Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 3, 1849

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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 3, 1849
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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1849-03-03

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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 3, 1849

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: Washington D.C., US

transcription: pxc 

revision: crb 2018-10-31

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F. A. S. 1849
Saturday – March 3d
My dear Henry,
I have waited
a day or two longer than
I should have done with
the hope that I might
be quite well when I
wrote again. My cough
and a slight fever still
continue. I am not confined
to my bed but most of
the time to my room
My sickness is accompanied
as it generally is with
the nausea which deadens
all my faculties and
depresses my spirits. I sent
for the Dr
Unknown
again last night
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will relieve me.
Mr. Bostwick
Birth: 1801-08-08 Death: 1853-07-06
will not
let us use the Franks –
he says it is contrary to
the regulations to use them
in more than one place
at a time – All are
well but myself
ever your own
Frances –