Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, November 6, 1839

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, November 6, 1839

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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1839-11-06

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, November 6, 1839

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sender: 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

receiver: Benjamin Seward
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Person

Name: Benjamin Seward Birth: 1793-08-23 Death: 1841-02-24

location: Westfield NY
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Place

Name:  City:  Westfield County:  Chautauqua State:  NY Country:  US

transcription: keh 

revision: ekk 2016-01-29

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Albany Nov. 6.
My dear J.
On the 15/18 Nov. I have a note to pay here. The failure to hear from you
this far leads me to fear that a remittance as desired may have miscarried – or that
the letter requesting it has failed to reach you.
Frances
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Person

Name: Frances Seward Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
has been ill but is better. Nicholas
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Person

Name: Nicholas Bogart Birth: 1801-12-24 Death: 1893-02-15
is better.
The Whigs say they have 600 majority in this city and feel sure of 500 to 600 in the
county. The polls have closed. New York
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Place

Name:  City:  New York County:   State:  NY Country:  US
is probably, almost certainly lost.
Except that loss the Whigs are full of confidence in relation to the state. But
it is too late to speculate upon results.
W.H.S.
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Benjamin J Seward Esq.
Westfield
Chautauque Co.
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Person

Name: Benjamin Seward Birth: 1793-08-23 Death: 1841-02-24
November 6, 1839
date: 
Wednesday, November 6, 1839
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