Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 4, 1856

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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 4, 1856
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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1856-07-04

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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 4, 1856

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: smc 

revision: jxw 2021-12-08

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Page 1

Auburn July 4th
My dear Henry,
I have your
letter of the 1st – am
sorry to hear you
are suffering from
indisposition – The
journals relieve me
by later reports of
your actions in the
Senate – The bells
are ringing cannons
firing and boys
shouting in commem-
-oration of our declaration
of Independence
Page 2

The Telegraph
from Washington announces
intelligence which will
seems to make the
declaration of Independence
a delusion – Where is
our boasted freedom
if Kansas is forced
to become a slave
state? – If the
events of the last
three months have
not informed y ^compelled^ the North
to see the encroach-
ments of the Slave
power in their true
Page 3

light, what is
to open their eyes?
But God is good
and great – we
must work patiently
and await His
coming –
Having a faint hope
that you may come
home I will write
no more until
tomorrow -
Your own
Frances