Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, June 21, 1838
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, June 21, 1838
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Date:1838-06-21
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, June 21, 1838
action: sent
sender:
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
receiver:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
UnknownUnknown
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revision: ekk 2015-11-12
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Chautauque Land Office
Westfield June 21,1838
Dear Henry;
I send you herewith our “Office
Expense Account” with items in detail;
together with such few bills or vouchers
of moment, as were at hand.
Doubtless there are other vouchers; but
Bradley
Name: Collins Bradley
Birth: 1808-01-19
Death: 1890-07-09
you know never distinguished
between a bill and a letter. I cannot
at the moment single them out from
the mass of letters & papers he has
filed away.
From the anxiety you showed to
have this extended account at an early
day, I have supposed it necessary
to send you a copy as soon as possible:
& therefore give you the rough prepa-
ration, without stopping to improve or
transcribe it: This must be my apol-
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ogy for sending you a paper with so
many marks of haste upon it.
As you will see, we had remitted
a little over $1,000 in April to the
Genl Land Office – and the arrival
of Junius A Smith
Name: Junius Smith
Birth: 1807-05-13
Death: 1864-07-29
– (charged with
an examination of some items in the
schedules prepared by Humphreys
Name: George Humphreys
Birth: 1814-03-15
Death: 1885-06-09
, of
errors, with our land Ledgers;) furnishes
me opportunity, which I embrace to
remit $3,156.87 more.
We are doing but little.
Your Grateful Brother
B J Seward
Smith’s marriage brings another
partner into the concern & diminishes
the Clerk – we gain little help by it.
He expects (I learn) to visit Auburn
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
ere long – my present impression is
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that it will be well to procure someone
in his stead & while he is there, to
write him not to return. If this
be against your wishes, write me.
P.S. Second. The Vouchers make such
a ponderous parcel, although there are
few of them compared with the number
of items in the account, that
I concluded on second reflection
to omit sending them.
B.J.S.
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W. H. Seward Esq
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
B. J. Seward
Jun 21, 1838.
Chautauque Land Office
Westfield June 21,1838
Dear Henry;
I send you herewith our “Office
Expense Account” with items in detail;
together with such few bills or vouchers
of moment, as were at hand.
Doubtless there are other vouchers; but
Bradley
Person
between a bill and a letter. I cannot
at the moment single them out from
the mass of letters & papers he has
filed away.
From the anxiety you showed to
have this extended account at an early
day, I have supposed it necessary
to send you a copy as soon as possible:
& therefore give you the rough prepa-
ration, without stopping to improve or
transcribe it: This must be my apol-
ogy for sending you a paper with so
many marks of haste upon it.
As you will see, we had remitted
a little over $1,000 in April to the
Genl Land Office – and the arrival
of Junius A Smith
Person
an examination of some items in the
schedules prepared by Humphreys
Person
errors, with our land Ledgers;) furnishes
me opportunity, which I embrace to
remit $3,156.87 more.
We are doing but little.
Your Grateful Brother
B J Seward
Smith’s marriage brings another
partner into the concern & diminishes
the Clerk – we gain little help by it.
He expects (I learn) to visit Auburn
Place
ere long – my present impression is
that it will be well to procure someone
in his stead & while he is there, to
write him not to return. If this
be against your wishes, write me.
P.S. Second. The Vouchers make such
a ponderous parcel, although there are
few of them compared with the number
of items in the account, that
I concluded on second reflection
to omit sending them.
B.J.S.
W. H. Seward Esq
Person
Jun 21, 1838.
date:
Thursday, June 21, 1838
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