Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, August 6, 1850
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, August 6, 1850
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Date:1850-08-06
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, August 6, 1850
action: sent
sender: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Washington D.C., US
receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
location: Auburn, NY
transcription: jaa
revision: crb 2019-02-05
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Washington August 6. 1850
My Dear Fanny,
When we were coming from
Mount Vernon we saw on our left a
splendid glorious setting of the sun. The
Sun like a chariot seemed beget with
golden clouds. The swallows impatient
for the Twilight had come out from their
retreats and alighted on the Telegraph wires.
They crowded together as closely as they could
sit on the wires and they curved it for a
long distance as far as from our barn to the
farthest garden wall —The wires trembled under
their feet and so they we[ re ]
Reason:
all gently in motion
to keep their rest —, and what was strangest of
all, they all faced one way looking towards
that glorious setting sun.
I wish you could have seen
them.
Your affectionate Father
William H Seward
Fanny.
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Washington August 6. 1850
My Dear Fanny,
When we were coming from
Mount Vernon we saw on our left a
splendid glorious setting of the sun. The
Sun like a chariot seemed beget with
golden clouds. The swallows impatient
for the Twilight had come out from their
retreats and alighted on the Telegraph wires.
They crowded together as closely as they could
sit on the wires and they curved it for a
long distance as far as from our barn to the
farthest garden wall —The wires trembled under
their feet and so they we[ re ]
Supplied
to keep their rest —, and what was strangest of
all, they all faced one way looking towards
that glorious setting sun.
I wish you could have seen
them.
Your affectionate Father
William H Seward
Fanny.