Letter from William Henry Seward to Frederick William Seward, October 3, 1868
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frederick William Seward, October 3, 1868
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1868-10-03
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frederick William Seward, October 3, 1868
action: sent
sender:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
Washington D.C. DC
Place
Name: City: Washington D.C.
County:
State: DC
Country: US
Place
receiver:
Frederick Seward
Person
Name: Frederick Seward
Birth: 1830-07-08
Death: 1915-04-25
Person
location:
UnknownUnknown
transcription: keh
revision: crb 2016-10-28
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October 3rd 1868.
Frederick W. Seward Esqr.
My dear Frederick,
I have just now
received your letter of the 29th. It is
pleasant to know that Anna
Name: Anna Seward
Birth: 1834-03-29
Death: 1919-05-02
re-
mains well. I am so happy in the
belief that she improves by residing
in the country that I endure without
repining your own absence and her's.
Politically, there is nothing which you
do not know except the knowledge
of how much you do know by news-
papers is erroneous. Officially, labor
without annoyance
We conveyed Mrs Risley's
Name: Harriet Risley
Birth: 1816-10
Death: 1868-09-28
remains
to a vault in the cemetery at Oak
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Hill with all the considered attention
that I ^could^ command. Hattie
Name: Harriet Rodman
Birth: 1850-03-05
Death: 1925-07-27
is undergoing
what seems ^to be^ a regular course of the
fever which bereaved her of her
mother. Her case is regarded hope-
fully. Doctor Dimon
Name: Theodore Dimon
Birth: 1816-09-19
Death: 1889-07-22
left her last
night in care of Doctor Norris
Name: Basil Norris
Birth: 1828-03-09
Death: 1895-11-10
.
Doctor Norris was called away by the
illness of his father
of this city succeeds him
The medical family counsil
in New York
Name: City: New York
County:
State: NY
Country: US
decided that nobody
should go now to Mr Weed
Name: Thurlow Weed
Birth: 1797-11-15
Death: 1882-11-22
.
Mr Donaldson
Name: James Donaldson
Birth: 1818
Death: 1886-12-03
has arrived
Unknown
Department of StateOctober 3rd 1868.
Frederick W. Seward Esqr.
My dear Frederick,
I have just now
received your letter of the 29th. It is
pleasant to know that Anna
Person
mains well. I am so happy in the
belief that she improves by residing
in the country that I endure without
repining your own absence and her's.
Politically, there is nothing which you
do not know except the knowledge
of how much you do know by news-
papers is erroneous. Officially, labor
without annoyance
We conveyed Mrs Risley's
Person
to a vault in the cemetery at Oak
Hill with all the considered attention
that I ^could^ command. Hattie
Person
what seems ^to be^ a regular course of the
fever which bereaved her of her
mother. Her case is regarded hope-
fully. Doctor Dimon
Person
night in care of Doctor Norris
Person
Doctor Norris was called away by the
illness of his father
Unknown
. Doctor JohnsonUnknown
of this city succeeds him
The medical family counsil
in New York
Place
should go now to Mr Weed
Person
Mr Donaldson
Person
date:
Saturday, October 3, 1868
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