Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 23, 1849
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 23, 1849
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Date:1849-03-23
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 23, 1849
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William Seward
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Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
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receiver:
Frances Seward
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Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
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Auburn NY
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Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
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transcription: keh
revision: obm 2016-05-16
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Washington March
23, 1849.
My Dearest Frances
I have at last
seen the end of this long Executive
session. My correspondence still lies
in undigested heaps around me. I
shall endeavor to remove them without
delay and proceed to the North.
Your letter to New York
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been forwarded and read with deep
interest. The fears it haswas calculated
to excite concerning our child
Person
already had an antidote in your
later letters.
I will take to you such a
shawl as you wish.
Our Secretary of State
Person
talents but very deficient in practical
administrative power. It is very wonderful
with how little wisdom government is
carried on here. I apprehend the
Telegraph has carried absurd news
of a movement of mine in executive session
(at the insistence of the secretary of state)
That will be quite unintelligible. I have
been here three weeks and am now
the chief actor in the senate for the
Administration. But they heed the wisdom
to profit by my aid.
I dined today with the Websters
People
Mrs Webster and Miss Fletcher
Unknown
were theLadies. It was a very pleasant affair
Mrs Webster is a very proper woman and
Mr Webster a noble Host.
It will be two three or four days before I
leave – and I ought not to leave at
all – although things are coming very
right
Ever your own
Henry
P.S. My robins and the blue birds turn
out to be one caged mocking bird
carolling in the Barber's shop under
my room.
date:
Friday, March 23, 1849
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