Letter from Henry Underwood to Frances Miller Seward, 1841

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Letter from Henry Underwood to Frances Miller Seward, 1841
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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1841

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Letter from Henry Underwood to Frances Miller Seward, 1841

action: sent

sender: Henry Underwood
Birth: 1818-02-08  Death: 1881

location: Albany, NY

receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24  Death: 1865-06-21

location: Auburn, NY

transcription: csh 

revision: csh 2016-11-21

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Albany Saturday Evening.
Dear Mrs Seward,
I have tried for a long
time to find an opportunity to send the
inclosed, but in vain. It was a great
oversight in me, “or, rather, absence of mind,”
in not sending it with the box.
Col. Bouck
Birth: 1828-12-16 Death: 1904-02-21
and the “White
Horse” have not yet arrived in town, but
are expected on Monday. Little is he,
^(meaning Col B.)^ aware of the trials he will have to undergo
during the next two years.
I received your kind letter in due
time, and return you my grateful acknowl
-edgements for it. I did not intend when
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I wrote mine of imploring on you the
task of answering it. Your suggestions
concerning the New Year call shall be
attended to.
Very truly your obedient servant,
Henry Underwood.
Mr. William H. Seward.
Auburn.
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P.S.
A sleigh down to the river on Wednesday
and the within cards were left.