Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, March 1857
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, March 1857
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1857-03
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, March 1857
action: sent
sender: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Washington D.C., US
receiver: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1826-10-01
Death: 1876-09-11
location: Indian Key, FL
transcription: nwh
revision: amr 2022-01-12
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This letter starts abruptly, leading us to believe there are pages missing from this letter.
Will
at Aunt Clara's
writes that Dr Burt
by paralysis and will not
probably recover – Fred
that he cannot conveniently
come for Anna
wait and go with us – also
Mary Grier
her family went to Philadelphia
last Thursday – she is making
Marianna Mott
then goes to New York where
H. Chesebro is to meet her
The Senate adjourned finally
yesterday – We shall get away
certainly as early as the first
of April – Shut up the house
Louisa
The new British Minister
came last week, Lord
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2Editorial Note
Will
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
taking his dinner and tea
at Aunt Clara's
Birth: 1793-05-01 Death: 1862-09-05
– Aunt Clara
writes that Dr Burt
Birth: 1773-05-03 Death: 1859-02-03
is prostrated
by paralysis and will not
probably recover – Fred
Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
writes
that he cannot conveniently
come for Anna
Birth: 1834-03-29 Death: 1919-05-02
so she will
wait and go with us – also
Mary Grier
Birth: 1839-09-05 Death: 1930-06-04
– Frances
Birth: 1826-12-12 Death: 1909-08-24
and
her family
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Death: 1931-05-23
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Death: 1888-11-24
last Thursday – she is making
Marianna Mott
Birth: 1825-08-26 Death: 1872-07-03
a visit &
then goes to New York where
H. Chesebro is to meet her
The Senate adjourned finally
yesterday – We shall get away
certainly as early as the first
of April – Shut up the house
Louisa
Birth: 1825
the cook goes with us –
The new British Minister
Birth: 1819-09-19 Death: 1898-12-19
came last week, Lord
Napier – his family
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Baltimore awaiting a house
here for their accommodation
Lord Napier came to see
your father
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
yesterday – He
is a young man about 35 or
37 – of good abilities and
pleasing address –
The President
Birth: 1791-04-23 Death: 1868-06-01
has been in-
disposed in consequence of
being at the National Hotel
a few days where every
body has been poisoned this
Winter – Many have gone
home sick – there are all
manner of reasons assigned
1st that copper utensils were
used in cooking – next
that rats poisoned with assenick
arsenic were in the water
tank, then it was the
copper pipes which furnished
the water and lastly it
is the imperfect drainage
of the sewers which throws
the [ mephitick ]
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over the house – certainly
all these causes confined
were sufficient to poison
a whole family – The
house is deserted by guests
and has suffered greatly
in reputation – they will
probably be obliged to change
the name – How glad
we should be to have you
here to go home with us –
I think from your letter we
are not to expect you until
May – by that time I hope
the snow storms will cease
the snow was 5 inches deep
here yesterday morning – but it is
rapidly passing away – Our
new carriage is here – very
pretty – Fanny
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
went with
Lewis
Unknown
for a long ride
Friday – The horses are both
good for the saddle and
uncommonly gentle – Father
thinks he will leave them
some where here or at George-
town – Gov – Fish
Birth: 1808-08-03 Death: 1893-09-07
and family
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Death: 1925-02-16
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Death: 1887-06-30
leave town some time this
week – he has not sold his
house yet – Preston King
Birth: 1806-10-14 Death: 1865-11-12
is here – and the other new
senators – The members of the
other house have gone home –
were it not for the office
seekers the town would
seem somewhat deserted –
I shall write again before we go
May God bless you
Mother –