Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, October 2, 1839
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, October 2, 1839
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1839-10-02
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, October 2, 1839
action: sent
sender:
Benjamin Seward
Person
Name: Benjamin Seward
Birth: 1793-08-23
Death: 1841-02-24
Person
location:
Unknown
receiver:
Frances Seward
Person
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
Person
location:
UnknownUnknown
transcription: cef
revision: ekk 2016-01-28
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My dear Sister
My plan was to procure
a letter from my father
Name: Samuel Seward
Birth: 1768-12-05
Death: 1849-08-24
& the assumption
of the responsibility of sending the children
children
children
Name: Frederick Canfield
Birth: 1827
Death: 1829
Certainty: Probable
Name: Caroline Beattie
Birth: 1834-07-25
Death: 1922-02-28
Certainty: Probable
Name: Francis Canfield
Birth: 1832-02-20
Death: 1876-01-14
Certainty: Probable
Name: Augustus Canfield
Birth: 1829-12-04
Death: 1867-10-25
Certainty: Probable
home by some careful female, but
he utterly refused. My next desire was
to put the children to board in the
village, to this mother
Name: Mary Seward
Birth: 1769-11-27
Death: 1844-12-11
objected at the
moment. My determination to have
no hand in imposing the burthen &
care of those children on a feeble
sister, remains unshaken. My plan
now is to send them back with
a letter from Marcia
Name: Marcia Seward
Birth: 1794-07-23
Death: 1839-10-25
- saying
nothing more than this that she
does not feel at liberty to carry
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them to you, and this will be
done unless you or Henry
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
write
to Florida
Name: City: Florida
County: Orange
State: NY
Country: US
to prevent it, if you
wish, differently write & whatever
you desire shall be done
Your affectionate Brother
B.J.S.
2 Oct
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
Jennings Oct 2
1839
My dear Sister
My plan was to procure
a letter from my father
Person
of the responsibility of sending the children
People
People
People
home by some careful female, but
he utterly refused. My next desire was
to put the children to board in the
village, to this mother
Person
moment. My determination to have
no hand in imposing the burthen &
care of those children on a feeble
sister, remains unshaken. My plan
now is to send them back with
a letter from Marcia
Person
nothing more than this that she
does not feel at liberty to carry
them to you, and this will be
done unless you or Henry
Person
to Florida
Place
wish, differently write & whatever
you desire shall be done
Your affectionate Brother
B.J.S.
2 Oct
Person
1839
date:
Wednesday, October 2, 1839
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