Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, September 14, 1839
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, September 14, 1839
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1839-09-14
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, September 14, 1839
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:
Frances Seward
Person
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
Person
location:
UnknownUnknown
transcription: mah
revision: ekk 2016-01-28
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Land Office 14 Sept. 1839
My dear Father Frances
I have written brother H.
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
this hour to say that I will meet
him at Auburn
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
on the 28th, but
fear he may not be in Albany
Name: City: Albany
County: Albany
State: NY
Country: US
to
answer me. May I beg you my
good sister to advise me if you
know, what may be his arrange-
ments, so that if there be no
probability of our meeting there
on that day I may employ
a few days in business elsewhere
prior to his arrival.
Marcia
Name: Marcia Seward
Birth: 1794-07-23
Death: 1839-10-25
will return with
me. I am At my suggestion, she
brings a niece with her from
Florida
Name: City: Florida
County: Orange
State: NY
Country: US
, Miss Finn
Name: Sarah Seward
Birth: 1817
Death: 1883-04-17Certainty: Probable
. The dear
lady is embarrassed to pieces
by the arrival of Dr Canfield
Name: Mahlon Canfield
Birth: 1798-11-26
Death: 1865-01-05
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with his two children
Unknown
Unknown
, saying that
he understood her offer to be to take
them up to you, (the offer was
to take one & train it up as our
own.) Father
Name: Samuel Seward
Birth: 1768-12-05
Death: 1849-08-24
was ill, no under-
standing was had before Dr C.
left. Father says he will pay
for their schooling, but will not
have them there. I have in-
structed Marcia to assume no
responsibility about them, in the
least degree.
Our people were perfectly de-
lighted with Bishop Delancy
Name: William De Lancey
Birth: 1797-10-08
Death: 1865-04-05
.
He is I think an elegant man.
When do you move?
The Lord bless you dear Sis
Your unworthy Brother
BJ Seward
[left Margin]
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
Jennings Sep 14th
,1839
Land Office 14 Sept. 1839
My dear Father Frances
I have written brother H.
Person
this hour to say that I will meet
him at Auburn
Place
fear he may not be in Albany
Place
answer me. May I beg you my
good sister to advise me if you
know, what may be his arrange-
ments, so that if there be no
probability of our meeting there
on that day I may employ
a few days in business elsewhere
prior to his arrival.
Marcia
Person
me. I am At my suggestion, she
brings a niece with her from
Florida
Place
Person
lady is embarrassed to pieces
by the arrival of Dr Canfield
Person
with his two children
People
Unknown
Unknown
he understood her offer to be to take
them up to you, (the offer was
to take one & train it up as our
own.) Father
Person
standing was had before Dr C.
left. Father says he will pay
for their schooling, but will not
have them there. I have in-
structed Marcia to assume no
responsibility about them, in the
least degree.
Our people were perfectly de-
lighted with Bishop Delancy
Person
He is I think an elegant man.
When do you move?
The Lord bless you dear Sis
Your unworthy Brother
BJ Seward
[left Margin]
Person
,1839
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Saturday, September 14, 1839
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