Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, May 23, 1859
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, May 23,
1859
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1859-05-23
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, May 23, 1859
action: sent
sender: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: London, England, UK
receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
location: Auburn, NY
transcription: cnk
revision: amr 2021-02-09
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Editorial Note
My dear Fanny,
I breakfasted this morning by
invitation with Lady Hatherton
Birth: 1809-04-01 Death: 1897-05-16
, who is a very accomplished and ladylike person. The hour ten,
the table a simple English breakfast. The
party Lord
Birth: 1819-09-19 Death: 1898-12-19
and Lady
Napier
Birth: 1823-12-20 Death: 1911-08-24
, an Indian Prince
Birth: 1838-09-06 Death: 1893-10-22
subordained by the British Government, and really the
7
heir of an empire in India annexed to the
British empire – His stipend $100,000 a
year – of Caucasian features but very dark
about black complexion, educated and
accomplished and three other Gentlemen
Unknown
–
Then I called by appointment on the
Marquis of Lansdowne an aged statesman
who welcomed me most kindly.
In the evening I sat an hour with the
Blatchfords
Birth: 1836-05-25
Death: 1908-10-01 Certainty: Possible
Birth: 1798-04-23
Death: 1875-09-04 Certainty: Possible
At five I drove into the suburbs
and enjoyed a warm hearted and
hospitable welcome from Count
Birth: 1814-09-17 Death: 1897-09-09
and Madam Pulszky
Birth: 1815 Death: 1866
. They have six children
Birth: 1850-03-28
Death: 1866-09-06
Birth: 1847-06-16
Death: 1866-11-23
Birth: 1854-11-10
Death: 1899-06-05
Birth: 1846
Death: 1921
Birth: 1857
Death: 1921
Birth: 1849
Death: 1863-11-19
nearly all of one age. Kossuth
Birth: 1802-09-19 Death: 1894-03-20
goes
out of town to day but returns and visits me
on Sunday.
For my dear
Fanny