1823 *SIGNED* Letter to Daughter from Horatio Seymour Middlebury Vt

Approx  9 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches, 2 pages

Horatio Seymour (May 31, 1778 – November 21, 1857) was a United States Senator from Vermont. He was the uncle of Origen S. Seymour and the great-uncle of Origen's son Edward W. Seymour.

Horatio Seymour's brother Henry became a resident of Utica, New York and was the father of Horatio Seymour, who served as Governor of New York, and Julia Catherine Seymour, the wife of Senator Roscoe Conkling.

In 1820 Seymour was a successful Democratic-Republican candidate for the United States Senate. He was reelected as a National Republican in 1826, and served from March 4, 1821 to March 3, 1833. He did not run for re-election in 1833. During his Senate career, Seymour served as chairman of the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses (18th and 19th Congresses), and the Committee on Agriculture (22nd Congress).

In 1800 Seymour married Lucy Case of Addison. They were the parents of four sons and two daughters. Lucy Case Seymour died in 1838.

Seymour's son Ozias (1801-1861) was an attorney in Middlebury, and served as Addison County State's Attorney.

His son Horatio Seymour Jr. (1813-1872) was an attorney in Buffalo, New York and served as Erie County's surrogate court judge.

Seymour's son Moses was a merchant and farmer, first in Middlebury, and later in Geneva, Wisconsin, and served in local office including president of Geneva's board of village trustees.

His daughter Mary was 16 when she died of tuberculosis in 1821.

Seymour's daughter Emma was the wife of Phillip Battell and they were the parents of two children before her death in 1841. Their daughter, also named Emma (1837-1900), was the wife of John Wolcott Stewart.

His son Henry served in the United States Army during the Second Seminole War, and died in Boston in 1847.

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