Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Anna Wharton Seward, June 22, 1864

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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Anna Wharton Seward, June 22, 1864

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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1864-06-22

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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Anna Wharton Seward, June 22, 1864

action: sent

sender: Frances Seward
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Person

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

location: Auburn NY
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Place

Name:  City:  Auburn County:  Cayuga State:  NY Country:  US

receiver: Anna Seward
x

Person

Name: Anna Seward Birth: 1834-03-29 Death: 1919-05-02

location: Washington D.C. DC
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Place

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

transcription: ekk 

revision: obm 2016-06-29

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Wednesday June 22
My dear Anna,
Your letter to A Fanny
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Person

Name: Frances Seward Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29

came last evening while
Aunty
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Person

Name: Lazette Worden Birth: 1803-11-01 Death: 1875-10-03
was here she wishes
me to write immediately
and say she will take
the woman
Unknown
you mention
if she weighs less than
200 lbs. N. B. I have
at present one of that
size who is not very
tidy and Aunty thinks
occupies more space
than she can spare.
Catherine Barretts
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Person

Name: Catherine Barrett Birth: 1837 Death: 1878-04-08
child
Unknown


[top Margin] not amount to anything
more serious.
I think of giving
Joseph a
pistol. He
is more courage
than the
Irish
generally
are.


[left Margin] Love to Augustus
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Person

Name: Augustus Seward Birth: 1826-10-01 Death: 1876-09-11
& Fred
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Person

Name: Frederick Seward Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
. I hope you
may all keep well. Fanny will
write soon.
very affectionately
Mother

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troubles Aunty so much
that I do not think
it best for her to return
there to stay. she has
gone to Cayuga
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Place

Name: Cayuga County City:   County:  Cayuga State:  NY Country:  US
for a visit.
There is no good help
to be had here. Eliza
x

Person

Name:   Birth:  Death: 

makes me a world of
trouble with Joseph
Unknown
. I
was obliged to get some-
one else to cook. Eliza
has gone home for a visit
of two weeks. The woman
I have is goodnatured and
gets along well with the
children which is an
object to be accomplished

[right Margin] Did you read Sarah Sewards
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Person

Name: Sarah Seward Birth: 1833-06-08 Death: 1891-06-12
letter
Page 3

just now.
Jenny
x

Person

Name: Janet Seward Birth: 1839-11-18 Death: 1913-11-09
and Nelly
x

Person

Name: Cornelia Allen Birth: 1862-09-11 Death: 1921-10-05
are
still with Mrs Pomeroy
x

Person

Name: Elizabeth Pomeroy Birth: 1834-03-20 Death: 1892-02-25

who expects to be confined
in a few weeks.
I have this morning a
letter from Will
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Person

Name: William Seward Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
, which
as it came by Washington
you may have read. it
is dated the 11th at Cold Harbour
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Place

Name:  City:  Cold Harbor County:  Hanover State:  VA Country:  US
just as his
Regt. had been induced
to relieve a part of the
2d corps. We do not
infer from this that his
Corps or Division is changed
permanently. He says he
is well and writes in good


[left Margin] How will the woman come! Is she capable of travelling
alone
There was one came with
us from New York
who was treated
perfectly well.
Page 4

spirits. we needed someth ^ing^
cheering after reading of
the tenth Corps at
Petersburgh
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Place

Name:  City:  Petersburg County:   State:  VA Country:  US
. We have
bad we weather here now
the warmest of the summe[ r ]
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Supplied

Reason: 

The heat and dust (by
artificial means our streets
have been made as dusty as
yours) are beginning to
show their effect upon
the foliage and the
grass. Our side wall
is torn up to be relaid
A few nights ago a stone
was thrown breaking a pane
of glass in the North chamber
window when the blinds were
open. it was done in the night
Nicholas
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Person

Name: Nicholas Bogart Birth: 1801-12-24 Death: 1893-02-15
says he hears more
threats but I hope they may
date: 
Wednesday, June 22, 1864
receiver: 
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