Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. and Janet Watson Seward, December 17, 1864

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Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. and Janet Watson Seward, December 17, 1864

transcriber

Transcriber:spp:keh

student editor

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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1864-12-17

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Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. and Janet Watson Seward, December 17, 1864

action: sent

sender: William Seward
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Person

Name: William Seward Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29

location: Martinsburg WV
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Place

Name:  City:  Martinsburg County:  Berkeley State:  WV Country:  US

receiver: Janet Seward
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Person

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

location: Auburn NY
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Place

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

transcription: keh 

revision: obm 2016-09-13

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Page 1

Martinsburgh Dec 17
My dearest Jenny
Your letter of the 11th
was recd yesterday and also one from
from mother
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Person

Name: Frances Seward Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
four days later telling
me of Mrs Curtis
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Person

Name: Sarah Curtis Birth:  Death: 1864Certainty: Probable
death at the
house. I really hope that so many
causes of excitement will not act unfavor-
ably on your health but I can hardly
see how it can be otherwise. I shall
be thankful if your mother
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Person

Name: Margaret Watson Birth: 1812-03-30 Death: 1893-11-13
does not give
out with so much additional care on her hands
nothing new here
Your Will
Page 2

Mrs Wm H Seward Jr
Auburn N.Y.
MARTINSBURGH W.V. 17 DEC
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Stamp

Type: postmark
seward-pen
Unknown
Dec 17th 1864

date: 
Saturday, December 17, 1864
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