Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 19, 1837
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 19,
1837
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1837-05-19
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 19, 1837
action: sent
sender: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Philadelphia, PA
receiver: Benjamin Seward
Birth: 1793-08-23
Death: 1841-02-24
location: Westfield, NY
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revision: crb 2015-10-23
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Philada May 19.
My dear Jennings,
I wish you to be relieved of further
solicitude concerning the object of my coming here.
I have assurances of the requisite aid, but it is de-
sirable that the matter be supposed by our associates
to be uncertain until we meet in Albany on
the 28th instant.
I go to Bargaintown tomorrow. Return on
Monday, and then to New York & Albany. Our
board of proprietors meet at Albany on the 28th.
After that I return to Auburn.
I have a letter from you requesting me to pay
Halstead & Hains $100 for you. You must postpone
them until after the 1st of July when my pay-
ments will be over. If that will not do write to
me at Auburn & I will remit
Ever your friend & brother
WH Seward
B.J. Seward Esq
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B. J. Seward Esq
Chautauqua Land Office
Westfield
New York
Philadelphia Pa MAY 20
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May 19, 1837
Philada May 19.
My dear Jennings,
I wish you to be relieved of further
solicitude concerning the object of my coming here.
I have assurances of the requisite aid, but it is de-
sirable that the matter be supposed by our associates
to be uncertain until we meet in Albany on
the 28th instant.
I go to Bargaintown tomorrow. Return on
Monday, and then to New York & Albany. Our
board of proprietors meet at Albany on the 28th.
After that I return to Auburn.
I have a letter from you requesting me to pay
Halstead & Hains $100 for you. You must postpone
them until after the 1st of July when my pay-
ments will be over. If that will not do write to
me at Auburn & I will remit
To relax as intensity; to make less tense or violent • To forgive; to surrender the right of punishing a crime • To pardon, as a fault or crime • To give up; to resign • To send back • To transmit money, bills, or other things in payment for goods • To restore • To slacken • To abate in violence for a time •
from there. Ever your friend & brother
WH Seward
B.J. Seward Esq
B. J. Seward Esq
Chautauqua Land Office
Westfield
New York
Philadelphia Pa MAY 20
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Birth: 1793-08-23 Death: 1841-02-24