Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 4, 1837
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 4, 1837
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Distributor:Seward Family Papers Project
Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1837-05-04
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 4, 1837
action: sent
sender:
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
receiver:
Benjamin Seward
Person
Name: Benjamin Seward
Birth: 1793-08-23
Death: 1841-02-24
Person
location:
Westfield NY
Place
Name: City: Westfield
County: Chautauqua County
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: sgl
revision: crb 2015-10-23
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Page 1
Albany, May 4.
My dear J,
Safe arrived here with Judge M
Name: Elijah Miller
Birth: 1772-04-11
Death: 1851-11-13
. Find
no immediate cause of alarm for R
not to be known at Batavia.
Found a letter from our father
Name: Samuel Seward
Birth: 1768-12-05
Death: 1849-08-24
, imploring me to
go directly to him – am going with my good father
in law this afternoon.
I Return in a few days to Albany
Name: City: Albany
County:
State: NY
Country: US
, where I hope to
find letters from you. Push the abstract through with
all speed and send that & the books by safe hand
to care of J. L. Rathbone
Name: Jared Rathbone
Birth: 1791-08-02
Death: 1845-05-13
Albany. Let me know
by return mail how soon they will come.
You have no idea of the horrible trouble
in N.Y.
Name: City: New York
County:
State: NY
Country: US
They go by 156 20 a day – A Tappan
Name: Arthur Tappan
Birth: 1786-05-22
Death: 1865-07-23
P. & J. S. Crary
Name: John Crary
Birth: 1785-03-18
Death: 1837-11-01
Name: Peter Crary
Birth: 1781-02-12
Death: 1842-11-03
etc.
Yours ever
WHS.
Page 2
Benjamin J. Seward Esq.
Chautauqua Land Office
Westfield
ALBANY MAY 4
Type: postmark
Name: Benjamin Seward
Birth: 1793-08-23
Death: 1841-02-24
May 4, 1837
Albany, May 4.
My dear J,
Safe arrived here with Judge M
Person
no immediate cause of alarm for R
Unknown
, but this not to be known at Batavia.
Found a letter from our father
Person
go directly to him – am going with my good father
in law this afternoon.
I Return in a few days to Albany
Place
find letters from you. Push the abstract through with
all speed and send that & the books by safe hand
to care of J. L. Rathbone
Person
by return mail how soon they will come.
You have no idea of the horrible trouble
in N.Y.
Place
Person
P. & J. S. Crary
People
Yours ever
WHS.
Benjamin J. Seward Esq.
Chautauqua Land Office
Westfield
ALBANY MAY 4
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Person
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Thursday, May 4, 1837
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