Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to Frances Miller Seward, May 21, 1858
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Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to Frances Miller Seward, May 21,
1858
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Date:1858-05-21
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Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to Frances Miller Seward, May 21, 1858
action: sent
sender: Clarence Seward
Birth: 1828-10-07
Death: 1897-07-24
location: New York, NY
receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Washington D.C., US
transcription: ssb
revision: amc 2020-12-22
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New York . May 21.1858.
My dear Auntie,
Everything seemed to
combine to prevent our meeting
on Tuesday and Wednesday last
and I need not assure you
much to my regret and
disappointment. Carrie
Birth: 1828-05-22 Death: 1906-12-09
seemed so unwell and excited on
Tuesday that I did not
like to leave her and I
therefore remained at home
the entire day. W Griswold
Birth: 1823-09-05 Death: 1886-06-01
called to see me and said
that he had stopped at the
astor on his way up and
that you were not down
on the book as having arrived.
So I supposed you were not
in town. Wednesday I called
at the Astor but you were
not there and when I went
home Carrie told me you
had gone. The next time
you journey hither I hope
you will advise me so that
I can meet you at the
cars and take you directly
home.
Carrie seemed worse
last evening and I think
we were both alarmed – I
know I was – and that we
both would have given
much to have had you
with us. She is somewhat
easier this morning and
I hope that rest & quiet &
freedom from anxiety – as to
my personal safety – will
restore her.
I feel grateful that I am
safely home beyond the dan-
ger of winds & waves seas
and ice. I appreciate more
than ever before the appro–
priateness of the litany “From
sudden death Good Lord
deliver us.”
Business will erelong
call me Westward & there
I hope to see you face to
face.
Ever affectionably
Your nephew.
C.A.Seward.
Mr
William H. Seward