We are receiving four or five thousand
a week – & find it difficult to hurry it
off since the steamer W.H.S has closed,
her trips. We need a better arrangement
in regard to remittances – but this with
many other things must be over for
your arrival here. Your note says noth-
ing about your visit – & we begin to
fear lest we may lose it. Whigs
& some others will be sorely dispappointed
if you fail them: office seekers also.
Come if you care – the venison is ripening
for your arrival.
Your grateful brother
B.J.
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Westfield 5 Dec. ‘38
Dr H.
Your line about Dwight
Person
Place
is recd & complied with. We are glad to
hear of your safe return – and as it says
nothing about Frances
Person
lieved from the apprehension & unhappiness
we were thrown into by Henry Smiths
Person
from his sister
Unknown
. Poor sis, how tryingher residence in Albany
Place
We are receiving four or five thousand
a week – & find it difficult to hurry it
off since the steamer W.H.S has closed,
her trips. We need a better arrangement
in regard to remittances – but this with
many other things must be over for
your arrival here. Your note says noth-
ing about your visit – & we begin to
fear lest we may lose it. Whigs
& some others will be sorely dispappointed
if you fail them: office seekers also.
Come if you care – the venison is ripening
for your arrival.
Your grateful brother
B.J.
date:
Wednesday, December 5, 1838
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