Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, October 4, 1853
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Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, October 4,
1853
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1853-10-04
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Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, October 4, 1853
action: sent
sender: George Seward
Birth: 1808-08-26
Death: 1888-12-07
location: Florida, NY
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Washington D.C., US
transcription: pxc
revision: vxa 2019-03-27
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Florida Oct 4th 1853
My Dear Henry
I am too much excited
to write discretely but I wish to say
to you that at every application al-
most I make to Grier
to carry on my building operations
he tells me there is none, and makes
use of expressions at least wounding
to my pride and as I firmly believe
in derogations of my rights,
Augustus
paid their shares, Say to me
Henry that you do not believe
me either worthy of equal consid-
eration unworthy of the control and
custody of one twentieth of my Fathers
estate and unworthy to act the
part of a Father to my own
children, Say this openly and before
the world, I will deny it but say
it and you can then take my
Five eldest children their property
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of every name into your own Keeping
I will take my wife
to me as your own and worthy of
all confidence and seek among
stranger myself a stranger and an alien
to my kindred a [ leverhood ]
Alternate Text: livelihood for
us
Or treat me as a man and a
Brother and you will find me a
Brother
Geo.W.Sew[ ard ]
Reason: hole
Florida Oct 4th 1853
My Dear Henry
I am too much excited
to write discretely but I wish to say
to you that at every application al-
most I make to Grier
Birth: 1802-09-27 Death: 1878-12-20
for
moneyto carry on my building operations
he tells me there is none, and makes
use of expressions at least wounding
to my pride and as I firmly believe
in derogations of my rights,
Augustus
Birth: 1820-05-18 Death: 1889-05-08
and
Clarence
Birth: 1828-10-07 Death: 1897-07-24
could bepaid their shares, Say to me
Henry that you do not believe
me either worthy of equal consid-
eration unworthy of the control and
custody of one twentieth of my Fathers
Birth: 1768-12-05 Death: 1849-08-24
estate and unworthy to act the
part of a Father to my own
children
Birth: 1853-09-21
Death: 1877-10-20
Birth: 1844-11-20
Death: 1917-01-29
Birth: 1840-11-08
Death: 1910-11-28
Birth: 1838-04-16
Death: 1916-02-22
Birth: 1835-01-09
Death: 1926
Birth: 1833-06-08
Death: 1891-06-12
the world, I will deny it but say
it and you can then take my
Five eldest children their property
of every name into your own Keeping
I will take my wife
Birth: 1824-02-11 Death: 1895
and child dearto me as your own and worthy of
all confidence and seek among
stranger myself a stranger and an alien
to my kindred a [ leverhood ]
Alternate Text
Or treat me as a man and a
Brother and you will find me a
Brother
Geo.W.Sew[ ard ]