Letter from Clarence Armstong Seward to William Henry Seward, July 19, 1850
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Letter from Clarence Armstong Seward to William Henry Seward, July 19, 1850
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1850-07-19
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Letter from Clarence Armstong Seward to William Henry Seward, July 19, 1850
action: sent
sender:
Clarence Seward
Person
Name: Clarence Seward
Birth: 1828-10-07
Death: 1897-07-24
Person
location:
Auburn NY
Place
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
Place
receiver:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
Washington D.C. DC
Place
Name: City: Washington D.C.
County:
State: DC
Country: US
Place
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revision: crb 2016-07-01
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Page 1
Auburn July 19, 1850
My Dear Uncle,
My friend Mr Samuel G. Kerfoot
Name: Samuel Kerfoot
Birth: 1823-12-18
Death: 1896-12-28Certainty: Probable
of Chicago
Name: City: Chicago
County: Cook
State: IL
Country: US
intends visiting the Sault Ste Marie
Name: City: Sault Ste. Marie
County: Chippewa
State: MI
Country: US
, for the purpose of transacting
some business at the land office in that place, and desires to
obtain a letter of introduction to the Registrar & Receiver there,
from the General Land Office at Washington.
Will you if circumstances permit obtain from
Mr Butterfield
Name: Daniel Butterfield
Birth: 1831-10-31
Death: 1901-07-17
a letter introducing Mr Kerfoot and forward
the same to me here.
I regret thus to trouble you and can only offer
as an apology my sincere desire to oblige Mr Kerfoot.
Ever gratefully & affectionately
Your Nephew
Clarence A Seward.
The Honorable
William H. Seward.
U. S. Senate
Washington
(D. C.)
Page 2
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Will Mr Butterfield have the goodness to send such a
letter as is above requested. if not improper or inconvenient
WHSilliam H Seward
July 23.
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Auburn July 19, 1850
My Dear Uncle,
My friend Mr Samuel G. Kerfoot
Person
Place
intends visiting the Sault Ste Marie
Place
some business at the land office in that place, and desires to
obtain a letter of introduction to the Registrar & Receiver there,
from the General Land Office at Washington.
Will you if circumstances permit obtain from
Mr Butterfield
Person
the same to me here.
I regret thus to trouble you and can only offer
as an apology my sincere desire to oblige Mr Kerfoot.
Ever gratefully & affectionately
Your Nephew
Clarence A Seward.
The Honorable
William H. Seward.
U. S. Senate
Washington
(D. C.)
Person
letter as is above requested. if not improper or inconvenient
WHSilliam H Seward
July 23.
Unknown
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Friday, July 19, 1850
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