Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 20, 1849
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 20, 1849
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1849-03-20
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 20, 1849
action: sent
sender: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Washington D.C., US
receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Auburn, NY
transcription: maf
revision: csh 2018-11-02
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Washington March 20.
Tuesday –
My Dearest Frances,
The Albany
Mail has not yet come in, and
I am without the letter I expected
from you – I think of you the
more frequently because I hear
that the Hudson has burst its
fetters, and I see the grass
growing green in the Capitol
grounds –
Mr. Blatchford
to day and Mr Webster
a chair for me again at his
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table. But to my great regret
I encountered an ebb in my
political patrons. J.M. Clayton
Secretary of state thought the
time had come to propitiate
the V. P.
and therefore prepared to give
his law partner Mr. Hall
office of Governor of Minnesota.
I have spent the afternoon in coun-
teracting this capricious move-
ment – and I believe I have
done it successfully.
Few people have the wisdom
to understand political reserve
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especially the strategy of party
and the Secretary of State is not of
the number –
The Senate adjourned to
day because a Representative
in Congress had died. They will
adjourn tomorrow without doing bu-
siness because he is to be buried –
I dine on Thursday with
Mr. Seaton
Saturday with the Russian
Minister
be with you next week –
Ever your own
Henry
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Washington March 20.
Tuesday –
My Dearest Frances,
The Albany
Mail has not yet come in, and
I am without the letter I expected
from you – I think of you the
more frequently because I hear
that the Hudson has burst its
fetters, and I see the grass
growing green in the Capitol
grounds –
Mr. Blatchford
Birth: 1820-03-09 Death: 1893-07-07
came in to day and Mr Webster
Birth: 1782-01-18 Death: 1852-10-24
placeda chair for me again at his
table. But to my great regret
I encountered an ebb in my
political patrons. J.M. Clayton
Birth: 1796-07-24 Death: 1856-11-09
Secretary of state thought the
time had come to propitiate
the V. P.
Birth: 1800-01-07 Death: 1874-03-08
for sore disappointmentsand therefore prepared to give
his law partner Mr. Hall
Birth: 1810-03-28 Death: 1874-03-03
the office of Governor of Minnesota.
I have spent the afternoon in coun-
teracting this capricious move-
ment – and I believe I have
done it successfully.
Few people have the wisdom
to understand political reserve
especially the strategy of party
and the Secretary of State is not of
the number –
The Senate adjourned to
day because a Representative
Birth: 1797-12-28 Death: 1849-03-20
in Congress had died. They will
adjourn tomorrow without doing bu-
siness because he is to be buried –
I dine on Thursday with
Mr. Seaton
Birth: 1785-01-10 Death: 1866-06-16
the mayor and on
Saturday with the Russian
Minister
Birth: 1786-10-30 Death: 1854-01-23
– I still think I shall be with you next week –
Ever your own
Henry