Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 6, 1831
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 6, 1831
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Date:1831-01-06
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 6, 1831
action: sent
sender:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
Albany NY
Place
Name: City: Albany
County: Albany
State: NY
Country: US
Place
receiver:
Frances Seward
Person
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
Person
location:
Auburn NY
Place
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: dgj 2014-05-01
revision: ekk 2015-09-08
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Page 1
11.
Thursday afternoon
Jan’y 6th
Another days labor is ended _ and I am to
write a few lines to you as the closing
instead of the opening business of the day.
No measure of importance, no debate of interest
has as yet occurred in the Legislature.
I rise in the morning with the idea that
I have nothing to do and that I shall have
a tedious day of indolence. I watch with
impatience the strikings of the clock till 11
go to the house am occupied at most two & a
half hours come home dine and after that
hour no man is allowed to be busy as ^for^ instance
after ^dinner at 2 o’clock^ I came up into my room wrote the two
first lines on this page was interrupted by a
call and continued receiving calls and dismissing
visitors until about sunset when I abandoned
all hope of writing one more line till every body
Page 2
12.
should have gone to bed so in despair I
sallied forth went with ,Mr Fuller
Name: Philo Fuller
Birth: 1787-08-14
Death: 1855-08-16
of the
Senate & called on Mr S. M. Hopkins
Name: Samuel Hopkins
Birth: 1772-05-09
Death: 1837-03-09
spent
half an hour with him came down to
Manchesters
Name: Elias Manchester
Birth: 1758-08-15
Death: 1846-03-14
, took ten with him smoked
and drank a glass of wine with him &
his fellow boarders, called at Crittendens
Name: John Crittenden
Birth: 1787-09-10
Death: 1863-07-26
spent an hour with Mr Spencer
Name: John Spencer
Birth: 1788-01-08
Death: 1855-05-17
in
arrang-
ing our causes for argument in the Supreme
Court came down street and was so fortunate
as to leave my card for Mr O
at the American. Went across just to bid
good evening to Mr
Name: Albert Tracy
Birth: 1793-06-17
Death: 1859-09-12
& Mrs
Tracy
Name: Harriet Tracy
Birth: 1800
Death: 1876
_ dropped into
Mr Ellis
Name: John Ellis
Birth: 1771-05-22
Death: 1846-04-10
room looked in upon Maynard
Name: William Maynard
Birth: 1786-11-11
Death: 1832-08-28
_
came home ate supper and find myself in
my room at 1/2 past 11 o’clock. Now how
any man finds time to study and make
speeches is beyond my comprehension.
I want to look into the Salt laws and the
Canal laws _and two or three other matters
besides doing up some old business but in
truth two letters from Seth Hunt
Name: Seth Hunt
Birth:
Death:
lay on my
table reproaching my negligence.
Page 3
13.
Tracy & Maynard say I must make up my [ mind ]
Reason:
never more to be worth a cent for practice
in the law Doleful prediction for a poor
man. Adieu. Heaven protect you all.
11.
Thursday afternoon
Jan’y 6th
Another days labor is ended _ and I am to
write a few lines to you as the closing
instead of the opening business of the day.
No measure of importance, no debate of interest
has as yet occurred in the Legislature.
I rise in the morning with the idea that
I have nothing to do and that I shall have
a tedious day of indolence. I watch with
impatience the strikings of the clock till 11
go to the house am occupied at most two & a
half hours come home dine and after that
hour no man is allowed to be busy as ^for^ instance
after ^dinner at 2 o’clock^ I came up into my room wrote the two
first lines on this page was interrupted by a
call and continued receiving calls and dismissing
visitors until about sunset when I abandoned
all hope of writing one more line till every body
12.
should have gone to bed so in despair I
sallied forth went with ,Mr Fuller
Person
Senate & called on Mr S. M. Hopkins
Person
half an hour with him came down to
Manchesters
Person
and drank a glass of wine with him &
his fellow boarders, called at Crittendens
Person
spent an hour with Mr Spencer
Person
ing our causes for argument in the Supreme
Court came down street and was so fortunate
as to leave my card for Mr O
Unknown
of the Assemblyat the American. Went across just to bid
good evening to Mr
Person
Person
Mr Ellis
Person
Person
came home ate supper and find myself in
my room at 1/2 past 11 o’clock. Now how
any man finds time to study and make
speeches is beyond my comprehension.
I want to look into the Salt laws and the
Canal laws _and two or three other matters
besides doing up some old business but in
truth two letters from Seth Hunt
Person
table reproaching my negligence.
13.
Tracy & Maynard say I must make up my [ mind ]
Supplied
never more to be worth a cent for practice
in the law Doleful prediction for a poor
man. Adieu. Heaven protect you all.
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