Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, February 7, 1858

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Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, February 7, 1858
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Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1858-02-07

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Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, February 7, 1858

action: sent

sender: Frederick Seward
Birth: 1830-07-08  Death: 1915-04-25

location: Albany, NY

receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16  Death: 1872-10-10

location: Washington D.C., US

transcription: rag 

revision: vxa 2020-11-07

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Albany. Feb. 7th 1858
My dear Father,
Baker
Birth: 1816-03-16 Death: 1887-10-02
and I com-
posed a party who stood by your
view of the Army Bill, notwithstan-
ding Hale's
Birth: 1806-03-31 Death: 1873-11-19
ungenerous and uncalled
for onslaught & even before we got
the Speech in full. But there
were a great many who although
they saw the motive of the
attack, yet feared the result
of it. I think that the debate
is dispelling some, as I am con-
fident the event will the rest
of their apprehensions.
They do not remember
that it is no new thing for
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you to be deserted at critical
hours, by friends, who, when
Time has vindicated your action
are eager to have its oblivion
cover their own.
Doubtless it is because none
of them have written your life
as Baker has, or seen it as closely
as I have.
Affectionately your son
Frederick