Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 24, 1839
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 24, 1839
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Date:1839-12-24
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 24, 1839
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:
Albany NY
Place
Name: City: Albany
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: nds
revision: ekk 2016-02-02
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Harmony Hall Westfield 24 Dec 1839
Dear Henry
I am solicited for a letter to favour
the application of Martin Morse
of measurer of grain in N.Y. : and although
I feel extreme repugnance on many accounts
to such a service, I have concluded to k
that I can do no less on this occasion
than to write.
Mr Morse is just what you see him, a
plain, bustling, active, acceptable man of
business. I do not doubt that he would
do the duties of such a station with faithful-
ness and satisfaction to all concerned: and
I should be very glad if you could feel
it to be proper to give him the appointment
he asks.
The ground of my desire is altogether
personal. The wife
for many years made her house one
of the pleasant stopping places of our
fathers
Name: Samuel Seward
Birth: 1768-12-05
Death: 1849-08-24
family and mine. Since Augus-
tus
Name: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1820-05-18
Death: 1889-05-08
entered college this has been one
of his homes : & during the summer
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it was our dear mothers
Name: Mary Seward
Birth: 1769-11-27
Death: 1844-12-11
expectation that
Mrs Morse would spend a week or
two in Florida
Name: City: Florida
County: Orange
State: NY
Country: US
with her in company
with my lamented wife
Name: Marcia Seward
Birth: 1794-07-23
Death: 1839-10-28
– but this purpose
was somehow overruled.
I am grieved with their reverse of
fortune and would gladly aid them on
the score of gratitute as well as benev-
olence, do anything in my power to
bring them relief.
Pray inform me, when writing, if
you can find time for a line & think
of it – what the prospect is.
We are all well.
Your grateful brother
BJ Seward
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W. H. Seward Esq
Albany
Westfield N. Y. Dec 23 24
Type: postmark

N.Y
Measurer of Grain
Harmony Hall Westfield 24 Dec 1839
Dear Henry
I am solicited for a letter to favour
the application of Martin Morse
Unknown
for the officeof measurer of grain in N.Y. : and although
I feel extreme repugnance on many accounts
to such a service, I have concluded to k
that I can do no less on this occasion
than to write.
Mr Morse is just what you see him, a
plain, bustling, active, acceptable man of
business. I do not doubt that he would
do the duties of such a station with faithful-
ness and satisfaction to all concerned: and
I should be very glad if you could feel
it to be proper to give him the appointment
he asks.
The ground of my desire is altogether
personal. The wife
Unknown
of Mr. Morse, has for many years made her house one
of the pleasant stopping places of our
fathers
Person
Person
of his homes : & during the summer
it was our dear mothers
Person
Mrs Morse would spend a week or
two in Florida
Place
with my lamented wife
Person
was somehow overruled.
I am grieved with their reverse of
fortune and would gladly aid them on
the score of gratitute as well as benev-
olence, do anything in my power to
bring them relief.
Pray inform me, when writing, if
you can find time for a line & think
of it – what the prospect is.
We are all well.
Your grateful brother
BJ Seward
W. H. Seward Esq
Albany
Westfield N. Y. Dec 23 24
Stamp
Unknown
Martin MorseN.Y
Measurer of Grain
date:
Tuesday, December 24, 1839
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