Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, December 15, 1852
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Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, December 15, 1852
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Date:1852-12-15
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Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, December 15, 1852
action: sent
sender: Frederick Seward
Birth: 1830-07-08
Death: 1915-04-25
location: Albany, NY
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Washington D.C., US
transcription: sts
revision: crb 2019-07-02
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Albany, Monday evening
My dear Father,
The Union is as
safe here as it is at Washington.
Governor Hunt
with a column and a half for
the Compromise and Colonization,
and not a word for Kossuth
nor a word for Liberty
The Caucus has
just terminated. Much "harmony"
prevailed, and Jonas C. Heartt
was nominated for Speaker. I
believe everything looks favorable to his
election.
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I am not sure that I
have done right in making an
alteration in a rather important
part of Mr Weed's
we published to day. He said, in
speaking of European affairs, that
"our truest happiness and greatest
glory can be achieved by a
Domestic, pacific policy." I struck
out "Domestic." It is certainly
for him, and not for me
to decide what ground the
Journal shall take, but the
expression might easily have
been interpreted to mean just
what Kossuth's opponents are
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contending for, and I do not
believe he would have used
it if he had been here.
Affectionately you son
Frederick W. Seward
William H Seward
Washington
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Albany, Monday evening
My dear Father,
The Union is as
safe here as it is at Washington.
Governor Hunt
Birth: 1811-08-05 Death: 1867-02-02
comes out to morrowwith a column and a half for
the Compromise and Colonization,
and not a word for Kossuth
Birth: 1802-09-19 Death: 1894-03-20
, nor a word for Liberty
The Caucus has
just terminated. Much "harmony"
prevailed, and Jonas C. Heartt
Birth: 1793-08-17 Death: 1874-04-30
was nominated for Speaker. I
believe everything looks favorable to his
election.
I am not sure that I
have done right in making an
alteration in a rather important
part of Mr Weed's
Birth: 1797-11-15 Death: 1882-11-22
letter, which we published to day. He said, in
speaking of European affairs, that
"our truest happiness and greatest
glory can be achieved by a
Domestic, pacific policy." I struck
out "Domestic." It is certainly
for him, and not for me
to decide what ground the
Journal shall take, but the
expression might easily have
been interpreted to mean just
what Kossuth's opponents are
contending for, and I do not
believe he would have used
it if he had been here.
Affectionately you son
Frederick W. Seward
William H Seward
Washington