Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 4, 1838
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 4, 1838
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Date:1838-10-04
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 4, 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: dxt
revision: ekk 2015-11-05
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Page 1
W___d – 4. Oct. ‘38
Dr H. – The more I reflect upon the position
taken by the a
American Life Insurance and Trust Company
— the more apprehension it gives
me. Considering that the time is short, it
seemed, at first, as if dodging it, would be an
admissible way of disposing of the difficulty,
but upon reflection, I find little comfort in this
for, besides the just odium of such a course,
there is danger, that offence would be taken at
a constructive contempt: & the spirit would rise
saying if you cannot speak, I cannot act.
Still I am not sure but this is the easiest
way to dispose of the question: and at all haz-
ards, I know the deliberate judgment of yourself
& your friends will settle it right & I will
stay myself there.
Some of our friends are alarmed on ac-
count of the Crugar
Name: George Crooker
Birth: 1799
Death: 1874
(or Crooker interest, is it)
of Cattaraugus
Name: City: Cattaraugus
County: Cattaraugus
State: NY
Country:
. The V.B.
Name: Martin Van Buren
Birth: 1782-12-05
Death: 1862-07-24
convention last week
adjourned to see what ours would do this week.
Our delegates bore all down before them in fa-
vour of M.
Name: William Marcy
Birth: 1786-12-12
Death: 1857-07-04
The C men are dissatisfied, &
are likely to set up a candidate of their own.
If we split, V.B. men will allow, the conservatives
to nominate Williams
Name: Abner Lewis
Birth: 1801-08-07
Death: 1879-10-12Certainty: Probable
themselves, to run against our divided forces.
W. informs me that he will stand, but says
it is not his expectation nor is it Walter Smiths
Name: Walter Smith
Birth: 1800-03-21
Death: 1874-09-21
wish that it will infavourably effect our general
ticket, but they will do all they can for a
mixed ticket – mixed, as yet they know not ^how^ far.
Page 2
R
Name: Jared Rathbone
Birth: 1791-08-02
Death: 1845-05-13Certainty: Probable
. – called on me this morning to borrow
$1,000, and I knew not how else to dispose of the
question likely to do him service, or to save his
feelings. Still I may be placing you in an
unpleasant position: and as I was not quite
sure you would be pleased to have me deny
his application, in toto, I concluded to give
the matter, the direction you see, promising not
to do so ungracious a thing another time.
The story he tells is that his search of
the records of the supreme court only come down
to Feb last, since which two little judgments of
the sum mentioned have been obtained against him.
Robinson
pleted & then his money will be ready for him
and he wishes the money to put these two
judgments out of the way. He says he
would have spoken to you about it, but saw
you full of cares & thought it rather to be
his duty to go to Jameston
Name: City: Jamestown
County: Chautauqua County
State: NY
Country: US
– which now
he has done & failed there. If you can
oblige him without inconvenience he will be
grateful & I will be glad – if you cannot, he
begs you to excuse the trouble he gives you
& to return the inclosed.
W
Name: City: Mina
County: Chautauqua County
State: NY
Country: US
– like K.
R.
not discovered: such men deserve to be spewed
out of the mouth of their own party & denied
all confidence, in every other party.
Yours B.
Page 3
No 1 2 copies made
2.
Nos. 3,4,5 one copy each
Page 4
W___d – 4. Oct. ‘38
Dr H. – The more I reflect upon the position
taken by the a
Editorial Note
me. Considering that the time is short, it
seemed, at first, as if dodging it, would be an
admissible way of disposing of the difficulty,
but upon reflection, I find little comfort in this
for, besides the just odium of such a course,
there is danger, that offence would be taken at
a constructive contempt: & the spirit would rise
saying if you cannot speak, I cannot act.
Still I am not sure but this is the easiest
way to dispose of the question: and at all haz-
ards, I know the deliberate judgment of yourself
& your friends will settle it right & I will
stay myself there.
Some of our friends are alarmed on ac-
count of the Crugar
Person
of Cattaraugus
Place
Person
adjourned to see what ours would do this week.
Our delegates bore all down before them in fa-
vour of M.
Person
are likely to set up a candidate of their own.
If we split, V.B. men will allow, the conservatives
to nominate Williams
Unknown
– or perhaps nominate LewisPerson
themselves, to run against our divided forces.
W. informs me that he will stand, but says
it is not his expectation nor is it Walter Smiths
Person
wish that it will infavourably effect our general
ticket, but they will do all they can for a
mixed ticket – mixed, as yet they know not ^how^ far.
R
Person
$1,000, and I knew not how else to dispose of the
question likely to do him service, or to save his
feelings. Still I may be placing you in an
unpleasant position: and as I was not quite
sure you would be pleased to have me deny
his application, in toto, I concluded to give
the matter, the direction you see, promising not
to do so ungracious a thing another time.
The story he tells is that his search of
the records of the supreme court only come down
to Feb last, since which two little judgments of
the sum mentioned have been obtained against him.
Robinson
Unknown
writes him to have this search com-pleted & then his money will be ready for him
and he wishes the money to put these two
judgments out of the way. He says he
would have spoken to you about it, but saw
you full of cares & thought it rather to be
his duty to go to Jameston
Place
he has done & failed there. If you can
oblige him without inconvenience he will be
grateful & I will be glad – if you cannot, he
begs you to excuse the trouble he gives you
& to return the inclosed.
W
Unknown
– is here from MinaPlace
Unknown
& CUnknown
& R.
Unknown
& B.Unknown
of our own village, is materialized, butnot discovered: such men deserve to be spewed
out of the mouth of their own party & denied
all confidence, in every other party.
Yours B.
No 1 2 copies made
2.
Nos. 3,4,5 one copy each
date:
Thursday, October 4, 1838
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