Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 28, 1840

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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 28, 1840
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1840-10-28

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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 28, 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: mhb 

revision: tap 2017-10-28

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Chautauque Land Office
Westfield 28 Oct. 1840
Dear Henry
The postponement of the de-
livery of deeds and discharges here, has
become so injurious and vexing to some and
so embarrassing to me, that I have written
a long letter of report & explanations to meet
as I hope his requirement before the power
could be signed; and I have informed him
that he might look for it from you. Will
you be good enough to sign & verify it prop-
erly for our record – & inclose it to Mr
Duer
Birth: 1782-10-07 Death: 1858-08-08
– with a superadded request that
he execute also & forward to me without
delay. If possible I must not leave
here, till these deeds &c are made –
and certainly I cannot leave for some
weeks without manifest injury to our interests.
Your grateful Brother
B. J. Seward
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Wm H. Seward Esq
Albany
Single.
WESTFIELD N.Y.
OCT 29
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Samuel Blatchford

Birth: 1820-03-09 Death: 1893-07-07
B. J. Seward
Oct 28. 1840