Letter from Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to William Henry Seward, January 30, 1851
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Letter from Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to William Henry Seward, January 30, 1851
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1851-01-30
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Letter from Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to William Henry Seward, January 30, 1851
action: sent
sender: Mahlon Canfield
Birth: 1798-11-26
Death: 1865-01-05
location: Washington D.C., US
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Washington D.C., US
transcription: msf
revision: tap 2019-02-22
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The date of this letter was changed from January 31 to
January 30 because the 30th was a Thursday.
Dear Sir,
Having got through my business much
sooner than I anticipated, I shall leave by
first train in the morning — 6 O’clock.
I saw Caroline
go home with you, & enter a school somewhere
North I think however, she could be persuaded
to remain where she is to the end of the session
but all beyond that is hopeless. She is not willing
to encounter the rigid discipline & almost certain
disappointment of a year in the highest class,
& judging from what she tells me, it does not
seem desirable that she should. But there is
time enough to think of it.
Regretting my inability to pay my respects to
Mrs Seward
& Servt
M. D. Canfield
Washington
Thursday evg
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Hon. W H. Seward
Senate
Washington
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Editorial Note
Having got through my business much
sooner than I anticipated, I shall leave by
first train in the morning — 6 O’clock.
I saw Caroline
Birth: 1834-07-25 Death: 1922-02-28
, & found her quite anxious togo home with you, & enter a school somewhere
North I think however, she could be persuaded
to remain where she is to the end of the session
but all beyond that is hopeless. She is not willing
to encounter the rigid discipline & almost certain
disappointment of a year in the highest class,
& judging from what she tells me, it does not
seem desirable that she should. But there is
time enough to think of it.
Regretting my inability to pay my respects to
Mrs Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
& Mrs Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01 Death: 1875-10-03
, I remain your
friend& Servt
M. D. Canfield
Washington
Thursday evg
Hon. W H. Seward
Senate
Washington