Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., July 15, 1857
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Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., July 15, 1857
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1857-07-15
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Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., July 15, 1857
action: sent
sender: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
location: Auburn, NY
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1839-06-18
Death: 1920-04-29
location: Albany, NY
transcription: amr
revision: ecc 2022-04-06
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Wednesday – /57 –
July 15th
My very dear brother –
In my portfolio
I find a letter – which
should have gone long ago –
being commenced on Satur-
-day – and finished Sun-
-day – but perhaps it may
interest you – even now –
so I send it –
I think my Sunday letter
was pretty much filled
with an account of the
bird we found in the
School room. he proved to
be wild – and no doubt
a yellow bird – not canary,
as I at first thought –
so after dinner – Sunday
I let him go – and a
very very happy bird was
he –
This evening all the Martin
family
Birth: 1848
Death: 1909-02
Birth: 1846-11-29
Death: 1870-03-29
Birth: 1844-12-23
Death: 1885-05-23
Birth: 1843-02-28
Death: 1922-07-31
Birth: 1838-05-05
Death: 1884-01-26
Birth: 1818-12-25
Death: 1899-07-09
Birth: 1808-11-25
Death: 1883-09-19
Birth: 1791-04-12 Death: 1876-10-18
and Mrs
Blair
Birth: 1794-11-10 Death: 1877-07-05
from Washington – are
to be here to tea –
Mrs Blair is visiting mrs
Martin –
Have you finished “Guy Manner-
ing?
Author: Walter Scott Publisher: J. Maxwell Place of Publication:Philadelphia Date: 1823
” (I believe you took
that.) I liked it very
much – did you?
I am reading Miss Burney’s
Birth: 1752-06-13 Death: 1840-01-06
(Madame D’Arblay’s) “Evelina
Author: Miss Burney Publisher: Derby & Jackson Place of Publication:New York City Date: 1857
”
A very interesting english
book. written in letter. a
novel I suppose though
does not seem so
Kate Kirkpatrick
Birth: 1836
has
been sick. she was taken
with fainting fits yester-
-day but is much better
today.
And now I have little more
to tell you. except that
it is quite warm and
the birds sing merrily.
I wish you were here to
enjoy their music –
I received a letter from
Lucy Hamilton
Birth: 1841-12-07 Death: 1898-01-21
– she
sent love to you and
a very kind invitation
from herself and mother –
for me to spend a few
weeks with her this sum-
-mer – which I should like
to do – but mother says
I must not leave her
with my sore throat –
which by the way has
troubled me a good deal
for a few days –
Perhaps you wonder at my
blue ink – fair I made it
myself – of indigo – in lieu of
black.
Much love from all
Affectionately
your sister Fanny