Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, April 1, 1849
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, April 1, 1849
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Date:1849-04-01
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, April 1, 1849
action: sent
sender:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
New York NY
Place
Name: City: New York
County:
State: NY
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: srr
revision: crb 2016-05-26
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Astor House April 1st Sunday
My Dearest Frances
Your letter of Thursday was kindly sent down
to meet me, and gave me very much pleasure. I left Washington
Name: City: Washington D.C.
County:
State: DC
Country: US
on Friday evening, rested at Baltimore
Name: City: Baltimore
County:
State: MD
Country: US
that night and came
through to New York yesterday. I ought to have waited in
Philadelphia
Name: City: Philadelphia
County: Philadelphia
State: PA
Country: US
to see Mr. Wilson
Name: James Wilson
Birth: 1797
Death: 1879-03-22
, but I had appointed Lazette
Name: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
and Frances
Name: Frances Chesebro
Birth: 1826-12-12
Death: 1909-08-24
to meet me here and also Mr. Weed
Name: Thurlow Weed
Birth: 1797-11-15
Death: 1882-11-22
and I
could not endure the idea of traveling the better part of
Sunday and wasting the whole of it. So I left a note for
him that I would go back if he could not meet me
here tomorrow or day after that.
I cannot tell what I am to do next. Wilson draws
me one way, Gibson
In the meantime the 25th of April approaches when I must
be in Charleston
Name: City: Charleston
County: Charleston
State: SC
Country: US
. I must stay here until tomorrow very certainly and
perhaps may not reach Albany
Name: City: Albany
County: Albany
State: NY
Country: US
before before Wednesday or Thursday. I should certainly
be at home before Sunday and that is all that I can say now.
I will join you as much sooner as is possible, and as far
as possible I will think of nobody but you and the children
children
children
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1839-06-18
Death: 1920-04-29
Name: Frederick Seward
Birth: 1830-07-08
Death: 1915-04-25
Name: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1826-10-01
Death: 1876-09-11
.
I have telegraphed Mr Weed to come down tonight, and I have to
finish tomorrow what I have to do here.
Lazette went with me to Trinity Church today. But
she will tell you all about that, as well as the failure she has
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made in buying you a shawl. I should have got it in half an
hour, but it might not have had the right colors.
Your own Henry.
Mrs. Frances A Seward
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
Henry April 1
1849
Astor House April 1st Sunday
My Dearest Frances
Your letter of Thursday was kindly sent down
to meet me, and gave me very much pleasure. I left Washington
Place
on Friday evening, rested at Baltimore
Place
through to New York yesterday. I ought to have waited in
Philadelphia
Place
Person
Person
and Frances
Person
Person
could not endure the idea of traveling the better part of
Sunday and wasting the whole of it. So I left a note for
him that I would go back if he could not meet me
here tomorrow or day after that.
I cannot tell what I am to do next. Wilson draws
me one way, Gibson
Unknown
another, and some cares fasten me here. In the meantime the 25th of April approaches when I must
be in Charleston
Place
perhaps may not reach Albany
Place
be at home before Sunday and that is all that I can say now.
I will join you as much sooner as is possible, and as far
as possible I will think of nobody but you and the children
People
People
People
I have telegraphed Mr Weed to come down tonight, and I have to
finish tomorrow what I have to do here.
Lazette went with me to Trinity Church today. But
she will tell you all about that, as well as the failure she has
made in buying you a shawl. I should have got it in half an
hour, but it might not have had the right colors.
Your own Henry.
Mrs. Frances A Seward
Person
1849
date:
Sunday, April 1, 1849
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