Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, June 8, 1839

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, June 8, 1839
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1839-06-08

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, June 8, 1839

action: sent

sender: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16  Death: 1872-10-10

location: Auburn, NY

receiver: Benjamin Seward
Birth: 1793-08-23  Death: 1841-02-24

location: Westfield, NY

transcription: kac 

revision: ekk 2016-01-28

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Auburn June 8th.1839.
My dear Jennings,
Your letter of the 3d. instant was received last evening. I am rejoiced
to hear that Marcia
Birth: 1794-07-23 Death: 1839-10-25
is in New going to Orange. She is of course to make a visit here
on her way.
I have been ploughing slowly through the apparently endless business with
Cook
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and Maxwell
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. It has been tedious in the extreme and when my official
duties and the time occupied by calls are considered it must be obvious that
I have very little time for labor. Under these circumstances I have called
my Secretary
Birth: 1820-03-09 Death: 1893-07-07
up here and I have now a prospect of going through
next week with this and the Underwood
Birth: 1797-03-07 Death: 1864-01-05
and Jones
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business. Now it
will remain to see what can be done as to assigning the Chautauqua
mortgages with William Duer
Birth: 1805-05-25 Death: 1879-08-25
. How soon I can reach you I cannot
yet say. I am making an excellent wise and safe arrangement
with Cook and Maxwell. Your receipts in Chautaqua relieve me of all
fear of the ^un^ successful result of that great enterprise.
Yours affectionately,
William H. Seward.
Benj. J. Seward Esq.
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Benjamin J. Seward Esq
Wesfield
Chautauqua Co.
AUBURN
JUN
8
N.Y.
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Benjamin Seward

Birth: 1793-08-23 Death: 1841-02-24Certainty: Probable
June 8, 1839