Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, October 20, 1848
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, October 20, 1848
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Date:1848-10-20
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, October 20, 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: tap
revision: crb 2018-07-18
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Friday morning Oct 20th
My dear Henry,
This is our 24th
wedding day and I have left
my work all unfinished to remind
you that it is so – Though the
years that have past have had
alterations of shades and sunshine,
in the retrospect the sunshine
predominates, and I feel that
I have while yielding to the
despondency attendant upon
continuous illness overlooked
many blessings, and I fear
been sadly wanting in gratitude
to our Heavenly Father – If "Hope
is the source of youth" we have
have enough left yet, for our
children
at least, to prevent the
too rapid advance of Age –
[top Margin] h
F A Seward
Oct 21, 1848
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2
I went to Mrs Porters
party Wednesday evening in
the midst of the rain –
Charles
Morgan in the morning – All
the family went to
the wedding
They had a very unpleasant
day – a large party in the
evening – I went alone as Clara
was not well and Clarence
did not wish to go – I was
introduced to Lieutenant Palmer
who has a sister
He graduated at West Point
a year before Augustus – Was
wounded in battle at the taking
of the City of Mexico – He
says is it not customary customary
for officers to have a furlough
until they have served two
years – this being the first
he has had – From some observations
he made I infer that the
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3
interference of friends in procuring a
furlough before that time, is con-
sidered unwarrantable – If this
suggestion is made to Augustus he
will not avail himself of a
leave so obtained – should it be
granted – perhaps it is better
that it should not be – His
coming home would give me
no pleasure while it occasioned
him uneasiness or embarrassment –
I have written to him at Ft Smith
telling him to do what he thinks
right without any reference to my
feelings – The Courier says
the 5th Regiment embarked at New
Orleans for the Mouth of the
Arkansas the 8th of Oct –
Clarence wishes to know what
answer he is to give Mr Sealey
about your going to St Lawrence –
I enclose a letter which seems
to be urgint – Yesterday I
Mary Osborne
day with me – Mrs Horner
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4
and Clara this afternoon – We had
a nice visit altogether –
Lazette
better – The masons
completed their work and gone –
The doors cannot be hung until
the walls are partly dried
I hope we shall have some
sunshine to enable the girls
to wash the windows – it is
cold and overcast for the
last three days with some
rain – no work in the garden
at present – The little folks
are well N B Clarence has
shaved off his whiskers in con-
sequence he looks as though he
had had a fit of sickness –
ever your own
Frances
Mr Sealey has been here to day
to ascertain whether you will
go to St Lawrence
Friday morning Oct 20th
My dear Henry,
This is our 24th
wedding day and I have left
my work all unfinished to remind
you that it is so – Though the
years that have past have had
alterations of shades and sunshine,
in the retrospect the sunshine
predominates, and I feel that
I have while yielding to the
despondency attendant upon
continuous illness overlooked
many blessings, and I fear
been sadly wanting in gratitude
to our Heavenly Father – If "Hope
is the source of youth" we have
have enough left yet, for our
children
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
Birth: 1830-07-08
Death: 1915-04-25
Birth: 1826-10-01
Death: 1876-09-11
Birth: 1839-06-18
Death: 1920-04-29
too rapid advance of Age –
[top Margin] h
Hand Shift
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10William Seward
Oct 21, 1848
I went to Mrs Porters
Birth: 1826-02
weddingparty Wednesday evening in
the midst of the rain –
Charles
Birth: 1826-01-18 Death: 1910-08-28
was married to MissMorgan in the morning – All
the family
Birth: 1839-05-10
Death: 1849-04-10
Birth: 1828-06-01
Death: 1910-05-05
Birth: 1790-10-24
Death: 1874-02-03
Birth: 1800-04-12
Death: 1886-03-29
They had a very unpleasant
day – a large party in the
evening – I went alone as Clara
Birth: 1793-05-01 Death: 1862-09-05
was not well and Clarence
Birth: 1828-10-07 Death: 1897-07-24
did not wish to go – I was
introduced to Lieutenant Palmer
Birth: 1809-04-15 Death: 1862-06-18
who has a sister
Birth: 1809-02-02 Death: 1879-11-06Certainty: Probable
in the city
He graduated at West Point
a year before Augustus – Was
wounded in battle at the taking
of the City of Mexico – He
says is it not customary customary
for officers to have a furlough
until they have served two
years – this being the first
he has had – From some observations
he made I infer that the
interference of friends in procuring a
furlough before that time, is con-
sidered unwarrantable – If this
suggestion is made to Augustus he
will not avail himself of a
leave so obtained – should it be
granted – perhaps it is better
that it should not be – His
coming home would give me
no pleasure while it occasioned
him uneasiness or embarrassment –
I have written to him at Ft Smith
telling him to do what he thinks
right without any reference to my
feelings – The Courier says
the 5th Regiment embarked at New
Orleans for the Mouth of the
Arkansas the 8th of Oct –
Clarence wishes to know what
answer he is to give Mr Sealey
Unknown
about your going to St Lawrence –
I enclose a letter which seems
to be urgint – Yesterday I
Mary Osborne
Birth: 1786-09-11 Death: 1858-02-17
came and spent theday with me – Mrs Horner
Birth: 1780 Death: 1856-12-09Certainty: Probable
a
and Clara this afternoon – We had
a nice visit altogether –
Lazette
Birth: 1803-11-01 Death: 1875-10-03
writes that Frances
Birth: 1826-12-12 Death: 1909-08-24
is
somebetter – The masons
Unknown
havecompleted their work and gone –
The doors cannot be hung until
the walls are partly dried
I hope we shall have some
sunshine to enable the girls
Unknown
to wash the windows – it is
cold and overcast for the
last three days with some
rain – no work in the garden
at present – The little folks
are well N B Clarence has
shaved off his whiskers in con-
sequence he looks as though he
had had a fit of sickness –
ever your own
Frances
Mr Sealey has been here to day
to ascertain whether you will
go to St Lawrence