Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 15, 1837
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 15, 1837
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Date:1837-09-15
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 15, 1837
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:
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
transcription: gew
revision: ekk 2015-06-08
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Page 1
Auburn Sep. 15th 1837
My dear Henry,
I received your first letter last Tuesday
after fancying a thousand calamities had befallen you
I had never dreamed of your being two whole days in
Albany
Name: City: Albany
County: Albany
State: NY
Country: US
without writing. I was prevented
writing you yes-
terday by an all day visit from Mrs Wright
Name: Martha Wright
Birth: 1806-12-25
Death: 1875-01-04
. Clara
Name: Clarinda McClallen
Birth: 1793-05-01
Death: 1862-09-05
and McLallen
Name: Hugh McClallen
Birth: 1791-09-07
Death: 1860-11-16
went Saturday to Middlesex
Name: City: Middlesex
County: Yates
State: NY
Country: US
came home by
the way of Canandaigua
Name: City: Canandaigua
County: Ontario
State: NY
Country: US
Tuesday. Lazette
Name: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
did not come
with them. Serene
Name: Serene Birdsall
Birth: 1805
Death: 1884-01-19
’s little boy
Name: Franklin Birdsall
Birth: 1837
Death: 1910-07-27Certainty: Probable
was too sick for her to make
her visit there. Clara thinks she is better than she
was last spring. I thought she would probably come
home with them but she did not. I went Wednesday
to see Mrs Horner
Name: Eliza Horner
Birth: 1807
Death: 1876-10-31Certainty: Probable
but did not find her at home. We have
had some very warm days, the weather now is delightful
I have a multitude of visits to make and intend to
improve all the fine weather. I have very uncomfortable
nights, all my recollections of this season a year
ago are so associated with our dear little girl
Name: Cornelia Seward
Birth: 1836-08-25
Death: 1837-01-14
that
my reflections are more than usually sombre, but this
is only occasional. I am thankful for the treasures
I have left. I hope you did not forget to give
some directions about the tombstone while you were
at Albany, they have been too long neglected. I must
plead a headache as an excuse for the few unsatisfactory.
lines I have written, do not fail to work frequently. May
God bless and preserve you dearest, your own Frances.
Page 2
William H. Seward
Washington
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Frances A. Seward
Sept. 15, 1837.
Auburn Sep. 15th 1837
My dear Henry,
I received your first letter last Tuesday
after fancying a thousand calamities had befallen you
I had never dreamed of your being two whole days in
Albany
Place
terday by an all day visit from Mrs Wright
Person
Person
and McLallen
Person
Place
the way of Canandaigua
Place
Person
with them. Serene
Person
Person
her visit there. Clara thinks she is better than she
was last spring. I thought she would probably come
home with them but she did not. I went Wednesday
to see Mrs Horner
Person
had some very warm days, the weather now is delightful
I have a multitude of visits to make and intend to
improve all the fine weather. I have very uncomfortable
nights, all my recollections of this season a year
ago are so associated with our dear little girl
Person
my reflections are more than usually sombre, but this
is only occasional. I am thankful for the treasures
I have left. I hope you did not forget to give
some directions about the tombstone while you were
at Albany, they have been too long neglected. I must
plead a headache as an excuse for the few unsatisfactory.
lines I have written, do not fail to work frequently. May
God bless and preserve you dearest, your own Frances.
William H. Seward
Washington
Person
Sept. 15, 1837.
date:
Friday, September 15, 1837
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