Letter from George Washington Seward to Frances Miller Seward, February 24, 1841
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Letter from George Washington Seward to Frances Miller Seward, February 24, 1841
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1841-02-24
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Letter from George Washington Seward to Frances Miller Seward, February 24, 1841
action: sent
sender: George Seward
Birth: 1808-08-26
Death: 1888-12-07
location: Florida, NY
receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: UnknownUnknown
transcription: lxw
revision: lxw 2015-11-10
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Florida Feby 24th 1841
My Dear Frances,
Before this reaches you
you will have learnt of the illness
of our brother
duty to advise you of the fatal issue
of that illness. Jennings continued to
fail but almost imperceptibly until
at 7 o'clock this morning when his spirit
took its flight we doubt not to a
better world, "we mourn but not as those
who have no hope".
How many hopes are disapointed, how
many schemes of happiness frustrated, how
bright a prospect of good are f blasted and
forever, Oh! who can sustain the heavy
load of bereavement to her
entered on to such bright years, but is
there not one, who can make all things
work well. Yes behold him who is the
resurrection and the life, whon is mighty ^wonderful^
in counsel and mighty in executing
Adieu my dear Sister adieu
G W Seward
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Florida Feby 24th 1841
My Dear Frances,
Before this reaches you
you will have learnt of the illness
of our brother
Birth: 1793-08-23 Death: 1841-02-24
, it becomes my painfullduty to advise you of the fatal issue
of that illness. Jennings continued to
fail but almost imperceptibly until
at 7 o'clock this morning when his spirit
took its flight we doubt not to a
better world, "we mourn but not as those
who have no hope".
How many hopes are disapointed, how
many schemes of happiness frustrated, how
bright a prospect of good are f blasted and
forever, Oh! who can sustain the heavy
load of bereavement to her
Birth: 1815 Death: 1879-08-29
who latelyentered on to such bright years, but is
there not one, who can make all things
work well. Yes behold him who is the
resurrection and the life, whon is mighty ^wonderful^
in counsel and mighty in executing
Adieu my dear Sister adieu
G W Seward