Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, November 27, 1834
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, November 27,
1834
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Date:1834-11-27
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, November 27, 1834
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: Washington D.C., US
transcription: msr
revision: obm 2017-03-08
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N.Y. 27 Nov '34
My Dear Brother
I was much gratifyed to
recieve your letter informing me
that you were at your post again.
-My business will not admit of my
leaving home before the last of next
week: then I hope to meet you.
Norton
Birth: 1795-04-28 Death: 1869-06-13
has become a little disaf-fected towards my employers-& it has
extended itself to me can you not
say a good word for me, if by
chance you & he meet.
I am really consoled, after
our horrible flogging that you ran
ahead of the Whig ticket it many
& indeed in a majority of districts
Frelinghuysen
Birth: 1787-03-28 Death: 1862-04-12
, I learn is full ofcourage—but I cannot learn
whether the senate is sufficiently
strong to dispense with Sprague
Birth: 1793-04-27 Death: 1880-10-13
& whether he has resigned by
consent of friends. I hope
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Hand Shift
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10William Seward
Nov 27.1834.
that some favourable occurrence at Wash-
ington will change the aspect of things
during the present session of congress—
& indeed I think these are al-
ready indications of it. But
more of this when we meet
Your affectionate Brother
B.J. Seward