Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 16, 1838
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 16, 1838
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Date:1838-10-16
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 16, 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: ekk 2015-11-11
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Page 1
Westfield Oct 16. 1838
Dear H.
Nomination here you know is tanta-
mount to election, and our assembly men
are to be Abner Lewis
Name: Abner Lewis
Birth: 1801-08-07
Death: 1879-10-12
, Judson
Name: Timothy Judson
Birth: 1801-11-02
Death: 1872-03-10
of Portland
Name: City: Portland
County: Chautauqua County
State: NY
Country: US
a good sensible farmer, and Dr Ellsworth
Name: Waterman Ellsworth
Birth: 1797-12-14
Death: 1849-01-06
of Stockton
Name: City: Stockton
County: Chautauqua
State: NY
Country: US
, a thick set smiling looking
man that you may recollect, a better
looking man but not half the member
that Benedict
Name: Odin Benedict
Birth: 1805-08-20
Death: 1874-03-11
would have made.
Everyone is disappointed. Ellery
Name:
Birth:
Death:
was
indiscreet enough to nominate the Dr, at
home, & this arrogance, with his former
immoral conduct, it is said defeated the
Dr & he is sadly mortified. Our Young
Name: Samuel Young
Birth: 1787-03-16
Death: 1857-06-25Certainty: Probable
,
dislikes Ellsworth & is vexed. Benedict & his
friends say that the whole ticket will suffer.
French
Name: George French
Birth: 1798
Death: 1865-01-29
& his friends must also be
dissatisfied, but after all, I am of opinion
we shall lose but little.
Resolutions were passed in conventions
intended to repel the charges of Croswell & Co
about Land office frauds, but a proposition
to appoint an investigating Com. was voted down
on the ground that no impression was made[ . ]
Reason:
[left Margin] Ruggles
Name: Samuel Ruggles
Birth: 1800-04-11
Death: 1881-08-28Certainty: Possible
has prepared an able and long report. That is the first man
in the whig ranks in the county.
Page 2
Dear Dear for Ohio
Name: Ohio City:
County:
State: OH
Country: US
, and oh dear for Penn.
Name: Pennsylvania City:
County:
State: PA
Country: US
and now huzza for Harrison
Name: William Harrison
Birth: 1773-02-09
Death: 1841-04-04
, if 60 or 70 votes in the
west are to be had for any man, it must be
by old Tippecanoe
Name: William Harrison
Birth: 1773-02-09
Death: 1841-04-04
, at least so it seems to me.
I rejoice to hear you say that the a _n
American life Insurance and Trust Company
matter is
of less moment than you supposed. We are all anx-
iety about Van Halls
Name: Peter Van Hall
Birth: 1799-12-23
Death:
affair. This is an ugly thing,
so is the Humphrey
Name: Lucius Humphrey
Birth: 1799-07-02
Death: 1878-04-14Certainty: Probable
matter.
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
B.J.Seward
Oct 16. 1838
Westfield Oct 16. 1838
Dear H.
Nomination here you know is tanta-
mount to election, and our assembly men
are to be Abner Lewis
Person
Person
Place
a good sensible farmer, and Dr Ellsworth
Person
of Stockton
Place
man that you may recollect, a better
looking man but not half the member
that Benedict
Person
Everyone is disappointed. Ellery
Person
indiscreet enough to nominate the Dr, at
home, & this arrogance, with his former
immoral conduct, it is said defeated the
Dr & he is sadly mortified. Our Young
Person
dislikes Ellsworth & is vexed. Benedict & his
friends say that the whole ticket will suffer.
French
Person
dissatisfied, but after all, I am of opinion
we shall lose but little.
Resolutions were passed in conventions
intended to repel the charges of Croswell & Co
about Land office frauds, but a proposition
to appoint an investigating Com. was voted down
on the ground that no impression was made[ . ]
Supplied
[left Margin] Ruggles
Person
in the whig ranks in the county.
Dear Dear for Ohio
Place
Place
and now huzza for Harrison
Person
west are to be had for any man, it must be
by old Tippecanoe
Person
I rejoice to hear you say that the a _n
American life Insurance and Trust CompanyEditorial Note
of less moment than you supposed. We are all anx-
iety about Van Halls
Person
so is the Humphrey
Person
Person
Oct 16. 1838
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Tuesday, October 16, 1838
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