Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, May 9, 1859
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, May 9,
1859
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1859-05-09
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, May 9, 1859
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sender: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Cape Sable, Canada
receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
location: Auburn, NY
transcription: csh
revision: amc 2020-11-25
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On board the Ariel, off
Cape Sable May 8 9th 1859
My dear Fanny,
We left New York on a very
bright and balmy day. Two steamboats being
freighted with my friends, decorated with
banners, enlivened by bands of musicians and
armed with cannons attended us to Sandy
Hook. The party at the gate of the ocean
was a scene of wild enthusiasm mingled with
readiness, the party on board this ship consists
largely of Germans and Frenchmen adopted by
our country and returning to visit their rela-
tives in their native lands, They caught the
spirit of my friends and I left the latter
to join the former on the decks of this ship
in the midst of cheers, music and cannons
equally poured forth upon the still air
for all three of the vessels. It was a scene
and an event never, never to be forgotten.