Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, July 7, 1849

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Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, July 7, 1849

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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1849-07-07

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Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, July 7, 1849

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sender: George Seward
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Person

Name: George Seward Birth: 1808-08-26 Death: 1888-12-07

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receiver: William Seward
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Person

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

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transcription: bms 

revision: crb 2016-05-12

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Saturday July 7th
My Dear Brother,
I feel that I
ought to keep you advise of
the state of your Fathers
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Person

Name: Samuel Seward Birth: 1768-12-05 Death: 1849-08-24
health
and yet there is so little va-
riations in his appearance from
day to day that I could only
write the same symptoms over
and over, and they are simply
those of decaying old age.
He has remained very
much in the same state for
a fortnight, his strength was tiny[ . ]
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very slowly, his [ Palyseed ]
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Alternate Text

Alternate Text: palsied
arm
recovering a little, though now
swelling more, he cough much but
raises little, his bowels do not
act without aid, he is the
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very peeevere peevish and trouble-
some at times and again is
very quiet and good humored
we are trying to make him
as comfortable as possible.
If it were at all possible
for you to come down I think
he would be glad to see you
and I hope there are others who
would be so.
I have received the Life of John Quincy, I think you must have been thinking
of your children
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People

children
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People

children
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People

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: 1845-08-22 Death: 1925-10-01
Name: Augustus Seward Birth: 1826-10-01 Death: 1876-09-11
when you were
writing it, and I regarded it
as a very good omen if your
man writes for his own chil-
dren, he must write for others
Give my love to Frances
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Person

Name: Frances Seward Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
and
remember to others of your family
Your Affectionate brother,
Geo. W Seward
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seward-pen
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Person

Name: William Seward Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
Geo W Seward
July 7th 1849
date: 
Saturday, July 7, 1849
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