Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frances Miller Seward, October 4, 1857

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Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frances Miller Seward, October 4, 1857
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Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1857-10-04

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Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frances Miller Seward, October 4, 1857

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sender: William Seward
Birth: 1839-06-18  Death: 1920-04-29

location: Albany, NY

receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24  Death: 1865-06-21

location: Auburn, NY

transcription: rmg 

revision: amr 2022-02-04

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Albany Oct 4 th
My dear Mother,
It is just a year
since I went into Barnes
Birth: 1824 Death: 1867
, fully inten
–ding at the time to remain there at
least a year or more, I have been (this
morning thinking to my self) and comparing
the past five month which I have
spent in business here, to those which I
were with Barnes, and I must say this
that the balance is greatly in favor of
my present place as far a business is
concerned – but as for every thing else
there is no place like home although
that is a thing which I could hardly
expect. I am still very well
pleased with my boarding place
and the more I see the better I
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like it. We (that is W m
Henry
Birth: 1835-01-09 Death: 1926
, Henry Cole
Unknown
& myself)
have very nice rooms and try
to make our t selves as comfortable
and possible.
What has become of
father
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
has returned from the west
or has gone again?
I received the Patent
Reports' for which I am very much
obliged I wanted them for a friend
Unknown

of mine here.
Love to Aunty
Birth: 1803-11-01 Death: 1875-10-03
Fanny
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
&
all the rest, Fred
Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
&Anna
Birth: 1834-03-29 Death: 1919-05-02
are
quite well
Your affectionate son
Will
Will please look in the stand drawer
of my ^room^ and get a pair of Razors who
are in a leather case they have white
handles, I should like have you
send them with my "Furs" by some
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person who is coming down
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Frances Seward

Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
William Oct 4
1857