Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, April 7, 1838
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, April 7, 1838
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Date:1838-04-07
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, April 7, 1838
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: ahf
revision: ekk 2015-11-23
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Auburn April 7. 1838.
I am sorry my dear J, to hear so gloomy an account of your
week's labor but trust you will establish better regulations.
My last fortnights labor has been quite as unprofitable.
The only thing of consequence I have effected has been the sale
of one of my stores for ready pay at a future day, and the
leasing of another which was vacant.
Much I have had to do however in politics, all
our town meetings have been held, on one day, and I have
enjoyed no reprieve, having been hurried into the bustle of
preperation, and congratulated out of all quiet since
the result. Thank Heaven the Country will profit by
all this lost time & My gardening comes all at once.
And I have to leave it at the very time when all ought
to be done that is ever to be done.
There is nothing new except that the Regency in their
desperation have mounted the New York & Erie Railroad
as their last hope to retrieve their fortunes. We shall see
with what success.
The personal question between others & myself remains
Unsettled, but I think it assumes no unfavorable shape.
I leave here on Monday the 9th instant for New York [ . ]
Reason:
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You will please address letters, Care of the Am L. I & Trust
Co. as before. I will write you as soon as I reach New
York. I dread to go there in these excited political times.
I still think you must be under a mistake about these
schedules, as I looked carefully through all my books
and papers at Batavia. I have not had him to do so
since I came here. Should I find them I will advise
you.
Love to all
Yours ever
W. H. S.
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Benjamin J. Seward Esq.
Chautauqua Land office
Westfield.
AUBURN N.Y.
APR 7
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Auburn April 7. 1838.
I am sorry my dear J, to hear so gloomy an account of your
week's labor but trust you will establish better regulations.
My last fortnights labor has been quite as unprofitable.
The only thing of consequence I have effected has been the sale
of one of my stores for ready pay at a future day, and the
leasing of another which was vacant.
Much I have had to do however in politics, all
our town meetings have been held, on one day, and I have
enjoyed no reprieve, having been hurried into the bustle of
preperation, and congratulated out of all quiet since
the result. Thank Heaven the Country will profit by
all this lost time & My gardening comes all at once.
And I have to leave it at the very time when all ought
to be done that is ever to be done.
There is nothing new except that the Regency in their
desperation have mounted the New York & Erie Railroad
as their last hope to retrieve their fortunes. We shall see
with what success.
The personal question between others & myself remains
Unsettled, but I think it assumes no unfavorable shape.
I leave here on Monday the 9th instant for New York [ . ]
Supplied
You will please address letters, Care of the Am L. I & Trust
Co. as before. I will write you as soon as I reach New
York. I dread to go there in these excited political times.
I still think you must be under a mistake about these
schedules, as I looked carefully through all my books
and papers at Batavia. I have not had him to do so
since I came here. Should I find them I will advise
you.
Love to all
Yours ever
W. H. S.
Benjamin J. Seward Esq.
Chautauqua Land office
Westfield.
AUBURN N.Y.
APR 7
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April 7. 1838