Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, June 22, 1837

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, June 22, 1837
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Distributor:Seward Family Papers Project

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1837-06-22

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, June 22, 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: mah 

revision: crb 2015-11-02

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Auburn June 22d.
My dear J,
I leave today for New York & Philadelphia,
to close my affairs as early as possible & early next month
will be with you. Please so say to anybody whom
it may concern.
Please say to Mr. Rumsey
Unknown
I shall attend to his
business there as [ efficienty ]
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Alternate Text: efficiently
and promptly as I can.
Your letter is recd. Henry Smiths
 Death: 1850-08-12
marriage was
announced by him to his parents. It was a rash step
and necessarily alarmed them much. If it shall make
him more sensible of the necessity of establishing incomplible
habits of industry and enterprise it may and probably will
be of service to him. I hope it will have that effect. Soli-
citous for his welfare and sympathy with his family
in the affliction of his father’s
Unknown
illness, I have said what was
best calculated to earn their kind [ consideation ]
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Alternate Text: consideration
of his pre=
maturely assuming so fearful responsibilities. Please show
him thus much of this letter.
T.W.
Birth: 1797-11-15 Death: 1882-11-22
will send you the deed & proper letter.
Write to New York until you hear from me.
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Benjamin J. Seward Esq.
Westfield
Chautauqua Co.
Auburn N.Y.
JUN 22
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Benjamin Seward

Birth: 1793-08-23 Death: 1841-02-24
June 22. 1837