Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 9, 1849
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 9, 1849
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Date:1849-03-09
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 9, 1849
action: sent
sender:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
Washington D.C. DC
Place
Name: City: Washington D.C.
County:
State: DC
Country: US
Place
receiver:
Frances Seward
Person
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
Person
location:
Auburn NY
Place
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: ekk
revision: crb 2016-05-27
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Washington March 9, 1849
My Dearest Frances My letter of yesterday was nearly
illegible. I wrote it in my chair in the Senate to
which I had fled after the adjournment. But the crowd
was thick around me and more importunate then they
were at my room. Today I have hid myself in
a Committee room in the basement.
I am trying to get along with Mr. Fillmore
Name: Millard Fillmore
Birth: 1800-01-07
Death: 1874-03-08
but he is selfish and cunning. He demands all for
friends and associates, and gives nothing, leaves nothing for the
great body of Whigs of the state. He goes now
for John Young
Name: John Young
Birth: 1802-06-12
Death: 1852-04-23
for Commission of Mexican Claims and Collier
Name: John Collier
Birth: 1787-11-13
Death: 1873-03-24
for the Home Office. But why trouble you with these
things.
Mrs Marcy
Name:
Birth:
Death: Certainty: Possible
gives a party tonight, I mean to try
to look in upon the scene tonight. I suppose it will
be her last casual.
The yellow gaudy crocus is in full bloom here.
Perhaps it is so at Auburn. My thoughts turn to you
continually. It now seems that we shall get away from
Washington by the middle or certainly the last of next week.
Adieu, pray write me that you are well.
It would make me happy. Your own Frances.
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Washington March 9, 1849
My Dearest Frances My letter of yesterday was nearly
illegible. I wrote it in my chair in the Senate to
which I had fled after the adjournment. But the crowd
was thick around me and more importunate then they
were at my room. Today I have hid myself in
a Committee room in the basement.
I am trying to get along with Mr. Fillmore
Person
but he is selfish and cunning. He demands all for
friends and associates, and gives nothing, leaves nothing for the
great body of Whigs of the state. He goes now
for John Young
Person
Person
for the Home Office. But why trouble you with these
things.
Mrs Marcy
Person
to look in upon the scene tonight. I suppose it will
be her last casual.
The yellow gaudy crocus is in full bloom here.
Perhaps it is so at Auburn. My thoughts turn to you
continually. It now seems that we shall get away from
Washington by the middle or certainly the last of next week.
Adieu, pray write me that you are well.
It would make me happy. Your own Frances.
date:
Friday, March 9, 1849
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