Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, May 5, 1865
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Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, May 5, 1865
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1865-05-05
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Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Janet Watson Seward, May 5, 1865
action: sent
sender:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1839-06-18
Death: 1920-04-29
Person
location:
Washington D.C. DC
Place
Name: City: Washington D.C.
County:
State: DC
Country: US
Place
receiver:
Janet Seward
Person
Name: Janet Seward
Birth: 1839-11-18
Death: 1913-11-09
Person
location:
Auburn NY
Place
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: keh
revision: crb 2016-10-19
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Washington May 5
Friday
My dearest Jenny
Frederick
Name: Frederick Seward
Birth: 1830-07-08
Death: 1915-04-25
is
again improving and doing
as well as we could expect
the danger of another hemorage
still exists however and will
not be entirely past for a
week or ten days yet to come.
Father
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
is doing well but suffers
much pain & inconvenience from
the splint in his mouth which
holds the jaw together, it only
allows a small hole about the size
of a cent to breath talk and
eat through. This will have to be
Page 2
worn three months
I have heard nothing further
from MacDougall
Name: Clinton MacDougall
Birth: 1839-09-14
Death: 1914-05-24
and presume
his Corps moved before he recd
his leave. Day
Name: Fayette Day
Birth: 1817-02-23
Death: 1878-02-28
telegraphed a day
or two since that it was not necessary
for him to leave now
I understand that both the 2 & 6
Corps are on their way here to be
mustered out of the service
I have your letter enclosing the
a/c
Will you please call at Babcocks
Shoe Store and see if they have
sent my boots on to Martinsburg
Name: City: Martinsburg
County: Berkeley
State: WV
Country: US
if not please send them here by
express and also four white shirts
as I need them. If the boots ha[ ve ]
Reason:
been sent please send me the shirts
and a pair of thin boots which you
Page 3
will find in my trunk
I shall resign during this month
George
Name: George Watson
Birth: 1842-08-29
Death: 1896-10-29
talks of riding one of
my horses acrost across the
country home
Love to all kiss the children
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1864-11-10
Death:
Name: Cornelia Allen
Birth: 1862-09-11
Death: 1921-10-05
for
me. Col Taft
Name: Edward Taft
Birth: 1832-09-10
Death: 1867-01-20
is very sick in
N. Y.
Name: City: New York
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Your
Will
Knowles
Name: John Knowles
Birth: 1833
Death: 1906
was here to see me
yesterday, he will probably remain
in the service a month longer than
I do to arrange his accounts
Page 4
Mrs Wm H Seward Jr
Auburn N. Y.
WASHINGTON D.C. MAY 8
Type: postmark
Name: Janet Seward
Birth: 1839-11-18
Death: 1913-11-09
May 5th 1865
Washington May 5
Friday
My dearest Jenny
Frederick
Person
again improving and doing
as well as we could expect
the danger of another hemorage
still exists however and will
not be entirely past for a
week or ten days yet to come.
Father
Person
much pain & inconvenience from
the splint in his mouth which
holds the jaw together, it only
allows a small hole about the size
of a cent to breath talk and
eat through. This will have to be
worn three months
I have heard nothing further
from MacDougall
Person
his Corps moved before he recd
his leave. Day
Person
or two since that it was not necessary
for him to leave now
I understand that both the 2 & 6
Corps are on their way here to be
mustered out of the service
I have your letter enclosing the
a/c
Will you please call at Babcocks
Shoe Store and see if they have
sent my boots on to Martinsburg
Place
if not please send them here by
express and also four white shirts
as I need them. If the boots ha[ ve ]
Supplied
been sent please send me the shirts
and a pair of thin boots which you
will find in my trunk
I shall resign during this month
George
Person
my horses acrost across the
country home
Love to all kiss the children
People
me. Col Taft
Person
N. Y.
Place
Your
Will
Knowles
Person
yesterday, he will probably remain
in the service a month longer than
I do to arrange his accounts
Mrs Wm H Seward Jr
Auburn N. Y.
WASHINGTON D.C. MAY 8
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Person
date:
Friday, May 5, 1865
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