Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, October 1839
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, October 1839
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1839-10
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, October 1839
action: sent
sender: Benjamin Seward
Birth: 1793-08-23
Death: 1841-02-24
location: Albany, NY
receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Auburn, NY
transcription: mah
revision: ekk 2016-01-28
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His Excellencys Office
In the dark
My dear Sister
I have just torn off
open a letter from Dr C
addressed to her here.
He regrets that the arrange-
ment he has made for his
children is not satisfactory to Judge
S.
how he can make it more
so. Repeats that he is averse
to allowing any one of them
to go so far off as Chatauque
Says the offer of brother Henry
he does not doubt was made
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in perfect frankness & he
supposes that if he wishes
the children taken away he
will be equally frank &
ask them to be taken.
Of all the queer things
in this universal world
this is the queerest.
I am left to infer
that a second offer to
take a child to our home
has been made, but
not with my consent.
Ill see & write more
when I get clue.
Blatchfords
suppose you have, &
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tells you he does not
know when Henry will be
back but supposes by the
middle of the week
Can you see this? I
cannot
By one of Blatchfords
pens.
Your unworthy brother
BJ Seward
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Mr W.H Seward
Auburn
N.Y.
h
paid W.H.S.
h
Jennings Oct
1839
His Excellencys Office
In the dark
My dear Sister
I have just torn off
open a letter from Dr C
Birth: 1798-11-26 Death: 1865-01-05
to Marcia
Birth: 1794-07-23 Death: 1839-10-25
addressed to her here.
He regrets that the arrange-
ment he has made for his
children
Birth: 1834-07-25
Death: 1922-02-28
Birth: 1832-02-20
Death: 1876-01-14
Birth: 1829-12-04
Death: 1867-10-25
S.
Birth: 1786-06-08 Death: 1868-11-02Certainty: Probable
, but says he does not seehow he can make it more
so. Repeats that he is averse
to allowing any one of them
to go so far off as Chatauque
Says the offer of brother Henry
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
he does not doubt was made
in perfect frankness & he
supposes that if he wishes
the children taken away he
will be equally frank &
ask them to be taken.
Of all the queer things
in this universal world
this is the queerest.
I am left to infer
that a second offer to
take a child to our home
has been made, but
not with my consent.
Ill see & write more
when I get clue.
Blatchfords
Birth: 1820-03-09 Death: 1893-07-07
letter Isuppose you have, &
tells you he does not
know when Henry will be
back but supposes by the
middle of the week
Can you see this? I
cannot
By one of Blatchfords
pens.
Your unworthy brother
BJ Seward
Mr W.H Seward
Auburn
N.Y.
h
Hand Shift
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10William Seward
h
Hand Shift
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21Frances Seward
1839