Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, June 21, 1838
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, June 21,
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Date:1838-06-21
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, June 21, 1838
action: sent
sender: Benjamin Seward
Birth: 1793-08-23
Death: 1841-02-24
location: Westfield, NY
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: UnknownUnknown
transcription: sss
revision: ekk 2015-11-12
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Chautauque Land Office
Westfield June 21,1838
Dear Henry;
I send you herewith our “Office
Expense Account” with items in detail;
together with such few bills or vouchers
of moment, as were at hand.
Doubtless there are other vouchers; but
Bradley
between a bill and a letter. I cannot
at the moment single them out from
the mass of letters & papers he has
filed away.
From the anxiety you showed to
have this extended account at an early
day, I have supposed it necessary
to send you a copy as soon as possible:
& therefore give you the rough prepa-
ration, without stopping to improve or
transcribe it: This must be my apol-
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ogy for sending you a paper with so
many marks of haste upon it.
As you will see, we had remitted
a little over $1,000 in April to the
Genl Land Office – and the arrival
of Junius A Smith
an examination of some items in the
schedules prepared by Humphreys
errors, with our land Ledgers;) furnishes
me opportunity, which I embrace to
remit
We are doing but little.
Your Grateful Brother
B J Seward
Smith’s marriage brings another
partner into the concern & diminishes
the Clerk – we gain little help by it.
He expects (I learn) to visit Auburn
ere
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that it will be well to procure someone
in his stead & while he is there, to
write him not to return. If this
be against your wishes, write me.
P.S. Second. The Vouchers make such
a ponderous parcel, although there are
few of them compared with the number
of items in the account, that
I concluded on second reflection
to omit sending them.
B.J.S.
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W. H. Seward Esq
h
B. J. Seward
Jun 21, 1838.
Chautauque Land Office
Westfield June 21,1838
Dear Henry;
I send you herewith our “Office
Expense Account” with items in detail;
together with such few bills or vouchers
of moment, as were at hand.
Doubtless there are other vouchers; but
Bradley
Birth: 1808-01-19 Death: 1890-07-09
you know never distinguishedbetween a bill and a letter. I cannot
at the moment single them out from
the mass of letters & papers he has
filed away.
From the anxiety you showed to
have this extended account at an early
day, I have supposed it necessary
to send you a copy as soon as possible:
& therefore give you the rough prepa-
ration, without stopping to improve or
transcribe it: This must be my apol-
ogy for sending you a paper with so
many marks of haste upon it.
As you will see, we had remitted
a little over $1,000 in April to the
Genl Land Office – and the arrival
of Junius A Smith
Birth: 1807-05-13 Death: 1864-07-29
– (charged
withan examination of some items in the
schedules prepared by Humphreys
Birth: 1814-03-15 Death: 1885-06-09
, of errors, with our land Ledgers;) furnishes
me opportunity, which I embrace to
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 •
$3,156.87 more.We are doing but little.
Your Grateful Brother
B J Seward
Smith’s marriage brings another
partner into the concern & diminishes
the Clerk – we gain little help by it.
He expects (I learn) to visit Auburn
ere
Before; sooner than •
long – my present impression isthat it will be well to procure someone
in his stead & while he is there, to
write him not to return. If this
be against your wishes, write me.
P.S. Second. The Vouchers make such
a ponderous parcel, although there are
few of them compared with the number
of items in the account, that
I concluded on second reflection
to omit sending them.
B.J.S.
W. H. Seward Esq
h
Hand Shift
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10William Seward
Jun 21, 1838.