Letter from Eliza Bowen to Frances Miller Seward, February 11, 1852
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Letter from Eliza Bowen to Frances Miller Seward, February 11, 1852
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Date:1852-02-11
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Letter from Eliza Bowen to Frances Miller Seward, February 11, 1852
action: sent
sender: Eliza Bowen
Birth: 1816
Death: 1872-07-15
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receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Washington D.C., US
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revision: emf 2017-11-17
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New York Feby 11th
My dear Mrs Seward.
Days and
hours fly so rapidly in New
York, that I was not aware
until looking over your
letter again this evening
that four days had elapsed
since I received it. It gave
me great pleasure to hear
from you and it would
increase that pleasure four
fold could I see you face
to face – My inclination
leads me to accept your
kind invitation to visit you,
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but duty forbids it, this
winter being the first in
four years that I have
passed in New York in the
society of my relatives, they
would scarcely forgive my
leaving them so soon again.
Should we live to see another
winter, and you are
similarly situated, your
kind invitation will be
gladly remembered and
accepted – You speak of
the cold weather depriving
Washington of one of its
chief charms, au contraire
to me that would be only
another inducement to
visit it, as cold weather
agrees much better with
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me than warm – May I
not look forward to a
visit from you in the
Spring on your return home?
Do let me know when
you intend leaving Washington
by a line addressed to me
at Hastings on the Hudson
a few days before you
leave, so that I may be
in New York at the time
of your arrival to take
you home with me to
the cottage – Mr. Bowen
joins me in kind regards
to Mr. Seward
tell Fannie
sends her a Kiss & hopes
that she has not quite for-
gotten her. Yours affecly. E. Bowen.
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New York Feby 11th
My dear Mrs Seward.
Days and
hours fly so rapidly in New
York, that I was not aware
until looking over your
letter again this evening
that four days had elapsed
since I received it. It gave
me great pleasure to hear
from you and it would
increase that pleasure four
fold could I see you face
to face – My inclination
leads me to accept your
kind invitation to visit you,
but duty forbids it, this
winter being the first in
four years that I have
passed in New York in the
society of my relatives, they
would scarcely forgive my
leaving them so soon again.
Should we live to see another
winter, and you are
similarly situated, your
kind invitation will be
gladly remembered and
accepted – You speak of
the cold weather depriving
Washington of one of its
chief charms, au contraire
to me that would be only
another inducement to
visit it, as cold weather
agrees much better with
me than warm – May I
not look forward to a
visit from you in the
Spring on your return home?
Do let me know when
you intend leaving Washington
by a line addressed to me
at Hastings on the Hudson
a few days before you
leave, so that I may be
in New York at the time
of your arrival to take
you home with me to
the cottage – Mr. Bowen
Birth: 1808-02-25 Death: 1886-09-29
joins me in kind regards
to Mr. Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
& yourself,tell Fannie
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
Aunty Bowensends her a Kiss & hopes
that she has not quite for-
gotten her. Yours affecly. E. Bowen.