Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 6, 1825
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 6, 1825
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1825-08-06
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 6, 1825
action: sent
sender: Benjamin Seward
Birth: 1793-08-23
Death: 1841-02-24
location: New York, NY
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: UnknownUnknown
transcription: cnk
revision: tap 2017-10-02
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New York 6 Augst 1825
Dear Henry
I have been boring Washington
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Left edge of page burned, supplied words where possible.
he Mr Barnes
[ c ]
Reason: holeearly vexed them both – I have conclu-
ded to wait no longer for the key – – have
deducted the probable charge $4 and depos-
ited the residue of the money collected
for you with the Allens
I recd this $100 about a week since
[ fr ]
Reason: holeom young Mr Henring
Judge Miller
pay the Bills of Cost at the Utica
term of some court this autumn & he
[ pr ]
Reason: holeetended to be offended because I
[ imp ]
Reason: holearted I would have back the papers &
he had borrowed them – & still has them.
He says there is one item of overcharge
therefore has given only $100 – & promised
[ to ]
Reason: hole pay the remaining $5 12/100 to Judge M in
Utica
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should it prove that there is no
overcharge
I have been half determined to
write you for a long time part
tell you a long story about Cornelia
– but have been deterred from doing so
because a letter holds so little that I
knew I should not be able to give you
any definitive idea about it.
She mentioned to me last evening
that this same idea had prevented
her also from writing
It is highly probable that you [ will ]
Reason: hole
know it from fountain head very [hole]
I learn she is to go to the [hole]
to meet you —
Yours Sincerely
B.J. Seward
New York 6 Augst 1825
Dear Henry
I have been boring Washington
Birth: 1808-08-26 Death: 1888-12-07
e
Editorial Note
Birth: 1785-04-25 Death: 1828-10-27
about your key until it[ c ]
Supplied
ded to wait no longer for the key – – have
deducted the probable charge $4 and depos-
ited the residue of the money collected
for you with the Allens
Unknown
– $96.–I recd this $100 about a week since
[ fr ]
Supplied
Unknown
, who told me that Judge Miller
Birth: 1772-04-11 Death: 1851-11-13
assured him that he couldpay the Bills of Cost at the Utica
term of some court this autumn & he
[ pr ]
Supplied
[ imp ]
Supplied
he had borrowed them – & still has them.
He says there is one item of overcharge
therefore has given only $100 – & promised
[ to ]
Supplied
Utica
should it prove that there is no
overcharge
I have been half determined to
write you for a long time part
tell you a long story about Cornelia
Birth: 1805 Death: 1839-01-04
– but have been deterred from doing so
because a letter holds so little that I
knew I should not be able to give you
any definitive idea about it.
She mentioned to me last evening
that this same idea had prevented
her also from writing
It is highly probable that you [ will ]
Supplied
know it from fountain head very [hole]
I learn she is to go to the [hole]
to meet you —
Yours Sincerely
B.J. Seward