Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 21, 1837

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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 21, 1837

transcriber

Transcriber:spp:gew

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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1837-09-21

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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 21, 1837

action: sent

sender: 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

receiver: William Seward
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Person

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

location: New York NY
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Place

Name:  City:  New York County:   State:  NY Country:  US

transcription: gew 

revision: ekk 2015-06-08

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Auburn Sep 21st
My dear Henry, I received your letter from
Washington
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Place

Name:  City:  Washington D.C. County:   State:  DC Country:  US
this morning, I am afraid you will
make too short a stay there for mine to reach
you. I directed it to Filmore
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Person

Name: Millard Fillmore Birth: 1800-01-07 Death: 1874-03-08
. I am glad you did
not get that letter for it was written in rather a
melancholy view. We are all well. I do not hear
any thing from Lazette
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Person

Name: Lazette Worden Birth: 1803-11-01 Death: 1875-10-03
. I went last Saturday to
see old A Aunt Lizzy Wood
Unknown
with whom we used
to board when we were attending school at Montville
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Place

Name:  City:  Montville County:  Morris State:  NJ Country:  US
.
She has been two or three weeks at George Woods
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Person

Name: George Wood Birth: 1805-10-07 Death: 1844-02
,
is to come here to tea this afternoon. I am not
surprised that you admire Henry Clay
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Person

Name: Henry Clay Birth: 1777-04-12 Death: 1852-06-29
, he unites
great intellectual powers with a warm heart.
I have always understood that his manner was
fascinating. Preston
Unknown
I think is a brother in law
of the young student
Unknown
we met in Virginia
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Place

Name: Virginia City:   County:   State:  VA Country:  US

who eulogized him so highly. You say nothing
of Webster
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Person

Name: Daniel Webster Birth: 1782-01-18 Death: 1852-10-24
is he at Washington?
I am obliged to conclude my letter abruptly, have
company come to tea & I am not willing to detain
it until tomorrow. Your own Frances.
Clara
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Person

Name: Clarinda McClallen Birth: 1793-05-01 Death: 1862-09-05
says do tell Henry to ask Mrs Weed
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Person

Name: Catherine Weed Birth: 1797 Death: 1858-07-03Certainty: Probable
for the
receipt for preserving tomato’s through the winter.
Page 2

William H. Seward
At the City Hotel
New York
Auburn Sep 22
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Stamp

Type: postmark

seward-pen
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Person

Name: William Seward Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
Frances A. Seward
Sept 21, 1837
date: 
Thursday, September 21, 1837
year: 
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