Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 27, 1856

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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 27, 1856
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Date:1856-07-27

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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 27, 1856

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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: csh 

revision: jxw 2022-01-14

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Auburn July 27 th
My dear Henry
Tuesday morning comes
again a bright warm, very
warm day – the little girls
x Birth: 1842-02-01  Death: 1916-05-13  Birth: 1844-12-09  Death: 1866-10-29 

have gone to Church –
Your letter of Wednesday came
yesterday morning – I am glad the
day is at length fixed for
adjournment – Mr Greeley
Birth: 1811-02-03 Death: 1872-11-29
certainly
has not been very successful in
his interpretation of the code of
honor – He was much more
respectable and respected as
a champion of peace principles –
I am sorry Mr Burlingame
Birth: 1820-11-14 Death: 1870-02-23

is placed in so disadvantageous
a positon by deviating from
the true Northern principle
by disavowing duelling – in
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maintaining this consistently, he would
have had the support of the best
and most enlightened part of
the North – the opinion of others
is unimportant – “All they
that take the sword shall perish
with the sword” – It is a
fearful thing to engage in a warfare
against a principle which in
1856 years has made so little
progress – Charles Sumner
Birth: 1811-01-06 Death: 1874-03-11

wrote me a few lines before
leaving Cape Island
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for “mountain
air” – He says “I am regaining
my health strength, but slowly
very slowly” –– hopes to take
his seat in the Senate during
the present session, though
his physician tells him he
will not be able to do so –
I presume he will not –
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Thomas Miller
Birth: 1817-07-09 Death: 1864-07-23
writes me a long
letter about the Philadelphia
convention – among other things he
says – “The convention was rife
for the Gov’s
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
nomination, and had
it been left to itself would
have nominated him – it was
with much difficulty that Weed
Birth: 1797-11-15 Death: 1882-11-22

Schoolcraft
Birth: 1804-09-22 Death: 1860-06-07
, Morgan
Birth: 1811-02-08 Death: 1883-02-14
(of Cayuga)
Greeley and a few others prevented
it – I talked a long time with
Mr Schoolcraft but he would
not give in – said he did not
think anybody could be elected”
& &c ––
I drove to the meadow yesterday
they have made one large stack
of hay and are still mowing –
will finish this week – the
weather has been very favourable for
that – the garden suffers more than
usually from drought – All well
your own Frances