Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, November 13, 1865

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, November 13, 1865

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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1865-11-13

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, November 13, 1865

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sender: William Seward
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Person

Name: William Seward Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10

location: Washington D.C. DC
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Place

Name:  City:  Washington D.C. County:   State:  DC Country:  US

receiver: Frances Seward
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Person

Name: Frances Seward Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29

location: Unknown
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transcription: srr 

revision: obm 2016-07-08

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Department of State
Washington, Nov, 13 1865
My dear Fanny
I have proposed that no one
of your letters should remain unac-
knowledged a day. But yesterday
I failed. I had to prepare a paper
larger, more studied and more
comprehensive than the one which we
all worked so hard upon when
I was at Auburn
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Place

Name:  City:  Auburn County:  Cayuga State:  NY Country:  US
. So I requested
Anna
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Person

Name: Anna Seward Birth: 1834-03-29 Death: 1919-05-02
and Frederick
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Person

Name: Frederick Seward Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
to write to you
for me. To day I have your letter
of the 11th.
Page 2

I hope you will take all the
time you need with the dentist.
It would be comfortable if your
nerves were no more sensitive than
mine. I still follow up my
nervous system of bathing and exercise.
I dine today with Sir Frederick Burr
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Person

Name: Frederick  Burr Birth: 1827 Death: 1897-06-03
en famille. And now I
return to my task
Your affectionate father
William H Seward
Miss Fanny Seward
Page 3

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Person

Name: Frances Seward Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
Father Nov. 13th/65
date: 
Monday, November 13, 1865
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