Letter from Caroline Canfield Schoolcraft Beattie to William Henry Seward, December 7, 1851
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Letter from Caroline Canfield Schoolcraft Beattie to William Henry Seward,
December 7, 1851
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1851-12-07
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Letter from Caroline Canfield Schoolcraft Beattie to William Henry Seward, December 7, 1851
action: sent
sender: Caroline Beattie
Birth: 1834-07-25
Death: 1922-02-28
location: Troy, NY
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Washington D.C., US
transcription: sts
revision: vxa 2019-02-15
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Troy Female Seminary
December 7 th 1851.
My dear Uncle
I wrote you a day or two since
saying that I thought of remaining here
during the Holiday’s, but now I have changed
my mind, as I have had a very polite in-
vitiation from a lady
and I can not consistently with politeness
refuse, and I have concluded to accept &
written her in accordance. So I shall go
withthe day before Christmas to New York and
stay until the day after New Year’s when I shall
return to school. I have a paper from Fred
in which tis stated that Orcutt
man in Utica is pardoned by the Governor
I am very glad, as I think he wont ever do
this thing again, though he may escape from
the Auburn Prison, which I suppose is destin-
-ed to be his home
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I do not hear from Aunty
very busily engaged in preparing for Washington.
I think you & Mr Schoolcraft
a pleasant time keeping house all alone.
Remember me to Mary
Your affectionate niece.
Caroline
W. H. Seward
S. h. S.
Washington
D.C.
Troy Female Seminary
December 7 th 1851.
My dear Uncle
I wrote you a day or two since
saying that I thought of remaining here
during the Holiday’s, but now I have changed
my mind, as I have had a very polite in-
vitiation from a lady
Unknown
, a friend of my
Fathers
Birth: 1798-11-26 Death: 1865-01-05
and I can not consistently with politeness
refuse, and I have concluded to accept &
written her in accordance. So I shall go
withthe day before Christmas to New York and
stay until the day after New Year’s when I shall
return to school. I have a paper from Fred
Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
to-dayin which tis stated that Orcutt
Birth: 1831
the young-man in Utica is pardoned by the Governor
Birth: 1811-08-05 Death: 1867-02-02
I am very glad, as I think he wont ever do
this thing again, though he may escape from
the Auburn Prison, which I suppose is destin-
-ed to be his home
I do not hear from Aunty
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
. I presume she
is very busily engaged in preparing for Washington.
I think you & Mr Schoolcraft
Birth: 1804-09-22 Death: 1860-06-07
must havea pleasant time keeping house all alone.
Remember me to Mary
Unknown
– if you please.Your affectionate niece.
Caroline
W. H. Seward
S. h. S.
Washington
D.C.