Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 26, 1831

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 26, 1831

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Distributor:Seward Family Papers Project

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1831-01-26

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 26, 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: ahf 

revision: ekk 2015-09-16

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Jan'y 26th
I had almost purchased a churning
machine which I saw at the Capital today.
It goes by clockwork. You put your cream
into the churn, wind up the clock, and
when it runs down you take out the butter.
Today I ^had^ invited Granger
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Person

Name: Amos Granger Birth: 1789-06-03 Death: 1866-08-20
to dine. Mather
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Person

Name: Hiram Mather Birth: 1796-02-13 Death: 1868-07-11
had
invited some, Andrews
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Person

Name: Samuel Andrews Birth: 1796-10-16 Death: 1863-06-11
others, and Henry Webb
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Person

Name: Henry Webb Birth: 1795-04-05 Death: 1846-10-12

some others and so we made up a dozen.
Weed
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Person

Name: Thurlow Weed Birth: 1797-11-15 Death: 1882-11-22
is the only man whose entire confidence
I have or who has mine. He tells me all his
own feelings. He is generous in act, word, and
thought, though a most wonderfully skillful
politician he is moved by his feelings only,
and those are disinterested. He has spent
his life in building up his friends without
care for himself.
date: 
Wednesday, January 26, 1831
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