Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Charles Sumner, July 4, 1856
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Charles Sumner, July 4, 1856
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Date:1856-07-04
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Charles Sumner, July 4, 1856
action: sent
sender: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Auburn, NY
receiver: Charles Sumner
Birth: 1811-01-06
Death: 1874-03-11
location: Washington D.C., US
transcription: msr
revision: tap 2017-04-13
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Auburn July 4
Dear Charles,
You are again
in Washington talking
of resuming your place
in the Senate, and
again entering the
field of exciting &
stormy debate—
I fear the state of
your health will
not justify such a
course ^it may persist & will
certainly retard your ultimate recovery^ — Why do
you deem it
necessary?
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Your enemies have
placed upon your
brow a chaplet
greener brighter and
more unfading than
any that could have
been woven by the
hands of dearest
friends– You have
served the cause
of Justice & Humanity
faithfully, fearlessly
and effectually –
Nothing that you
can say or do at
present can strengthen
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your hold upon
the affections of the ()
enlightened, the benevolent
& the just ^everywhere o^ ()indeed
I may say upon the
()whole ()Northern people ()
You will pardon
my importunity for the
sincere regard which
prompts it, if I
earnestly entreat you
to a obstain from entering
at present the arena
of strife – for your
own sake, for the
sake of the great cause
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for which you
have ^made so many^ sacrifices so much
and above all for the
sake of the Son of God
the suffering the meek
and patient Jesus—
Auburn July 4
Dear Charles,
You are again
in Washington talking
of resuming your place
in the Senate, and
again entering the
field of exciting &
stormy debate—
I fear the state of
your health will
not justify such a
course ^it may persist & will
certainly retard your ultimate recovery^ — Why do
you deem it
necessary?
Your enemies have
placed upon your
brow a chaplet
greener brighter and
more unfading than
any that could have
been woven by the
hands of dearest
friends– You have
served the cause
of Justice & Humanity
faithfully, fearlessly
and effectually –
Nothing that you
can say or do at
present can strengthen
your hold upon
the affections of the ()
enlightened, the benevolent
& the just ^everywhere o^ ()indeed
I may say upon the
()whole ()Northern people ()
You will pardon
my importunity for the
sincere regard which
prompts it, if I
earnestly entreat you
to a obstain from entering
at present the arena
of strife – for your
own sake, for the
sake of the great cause
for which you
have ^made so many^ sacrifices so much
and above all for the
sake of the Son of God
the suffering the meek
and patient Jesus—