Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, May 26, 1859
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, May 26, 1859
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Date:1859-05-26
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, May 26, 1859
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sender: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: London, England, UK
receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Auburn, NY
transcription: cnk
revision: jxw 2021-09-05
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Editorial Note
London May 26. 1859
In the year 1833 General Lafayette
Birth: 1757-09-06 Death: 1834-05-20
said
to me at Paris that Louis Philippe
Birth: 1773-10-06 Death: 1850-08-26
would
reign eighteen years but no son of his
would ever fill the throne of Paris. I
published the declaration at the time. I
think it was two years later that I met
Louis Napoleon
Birth: 1808-04-20 Death: 1873-01-09
the heir apparent of the
empire in exile in America. Now I am
in Europe again, after a lapse of twenty
six years. Louis Philippe ceased to
reign eight years ago and Louis Napoleon
is Emperor of France. At Chiswick House
to day I met in exile the Count de Paris
Birth: 1838-08-24 Death: 1894-09-08
,
heir apparent of Louis Philippe’s dynasty
and found him waiting for the downfall of
the empire and a restoration to the throne.
He is a gentleman of great modesty and
apparent worth. He preserves a very kind
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feeling towards the United States and seemed
much gratified with relating the experiences
of his father there in times that have already
become historical.
Who shall I place ^in the^ next
panel? Why not Dr Charles Mackay
Birth: 1814-03-27 Death: 1889-12-24
the great song writer of England, nay
since Beranger’s
Birth: 1780-08-19 Death: 1857-07-16
death the greatest song
writer in the world. I need not however
speak of his songs. All the world knows
them But all the world don’t know
his antiquarian value. How many monuments
he pointed out to me on our way to the
Chrystal palace I cant tell. Here is a
Roman milestone, 1400 years a monument. Here
is the spot where Charles I was ^is^ beheaded
under the judgement of the Revolutionary court.
And here is the identical building now
a humble shop which Lord Cardinal
Wolsey built for a palace out of the