Letter from William Henry Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, January 20, 1845

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, January 20, 1845

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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1845-01-20

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, January 20, 1845

action: sent

sender: William Seward
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Person

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

location: Auburn NY
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Place

Name:  City:  Auburn County:  Cayuga State:  NY Country:  US

receiver: Samuel Seward
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Person

Name: Samuel Seward Birth: 1768-12-05 Death: 1849-08-24

location: Florida NY
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Place

Name:  City:  Florida County:  Orange State:  NY Country:  US

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revision: ekk 2016-03-09

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Auburn January 20th 1845.
My Dea Se Father,
By direct of Mr Seward w ^I^ send you a copy ^of Bates & McKissock bill of cost^ of their
Bill of Costs in the case of Seward vs Wood
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Person

Name: Daniel Wood Birth: 1800-01-11 Death: 1859-08-18Certainty: Possible
and Wood
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Person

Name: William Wood Birth:  Death: 
.
As all the costs exc bills of costs in Chemung
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Place

Name:  City:  Chemung County:  Chemung State:  NY Country:  US
have been taxed they
will be recovered against the Defendants if you succeed in the
case before the Court of Error. These amount to $394.09.
The costs in the Supreme Court amounting to $ 37.88 we paid
were incurred by the commencement of a trial in that court
and by Bates & McKissock when I before Mr Seward ^I^ was consulted
and he ^before I^ advised to discretion that visit and file the bill in
Chemung which advice was adopted. Mr Seward direct us
to inform you that, These costs are greatly payable to Bate
& McKissock by you but cannot be recovered back again
from the Defendants in any event.
Bates & McKissock acknowledge that you have paid them
a counsel fee of fifty dollars, and they claim a partial
counsel fee of fifty dollars as you will see by their letter
to Mr Lewis ^me^ of which we ^I^ send you a copy. Mr Seward directs
us to pay that Couns Whatever you pay for counsel fees
cant be received back again for the Defendants.
The matter there stands there. Out of P
exclusive of your counsel fee
The whole Bill of costs & counsel fees ^Add counsel fee before paid^ is
Add counsel fee before paid
$549.55
50
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50.00
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599.55
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of this amount you will recover back again from the Defend-
ants if you received four hundred sixty one dollars and
forty seven cents. Mr Seward directs us to pay fourth
that Although I think the charge of One Hundred dollars
counsel fees not absolutely unreasonable, yet I consider
the smallness of the amount in controversy and the very
large bill of taxed costs that the Bates & McKissock
have received ^and the fact that Mr SewardI direct, the unique bill in the case and advised the rent^ he I think that they ought to be ratified
with twenty five dollars a ^a further^ counsel fee of twenty five
dollars in addition to what they have received, and
we have to written to the we have ^Mr Seward^ ^Mr Seward has I have^ written to them
they therefore will
to call on you for by Mr Lewis’s clients to call
on you or draw on you ^for receipt^ as follows for but,
Amount of their Bills, of costs & ^now received^ $549.55
Less 25.00
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$ 524.55
And on your paying them that we ^1524.55^ the papers will be
sent to us ^me^ and the whole visit will be in our ^my^ hands.
It is proper to say that the bills of Bates & McKissock
indeed for nearly all the costs which can occur in
the Court of Errors - Please advise us when
Very respectfully
your
you will please advise me without delay & when you ^the matter^ has
been aspected- I remain your affectionate son
William H Seward
seward-pen
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Person

Name: Samuel Blatchford Birth: 1820-03-09 Death: 1893-07-07
Mr Coleman
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has called on me and declined to take that loan, because I
required semi-annual interest. I have negotiated to buy for you from Col Jacobs
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Person

Name: Solomon  Jacobs Birth: 1798-02-17 Death: 1853-09-30

a good bond and mortgage of $1400 or $1500 - and shall be able to send you
the bond and mortgage in two or three weeks, I walked to the office today
with crutches and am doing quite well.
Dr[ aft ]
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Letter of WH Seward
To Samuel S Seward
Jany. 20. 1845.
date: 
Monday, January 20, 1845
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