Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 26, 1839
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 26, 1839
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1839-12-26
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 26, 1839
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: Albany, NY
transcription: nds
revision: ekk 2016-02-02
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Chautaque Dec 24th 1839
John Duer
Vice President of American Life Insurance & Trust Co.
Sir I am desirous of making a Loan of three
thousand dollars of your honourable Insurance Co.
for five years I will offer for security valuable Luninc-
umbered Lands in the county of Chautauque of double
or more the amount of said Loan The lands
recently purchased of His Excelency W H Seward
so the aprisal [ my ]
Alternate Text: may by made by B. J. Seward Esqr
of Westfield or of Judge Osbourn
who reside nere me
Please Answer me soon and direct to May Ville ^Mayville^
Yours respectfully
Land Office
Westfield 26 Dec ‘39
Dear Henry
Our friend Underwood
your kind offices to make his applica-
tion above, acceptable to the Trust Co –
Please say for him what you can
in its aid – and offer my attentions
to the matter, if any way desirable
to the Company – Yours B.J Seward
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W. H. Seward Esq
Albany
N.Y.
Westfield N.Y.
Dec 28
Type: postmark
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B.J. Seward
Dec 26. 1839
Chautaque Dec 24th 1839
John Duer
Birth: 1782-10-07 Death: 1858-08-08
EsqrVice President of American Life Insurance & Trust Co.
Sir I am desirous of making a Loan of three
thousand dollars of your honourable Insurance Co.
for five years I will offer for security valuable Luninc-
umbered Lands in the county of Chautauque of double
or more the amount of said Loan The lands
recently purchased of His Excelency W H Seward
so the aprisal [ my ]
Alternate Text
of Westfield or of Judge Osbourn
Birth: 1800-07-01 Death: 1877-04-27
of MayVille who reside nere me
Please Answer me soon and direct to May Ville ^Mayville^
Yours respectfully
Land Office
Westfield 26 Dec ‘39
Dear Henry
Our friend Underwood
Birth: 1801-09-16 Death: 1881-10-12
asks your kind offices to make his applica-
tion above, acceptable to the Trust Co –
Please say for him what you can
in its aid – and offer my attentions
to the matter, if any way desirable
to the Company – Yours B.J Seward
W. H. Seward Esq
Albany
N.Y.
Westfield N.Y.
Dec 28
Stamp
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Hand Shift
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10William Seward
Dec 26. 1839