Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 3, 1838

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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 3, 1838
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Distributor:Seward Family Papers Project

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1838-10-03

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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 3, 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: crb 

revision: ekk 2015-11-05

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W_______d 3 Oct.
Dr Henry
I have your letter from Buffalo
& shall shall endeavor to hold an a steady
hand.
Not a word from D.
Unknown
or any one else
touching the execution of the deeds.
I have this day sent J.D.
Birth: 1782-10-07 Death: 1858-08-08
your
draft on Ch. Co Bank $623. 90/100 - & list of
all previous remittances - and asked
an acknowledgement.
I do not think F.
Unknown
____'s article you
sent me, quite full enough to meet
the case- although perhaps enough to
say at one time.
DJ.
Birth: 1817-02-06 Death: 1897-11-09Certainty: Probable
has been in to say that there
is more mischief at work than you
immagine - but it is probable that his
fear was excited by a simple expression
of opinion from, perhaps a secret foe -
my own observation of what is said
certainly gives me no cause of alarm.
We will endeavor to be watchful.

[left Margin] William
Birth: 1793-10-23 Death: 1884-05-14Certainty: Probable
of Dunkirk sent his brother
Unknown
.
O.
Birth: 1791-12-23 Death: 1846-07-28Certainty: Probable
- and EEM
Birth: 1802-03-17 Death: 1877-03-26
, send you letters from A. -

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B.J. Seward
Oct 3. 1838.