Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 18, 1838
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 18, 1838
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1838-08-18
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 18, 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:
Auburn NY
Place
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: mah
revision: ekk 2015-11-18
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Dr Henry
Underwood
nearly all the lands we gave him, says
they are calculated for additions to farms
not for farms. We have given him
the pieces in Mina
Name: City: Mina
County: Chautauqua County
State: NY
Country: US
, Clymer
Name: City: Clymer
County: Chautauqua County
State: NY
Country: US
& Sherman
Name: City: Sherman
County: Chautauqua
State: NY
Country: US
& he puts out early in Monday mor’g.
He seems in [ prety ]
Alternate Text: pretty good spirits, has been
examining with Lewis
Name: Abner Lewis
Birth: 1801-08-07
Death: 1879-10-12
all this long eve-
ning, patiently & cheerfully, although he says
he was not quite so well pleased as he
was the trip before.
So you took Augustus
Name: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1820-05-18
Death: 1889-05-08
on, well
His mother
Name: Marcia Seward
Birth: 1794-07-23
Death: 1839-10-28
was frantic about him.
Marvin
Name: Dudley Marvin
Birth: 1786-05-09
Death: 1856-06-25Certainty: Probable
sent you a letter, ostensibly
to inform you of Pattersons
Name: William Patterson
Birth: 1789-06-04
Death: 1838-08-14
death, really
I doubt not, to show a friendly feeling.
I was glad to see it for he was very
modest about show[ ing ]
Reason: wax-seal friendship when I
saw him.
Wrote P.
Name: Edwin Seward
Birth: 1799-07-02
Death: 1872-04-25
as you requested.
Employed Y.
as I could, set the urgency of the
case before him fully, & save him
at work for a while for dear life
& presently missing him, found him
looking over a game of gammon.
A dozen calls for you today.
Yours as ever
B
Sat. eve’g 10.
Page 2
W.H. Seward Esq
Auburn
N.Y.
Westfield N.Y. Aug 19
Type: postmark
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
B.J. Seward
Aug. 19. 1838.
Dr Henry
Underwood
Unknown
has returned, examinednearly all the lands we gave him, says
they are calculated for additions to farms
not for farms. We have given him
the pieces in Mina
Place
Place
Place
& he puts out early in Monday mor’g.
He seems in [ prety ]
Alternate Text
examining with Lewis
Person
ning, patiently & cheerfully, although he says
he was not quite so well pleased as he
was the trip before.
So you took Augustus
Person
His mother
Person
Marvin
Person
to inform you of Pattersons
Person
I doubt not, to show a friendly feeling.
I was glad to see it for he was very
modest about show[ ing ]
Supplied
saw him.
Wrote P.
Person
Employed Y.
Unknown
, made a forceful appeal as I could, set the urgency of the
case before him fully, & save him
at work for a while for dear life
& presently missing him, found him
looking over a game of gammon.
A dozen calls for you today.
Yours as ever
B
Sat. eve’g 10.
W.H. Seward Esq
Auburn
N.Y.
Westfield N.Y. Aug 19
Stamp
Person
Aug. 19. 1838.
date:
Saturday, August 18, 1838
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