Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, March 20, 1839

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Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, March 20, 1839

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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1839-03-20

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Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, March 20, 1839

action: sent

sender: Samuel Seward
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Person

Name: Samuel Seward Birth: 1768-12-05 Death: 1849-08-24

location: Florida NY
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Place

Name:  City:  Florida County:  Orange State:  NY Country:  US

receiver: William Seward
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Person

Name: William Seward Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10

location: Albany NY
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Place

Name:  City:  Albany County:  Albany State:  NY Country:  US

transcription: sss 

revision: crb 2015-06-16

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Florida 20th March 1839
My dear Henry
I wrote you a long letter some days
since to send by Gen Post
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Person

Name: Justus Post Birth: 1780-11-18 Death: 1846-03-14Certainty: Possible
who stated he was going
immediately to Albany but appears he has not
yet got started. It now becomes my painfull task
to inform you of the death of Dr Candfields
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Person

Name: Mahlon Canfield Birth: 1798-11-26 Death: 1865-01-05
young- est child
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Person

Name: Mary Canfield Birth: 1837-09-15 Death: 1839-03-10
. She departed on the 10th Inst. of Scarlet
fever. Your dear Ma
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Person

Name: Mary Seward Birth: 1769-11-27 Death: 1844-12-11
is very much afflicted and
born down. Dr Danl Seward
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Person

Name: Daniel Seward Birth: 1768 Death: 1839-03-13
has as you will have
also departed this life. Mr Uman
Unknown
of Warwick
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Place

Name:  City:  Warwick County:  Orange State:  NY Country:  US

is also dead. Our friend Major Wheeler
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Person

Name: James Wheeler Birth: 1783 Death: 1852-09-11
is sick
singularly handled and I fear danger in his Case
Poor Cornelia
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Person

Name: Cornelia Wheeler Birth: 1795 Death: 1873-02-28
with 5 Infants has a task how
uncertain are the things of this World.
We have had an important protracted
meeting in Florida
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Place

Name:  City:  Florida County:  Orange State:  NY Country:  US
, Old & New school has arose
at an angry pitch. The Elders believing they
had a Majority began to whisper they should
change their Pastor. Doct. Cummins
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Person

Name: Charles Cummins Birth: 1776-07-15 Death: 1863-01-09
come out
instantly as a dismission from the Congregation
stating that through Judge Wilkenson
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Person

Name: Samuel Wilkeson Birth: 1781-06-01 Death: 1848-07-07
he had
the offer of an agency in the Colinisation society
that afforded him a better Salary. Started
off to Washington
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Place

Name:  City:  Washington D.C. County:   State:  DC Country:  US
and has not preached for us
since. How shall we get along without the Society of the
Dr & family
Page 2

I see the Court of Chancery are reporting a ^Discisons^ number
how stands our Carver vs Wood & Wood. The Chancellor
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Person

Name: Reuben Walworth Birth: 1788-10-26 Death: 1867-11-27

and you are so wide apart I fear it will go bad.
I think you informed me Mr S Stevens
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Person

Name: Samuel Stevens Birth: 1794-09-01 Death: 1854-09-11Certainty: Possible
was
imployed. I have no confidence in our New B.
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Place

Name:  City:  Newburgh County:  Orange State:  NY Country:  US
Gentlemen. Will you if possible to spare time
look to it occasionally. Marcy
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Person

Name: William  Marcy Birth: 1786-12-12 Death: 1857-07-04Certainty: Possible
you know
appointed Old Dis
Unknown
to fill a vacancy in the Office
of Turnpike Inspector. What has become of this
The Troop say too they mean to have him out
His horse has been shaved Tar & feathered
he is a scandal to the County a flaughingstock
for everybody. And yet the sole Committee
man for Warwick riding the County over
to carry the Town meetings. How long shall we
be infested with such reptiles. We beat them
in the fall we shall beat them againn
if our people do their duty but Warwick you
know is lacking energy. Dock. Comt. run out 20 days
after the first of January do look at this.
Jennings
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Person

Name: Benjamin Seward Birth: 1793-08-23 Death: 1841-02-24
when here talks of returning and
Contracting to have a Vault built. This under
present circumstances seems Necessary. It is dis-
honorable to intrude on Mr Steward
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Person

Name: John Steward Birth: 1777-04-04 Death: 1854-12-19Certainty: Probable

Will you bring your family down When this
session ends. Love to all. Your affectionate
father
S S Seward
W H Seward
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Florida
March 20th
His Excel. W.H.Seward
Albany
Single
seward-pen
Unknown
S.S. SewardMarch 20, 1839
date: 
Wednesday, March 20, 1839
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