Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 6, 1854
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 6, 1854
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Date:1854-03-06
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 6, 1854
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: rmg
revision: crb 2019-01-22
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Monday March 6th
My dear Henry
Until I received
this morning your letter
of Friday I had endeavored
to persuade myself that my
fears were the result of
a diseased imagination &
disordered nerves − Thoughts
of the fearful consequences
of the passage of that
infamous bill have kept
me awake the two last
nights − Is this the
end of that freedom
for which our forefathers
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suffered? Not one century
has passed and we are
returning to a bondage
in comparison with which
our colonial servitude,
was liberty − May
Heaven avert such a
catastrophe yet I
see no just ground for
hope while the North
is traitorous to herself −
I see also an element
to fan the discord and
cripple our power even
were we united, which
does not seem to have
occurred to others
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Dont be troubled about
me − I am better −
May God preserve you
from faltering in defense
of Justice and Human rights
ever your own
Frances
Monday March 6th
My dear Henry
Until I received
this morning your letter
of Friday I had endeavored
to persuade myself that my
fears were the result of
a diseased imagination &
disordered nerves − Thoughts
of the fearful consequences
of the passage of that
infamous bill have kept
me awake the two last
nights − Is this the
end of that freedom
for which our forefathers
suffered? Not one century
has passed and we are
returning to a bondage
in comparison with which
our colonial servitude,
was liberty − May
Heaven avert such a
catastrophe yet I
see no just ground for
hope while the North
is traitorous to herself −
I see also an element
to fan the discord and
cripple our power even
were we united, which
does not seem to have
occurred to others
Dont be troubled about
me − I am better −
May God preserve you
from faltering in defense
of Justice and Human rights
ever your own
Frances