Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 8, 1838

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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 8, 1838

transcriber

Transcriber:spp:mep

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Transcriber:spp:sss

Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1838-07-08

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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 8, 1838

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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: mep 

revision: ekk 2015-06-15

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Auburn June 8th 1838seward-editorial-noteJuly 8, three days after arrival of letter dated July 5 and at same time as other letters addressing the subject of SSS's illness
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Editorial Note

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My dearest Henry,
A letter has this moment arrived
from Juliann
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Person

Name: Julia Van Brunt Birth: 1811-08-26 Death: 1847-07-24
dated the 5th of July–which says you father
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Person

Name: Samuel Seward Birth: 1768-12-05 Death: 1849-08-24

is still dangerously ill with inflammatory fever–he
wishes you to come to him immediately–Your Mother
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Person

Name: Mary Seward Birth: 1769-11-27 Death: 1844-12-11

is sick and they are much distressed–Julia adds
in a postscript that unless your fathers fever soon turns
he cannot long survive–she mentions having written
to you at New York but supposes from having heard
nothing that you are still at home–I expected a
letter confidently to day from you but as it does not
come I think you may have gone to Florida
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Place

Name:  City:  Florida County:  Orange State:  NY Country:  US
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We are all well–your own Frances.
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Person

Name: William Seward Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
FA. Seward
June 8, 1838

date: 
Sunday, July 8, 1838
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