Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 27, 1854
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 27, 1854
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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive
Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1854-02-27
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 27, 1854
action: sent
sender: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Unknown
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: UnknownUnknown
transcription: msf
revision: crb 2019-07-01
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Monday Feb 27t
My dear Henry
I am glad Rufus
King
Rufus’ as I suppose – he is
one for whom I have a
penchant — I am just
recovering from my weekly
attack of neuralgia which
occupies about 2 days —
Fred
he read for me Sumners
speech which is very good,
excellent, though the torrent
of applause which yours elicited
at present overwhelms every
thing else, here — I will
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try to write him a line
tomorrow — You have excited
my curiosity to hear Toombs
I will try to read some of
it — If you do not
object to bringing Louisa Weightman
home with you some time
or another, Fanny
this letter sent to her
I wish for 100 copies of
your speech and some
half dozen ^each^ of the best
of the others opposed to
Nebraska — your ^own^
Frances —
Read the little letter if
you have time —
Monday Feb 27t
My dear Henry
I am glad Rufus
King
Birth: 1795 Death: 1867-07-09
is with you — if it is ‘ourRufus’ as I suppose – he is
one for whom I have a
penchant — I am just
recovering from my weekly
attack of neuralgia which
occupies about 2 days —
Fred
Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
left me this morning —he read for me Sumners
Birth: 1811-01-06 Death: 1874-03-11
speech which is very good,
excellent, though the torrent
of applause which yours elicited
at present overwhelms every
thing else, here — I will
try to write him a line
tomorrow — You have excited
my curiosity to hear Toombs
Birth: 1810-07-02 Death: 1885-12-15
I will try to read some of
it — If you do not
object to bringing Louisa Weightman
Birth: 1843-02-20 Death: 1932-12-23
home with you some time
or another, Fanny
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
wishesthis letter sent to her
I wish for 100 copies of
your speech and some
half dozen ^each^ of the best
of the others opposed to
Nebraska — your ^own^
Frances —
Read the little letter if
you have time —