Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 28, 1849
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 28,
1849
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1849-03-28
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 28, 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: UnknownUnknown
transcription: dxt
revision: crb 2016-05-12
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Washington March 28, 1849
My Dearest Frances
You see I am
here still. My valet
letters which I have written and with
the aid of John Oliphant
and transmitted through the Post Office
today. I think there will not be 100
more to be written.
It is very bad to
leave my field of duty. Things are
coming so right that I should be able
to do much good and meet just
ever high expectations by remaining here
a week more. But John Gibsons
rages at Albany and I must go.
I want to see you and the chilldren
but I could forego that pleasure ^for^ a
few days more to secure the good
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I owe to such generous friends.
is I think I shall leave here day after
tomorrow and after Tuesday proceed to
Auburn. I can say little to you
of news for I am closeted in a soli-
tary chamber. Not a soul in this
vast house but myself my servant
a watchman
dinner are brought from a Recess. I
ride or walk once a day to the Depart-
ments.
There is continual need of counsel
here, but the officials although kind are
not yet aware of it. I wonder how
any body gets along in government without
a head.
Ever your own Henry.
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Henry March 28
1849
Washington March 28, 1849
My Dearest Frances
You see I am
here still. My valet
Unknown
counts 108letters which I have written and with
the aid of John Oliphant
Birth: 1831-08-15 Death: 1888-03
been sealedand transmitted through the Post Office
today. I think there will not be 100
more to be written.
It is very bad to
leave my field of duty. Things are
coming so right that I should be able
to do much good and meet just
ever high expectations by remaining here
a week more. But John Gibsons
Unknown
warrages at Albany and I must go.
I want to see you and the chilldren
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
Birth: 1839-06-18
Death: 1920-04-29
Birth: 1830-07-08
Death: 1915-04-25
Birth: 1826-10-01
Death: 1876-09-11
but I could forego that pleasure ^for^ a
few days more to secure the good
I owe to such generous friends.
is I think I shall leave here day after
tomorrow and after Tuesday proceed to
Auburn. I can say little to you
of news for I am closeted in a soli-
tary chamber. Not a soul in this
vast house but myself my servant
Unknown
anda watchman
Unknown
. My breakfast anddinner are brought from a Recess. I
ride or walk once a day to the Depart-
ments.
There is continual need of counsel
here, but the officials although kind are
not yet aware of it. I wonder how
any body gets along in government without
a head.
Ever your own Henry.
h
Hand Shift
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21Frances Seward
1849