Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 21, 1852
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 21, 1852
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Date:1852-06-21
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 21, 1852
action: sent
sender: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Auburn, NY
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Washington D.C., US
transcription: sts
revision: crb 2019-02-22
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Monday June 21st
My dear Henry,
I fear the month
of June with its singing
birds and beautiful flowers
will pass away before you
come home – The garden
is so attractive now that
I wish you all at home
to help me enjoy it –
We are yet in a pleasing
state of uncertainty
about the nomination
the Platform is bad enough
to lose many honest
votes – I send you
an article from the
"Commonwealth" which
is considered here Mr
Page
2
Sumner's
article contains much
that is true but the
allusion to you is neither
just or charitable –
I do not hold Mr
Sumner or any other
good man responsible
for the action of the
mere politicians in his
party, but I wish
you would say to him
that I consider this a
proof that the Whigs
are not so singularly
ungenerous as I was
disposed to believe
this last Winter –
Willie
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3
he fell from a swing
the other day, though
not seriously injured
he has suffered from
the effect of the fall
ever since – Fred
writes me that he will
come home if the Con-
vention ever terminates –
Augustus
enquiries about the
nominations – Fanny
sends Father a kiss
& a rose – your own
Frances –
The small blue flower is
"Forget me not" – from Fanny
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Monday June 21st
My dear Henry,
I fear the month
of June with its singing
birds and beautiful flowers
will pass away before you
come home – The garden
is so attractive now that
I wish you all at home
to help me enjoy it –
We are yet in a pleasing
state of uncertainty
about the nomination
the Platform is bad enough
to lose many honest
votes – I send you
an article from the
"Commonwealth" which
is considered here Mr
Sumner's
Birth: 1811-01-06 Death: 1874-03-11
paper –
Thearticle contains much
that is true but the
allusion to you is neither
just or charitable –
I do not hold Mr
Sumner or any other
good man responsible
for the action of the
mere politicians in his
party, but I wish
you would say to him
that I consider this a
proof that the Whigs
are not so singularly
ungenerous as I was
disposed to believe
this last Winter –
Willie
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
is not wellhe fell from a swing
the other day, though
not seriously injured
he has suffered from
the effect of the fall
ever since – Fred
Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
writes me that he will
come home if the Con-
vention ever terminates –
Augustus
Birth: 1826-10-01 Death: 1876-09-11
makes numerousenquiries about the
nominations – Fanny
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
sends Father a kiss
& a rose – your own
Frances –
The small blue flower is
"Forget me not" – from Fanny