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  Title

  Papers, 1790-1851

  Author

  Seward, Samuel S. (Samuel Swezy), 1768-1849.  

  Pages:

  5

  Item info:

  11 copies available at New York State Library and Manuscripts and Special Collections.
  

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• MARC Record

  Papers, 1790-1851
  Seward, Samuel S. (Samuel Swezy), 1768-1849.
  

  Control Number:

  (OCoLC)122601340

  Local call number:

  SC14995

  Author:

  Seward, Samuel S. (Samuel Swezy), 1768-1849.

  Title:

  Papers, 1790-1851.

  Quantity:

  5 boxes (1.50 cubic ft.)

  Quantity:

  5 microfilm reels.

  Arrangement:

  Correspondence arranged chronologically.

  Additional phys form:

  Also available on microfilm.

  Historical/biog note:

  Samuel Swezy Seward was born on December 5, 1768. About 1800, he settled in the Town of Florida, Orange County, New York, where he would set up a medical practice and establish a mercantile business. In 1795 he married Mary Jennings of Goshen, New York, and they would have five children of which the most famous was William Henry Seward (1801-1872).

  Historical/biog note:

  Samuel S. Seward was also active in local politics and government. In 1804 he served as a Member of the Assembly. In 1815 he served as one of the judges of the Orange County Court and subsequently became First Judge of the Orange County Court, a position he held for seventeen years. He was also interested in education, and in 1846 he established the S. Seward Institute, a free or public school in Florida, New York. For this institution he established an endowment of $20,000 along with funding the purchase of land and erecting he school building. Samuel Seward died August 24,1849.

  Review:

  The papers of Samuel Swezy Seward consist chiefly of correspondence related to his personal and family life as well as his career in business, politics, and government. Personal Correspondence consists mostly of letters Samuel Seward received from members of his immediate family, including his sons Benjamin, William Henry, and his daughter Louisa Cornelia. Their letters generally concern personal and family matters. The letters from William Henry Seward detail his time as a student at Union College in Schenectady, New York. 1817-1820; subsequent move to Auburn, New York in 1823, where he entered law practice with Elijah Miller, the father of wife, Frances Adeline Miller, and later launched his career in politics and government.

  Abstract:

  The collection also includes correspondence and papers related to the establishment of the S.S. Seward Institute; accounts, receipts, and other papers related to his personal and business finances; schedule of lands, deeds, and land surveys related to his investment in real estate; legal papers and correspondence of the executors related to the settlement of the Samuel Swezy Seward Estate.

  Finding aids:

  Unpublished guide available in repository and online: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc14995.htm

  References:

  Finding aid reproduced in National Inventory of Documentary Sources, microfiche no.: 3.15.285.

  Personal subject:

  Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 Correspondence.

  Corporate subject:

  Union College (Schenectady, N.Y.)--Students--History.

  Subject:

  Merchants--New York (State)--Orange County Records and correspondence.

  Subject:

  Schools--New York (State)--Orange County--History.

  Geographic terms:

  New York (State)--Politics and government--1775-1865.

  Geographic terms:

  Orange County (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--19th century.

  Geographic terms:

  Orange County (N.Y.)--History Sources.

  Geographic terms:

  Florida (Orange County, N.Y.)--History Sources.

  Form/genre terms:

  Letters (correspondence) aat

  Electronic access:

  Finding aid: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc14995.htm