Auburn June 1^st 1852
My dear Augustus,
It is nearly a week since I
received your letter from Norfolk – I am
very much relieved to hear you have had
no return of your chills and fever – I hope
you will escape for the remainder of the
summer – Your hand was so cold when I
parted with you at the depot and you
looked so pale, I felt very anxious about
you – We reached – I remember now that
I wrote you from New York of my dis -
appointment in finding Aunty gone home –
Your father who left me Sunday evening
passed you on his way to Washington -
I came up to Albany Monday evening –
Fred met us at the depot – The next
morning I sent on Bennet, Willie, and John.
Fanny and I remained at the City Hotel.
The next day Kossuth came to Albany with
his family – I remained Wednesday to see
them, and came home Thursday to prepare
to receive them here as they then

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Thomas Jesup

Birth: 1788-12-16 Death: 1860-06-10

– Aunt Clara
& Aunty send love – tell me how you are
employed – God bless you - your
Mother

thought they would go directly to Auburn
and remain with me Friday night
perhaps over Sunday – An invitation
from our Mayor changed this arrangement
so they deferred their visit until their
return from Niagara – Fred seemed to
have the chief responsibility of the Albany
reception on his hands, I had very little
opportunity of seeing him, consequently. We
found Aunty and Willie at home, glad to
see us – Aunt Clara came up in the evening
she looks well and is cheerful – We are
all very glad you are so near us this
summer and hope that you will not
again leave us – The place is looking
beautifully, the green grass & trees, the
birds and flowers make a very attractive
home – and then it seems when I am here
that I am near those who have gone
to rest – Aunty and I went the next day
to the cemetery – it is a beautiful spot
Grandpa’s final resting place – how glad I
I am that it was selected at the time
it was – Aunty was obliged to go home
Monday intending to return when Kossuth

came, with Frances – The next week
was busily employed in arranging the
house and preparing for our guests – A
letter from Kossuths secretary informed the Common
Council that he should be the private guest
of Mrs Seward – Madame Pulsky wrote to me
they would come Saturday and remain with
me Sunday - Clarence was one of the Committee
of Arrangements and Willie employed himself in
organizing a company called the Young Hungarian
Association – he was much pleased to see them so
styled in the City Paper – they formed a part
of the procession and when Kossuth returned from
the Church we found them ranged each side of
the walk from the street door, with banners
and badges – they gave by Willie’s direction, three
cheers for Hu Kossuth & three for Hungary
Aunty put up a banner over the heads of the
Lions and tricolored ribbons streamed from the
knockers of the street door – Kossuth was received
with the discharge of cannon the ringing of bells
and as much of a ^military^ procession as our town could
afford – He addressed a few words to the
people from the upper piazza of the American
Hotel, and was then escorted by the Committee

in a carriage with 4 horses to our door –
After taking some slight refreshment he went
to the Church (2^nd Presbyterian) was addressed
and introduced to the audience by Mr Goodwin –
Kossuth’s speech was listened to with much attention
& frequent cheering – We dined at 6 – Dr. Hicox
and Mr Goodwin dined with us – from 8 to 9
the ladies received calls – Kossuth went to the
hotel and received calls from the gentlemen &
ladies at the same hour – Sunday they had
a very quiet day which they all seemed
to enjoy very much 5 of the party were with
us – two others with a servant, at the hotel –
They admired our place very much & wondered how I could
content myself at Washington – Monday morning a
delegation of 40 gentlemen from Syracuse came to conduct
Kossuth to Syracuse - he received them here and left
with them at 10 o’clock – his suite accompany him –
the ladies remained with us until evening – Clarence
escorted them to Syracuse – It was sad to part with
them as there is little probability that we shall ever
meet again – Aunty will stay with me this week –
Frances was not quite well enough to come with her –
Fred would have come up but Dawson was absent &
he has the whole care of the Journal – The appropriation
for the Collins steamers has passed the Senate – To day
is the time for the assembly of the Democratic Convention
at Baltimore - I am impatient to learn who is their
Candidate – I think our will be the General but
I am not as confident as I would like to be that he
will not write something favoring the Compromise – if he
does he will be beaten –

William H. Seward
Senate U.S.
Lieutenant A. H. Seward
5^th Infantry U.S. Army
Fort Washita
Indian Territory
Arkansas
AUBURN N.Y.
NOV 27
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