Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 27, 1849

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 27, 1849

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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1849-03-27

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 27, 1849

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sender: William Seward
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Person

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

location: Washington D.C. DC
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Place

Name:  City:  Washington D.C. County:   State:  DC Country:  US

receiver: Frances Seward
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Person

Name: Frances Seward Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21

location: Unknown
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transcription: obm 

revision: crb 2016-05-12

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Washington March 27 1849
My Dearest Frances
Here is Tuesday night
And still my work is endless – John Oliphant
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Person

Name: John Oliphant Birth: 1831-08-15 Death: 1888-03
puts my letters into endless
seals and address them to my
correspondents– I feel at liberty now to
say that I shall set out on my way
home from on Tuesday - and shall reach
home probably not before the middle of
next week - lMr Gibson
Unknown
has a case to
argue which will take me on the
wing. - My days work amounts to only
70 or 80 letters and some 1000 errands, I am
not satisfied with it, but strength fails
and I shall stretched myself upon a
sofa and try to read somewhat.
Pardon my dulness – Pray keep note of
this day and tell me what kind of weather
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you had at Auburn
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Place

Name:  City:  Auburn County:  Cayuga State:  NY Country:  US
. It is wintry
and dismal here in the last degree
Faithfully yours own Henry
Frances A Seward
seward-pen
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Person

Name: Frances Seward Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
Henry March 27
1849
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Tuesday, March 27, 1849
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