Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 17, 1848
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 17, 1848
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1848-01-17
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 17, 1848
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: UnknownUnknown
transcription: obm
revision: crb 2018-07-18
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Monday night Jan 17th
My dearest Henry
I should have written to you
before you left Albany had I been at all
sure you were there to receive a letter
but until your letter came saying you were
to leave to day I did not know where
to direct mine — you will be sure
to find this on your return — I have
written a long letter to Augustus
a short one to Lazette
lesson — been once to Church — received
five or six visits from different ladies
and made as many more — this
together with my usual domestic duties
has occupied my time since you left
The weather has been so mild that I
hope you found the river open — Yesterday
and to day have been like Spring and
to night the moon is very brilliant
If Clara
be glad to go and see her but she is too
far off for me to go alone — Willie
gone to spend the evening with John
Bacon
wishing her "father would come home" —
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She went to Church yesterday with me and
this afternoon has been up to see Eliza
Doyle
are expecting to be absent a great part
of this week in consequence of the visit
of the Bishop
or Thursday — I shall try to hear him
preach while he is here though I
presume the little Church will overflow
with the sons and daughter of the
Emerald Isle — I am sorry dearest
to hear of your disturbed and restless
nights — I fear you are not well as you
were not when you left home —
"Never mind" as Fanny says, about
the addition to the house we can
get along very well without it
if it is not convenient for you
to have it made — I have a long
merry letter from Fred
come — I hope this will meet you
on your way home ever your own
Frances
1 lb of brown sugar of medium quality
1 box of sperm candles —
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Monday night Jan 17th
My dearest Henry
I should have written to you
before you left Albany had I been at all
sure you were there to receive a letter
but until your letter came saying you were
to leave to day I did not know where
to direct mine — you will be sure
to find this on your return — I have
written a long letter to Augustus
Birth: 1826-10-01 Death: 1876-09-11
and a short one to Lazette
Birth: 1803-11-01 Death: 1875-10-03
— taken one Frenchlesson — been once to Church — received
five or six visits from different ladies
Unknown
and made as many more — this
together with my usual domestic duties
has occupied my time since you left
The weather has been so mild that I
hope you found the river open — Yesterday
and to day have been like Spring and
to night the moon is very brilliant
If Clara
Birth: 1793-05-01 Death: 1862-09-05
lived any where near I shouldbe glad to go and see her but she is too
far off for me to go alone — Willie
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
has gone to spend the evening with John
Bacon
Unknown
— Fanny
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
has gone to bed
afterwishing her "father would come home" —
She went to Church yesterday with me and
this afternoon has been up to see Eliza
Doyle
Birth: 1833 Death: 1884-07-25
— My maidensUnknown
in the kitchenare expecting to be absent a great part
of this week in consequence of the visit
of the Bishop
Birth: 1797-02-12 Death: 1867-04-16
— who is to be here Wednesdayor Thursday — I shall try to hear him
preach while he is here though I
presume the little Church will overflow
with the sons and daughter of the
Emerald Isle — I am sorry dearest
to hear of your disturbed and restless
nights — I fear you are not well as you
were not when you left home —
"Never mind" as Fanny says, about
the addition to the house we can
get along very well without it
if it is not convenient for you
to have it made — I have a long
merry letter from Fred
Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
which has just
come — I hope this will meet you
on your way home ever your own
Frances
1 lb of brown sugar of medium quality
1 box of sperm candles —