Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 4, 1837

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 4, 1837
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Distributor:Seward Family Papers Project

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1837-05-04

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 4, 1837

action: sent

sender: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16  Death: 1872-10-10

location: Auburn, NY

receiver: Benjamin Seward
Birth: 1793-08-23  Death: 1841-02-24

location: Westfield, NY

transcription: sgl 

revision: crb 2015-10-23

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Albany, May 4.
My dear J,
Safe arrived here with Judge M
Birth: 1772-04-11 Death: 1851-11-13
. Find
no immediate cause of alarm for R
Unknown
, but this
not to be known at Batavia.
Found a letter from our father
Birth: 1768-12-05 Death: 1849-08-24
, imploring me to
go directly to him – am going with my good father
in law this afternoon.
I Return in a few days to Albany, where I hope to
find letters from you. Push the abstract through with
all speed and send that & the books by safe hand
to care of J. L. Rathbone
Birth: 1791-08-02 Death: 1845-05-13
Albany. Let me know
by return mail how soon they will come.
You have no idea of the horrible trouble
in N.Y. They go by 156 20 a day – A Tappan
Birth: 1786-05-22 Death: 1865-07-23

P. & J. S. Crary
x Birth: 1785-03-18  Death: 1837-11-01  Birth: 1781-02-12  Death: 1842-11-03 
etc.
Yours ever
WHS.
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Benjamin J. Seward Esq.
Chautauqua Land Office
Westfield
ALBANY
MAY
4
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Stamp

Type: postmark

Hand Shiftx

Benjamin Seward

Birth: 1793-08-23 Death: 1841-02-24
May 4, 1837