Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, November 2, 1838
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, November 2, 1838
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1838-11-02
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, November 2, 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: kac
revision: ekk 2015-10-21
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Friday morning
My dear Jennings,
You will just be learn ving the miserable affair that
has already agitated the East & is now discerned of here. Be not
at all alarmed by anything you see on the subject of the A.l.e
American Life Insurance and Trust Company—
matter. The course of a few ultras on either side will is be no indi-
cation of the whole. After the signal indiscretion committed in a
certain quarter it was to be feared that matters would be much
worse than they are. We succeed notwithstanding all this, or
fall for other reasons.
Thus far everything is well. The North looks far better
the center as well, the East gathers confidence & the south can
perhaps do no worse than in former times.
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2
Benjamin J. Seward Esq.
Westfield
Chautauqua Co.
N. York
AUBURN N.Y.
NOV
2
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November 2, 1838
Friday morning
My dear Jennings,
You will just be learn ving the miserable affair that
has already agitated the East & is now discerned of here. Be not
at all alarmed by anything you see on the subject of the A.l.e
Editorial Note
matter. The course of a few ultras on either side will is be no indi-
cation of the whole. After the signal indiscretion committed in a
certain quarter it was to be feared that matters would be much
worse than they are. We succeed notwithstanding all this, or
fall for other reasons.
Thus far everything is well. The North looks far better
the center as well, the East gathers confidence & the south can
perhaps do no worse than in former times.
Benjamin J. Seward Esq.
Westfield
Chautauqua Co.
N. York
AUBURN N.Y.
NOV
2
Stamp
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Hand Shift
Birth: 1793-08-23 Death: 1841-02-24