Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 28, 1849
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 28,
1849
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Date:1849-06-28
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 28, 1849
action: sent
sender: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Canandaigua, NY
receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Auburn, NY
transcription: mjn
revision: obm 2017-04-21
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Canandaigua June 28, Thursday.
My Dearest Frances,
I think the cornices should be
painted of the same color with the rest of the stone
trim of the wood houses.
We are in the argument of the Buck-
stone
Defendant. I shall follow him on the part of
the Plaintiff.
My business has brought parties and
witnesses around me – and our consultations have
been held in Worden's
When I came late to breakfast this
morning Lazette
quarreled violently with her because I disturbed
his arrangement of the office, littered it and threw
the papers into confusion. That she had borne
these complaints some days in silence, and had
now told him he ought to communicate his
grievances to me or permit her to do so, that he
had told her he wished she would do so.
She now did this and asked me to use
the piazza or the rooms of the House for receiving
my clients and witnesses – I therefore against her
remonstrances and supplications removed my effects
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to the Hotel where I am now located.
I am grieving for her sake, but I cannot
consent to be an intruder or an unwelcome guest
with my brother.
I am with great regret that I am
so far from you.
Your own
Henry
h
Henry June 29th
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Canandaigua June 28, Thursday.
My Dearest Frances,
I think the cornices should be
painted of the same color with the rest of the stone
trim of the wood houses.
We are in the argument of the Buck-
stone
Unknown
case. Mr Stevens
Birth: 1794-09-01 Death: 1854-09-11Certainty: Probable
is speaking for theDefendant. I shall follow him on the part of
the Plaintiff.
My business has brought parties and
witnesses around me – and our consultations have
been held in Worden's
Birth: 1797-03-06 Death: 1856-02-16
office
– every night.When I came late to breakfast this
morning Lazette
Birth: 1803-11-01 Death: 1875-10-03
told me that Mr. Worden hadquarreled violently with her because I disturbed
his arrangement of the office, littered it and threw
the papers into confusion. That she had borne
these complaints some days in silence, and had
now told him he ought to communicate his
grievances to me or permit her to do so, that he
had told her he wished she would do so.
She now did this and asked me to use
the piazza or the rooms of the House for receiving
my clients and witnesses – I therefore against her
remonstrances and supplications removed my effects
to the Hotel where I am now located.
I am grieving for her sake, but I cannot
consent to be an intruder or an unwelcome guest
with my brother.
I am with great regret that I am
so far from you.
Your own
Henry
h
Hand Shift
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21Frances Seward
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