Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, September 15, 1838
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, September 15, 1838
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Date:1838-09-15
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, September 15, 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
transcription: mah
revision: crb 2016-02-04
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Westfield 15 Sept 1838
Dear Henry
I have yours of the absorbing 12th.
Smith
Name: Austin Smith
Birth: 1804-03-16
Death: 1904-10-24Certainty: Probable
has made a sort of adjustment of
the Farnsworth
Name: Joseph Farnsworth
Birth: 1775-07-16
Death: 1855-09-26
affair: particulars another day
I have ^been^ admonished, how little the great
public feel in relation to topicks of most
thrilling interest to the few. Today, I
was in Fredonia
Name: City: Fredonia
County: Chautauqua County
State: NY
Country: US
when the mail arrived,
desirous to be modest about my desire for
news, I hung about, watched every open-
ing seal, caught whispers & put
myself everywhere to learn what ^might^ be
communicated, & had the mortification
to find, not only that no one recieved
a single line of convention news, but no
one seemed either surprized or disap-
pointed that it was so. Another day
will tell the story. Kind Providence
send you a good deliverance
Nothing from Duer
Name: John Duer
Birth: 1782-10-07
Death: 1858-08-08
.
Yours most gratefully
B.J.
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Westfield 15 Sept 1838
Dear Henry
I have yours of the absorbing 12th.
Smith
Person
the Farnsworth
Person
I have ^been^ admonished, how little the great
public feel in relation to topicks of most
thrilling interest to the few. Today, I
was in Fredonia
Place
desirous to be modest about my desire for
news, I hung about, watched every open-
ing seal, caught whispers & put
myself everywhere to learn what ^might^ be
communicated, & had the mortification
to find, not only that no one recieved
a single line of convention news, but no
one seemed either surprized or disap-
pointed that it was so. Another day
will tell the story. Kind Providence
send you a good deliverance
Nothing from Duer
Person
Yours most gratefully
B.J.
date:
Saturday, September 15, 1838
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