Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, August 3, 1864
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, August 3, 1864
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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive
Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1864-08-03
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, August 3, 1864
action: sent
sender:
Frances Seward
Person
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
Person
location:
Unknown
receiver:
Frederick Seward
Person
Name: Frederick Seward
Birth: 1830-07-08
Death: 1915-04-25
Person
location:
UnknownUnknown
transcription: obm
revision: obm 2016-06-29
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Page 1
Wednesday August 3rd
My dear son
I return the draft
which came last evening
——How shocking the
slaughter at Petersburg
Place
^some of^ Those barbarians who
have complained heretofore
of the inertness of
the old Army officers
begin to doubt the
wisdom of giving the
command to the
uneducated — How
impossible it is to please
all and how useless an
attempt to do any
thing but to please
the All Merciful
Will
Person
Person
set out yesterday for
Watch Hill
Place
Person
them — I hope the
sea air may do them
good — We are all
well as usual —
very thankful for
rain which has been
falling all night —
Love to Anna
Person
If Augustus
Person
tell him I have not
had any answer to my
last letter — perhaps the
letter did not reach
him — God bless you all
Mother
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Wednesday, August 3, 1864
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