Letter from Augustus Seward to William Henry Seward, March 2, 1841
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Letter from Augustus Seward to William Henry Seward, March 2, 1841
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Date:1841-03-02
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Letter from Augustus Seward to William Henry Seward, March 2, 1841
action: sent
sender:
Augustus Seward
Person
Name: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1820-05-18
Death: 1889-05-08
Person
location:
Goshen NY
Place
Name: City: Goshen
County: Orange
State: NY
Country: US
Place
receiver:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
Albany NY
Place
Name: City: Albany
County: Albany
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: mah
revision: crb 2016-02-11
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Florida, March 2. 1841.
My very dear Uncle,
The suspense, which we have all been
in, concerning the state of your dear Son Augustus
Name: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1826-10-01
Death: 1876-09-11
, & the
confidence which we have felt that every mail would
bring us more certain news respecting the issue of his illness
have caused me to defer thus long writing to you.
I cannot, of course, realize the depth of a Father’s
solicitude, yet I can and do really sympathize with you
in view of his extreme sickness, while, at the same time,
I am unable to relinquish the hope that our fears
concerning him are not to be realized; may our Heavenly
Father grant that he may yet be restored to health,-
or, if it be otherwise ordained, that you may have grace from
on high cheerfully to abide the dispensations of a kind &
infinitely wise Providence.
The sympathies which you express, in letters
to my Grand Parents
Name: Mary Seward
Birth: 1769-11-27
Death: 1844-12-11
Name: Samuel Seward
Birth: 1768-12-05
Death: 1849-08-24
, for us who have been so deeply
afflicted call forth my gratitude. Difficult as it is
to kiss the rod which smites” I desire to murmur not –
I would that I had not been called to drink this bitter
cup, yet I desire not to be made submissive to my
Heavenly Father’s will.
Mama
Name: Marcia Seward
Birth: 1794-07-23
Death: 1839-10-25
& Clarence
Name: Clarence Seward
Birth: 1828-10-07
Death: 1897-07-24
go with me to New York
Name: City: New York
County:
State: NY
Country: US
to-morrow. I had been in hopes of meeting you here,
until your letter of Saturday morning arrived. I know not
now when I shall be able to do so, tho’ I am extremely anxious
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to communicate with you upon matters of some impor-
tance to myself.
Mama & Clarence send love to yourself & my dear
Aunt
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
.
In great haste I remain
Your deeply afflicted Nephew
Augustus S.
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His Excl’y
W. H. Seward
Gov’ State New York,
Albany.
GOSHEN N.Y. MAR 3
Type: postmark
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
Augustus Seward
March 2d
1841
Florida, March 2. 1841.
My very dear Uncle,
The suspense, which we have all been
in, concerning the state of your dear Son Augustus
Person
confidence which we have felt that every mail would
bring us more certain news respecting the issue of his illness
have caused me to defer thus long writing to you.
I cannot, of course, realize the depth of a Father’s
solicitude, yet I can and do really sympathize with you
in view of his extreme sickness, while, at the same time,
I am unable to relinquish the hope that our fears
concerning him are not to be realized; may our Heavenly
Father grant that he may yet be restored to health,-
or, if it be otherwise ordained, that you may have grace from
on high cheerfully to abide the dispensations of a kind &
infinitely wise Providence.
The sympathies which you express, in letters
to my Grand Parents
People
afflicted call forth my gratitude. Difficult as it is
to kiss the rod which smites” I desire to murmur not –
I would that I had not been called to drink this bitter
cup, yet I desire not to be made submissive to my
Heavenly Father’s will.
Mama
Person
Person
Place
to-morrow. I had been in hopes of meeting you here,
until your letter of Saturday morning arrived. I know not
now when I shall be able to do so, tho’ I am extremely anxious
to communicate with you upon matters of some impor-
tance to myself.
Mama & Clarence send love to yourself & my dear
Aunt
Person
In great haste I remain
Your deeply afflicted Nephew
Augustus S.
His Excl’y
W. H. Seward
Gov’ State New York,
Albany.
GOSHEN N.Y. MAR 3
Stamp
Person
March 2d
1841
date:
Tuesday, March 2, 1841
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