Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 24, 1856
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 24, 1856
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1856-07-24
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 24, 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: amr
revision: jxw 2022-01-14
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Wednesday July 23 d
Thursday 24 t –
My dear Henry
I am in favour of your
going to California with Mr
Stanley
Birth: 1810-01-10 Death: 1872-07-26
— it would do you good
to spend two months away
from cares and pains. I was
unable to talk much when you
were home and do not remember
what I said about the sea side
except that I thought the air
beneficial — I have never thought
of going to a fashionable watering
place during the fashionable
season — It was my purpose to
go to the sea shore sooner when
on my way to Washington in
September — perhaps Long Branch
would be as little out of
our route as any place and by
that time all the Larger Hotels
would be closed, and you
would say, it would be very
uncomfortable — if we found it so
we could go on to Washington
I would like to have both Aunt
Clara
Birth: 1793-05-01 Death: 1862-09-05
and Lazette
Birth: 1803-11-01 Death: 1875-10-03
go with me
to Washington — if we leave the
visit to the sea shore out of the
question I think I will go to
Washington about the 7t of October
I have never supposed we should
keep that house beyond the present
Congress and would like they
should go there before it
is otherwise occupied — I am
stronger now than when you
were at home — but make no
calculation about future health —
Will
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
wishes me to ask you if
he may sell the house he built
he has an offer with the promise
to pay within a year — Will
would like to be allowed to
take the proceeds of the sale and
go next Spring to seek his
fortune at the West — He is
not satisfied with his present un-
profitable life — he ought to have
more occupation — Though he is
still young I am not sure but
it may be best to allow him
to make the experiment — He is
old for his years and self reliant —
if he continues here two or three
years longer I do not see that
he is to derive any benefit from
it and I never had any faith
in his remaining longer —
The packet of pamphlets came last
night —
Your own
Frances —