Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 20, 1840
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 20,
1840
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Date:1840-03-20
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 20, 1840
action: sent
sender: Benjamin Seward
Birth: 1793-08-23
Death: 1841-02-24
location: Westfield, NY
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Albany, NY
transcription: crb
revision: tap 2017-03-28
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Land Office March 20
1840
Dear Henry
Having made safe arrival
at home and dispatched my accumulated
correspondence, I feel inclined to trouble you
with a word or two.
as on former occasions of return
from a visit to you, I feel increasing
regret that I failed of consultations with
you upon several points. I have wished
very much to object obtain your judgment
whether my mode, with the Attorneys
of the county, is wise & judicious:
whether my plans of collections is right;
particularly in regard to Articles:
I wished also to ask you questions about
certain points of law, bearing upon our
proceedings in the office - and I further
wished to explain to you something of my
own private affairs: but as no proper
opportunity offered, I must reserve my
enquiries, to another day.
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Our receipts are small - perhaps one
quarter less than during the same season
last year. I have no means of knowing
at a glance, how much they have fallen
off although I intend soon to have - Smith
did not post up his books while I was
absent - a thing he never neglected before -
but this description of trouble is nearly over
as he will leave me in a month or two.
The pressure occasions much complaint
among the people & much suing here.
We have an hundred mortgage
advertisement - all nearly two years behind:
but I trust that a very large proportion
of them will be adjusted before sale day.
Out of 200 cases (perhaps) of former ad-
vertisement, not more than 20 cases now
remain unsettled.
Mr Duer
I hope will execute the power I left with
Mr Blatchford
to answer him, I will state that the
interest received here on your equitable
proportion of the estate, amounts to a
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sum less by $6.260, than the interest
due upon your bond, from its date up to
the 31st day of Dec last. And so of the
others in proportion. The whole receipt for
you has been, up to the same day, as
Principal $35.844.96 - as Interest $24.152.70
not including your proportion of $5.075.
received on deposite in sums too small
for endorsement on bonds.
I have supposed that it would
be well for you to join heartily &
k[ indly ]
Reason: wax-seal in an effort with
Cook
Maxwell
less they will, to obtain the favour
they ask of the Trust Co: although
I greatly fear, whether granted or not
it will avail but little for their relief.
In their application to me about it, I refer
Cook & M to you.
I am made very happy by the appoint-
ment of my friend in New York city.
Politically, all is thought to be very
safe here. It is Mr Kibby
who writes from here for the Argus.
Your grateful brother B.J. Seward
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Wm H. Seward Esq.
Albany
h
B.J. Seward
March 20. 1840
WESTFIELD
NY
MAR
21
Type: postmark
Land Office March 20
1840
Dear Henry
Having made safe arrival
at home and dispatched my accumulated
correspondence, I feel inclined to trouble you
with a word or two.
as on former occasions of return
from a visit to you, I feel increasing
regret that I failed of consultations with
you upon several points. I have wished
very much to object obtain your judgment
whether my mode, with the Attorneys
of the county, is wise & judicious:
whether my plans of collections is right;
particularly in regard to Articles:
I wished also to ask you questions about
certain points of law, bearing upon our
proceedings in the office - and I further
wished to explain to you something of my
own private affairs: but as no proper
opportunity offered, I must reserve my
enquiries, to another day.
Our receipts are small - perhaps one
quarter less than during the same season
last year. I have no means of knowing
at a glance, how much they have fallen
off although I intend soon to have - Smith
Death: 1850-08-12
did not post up his books while I was
absent - a thing he never neglected before -
but this description of trouble is nearly over
as he will leave me in a month or two.
The pressure occasions much complaint
among the people & much suing here.
We have an hundred mortgage
The charging of property by a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt, on the condition that it shall be returned on the payment of the debt within a certain period • Convey property to a creditor as security on a loan •
cases inadvertisement - all nearly two years behind:
but I trust that a very large proportion
of them will be adjusted before sale day.
Out of 200 cases (perhaps) of former ad-
vertisement, not more than 20 cases now
remain unsettled.
Mr Duer
Birth: 1805-05-25 Death: 1879-08-25
I see has returned - and I hope will execute the power I left with
Mr Blatchford
Birth: 1820-03-09 Death: 1893-07-07
. In order to enable you
to answer him, I will state that the
interest received here on your equitable
proportion of the estate, amounts to a
sum less by $6.260, than the interest
due upon your bond, from its date up to
the 31st day of Dec last. And so of the
others in proportion. The whole receipt for
you has been, up to the same day, as
Principal $35.844.96 - as Interest $24.152.70
not including your proportion of $5.075.
received on deposite in sums too small
for endorsement on bonds.
I have supposed that it would
be well for you to join heartily &
k[ indly ]
Supplied
Birth: 1800-11-20 Death: 1866-10-16
&Maxwell
Birth: 1794-02-11 Death: 1856-11-22
, if they ask it as doubt-less they will, to obtain the favour
they ask of the Trust Co: although
I greatly fear, whether granted or not
it will avail but little for their relief.
In their application to me about it, I refer
Cook & M to you.
I am made very happy by the appoint-
ment of my friend in New York city.
Politically, all is thought to be very
safe here. It is Mr Kibby
Birth: 1767-03-04 Death: 1841-08-04
I
think who writes from here for the Argus.
Your grateful brother B.J. Seward
Wm H. Seward Esq.
Albany
h
Hand Shift
Birth: 1820-03-09 Death: 1893-07-07Samuel Blatchford
March 20. 1840
WESTFIELD
NY
MAR
21