Letter from George Washington Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 11, 1850
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Letter from George Washington Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 11, 1850
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Date:1850-06-11
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Letter from George Washington Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 11, 1850
action: sent
sender: George Seward
Birth: 1808-08-26
Death: 1888-12-07
location: Chicago, IL
receiver: Frederick Seward
Birth: 1830-07-08
Death: 1915-04-25
location: Auburn, NY
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revision: tap 2019-01-31
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Chicago June 11th 1850
My Dear Sister Frances,
Sarah
written to me that s her health
is quite indifferent and that her
studies are interrupted and re-
quested leave to go to Auburn
She says that she expects
yourself in Troy this month
I have written you to her to
consult with you and take
your advice, I do not wish
her to return to Florida
at least until I do and I
have taken the liberty to re-
quest you to take her home
if you think that her health
would forbid her longer at –
tention to her studies
I arrived in this city a
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2
since and was very Kindly re-
ceived by Cousin Harriett
her family
, Lockwood’s
has been quite sick since she
has been here but is now
convalescent, thanks to little
pills, I spent a very pleas-
ant week at Detroit and
heard a great deal of Sla-
very and Anti Slavery dis-
cussion, I spent five days at
Battle Creek in the family
of Saml S. Jennings
went out last week to
Elgin on the Rail Road and
from there down to Oswego
on the Fox river among a lot
of Orange Co people and have
enjoyed myself first rate
I begin to think I am
a first best at conversing for
I am gratified myself and others
appears to be so
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3
I do not yet know when I
shall leave this city or wither
I shall go, I intend to see
the Mississippi river, but how
I shall get there I do not know
I may go up to Milwaukie
and from thence to the
Galena, or I may go down
to Hillsborough and St Louis
and up the river,
I find acquaintances al-
most every day –
Every where that I go
people are talking of Henrys
speech and seem to be very
much gratified with it,
Even the Clergy in their
debates on the slavery ques-
tion spoke of it as just the
thing –
I intend to return by Auburn
but when is uncertain
Yours Very Affectionately
G W Seward
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4
you must excuse the buff as I
have no white
h
George Seward
June 11th
1850
Chicago June 11th 1850
My Dear Sister Frances,
Sarah
Birth: 1833-06-08 Death: 1891-06-12
haswritten to me that s her health
is quite indifferent and that her
studies are interrupted and re-
quested leave to go to Auburn
She says that she expects
yourself in Troy this month
I have written you to her to
consult with you and take
your advice, I do not wish
her to return to Florida
at least until I do and I
have taken the liberty to re-
quest you to take her home
if you think that her health
would forbid her longer at –
tention to her studies
I arrived in this city a
since and was very Kindly re-
ceived by Cousin Harriett
Birth: 1807-04-20 Death: 1883
andher family
Birth: 1839
Death:
Birth: 1842
Death: 1922-04-13
Birth: 1835-05-12
Death: 1909-12-22
Birth: 1829
Death: 1898-12-12
Birth: 1825-08-23
Death: 1912-12-13
Birth: 1796-11-09
Death: 1867-06-17
Birth: 1789-08-02 Death: 1874-04-23
Lady
Birth: 1800-06-30 Death: 1875-03-27
has been quite sick since she
has been here but is now
convalescent, thanks to little
pills, I spent a very pleas-
ant week at Detroit and
heard a great deal of Sla-
very and Anti Slavery dis-
cussion, I spent five days at
Battle Creek in the family
Birth: 1836
Death: 1895-02-25
Birth: 1822
Death: 1881-01-01
Birth: 1799-09-15
Death: 1868-02-08
of Saml S. Jennings
Birth: 1797-04-17 Death: 1888-10-16
a
cousinwent out last week to
Elgin on the Rail Road and
from there down to Oswego
on the Fox river among a lot
of Orange Co people and have
enjoyed myself first rate
I begin to think I am
a first best at conversing for
I am gratified myself and others
appears to be so
I do not yet know when I
shall leave this city or wither
I shall go, I intend to see
the Mississippi river, but how
I shall get there I do not know
I may go up to Milwaukie
and from thence to the
Galena, or I may go down
to Hillsborough and St Louis
and up the river,
I find acquaintances al-
most every day –
Every where that I go
people are talking of Henrys
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
speech and seem to be very
much gratified with it,
Even the Clergy in their
debates on the slavery ques-
tion spoke of it as just the
thing –
I intend to return by Auburn
but when is uncertain
Yours Very Affectionately
G W Seward
you must excuse the buff as I
have no white
h
Hand Shift
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21Frances Seward
June 11th
1850