1783, Hartford, CT, Colonel Thomas Seymour, letter re:payments by Col. Wadsworth

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1783, Hartford, CT, Colonel Thomas Seymour, letter re:payments by Col. Wadsworth:
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This item is a wonderful,original letter dated 1783, Hartford, CT; where Colonel Thomas Seymour has written to his son Henry, regarding collections of money due in Boston and perhaps Colonel Wadsworth can help if has finally left New York....if not, perhaps it can be negotiated in New York by the Council...signed Thomas Seymour. Letter is 8x11, mild toning, addressed outer leaf, overall good condition.

Col. Thomas Seymour was born at Hartford 17 March 1735, the son of Thomas Seymour II, and died at Hartford 30 July 1829. He was married to Mary Ledyard and together had 7 children: Thomas Youngs, William, Edward, Henry Seymour (the father of CT governor Thomas Henry Seymour), Mary Juliana (who married John Chenevard), Ledyard, and Samuel. Col. Seymour has a long list of accomplishments and was a central figure in Hartford during his lifetime.

After graduating from Yale he served as the King’s Attorney in 1767, and after the Revolution as the State’s Attorney. During the Revolution he was commissioned a Captain of Militia in 1773, promoted to Lt. Col. in 1774 and led 3 regiments of light cavalry to aid the Continental Army in NY during the summer of 1776. Seymour also served as Head of the Committee of Pay Table.

Politically Seymour represented Hartford at the General Assembly at 18 sessions between 1774 and 1793 serving as Speaker 5 times. Between 1793 and 1803 he was annually elected to the Connecticut Senate (then the House of Assistants) and after Hartford’s incorporation as a city in 1784 he became the first mayor and served in that position until his resignation in May of 1812.

Major Henry Seymour was born 25 December 1764. He was the oldest son of Mary Ledyard Seymour and Colonel Thomas Seymour, the first Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut. In 1780, he went to Philadelphia to begin a mercantile career. He was chosen by his employer to carry money to Fishkill and to bring back vouchers for monthly supplies; during this service, he narrowly escaped capture by British forces. Henry Seymour was living in New York in 1784, but he later returned to Hartford.

Major Henry Seymour was an officer of the Governor\'s Horse Guards from 1803-1807. He married Jane Ellery (d. 1851) on 19 June 1804 in Hartford. One of their three children was Thomas Hart Seymour (1808-1868), Governor of Connecticut from 1850-1853. Major Henry Seymour died in Hartford, Connecticut, on 13 May 1846.

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