Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 2, 1854

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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 2, 1854
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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1854-03-02

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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 2, 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: Unknown
Unknown

transcription: msf 

revision: crb 2019-07-01

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Thursday March 2d
My dear Henry
Washington Hunt
Birth: 1811-08-05 Death: 1867-02-02
is a
little too eager for his own
promotion – It would be about
as magnanimous for you
to return and take from
others the office he proposes
as it would for you to
come home and monopolize
the toys of your children
x Birth: 1826-10-01  Death: 1876-09-11  Birth: 1830-07-08  Death: 1915-04-25  Birth: 1844-12-09  Death: 1866-10-29  Birth: 1839-06-18  Death: 1920-04-29 

I know you will do no
such thing —
This is my fourth day
of decided improvement
in health — I believe
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the name of Spring operates
favourably — Fanny
commenced writing you
a letter yesterday but is
not well enough to finish
it — Lazette
Birth: 1803-11-01 Death: 1875-10-03
writes
that all is well at Can-
andaigua
Dennis
Birth: 1827
is
pruning the vines which
were necessarily left
last Autumn
Willie has commenced
Latin & recites punctually.
Mrs Miller
Unknown
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Editorial Note

Either Mary Hollister Miller
Birth: 1785-04-24 Death: 1870-04-17
or Zeviah Miller
Birth: 1795-03-06 Death: 1868-05-13
is afraid his
morals will suffer from
his association with a
Universalist
Birth: 1822 Death: 1896
! — your own
Frances