Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, January 15, 1840
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, January 15,
1840
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Date:1840-01-15
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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, January 15, 1840
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: cnk
revision: tap 2017-03-28
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Chautauque Land Office
Westfield 15 Jan. 1840
Dear Henry
Our Denton
owing to a weakness of breast.
I send by him a transcript
from our books – showing the receipts
of money, both as principal & interest
on this office from 12th July 1838 to
31 Dec 1839 inclusive. Mr Duer
has expressed a desire for this paper:
it is now carefully prepared, up to
1st Jan. inst – & I hope will be
satisfactory to him. Denton would
lay them before you, if required – but
I suppose you scarcely have time.
I feel some uneasiness that no
arrangements have been made as
yet for the letting of the Trust prop-
erty about Auburn: but I cannot
well leave home to attend to it
for a few weeks. But I will not
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long neglect it: perhaps by the
10th of Feb. or earlier
Your grateful Brother
B.J. Seward
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W.H. Seward Esq
H.M. Denton
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B.J. Seward
Jan 15. 1840
Chautauque Land Office
Westfield 15 Jan. 1840
Dear Henry
Our Denton
Birth: 1819-01-19
is leaving usowing to a weakness of breast.
I send by him a transcript
from our books – showing the receipts
of money, both as principal & interest
on this office from 12th July 1838 to
31 Dec 1839 inclusive. Mr Duer
Birth: 1812-05 Death: 1888
has expressed a desire for this paper:
it is now carefully prepared, up to
1st Jan. inst – & I hope will be
satisfactory to him. Denton would
lay them before you, if required – but
I suppose you scarcely have time.
I feel some uneasiness that no
arrangements have been made as
yet for the letting of the Trust prop-
erty about Auburn: but I cannot
well leave home to attend to it
for a few weeks. But I will not
long neglect it: perhaps by the
10th of Feb. or earlier
Your grateful Brother
B.J. Seward
W.H. Seward Esq
H.M. Denton
h
Hand Shift
Birth: 1820-03-09 Death: 1893-07-07Samuel Blatchford
Jan 15. 1840