Letter from Augustus Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, February 5, 1839
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Letter from Augustus Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, February 5, 1839
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Date:1839-02-05
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Letter from Augustus Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, February 5, 1839
action: sent
sender:
Augustus Seward
Person
Name: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1820-05-18
Death: 1889-05-08
Person
location:
New York NY
Place
Name: City: New York
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Place
receiver:
Benjamin Seward
Person
Name: Benjamin Seward
Birth: 1793-08-23
Death: 1841-02-24
Person
location:
Albany NY
Place
Name: City: Albany
County: Albany
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: mah
revision: crb 2016-02-08
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Page 1
Columbia College N.Y.
Feb 5 1839.
My dear Pa,
I am rejoiced to hear, by your letter which has just
reached me, of your safe arrival at Albany, and hope that
before this you have got the better of the fatigue and illness
which the journey occasioned: if not, we hope to effect the
remainder of the cure when you arrive here, which I shall
look for daily.
Tonight I go to Mr. Morse’s
Name:
Birth:
Death:
to spend the evening –
a privilege which is granted me by my weak eyes, at the
expense of my studies.
Please excuse the shortness of this, as I am obliged
to improve ^the^ daylight while it lasts.
Your Son
Augustus.
P.S. My regards to Uncle H.
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
and Augustus
Name: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1826-10-01
Death: 1876-09-11
.
Mr Woodruff
Name: Harmon Woodruff
Birth: 1807-09-12
Death: 1885-11-01Certainty: Possible
lives at 23 Bridge street
Page 2
W.H. Seward Esq’r,
Governor State of New York
Albany.
NEW-YORK FEB 6
Type: postmark
Feb 6. 1839
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Name: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1820-05-18
Death: 1889-05-08
Uncle H. I have directed this letter to you because I am not
certain whether it will reach Albany before Pa’s departure.
Augustus.
Columbia College N.Y.
Feb 5 1839.
My dear Pa,
I am rejoiced to hear, by your letter which has just
reached me, of your safe arrival at Albany, and hope that
before this you have got the better of the fatigue and illness
which the journey occasioned: if not, we hope to effect the
remainder of the cure when you arrive here, which I shall
look for daily.
Tonight I go to Mr. Morse’s
Person
a privilege which is granted me by my weak eyes, at the
expense of my studies.
Please excuse the shortness of this, as I am obliged
to improve ^the^ daylight while it lasts.
Your Son
Augustus.
P.S. My regards to Uncle H.
Person
and Augustus
Person
Mr Woodruff
Person
W.H. Seward Esq’r,
Governor State of New York
Albany.
NEW-YORK FEB 6
Stamp
Unknown
Augustus Seward N.Y. Feb 6. 1839
[bottom Margin]
Person
certain whether it will reach Albany before Pa’s departure.
Augustus.
date:
Tuesday, February 5, 1839
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