Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, February 24, 1865
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, February 24, 1865
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Date:1865-02-24
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, February 24, 1865
action: sent
sender:
Frances Seward
Person
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
Person
location:
Auburn NY
Place
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
Place
receiver:
Augustus Seward
Person
Name: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1826-10-01
Death: 1876-09-11
Person
location:
Washington D.C. DC
Place
Name: City: Washington D.C.
County:
State: DC
Country: US
Place
transcription: dxt
revision: crb 2016-09-15
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Page 1
Friday
Feb 24th
My dear Son
I was very glad to
receive your letter last
week. Fanny
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
writes that
your Father
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
was ill Sun-
day. I hope he will
have more leisure this
week. The Winter has
nearly gone, but our
snow will remain some
time yet, there is so much
of it. it is thawing now.
Aunty
Name: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
and Nelly
Name: Cornelia Allen
Birth: 1862-09-11
Death: 1921-10-05
are
much better. both have
been out to day. Will
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1839-06-18
Death: 1920-04-29
writes that he may
come home for a day
or two while McDougall
Name: Clinton MacDougall
Birth: 1839-09-14
Death: 1914-05-24
Page 2
is here. He has not quite
give up the idea of taking
Aunt Clara's
Name: Clarinda McClallen
Birth: 1793-05-01
Death: 1862-09-05
house this
summer but I do
not think Mr Rathbon
Name: George Rathbun
Birth: 1802-10-16
Death: 1870-01-04
will give it up. Aunty
offers Will her house for
the next year, should
he come home to remain
he will probably take
that. I judge from his
letters that there is no
certainty of his coming
home at present.
Frances
Name: Frances Chesebro
Birth: 1826-12-12
Death: 1909-08-24
is again anxious
to sell her house. She in-
tends shutting it up for
a season next month
and taking rooms here
for a few months. Aunty
has found some rooms in
Green St which she thinks
will please her. Frank
Name: Francis Chesebro
Birth: 1854-02-13
Death: 1931-05-23
Page 3
has recovered his health.
Henry
Name: Henry Chesebro
Birth: 1822-02-03
Death: 1888-11-24
is away from home
at present. There is con-
siderable curiosity about
the appointment of Secretary
of the Treasury which will
not be lessened by the
newspapers. I am often
asked if your Father is
going to England
Name: England City:
County:
State:
Country: GB
, of
which I know no more
than the Herald tells me.
I have always feared that
Frederick
Name: Frederick Seward
Birth: 1830-07-08
Death: 1915-04-25
weakened his
arm by violent attempts
to use it. I know he
diminshed his own strength
still I hope time & moderate
use will make it all
right. Catherine Barrett
Name: Catherine Barrett
Birth: 1837
Death: 1878-04-08
was here a few days
ago. has been in Cayuga
Name: Cayuga County City:
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
Page 4
is now at her brothers'
much pleased with the
prospect of a restored Union
Jenny
Name: Janet Seward
Birth: 1839-11-18
Death: 1913-11-09
went to a dance last
evening with her sister
Name: Lucy Bostwick
Birth: 1832-04-27
Death: 1903-12-20Certainty: Probable
&
McDougall. She is not
very well. the little
boy
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1864-11-10
Death:
is well and fat
Nelly is very fond of "little
brother" as she calls him
and he is always pleasured
to see her face near his
own. Nelly talks quite
plainly now, and observes
every thing that passes.
She always expects me to
read for her when she is
with me. You will
be going to City Point
Name: City Point, VA City: City Point
County: Prince George
State: VA
Country: US
about this time & may
not get my letter. Let
me hear from you when
you return. May God preserve
you my dear Son. Mother
Page 5
Friday
Feb 24th
My dear Son
I was very glad to
receive your letter last
week. Fanny
Person
your Father
Person
day. I hope he will
have more leisure this
week. The Winter has
nearly gone, but our
snow will remain some
time yet, there is so much
of it. it is thawing now.
Aunty
Person
Person
much better. both have
been out to day. Will
Person
writes that he may
come home for a day
or two while McDougall
Person
is here. He has not quite
give up the idea of taking
Aunt Clara's
Person
summer but I do
not think Mr Rathbon
Person
will give it up. Aunty
offers Will her house for
the next year, should
he come home to remain
he will probably take
that. I judge from his
letters that there is no
certainty of his coming
home at present.
Frances
Person
to sell her house. She in-
tends shutting it up for
a season next month
and taking rooms here
for a few months. Aunty
has found some rooms in
Green St which she thinks
will please her. Frank
Person
has recovered his health.
Henry
Person
at present. There is con-
siderable curiosity about
the appointment of Secretary
of the Treasury which will
not be lessened by the
newspapers. I am often
asked if your Father is
going to England
Place
which I know no more
than the Herald tells me.
I have always feared that
Frederick
Person
arm by violent attempts
to use it. I know he
diminshed his own strength
still I hope time & moderate
use will make it all
right. Catherine Barrett
Person
was here a few days
ago. has been in Cayuga
Place
is now at her brothers'
Unknown
much pleased with the
prospect of a restored Union
Jenny
Person
evening with her sister
Person
McDougall. She is not
very well. the little
boy
Person
Nelly is very fond of "little
brother" as she calls him
and he is always pleasured
to see her face near his
own. Nelly talks quite
plainly now, and observes
every thing that passes.
She always expects me to
read for her when she is
with me. You will
be going to City Point
Place
about this time & may
not get my letter. Let
me hear from you when
you return. May God preserve
you my dear Son. Mother
date:
Friday, February 24, 1865
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