Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, October 2, 1839
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, October 2, 1839
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1839-10-02
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, October 2, 1839
action: sent
sender: Benjamin Seward
Birth: 1793-08-23
Death: 1841-02-24
location: Unknown
receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: UnknownUnknown
transcription: cef
revision: ekk 2016-01-28
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My dear Sister
My plan was to procure
a letter from my father
of the responsibility of sending the children
home by some careful female, but
he utterly refused. My next desire was
to put the children to board in the
village, to this mother
moment. My determination to have
no hand in imposing the burthen
care of those children on a feeble
sister, remains unshaken. My plan
now is to send them back with
a letter from Marcia
nothing more than this that she
does not feel at liberty to carry
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them to you, and this will be
done unless you or Henry
to Florida to prevent it, if you
wish, differently write & whatever
you desire shall be done
Your affectionate Brother
B.J.S.
2 Oct
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Jennings Oct 2
1839
My dear Sister
My plan was to procure
a letter from my father
Birth: 1768-12-05 Death: 1849-08-24
& the assumptionof the responsibility of sending the children
Birth: 1827
Death: 1829 Certainty: Probable
Birth: 1834-07-25
Death: 1922-02-28 Certainty: Probable
Birth: 1832-02-20
Death: 1876-01-14 Certainty: Probable
Birth: 1829-12-04
Death: 1867-10-25 Certainty: Probable
home by some careful female, but
he utterly refused. My next desire was
to put the children to board in the
village, to this mother
Birth: 1769-11-27 Death: 1844-12-11
objected at themoment. My determination to have
no hand in imposing the burthen
Burden •
&care of those children on a feeble
sister, remains unshaken. My plan
now is to send them back with
a letter from Marcia
Birth: 1794-07-23 Death: 1839-10-25
- saying nothing more than this that she
does not feel at liberty to carry
them to you, and this will be
done unless you or Henry
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
writeto Florida to prevent it, if you
wish, differently write & whatever
you desire shall be done
Your affectionate Brother
B.J.S.
2 Oct
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Hand Shift
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21Frances Seward
1839