Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 18, 1838
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 18, 1838
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1838-08-18
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, August 18, 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: Auburn, NY
transcription: mah
revision: ekk 2015-11-18
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Dr Henry
Underwood
nearly all the lands we gave him, says
they are calculated for additions to farms
not for farms. We have given him
the pieces in Mina, Clymer & Sherman
& he puts out early in Monday mor’g.
He seems in [ prety ]
Alternate Text: pretty good spirits, has been
examining with Lewis
ning, patiently & cheerfully, although he says
he was not quite so well pleased as he
was the trip before.
So you took Augustus
His mother
Marvin
to inform you of Pattersons
I doubt not, to show a friendly feeling.
I was glad to see it for he was very
modest about show[ ing ]
Reason: wax-seal friendship when I
saw him.
Wrote P.
Employed Y.
as I could, set the urgency of the
case before him fully, & save him
at work for a while for dear life
& presently missing him, found him
looking over a game of gammon.
A dozen calls for you today.
Yours as ever
B
Sat. eve’g 10.
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W.H. Seward Esq
Auburn
N.Y.
Westfield N.Y.
Aug 19
Type: postmark
h
B.J. Seward
Aug. 19. 1838.
Dr Henry
Underwood
Unknown
has returned, examinednearly all the lands we gave him, says
they are calculated for additions to farms
not for farms. We have given him
the pieces in Mina, Clymer & Sherman
& he puts out early in Monday mor’g.
He seems in [ prety ]
Alternate Text
examining with Lewis
Birth: 1801-08-07 Death: 1879-10-12
all this long eve-ning, patiently & cheerfully, although he says
he was not quite so well pleased as he
was the trip before.
So you took Augustus
Birth: 1820-05-18 Death: 1889-05-08
on, wellHis mother
Birth: 1794-07-23 Death: 1839-10-25
was frantic about him. Marvin
Birth: 1786-05-09 Death: 1856-06-25Certainty: Probable
sent you a letter, ostensibly to inform you of Pattersons
Birth: 1789-06-04 Death: 1838-08-14
death, reallyI doubt not, to show a friendly feeling.
I was glad to see it for he was very
modest about show[ ing ]
Supplied
saw him.
Wrote P.
Birth: 1799 Death: 1872-04-23
as you requested. Employed Y.
Unknown
, made a forceful appeal as I could, set the urgency of the
case before him fully, & save him
at work for a while for dear life
& presently missing him, found him
looking over a game of gammon.
A dozen calls for you today.
Yours as ever
B
Sat. eve’g 10.
W.H. Seward Esq
Auburn
N.Y.
Westfield N.Y.
Aug 19
Stamp
h
Hand Shift
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10William Seward
Aug. 19. 1838.