Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, January 24, 1835

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Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, January 24, 1835
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Distributor:Seward Family Papers Project

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1835-01-24

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Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, January 24, 1835

action: sent

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

location: Florida, NY

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

location: Auburn, NY

transcription: mah 

revision: ekk 2015-10-16

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Florida 24 Jan 1835
My Dear Henry
We are anxious to hear how our dear
Francis
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
is since your return home. Will you
have the goodness to write without delay and state
particular as to her health. It gives me great pleasure
to reflect that you are [ agaim ]
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placed in a situation
where you can enjoy the company of your family[ , ]
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your friends and the pursuits of your profession
[ unalloied ]
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with political [ intreague ]
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. My ardent
desire is that you may long be suffered to remaine
in this retirement as the most honorable station,
still when I read Thomas H Bentons
Birth: 1782-03-14 Death: 1858-04-10
fulsom
production as an e ^u^ logy on the life of Martin Van
Buren
Birth: 1782-12-05 Death: 1862-07-24
, Written no doubt by Van Buren him-
self[ , ]
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I heartily wis[ hed to ]
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Reason: wax-seal
see it [ riped ]
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up and
exposed to the Worl[ d, a ]
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nd felt willing you
should so far leave your retirement as for
ours to strip them of their assumed Worth
known only in [ intreague ]
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Reason: 
duplicity and
fraud. I thought of mentioning to you
a few of their base misrepresentations
but knowing you will discover them at a
glance I forbear to trouble you with a single
remark on this barefaced slander on public
information. My health is growing daily
more delicate, the complaint in my side is
becoming more tender and troublesome[ . ]
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I am pretty much confined to my room[ , ]
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sometimes ride a few miles in a pleasant
day. Ma
Birth: 1769-11-27 Death: 1844-12-11
s health is also delicate. If your business
permits I shall be pleased to have you
spend a few days with us when the river
opens. No word of the Road yet[ . ]
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Truly and Affectionately Yours
Wm H Seward Esq [hole] Sam S Seward
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Florida
Jan/26
183/4
William H Seward Esquire
Auburn
Cayuga Co
New York
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William Seward

Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
S.S.Seward
Jan 24. 1835