Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, December 18, 1845

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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, December 18, 1845
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Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1845-12-18

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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, December 18, 1845

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

location: Auburn, NY

receiver: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1826-10-01  Death: 1876-09-11

location: West Point, NY

transcription: pag 

revision: tap 2018-07-20

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Auburn, Dec 18 – 1845
My dear son,
I do not write in answer to
your letter which if you have written has
not yet arrived but I think you
may want some money for Christmas
I enclose $5 – I was at a party last
evening and do not feel very well
to day in consequence – there were
young people and dancing which
detained me later than I purposed staying
The party was at R. Howe’s
Unknown
– went off very
pleasantly – many enquiries were made
about you as usual – most of the
people, having more tact than the gentle-
man we called upon last summer, manage
to remember where you are – Clarence
Birth: 1828-10-07 Death: 1897-07-24

is to come home Saturday – There was
a disorderly time at Geneva last week
or the week previous – A Soph
Unknown
played
a very unmanly and severe trick upon
a Irishman
Unknown
by putting some sharp instrument
I believe in his bed whereby he was so much
injured as to require the aid of a physician
Two Irishmen
Unknown
in consequence gave the
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Soph – a severe whipping and he too was
sent to the medical college – I believe
Geneva has the reputation of being the
most disorderly college in the country
I wish Clarence was away – he had
no part in this transaction having run
away to a hall the same night at
Ovid – I hope to hear from you soon
Fred
Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
and Willie
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
send love – all are
well – Your Father
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
not yet gone to
Washington – your affectionate
Mother