Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 9, 1831

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 9, 1831

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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1831-01-09

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 9, 1831

action: sent

sender: William Seward
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Person

Name: William Seward Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10

location: Albany NY
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Place

Name:  City:  Albany County:  Albany State:  NY Country:  US

receiver: Frances Seward
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Person

Name: Frances Seward Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21

location: Auburn NY
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Place

Name:  City:  Auburn County:  Cayuga State:  NY Country:  US

transcription: jds 

revision: ekk 2015-09-08

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Page 1

14.
Jan’y 9th
Sunday morning here is a sorry time. I have
bowed to Miss Livingston
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Person

Name: Elizabeth Ludlow Birth: 1813-10-10 Death: 1896-12-25
& to Mrs Clarkson
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Person

Name: Margaret Clarkson Birth: 1808-08-17 Death: 1874-04-28
once since
I became a locum tenens in this house and except
three ladies I have not even the face of a woman
in the house. Yes, I must except also Amy
Unknown
the
housekeeper as they describe her. Who is old, and
cleverer than old and after a fortnights absence
from all others of the sex seems to be not very
ill looking. It snows this morning, and all
around is so cheerless that I should have gone
vapours.
Page 2

15.
After I had finished writing to you yesterday
Mr Tracy
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Person

Name: Albert Tracy Birth: 1793-06-17 Death: 1859-09-12
called upon me, and sat about
two hours, then I went with him to call on
Mr Senator Cary
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Person

Name: Trumbull Cary Birth: 1787-08-11 Death: 1869-06-20
& his lady
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Person

Name: Margaret Cary Birth: 1788 Death: 1863-06-22
from Batavia
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Place

Name:  City:  Batavia County:  Genesee State:  NY Country:  US
.
I took tea with them, dropped in to Tracy's
room where I am most at home. I very
much like them, they are so free from all
affectation. He is one of the most agreeable
men in conversation I ever knew & she is
a very independent little body despising
all the mock pretensions of our would be
great folks. Then I adjourned to the
Theatre for the purpose of meeting some of
my friends from abroad, who had
arrived in the afternoon. The play was
the 8th of January, or the battle of New Orleans
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Place

Name:  City:  New Orleans County:  Orleans State:  LA Country:  US
.
The Heroes of the play were the two opposing
Generals, Jackson
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Person

Name: Andrew Jackson Birth: 1767-03-15 Death: 1845-06-08
and Packenham
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Person

Name: Edward Pakenham Birth: 1778-03-19 Death: 1815-01-08
. The
only incident of any originality was not
in the play as written. It was that just
as Gen. Packenham was to appear on the stage
he was arrested and carried off by a
constable. Weed
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Person

Name: Thurlow Weed Birth: 1797-11-15 Death: 1882-11-22
came home with me &
we discussed matters and things in general
over a cold supper and hot punch. I was
surprised to find when he left me it was
one o'clock. J
Unknown
's letter is all in character,
Sunday Schools and Anti Masonry figure in
every paragraph. I should think the advance-
ment of the former must be somewhat retarded
by the connection with the latter.
date: 
Sunday, January 9, 1831
year: 
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