Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 1834
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 1834
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Date:1834-06
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 1834
action: sent
sender:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
Auburn NY
Place
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
Place
receiver:
Frances Seward
Person
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
Person
location:
Aurora NY
Place
Name: City: Aurora
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: rag
revision: ekk 2015-06-22
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Page 1
Auburn Sunday evening.
My dear Frances,
What a cold very cold ride you and the little boys
Name: Frederick Seward
Birth: 1830-07-08
Death: 1915-04-25
Name: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1826-10-01
Death: 1876-09-11
must
have had! Mr Carey
Name: Trumbull Cary
Birth: 1787-08-11
Death: 1869-06-20
says you all got along very
well but it was never-
theless cold according to the Mercury of my system.
I do not know whether the mail goes tomorrow to Aurora but as I am
going in the morning to Onondaga
Name: City: Onondaga
County: Onondaga
State: NY
Country: US
and will not have returned
in
time to write for Tuesdays mail I send this hasty note to let you un-
derstand that though my spirit has a terrible striving with the world
I am still in the body
God be praised that I am no merchant. The incessant labor in estimates
of debt and credit the devising of ways and means to pay debts to save
what was in danger of being lost and to convert unproductive into
productive property in which I have been employed for the last month
had wrought my mind to a point of excitement yesterday moving scarcely
short of that at which delirium commences. I continue at this detestable
employment until tea time last evening and broke all down in despair. Gin
and a segar only made the matter worse. Clary
Name: Clarinda McClallen
Birth: 1793-05-01
Death: 1862-09-05
undertook to enlighten
me upon divers matters of interest such as marriages births and
deaths but my spirit was seeking to commune with old Ben Knower
Name: Benjamin Knower
Birth: 1775
Death: 1829-08-23
’s.
I went to bed at 11, and had a glorious and refreshing sleep and
arose this morning with a mind sufficiently becalmed to swear off
the cares of Poverty for one day. But finding myself in danger of a
relapse for want of employment, I overhauled my manuscript
journal and prepared four more letters to send to Weed
Name: Thurlow Weed
Birth: 1797-11-15
Death: 1882-11-22
.
I was at church this afternoon. Dr Rudd
Name: John Rudd
Birth: 1779-05-24
Death: 1848-04-15
delivered with more
ease than is usual a sermon extraordinarily good and not un-
reasonably long.
Your father
Name: Elijah Miller
Birth: 1772-04-11
Death: 1851-11-13
goes with the Kelloggs
Name: Laura Kellogg
Birth: 1786-03-22
Death:
Name: Daniel Kellogg
Birth: 1780-04-19
Death: 1836-05-04
tomorrow morning. I carry
him as far as Syracuse
Name: City: Syracuse
County: Onandaga
State: NY
Country: US
. My business being before
Judge Mose- ly
Name: Daniel Mosely
Birth: 1786-02-25
Death: 1851-10-02
at Onondaga.
I have a long letter from Weed in which he commends himself
to you and the boys. Nothing new below but doubts and un-
certainties about a candidate for G—
Take love for me to Lazette
Name: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
. Tell her if she doubts my
loving her
about these days that I have not had time to love any body since
I came home. I must write to Weed & Tracy
Name: Albert Tracy
Birth: 1793-06-17
Death: 1859-09-12
this evening, so adieu dearest
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Auburn Sunday evening.
My dear Frances,
What a cold very cold ride you and the little boys
People
have had! Mr Carey
Person
theless cold according to the Mercury of my system.
I do not know whether the mail goes tomorrow to Aurora but as I am
going in the morning to Onondaga
Place
time to write for Tuesdays mail I send this hasty note to let you un-
derstand that though my spirit has a terrible striving with the world
I am still in the body
God be praised that I am no merchant. The incessant labor in estimates
of debt and credit the devising of ways and means to pay debts to save
what was in danger of being lost and to convert unproductive into
productive property in which I have been employed for the last month
had wrought my mind to a point of excitement yesterday moving scarcely
short of that at which delirium commences. I continue at this detestable
employment until tea time last evening and broke all down in despair. Gin
and a segar only made the matter worse. Clary
Person
me upon divers matters of interest such as marriages births and
deaths but my spirit was seeking to commune with old Ben Knower
Person
I went to bed at 11, and had a glorious and refreshing sleep and
arose this morning with a mind sufficiently becalmed to swear off
the cares of Poverty for one day. But finding myself in danger of a
relapse for want of employment, I overhauled my manuscript
journal and prepared four more letters to send to Weed
Person
I was at church this afternoon. Dr Rudd
Person
ease than is usual a sermon extraordinarily good and not un-
reasonably long.
Your father
Person
People
him as far as Syracuse
Place
Person
I have a long letter from Weed in which he commends himself
to you and the boys. Nothing new below but doubts and un-
certainties about a candidate for G—
Take love for me to Lazette
Person
about these days that I have not had time to love any body since
I came home. I must write to Weed & Tracy
Person
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