Letter from Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to William Henry Seward, February 19, 1842

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Letter from Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to William Henry Seward, February 19, 1842

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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1842-02-19

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Letter from Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to William Henry Seward, February 19, 1842

action: sent

sender: Mahlon Canfield
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Person

Name: Mahlon Canfield Birth: 1798-11-26 Death: 1865-01-05

location: Trenton NJ
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Place

Name:  City:  Trenton County:  Mercer State:  NJ Country:  US

receiver: William Seward
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Person

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

location: Unknown
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transcription: nds 

revision: ekk 2016-02-04

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Trenton, Feby, 19, 1842,
My Dear Sir,
I am ever reluctant to
trespass upon your time, & would not, if I
could possibly avoid it. From what passed
as Boston
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Place

Name:  City:  Boston County:  Suffolk State:  MA Country:  US
, unfortunate as I was, on that occasion,
I felt assured of your willingness to do me a
particular service, if I should need it.
It would distress me to death to believe there
could be any doubt or misunderstanding on the
subject, but, perhaps, there may be, & if so, in what
a position, have I placed myself, by referring
Govr Lincoln
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Person

Name: Levi Lincoln Birth: 1782-10-25 Death: 1868-05-29
to you. I did it because I thought it
would be most satisfactory to him. He wrote to you,
some 3 or 4 weeks since, & on the 13th.. I am very sure,
he has not heard from you. I hope you will not
withhold an answer to his letter from any tenderness
to me, for I would much rather you would
speak unfavorably of me, than be silent. Thus I
might explain, but, what there can be to explain,
after having been well known to you & to Mrs Seward
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Person

Name: Frances Seward Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
,
so many years, & having recieved from both innumer-
able evidences of regard, I cannot imagine.
There is nothing. —
I wishll to go to Boston, on the 20,
& in the present state of things, I can hardly
anticipate a pleasant visit. I hope it may be
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otherwise, & that you will save me from this
great embarrassment, which I must suffer, if I
find Gov. Lincoln's letter still unanswered.
Very truly yours:
M. D. Canfield
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M. C. Canfield
February 1842.
date: 
Saturday, February 19, 1842
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