Letter from Edwin Polydore Seward to William Henry Seward, February, 1864
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Letter from Edwin Polydore Seward to William Henry Seward, February, 1864
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Date:1864-02
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Letter from Edwin Polydore Seward to William Henry Seward, February, 1864
action: sent
sender: Edwin Seward
Birth: 1799
Death: 1872-04-23
location: Unknown
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: UnknownUnknown
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revision: crb 2016-07-01
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Dear Brother,
As Mr Mapes
Birth: 1841-12-14 Death: 1893-11-13
was away from homeI did not see him till this morning
Mr Mapes agrees to sell his house & lot for Four
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
I agree to take the same at that Price
Mr Mapes is to have ^two^ Thousand Dollars down on
the first of July & take a Mortgage for the ballance
of the Purchase money.
Mr Mapes will rent the old Mansion of me with
a part of the Garden. The Cabinet Makers shop I rent
to Miss Brown
Unknown
for an Infant schoolMr Mapes & I will exchange places the first of next
Week & make an agreement for the land
As Israel Seward
Birth: 1798-05-09 Death: 1868-11
has a part (& all the best) of yourland I would like to rent all the land to the fence
this side of the Vault or take the whole at one hundred
Dollars rent as all beyond the Vault wants improv-
ing Israel Pays Mr Grier
Birth: 1802-09-27 Death: 1878-12-20
Thirty Dollars for whathe has. I will Pay Fifty for the lands to the East
of the Vault for a term of years & will Plow & seed
the upland all in good Condition.
your Aff'te Brother Edwin P Seward
Hon William H Seward Sect of State
PS if you wish the old Mansion we can agree when you come [ ov ]
Alternate Text
yours E P Seward