Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 21, 1849
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 21, 1849
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1849-03-21
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 21, 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.
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State: DC
Country: US
Place
receiver:
Frances Seward
Person
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
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transcription: keh
revision: obm 2016-05-16
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Washington March 21, 1849.
My Dearest Frances,
Your letter answering to
me that our very dear child
Person
that frightful disorder quite unnerved me,
for a short time. But I felt sure that while
there was a means of instantaneous com-
munication you would not leave me in
ignorance if she was at all in danger.
Happily her constitution is a good one, but
she is so precious in our sight that we cannot
endure the apprehension of her loss.
Mr Blatchford
Person
dined at Mr Websters
Person
he has been assisting me in my corres-
pondence.
We buried today a member of Congress
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Place
were impressive and touching.
Mr Slicer
Person
a very loud tone. The service was in the
Hall of the House of Representatives. The
seat I occupied was nearly in front of
the Preacher – and it gave me an echo
different from any I had ever heard. The
words came to me from a point behind and
above me before the delivered by the echo and
then were followed by the words coming
from the Desk but in a lower tone.
Mr Clayton
Person
play me false about a New York
Place
tion which was to be given to Mr Fill- more
Person
the new nomination for the office of
Governor of Minesota
Place
it in season and saved the state and the
party from such an error.
Mr Webster told me today that
for several years before he framed his eulogy
on Adams
Person
Person
Person
did not speak to him. But that immediately
afterwards Mr Adams solicited conciliation
We shall adjourn as early as
Monday. Faithfully your own Henry.
date:
Wednesday, March 21, 1849
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