Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frederick William Seward, November 21, 1861

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Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frederick William Seward, November 21, 1861
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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1861-11-21

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Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frederick William Seward, November 21, 1861

action: sent

sender: William Seward
Birth: 1839-06-18  Death: 1920-04-29

location: Auburn, NY

receiver: Frederick Seward
Birth: 1830-07-08  Death: 1915-04-25

location: Unknown
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transcription: mhb 

revision: crb 2018-01-23

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Wm. H. Seward, Jr., C.D. McDougall, Formerly of the Auburn Ex. B'k.
Banking House
of
WM. H. SEWARD, Jr. & CO>
Auburn, N.Y., Nov 21st 1861
Esq., Cashier
Dear Sir:
My dear Fred
I have had
no time for the past two
months to send you any
report of the affairs here
and in fact I have been
obliged to let Father
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
Books
go sadly behind for the
want of time. Ever since
“Mac”
Birth: 1839-09-14 Death: 1914-05-24
left the office
I have been completely tied
down there. I however hope
to catch up within a month
or so.
The balance here is about
$1000 and unless you need
most of this I will take up
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at $500 Note discounted ^for father^ + at
the office several months
since, if however you wish
to use the money the note
can lay as it is.
If possible I want to pay
$1000 on Fathers $2000 ^note^ + at the
Bank of Auburn due
next month.
The N.Y.C Bond sold at
par
The last chaut Co remittance
was $81116.
Your letter containing the
ck for $25 was recd
Your affe bro
Wm H Seward Jr