Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, November 20, 1834
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, November 20, 1834
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Date:1834-11-20
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, November 20, 1834
action: sent
sender: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Utica, NY
receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Auburn, NY
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revision: crb 2015-06-22
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Utica Thursday night.
My dear Frances,
Knowing that you will be expecting a letter im–
mediately after the time when you will suppose I must have
arrived at Albany, I dispatch this to prevent your disap–
pontment. It was 12 o'clock last night when I arrived
at Syracuse and as the boat was expected to pass that
place at 6 o'clock this morning I determined to take my
rest there rather than continue in the stage during the
night. It was after 8 o'clock this morning when the
boat came in, and the end of this days journey will
be Utica, where this letter is dated although written
on board the Canal boat twenty miles West of that
place. Tomorrow morning I shall take the Telegraph
or boat and be at Albany on Saturday morning.
I find it quite as pleasant as I expected. Although l[ aughe ]
Reason: wax-seald
at by all the boys as a dead lion I find the maj[ ority ]
Reason: wax-seal
of all the travel going people are whigs, and the town
inasmuch as he is on board abstains from motives of
commendable forbearance from all Kind of glorying in their
triumph. A Canal boat is a miserable place for
writing. I will only add that you must write often
and Keep me advised of your and Fred’s
am my dear Frances
Your only
Henry.
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Mr. William H. Seward
Auburn
UTICA N.Y. NOV 22
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Henry Nov 22d
1834
Utica Thursday night.
My dear Frances,
Knowing that you will be expecting a letter im–
mediately after the time when you will suppose I must have
arrived at Albany, I dispatch this to prevent your disap–
pontment. It was 12 o'clock last night when I arrived
at Syracuse and as the boat was expected to pass that
place at 6 o'clock this morning I determined to take my
rest there rather than continue in the stage during the
night. It was after 8 o'clock this morning when the
boat came in, and the end of this days journey will
be Utica, where this letter is dated although written
on board the Canal boat twenty miles West of that
place. Tomorrow morning I shall take the Telegraph
or boat and be at Albany on Saturday morning.
I find it quite as pleasant as I expected. Although l[ aughe ]
Supplied
at by all the boys as a dead lion I find the maj[ ority ]
Supplied
of all the travel going people are whigs, and the town
inasmuch as he is on board abstains from motives of
commendable forbearance from all Kind of glorying in their
triumph. A Canal boat is a miserable place for
writing. I will only add that you must write often
and Keep me advised of your and Fred’s
Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
situation, andam my dear Frances
Your only
Henry.
Mr. William H. Seward
Auburn
UTICA N.Y. NOV 22
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Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21Frances Seward
1834