Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, November 5, 1840

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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, November 5, 1840
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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1840-11-05

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Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, November 5, 1840

action: sent

sender: Benjamin Seward
Birth: 1793-08-23  Death: 1841-02-24

location: Jamestown, NY

receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16  Death: 1872-10-10

location: Albany, NY

transcription: msr 

revision: tap 2017-06-30

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Dear Henry
The story is told for Chautauque
Harrison
Birth: 1773-02-09 Death: 1841-04-04
has a majority of 2664.
Judging from some 10 or 12 towns
whose reports on Governor have come to
hand, I am disposed to believe this
ticket in the county will be an hun-
dred less:—possibly a little more.
I am here to meet the Supervisor
& assessors—cannot be well pre-
pared to leave W— under 10 days:
possibly 7.—
[ Yours ]
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Jamestown 5 Nov '40
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W.H. Seward Esq
Albany
JAMESTOWN N.Y.
NOV 6
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William Seward

Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
B.J. Seward
Nov 5. 1840