Letter from Augustus Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 2, 1844

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Letter from Augustus Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 2, 1844

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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1844-03-02

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Letter from Augustus Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 2, 1844

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sender: Augustus Seward
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Person

Name: Augustus Seward Birth: 1820-05-18 Death: 1889-05-08

location: Florida NY
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Place

Name:  City:  Florida County:  Orange 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: atb 

revision: ekk 2015-06-16

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Florida, 2nd March 1844
My dear Aunt,
I owe you many thanks for you kind
epistle: your time is so much occupied that I am
wont to regard your letters as more than ordinary favors.
It gives me pleasure to hear that Clarence
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Person

Name: Clarence Seward Birth: 1828-10-07 Death: 1897-07-24

improves in his behaviour. I have often endeavored to impress
him with a sense of gratitude for favors conferred upon
him, and have pointed out to him especially the obligations
which he is under to his Uncle
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Person

Name: William Seward Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
& yourself; if he profits
by my advice or by his own experience it is matter of
rejoicing to me. There are as many ways in which a boy
of his years can prove annoying to a family that I have
had much anxiety about him ever since he went to Auburn.
I should regret if he made himself offensive or
troublesome to you: but for his own sake I am glad that
he is privileged with your advice and discipline. When
you say that you regard him so long as he may be in your
family, as one if your own children my only fears are
on the scor e of your leniency.
You speaking of a match as being in progress between
Mrs Mary Seward
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Person

Name: Mary Seward Birth: 1796-08-17 Death: 1852-11-11Certainty: Probable
and a Mr Cox
Unknown
of Troy
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Place

Name:  City:  Troy County:  Rensselaer State:  NY Country:  US
; is it the part &
sum of Dr Cox
Unknown
of Brooklyn
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Place

Name:  City:  Brooklyn County:   State:  NY Country:  US
. I learned incidentally that the
affair was to have been consummated some two weeks since
but was postponed in consequence of the indisposition of Mrs S.
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I hear from her but seldom there being but little matter of
interest to communicate on either side. But I have grown
wary of the flying reports, and the questions to which they lead,
concerning this matter.
We have no news here since the weddings which I
enumerated in my last letter to Clarence. The parties, I
suppose were mostly unknown to you.
The awful news from Washington
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Place

Name:  City:  Washington D.C. County:   State:  DC Country:  US
has just reached us.
Providence seems to frown upon the present administrations, and
is dealing out terrible judgments upon our Nation; is it not
time that we endeavored to ascertain what these things mean?
Grand Ma
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Person

Name: Mary Seward Birth: 1769-11-27 Death: 1844-12-11
's health has been miserable for the whole
winter; indeed we are all surprised that she is spared to this
time. Have shortness of breath and bleeding occur frequently, and
she thinks herself likely to drop off at any moment.
Besides this she gets no attention, and as she is situated can-
not avail herself of such assistance as her children and
friends would gladly give . She seems to be really distressed with
the idea that she will drop away at some moment when
no one is near her - and this seems likely to us all.
Grand Pa
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Person

Name: Samuel Seward Birth: 1768-12-05 Death: 1849-08-24
is much complaining, and is just now
suffering with a cold. He told me a short time since
of his plans for building a seminary, and says that he is
determined to execute it, if he lives - if he is taken away
he will take care to learn the matter so that it must go
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on. He has already written to Colonel Post
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Person

Name: Justus Post Birth: 1780-11-18 Death: 1846-03-14
, making him
an offer for the Randolph
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Person

Name: John Randolph Birth: 1773-06-02 Death: 1833-06-24
property, and I understand through
other channels that his offer is pronounced by competent
judges to be sufficient to secure it. He intends to repair
the buildings now on the place and to commence the school
at once.
Your letters says nothing of Willie
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Person

Name: William Seward Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
's eyes - are they still impro-
ving?
Sarah
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Person

Name: Sarah  Seward Birth: 1817 Death: 1883-04-17
joins me in affectionate remembrance to Uncle
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Person

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

the boys
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People

Name: Frederick Seward Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25 Name: Augustus Seward Birth: 1826-10-01 Death: 1876-09-11
& Clarence
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Person

Name: Clarence Seward Birth: 1828-10-07 Death: 1897-07-24
.
I remain,
Very respectfully,
Your affectionate Nephew,
Augustus Seward
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Mrs W.H. Seward
Auburn,
Cayuga Co,
N.Y.
seward-pen
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Person

Name: Frances Seward Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
Florida NY
March 4th
1844
seward-pen
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Person

Name: Frances Seward Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
A. Seward
March
1844
date: 
Saturday, March 2, 1844
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