Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, September 23, 1864
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, September 23, 1864
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1864-09-23
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, September 23, 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: lxw
revision: crb 2016-09-02
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Page 1
Thursday Sep. 23d
My dear Son
I presume you
to be in Washington
Name: City: Washington D.C.
County:
State: DC
Country: US
this morning. There
are great rejoicings in
Sheridans
Name: Philip Sheridan
Birth: 1831-03-06
Death: 1888-08-05
victory
Mr Dennis Alward
Name: Dennis Alward
Birth: 1830-12-18
Death: 1892-09-03
wishes the appointment
of Assistant Secretary
of Legation to London
Name: City: London
County:
State:
Country: GB
.
qualifications.
writing and speaking
the French and
German languages
with perfect ease.
—income enough
to enable him with
Page 2
a small salary to live
in a suitable manner.
His chief object the
social advantages
attending the position
in addition to making
himself useful to the
Administration.
He feels under enduring
obligations to your
father
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
for the advan-
tages derived from the
his letter given him
when he went abroad.
Should this place
at London be unattain-
able Vienna
Name: Vienna, Austria City: Vienna
County:
State:
Country: AT
would
be desirable. but
not any other place
on the Continent
Name: City:
County:
State:
Country:
Page 3
I believe now I have followed
instructions. Mr Alward,
as you saw, is an
amiable gentleman.
I will add that I have
my own private reasons
for hoping he may
go abroad.
We are all as well
as when you left us.
Fanny
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
has concluded
not to go to Washington
this month. I have
so written to Anna
Name: Anna Seward
Birth: 1834-03-29
Death: 1919-05-02
.
She will await another
opportunity as she
finds much to do here
now that the heat
of Summer is past.
Love to Father & Augustus
Name: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1826-10-01
Death: 1876-09-11
God bless you
Mother
Page 4
Thursday Sep. 23d
My dear Son
I presume you
to be in Washington
Place
this morning. There
are great rejoicings in
Sheridans
Person
Mr Dennis Alward
Person
wishes the appointment
of Assistant Secretary
of Legation to London
Place
qualifications.
writing and speaking
the French and
German languages
with perfect ease.
—income enough
to enable him with
a small salary to live
in a suitable manner.
His chief object the
social advantages
attending the position
in addition to making
himself useful to the
Administration.
He feels under enduring
obligations to your
father
Person
tages derived from the
his letter given him
when he went abroad.
Should this place
at London be unattain-
able Vienna
Place
be desirable. but
not any other place
on the Continent
Place
I believe now I have followed
instructions. Mr Alward,
as you saw, is an
amiable gentleman.
I will add that I have
my own private reasons
for hoping he may
go abroad.
We are all as well
as when you left us.
Fanny
Person
not to go to Washington
this month. I have
so written to Anna
Person
She will await another
opportunity as she
finds much to do here
now that the heat
of Summer is past.
Love to Father & Augustus
Person
God bless you
Mother
date:
Friday, September 23, 1864
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