Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 3, 1865
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 3, 1865
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1865-02-03
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 3, 1865
action: sent
sender:
Frances Seward
Person
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
Person
location:
Unknown
receiver:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
UnknownUnknown
transcription: dxt
revision: crb 2016-10-18
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Friday Jan
The 13th Amendment was passed Jan 31st and Feb 3rd is a Friday unlike Jan 3rd, so it is concluded that the actual date of the letter is Feb 3rd
3d /65
My dearest Henry
I congratulate
you on the passage
of the constitutional
amendment which I
know you had much
at heart. The prospect
of abolishing slavery through-
out the United States
Name: United States of America City:
County:
State:
Country: US
is indeed cheering.
This morning comes the
intelligence that you
have gone to Fortress Monroe
Name: City: Fort Monroe
County: Hampton
State: VA
Country: US
to meet the
Commissioners
Commissioners
Name: John Campbell
Birth: 1811-06-24
Death: 1889-03-12
Name: Robert Hunter
Birth: 1809-04-21
Death: 1887-07-18
Name: Alexander Stephens
Birth: 1812-02-11
Death: 1883-03-04
from
Richmond
Name: City: Richmond
County: Richmond
State: VA
Country: US
. I do
not venture to hope
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that peace will immed-
diately result from
this interview, but
it may do some
good. I know you
must have thought
so, or you would
not have gone.
If the Richmond papers
are at all reliable
the Confederate government
is not yet disposed to
talk of returning to the
Union.
How wickedly Henry Ward Beecher
Name: Henry Beecher
Birth: 1813-06-24
Death: 1887-03-08
is behaving.
I wish for the cause
of Christianity he would
leave the pulpit.
He is not calculated
to teach the doctrines
of the meek & lovely
Page 3
Savior of Mankind.
We are all well.
We hear frequently from
William
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1839-06-18
Death: 1920-04-29
who is very
busy at this time
I will write to
Fanny
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
tomorrow.
Mr Day
Name: Fayette Day
Birth: 1817-02-23
Death: 1878-02-28
just comes
in to ask me to telegraph
for the extension of
Mc Dougalls
Name: Clinton MacDougall
Birth: 1839-09-14
Death: 1914-05-24
furlough.
He has trouble in
the bank which
I will explain more
fully tomorrow
Your own
Frances.
Page 4
Jany 3/65
Friday Jan
The 13th Amendment was passed Jan 31st and Feb 3rd is a Friday unlike Jan 3rd, so it is concluded that the actual date of the letter is Feb 3rd
Editorial Note
My dearest Henry
I congratulate
you on the passage
of the constitutional
amendment which I
know you had much
at heart. The prospect
of abolishing slavery through-
out the United States
Place
is indeed cheering.
This morning comes the
intelligence that you
have gone to Fortress Monroe
Place
Commissioners
People
People
Richmond
Place
not venture to hope
that peace will immed-
diately result from
this interview, but
it may do some
good. I know you
must have thought
so, or you would
not have gone.
If the Richmond papers
are at all reliable
the Confederate government
is not yet disposed to
talk of returning to the
Union.
How wickedly Henry Ward Beecher
Person
I wish for the cause
of Christianity he would
leave the pulpit.
He is not calculated
to teach the doctrines
of the meek & lovely
Savior of Mankind.
We are all well.
We hear frequently from
William
Person
busy at this time
I will write to
Fanny
Person
Mr Day
Person
in to ask me to telegraph
for the extension of
Mc Dougalls
Person
He has trouble in
the bank which
I will explain more
fully tomorrow
Your own
Frances.
Unknown
Mrs. W. H. SewardJany 3/65
date:
Friday, February 3, 1865
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