Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 10, 1839
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 10, 1839
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Date:1839-12-10
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 10, 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:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
Albany NY
Place
Name: City: Albany
County: Albany
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: mah
revision: ekk 2016-02-02
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Westfield Dec. 10. 1839
Dear Henry
Since you are so kind
as to offer to take have a copy ^taken^ of the
picture in New York
Name: City: New York
County:
State: NY
Country: US
, I have thought
that it would be less trouble to you
and a pleasure to me, sas you lost
a former copy in the great fire
to order one from the hand of the
same artist.
Your request to have dear
Cornelia
Name: Caroline Beattie
Birth: 1834-07-25
Death: 1922-02-28Certainty: Probable
sent you shall be complyed
with. I am glad if you have
time to think of these tender sub-
jects, & I suppose too, it is as much
as ever. Believe me it will hereafter
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occasion you anything else than
regret, that you have done so,
accept my sincere thanks for
your brotherly love & sympathy.
Can I do anything for you in
return?
The Cincinnati
Name: City: Cincinnati
County: Hamilton
State: OH
Country: US
matter shall
be as you direct.
I am no way satisfied, as
a matter of business with what I
was able to do in Auburn
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
. But things
were suffering here & are suffering
now, and I hardly knew which
way to bestow my time. I
think now, that I must give
attention to a lot of suits &
unsettled accounts for a
while, & by & by run over
to Auburn, to see what can
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be done with the property for
another year.
Austin Smith
Name: Austin Smith
Birth: 1804-03-16
Death: 1904-10-24
beat Mullet
Name: James Mullett
Birth: 1784-10-17
Death: 1858-09-10
before the convention for surro-
gate.
The Lord bless you
Your grateful Brother
BJ Seward
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W.H. Seward Esq
Albany
Paid chg 59.
Westfield N.Y. Dec 11
Type: postmark
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
B.J. Seward
Dec 10. 1839
Westfield Dec. 10. 1839
Dear Henry
Since you are so kind
as to offer to take have a copy ^taken^ of the
picture in New York
Place
that it would be less trouble to you
and a pleasure to me, sas you lost
a former copy in the great fire
to order one from the hand of the
same artist.
Your request to have dear
Cornelia
Person
with. I am glad if you have
time to think of these tender sub-
jects, & I suppose too, it is as much
as ever. Believe me it will hereafter
occasion you anything else than
regret, that you have done so,
accept my sincere thanks for
your brotherly love & sympathy.
Can I do anything for you in
return?
The Cincinnati
Place
be as you direct.
I am no way satisfied, as
a matter of business with what I
was able to do in Auburn
Place
were suffering here & are suffering
now, and I hardly knew which
way to bestow my time. I
think now, that I must give
attention to a lot of suits &
unsettled accounts for a
while, & by & by run over
to Auburn, to see what can
be done with the property for
another year.
Austin Smith
Person
Person
before the convention for surro-
gate.
The Lord bless you
Your grateful Brother
BJ Seward
W.H. Seward Esq
Albany
Paid chg 59.
Westfield N.Y. Dec 11
Stamp
Person
Dec 10. 1839
date:
Tuesday, December 10, 1839
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