Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 17, 1856
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 17, 1856
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Date:1856-07-17
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 17, 1856
action: sent
sender: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Auburn, NY
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Washington D.C., US
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revision: jxw 2021-12-08
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Wed Thursday 17t July
My dear Henry
I have been anxious
about you ever since
you left home so much
indisposed — hope to-
day to hear from you
either by a letter or
through the journals —
I read your remarks
on Mr Douglas
Birth: 1813-04-23 Death: 1861-06-03
kansas
bill yesterday which
are so good that I
wish some copies for
[bottom Margin] our own Frances
circulation — Will it
not be printed in a
pamphlet — I have
not yet any of those
on it Mr Crittendens
Birth: 1787-09-10 Death: 1863-07-26
resolution — I have been
sorry since you left
that I did not suggest
having Will
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
go back
with you — we could
do without him here
and you need some
one — Dennis
Birth: 1827
is about
to commence cutting the
grass — he wishes me to
ask you if it is not
better to sell a part of it
immediately — this being
the general impression — it is
thought to be more profitable
to sell it now at $6 or
over $5 than to keep it in
a stack where it will
be impaired in quality
and decrease in quantity —
I shall await your answer.
The horse is eating nothing
but oats — when she came
home she had a cough
for which Carpenter
Birth: 1821 Death: 1885-10-25Certainty: Probable
and
others advised that she
be kept without hay —
it is now three months —
her cough seems to have
left her — oats are too
stimulating for constant
food exclusive of others —
though she may be more
spirited now she will
suffer by & by — it is
necessary that you express
a decided opinion on
this subject, which with
many others was neglected
when you were here owing
to your illness & my
own — Fanny
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
has recovered from
the effect of her pic nic — y-