Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, June 10, 1834
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, June 10, 1834
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, June 10, 1834
action: sent
sender:
Benjamin Seward
Person
Name: Benjamin Seward
Birth: 1793-08-23
Death: 1841-02-24
Person
location:
New York NY
Place
Name: City: New York
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Place
receiver:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
Auburn NY
Place
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: keh
revision: ekk 2015-10-15
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Page 1
N. Y. 10 June 1834
Dear Henry
I have yours of May 25 –
found it waiting my return from
New Haven
Name: City: New Haven
County: New Haven County
State: CT
Country: US
.
My dear good Marcia
Name: Marcia Seward
Birth: 1794-07-23
Death: 1839-10-28
is re-
lieved of the trouble she was [ trug- gling ]
Alternate Text: struggling with when I last saw you,
but still she is far from being well
– indeed I am much concerned about
her – she wastes in flesh & strength
& spirits. For the most part she
is about house, but is so pale
and weak & wretched, that I fear
some permanent disease has laid
hold on her & it greatly alarms me.
I rejoice to hear you speak
so encouraging of the Politicks of
your end of the state. An awful
contest is before us here this autumn.
The Tories say they were caught
napping the last time, but this
election they will be up & doing[ . ]
Reason:
Page 2
I am pleased that our Corporation
made such clean work of it in
ferriting out old rats in the Crevvices
of the corporation. "To the victors
belong the spoils"
Some objection is made to J.B.
but I hear none to the Least – indeed
none would be likely to reach me.
The objection is that some man
who has fought the whole battle
other things being equal is better
entitled: what think you.
Things go about right too in
Washington
Name: City: Washington D.C.
County:
State: DC
Country: US
, and I should have
full faith that Kind Providence
would bring us safe through, only
that I know, that a wicked na-
tion like ours must be scourged
to bring them back to duty. Our
impious mail department & our profane
President
Name: Andrew Jackson
Birth: 1767-03-15
Death: 1845-06-08
are in a prety pickel, but
what else ought we to expect. The
principles of true religion governed
Washington & he escaped such excesses.
Page 3
But it is a misterious Providence to me
that the good old men who framed our Gov
ernent & set it up, should have been suf-
fered to fall beneath the ruthless feet of
Anti Federalists. A little more scope of
vision it is likely would unriddle it for me.
I have written to H. Seward
Name: Henry Seward
Birth: 1793-04-15
Death: 1871-08-27
as you suggest. My love to
Francis
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
– tell her I regret exceed-
ingly she was not with me to
New Haven – it is
the most delightful
place in the world.
And old Noah Web- ster
Name: Noah Webster
Birth: 1758-10-16
Death: 1843-04-28
is there – a true Whig,
& an Anti mason and truly re-
ligious – a patriarch indeed.
I have rarely been so much
pleased with a visit of a week
– suppose we take our wives there
in August?
Yours Very affectionately
B.J. Seward
Page 4
Please to tell sister Frances to send me
down by you, her miniature likeness when
you come. I want a copy of it.
Hon. W. H Seward
Auburn
Private
New York
NEW YORK JUN 10
Type: postmark
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
B. J. Seward
June 10. 1834
N. Y. 10 June 1834
Dear Henry
I have yours of May 25 –
found it waiting my return from
New Haven
Place
My dear good Marcia
Person
lieved of the trouble she was [ trug- gling ]
Alternate Text
but still she is far from being well
– indeed I am much concerned about
her – she wastes in flesh & strength
& spirits. For the most part she
is about house, but is so pale
and weak & wretched, that I fear
some permanent disease has laid
hold on her & it greatly alarms me.
I rejoice to hear you speak
so encouraging of the Politicks of
your end of the state. An awful
contest is before us here this autumn.
The Tories say they were caught
napping the last time, but this
election they will be up & doing[ . ]
Supplied
I am pleased that our Corporation
made such clean work of it in
ferriting out old rats in the Crevvices
of the corporation. "To the victors
belong the spoils"
Some objection is made to J.B.
Unknown
but I hear none to the Least – indeed
none would be likely to reach me.
The objection is that some man
who has fought the whole battle
other things being equal is better
entitled: what think you.
Things go about right too in
Washington
Place
full faith that Kind Providence
would bring us safe through, only
that I know, that a wicked na-
tion like ours must be scourged
to bring them back to duty. Our
impious mail department & our profane
President
Person
what else ought we to expect. The
principles of true religion governed
Washington & he escaped such excesses.
But it is a misterious Providence to me
that the good old men who framed our Gov
ernent & set it up, should have been suf-
fered to fall beneath the ruthless feet of
Anti Federalists. A little more scope of
vision it is likely would unriddle it for me.
I have written to H. Seward
Person
as you suggest. My love to
Francis
Person
ingly she was not with me to
New Haven – it is
the most delightful
place in the world.
And old Noah Web- ster
Person
& an Anti mason and truly re-
ligious – a patriarch indeed.
I have rarely been so much
pleased with a visit of a week
– suppose we take our wives there
in August?
Yours Very affectionately
B.J. Seward
Please to tell sister Frances to send me
down by you, her miniature likeness when
you come. I want a copy of it.
Hon. W. H Seward
Auburn
Private
New York
NEW YORK JUN 10
Stamp
Person
June 10. 1834
date:
Tuesday, June 10, 1834
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