Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, May 29, 1859

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, May 29, 1859
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1859-05-29

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, May 29, 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: srr 2021-06-29

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Editorial Note

William Henry Seward’s series of travel letters in 1859 are organized and listed by the date of each entry.
May 29th
I met Mr Blackwood
Birth: 1818-12-07 Death: 1879-10-29
the editor of Black-
wood’s magazine to day, He is a very quiet
and agreeable gentleman, of cultivated taste
and easy address – He delighted in the
continu p established popularity of his
periodical in America, but was by no means
satisfied with the small a share of the
profits he derived from it. He s I learned
from him that Mr Warren
Birth: 1807-05-23 Death: 1877-07-29
(author of the
Diary of a Physician
Author: Samuel Warren Publisher: Harper & Brothers Place of Publication:New York, NY Date: 1857
is the author of
the dialogue between Tickler and his
mentor
Unknown
which interested so many readers
a year ago –
Beyond a doubt Kossuth
Birth: 1802-09-19 Death: 1894-03-20
is the most
serene dignified and graceful person
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in address and convention whom I have
ever met. The reports of his decayed
health, dilapidated appearance, and
dejected spirits which I heard on the
at home are unfounded. He appears
seems to be in all respects as youth-
ful and as vigorous as when he visited
our country. He is calm, cool – and
collected – Probably before this letter reaches
you he will have appeared once more
in the arena of physical strife on the
Continent. There is a ^moral^ sublimity in his ^penury^ devotion
to his Country and to Liberty. I wish
I could sh bring myself to believe
in the omens auspices which have
revived his hopes —
Lord Derby
Birth: 1799-03-29 Death: 1869-10-23
, is a model of
ministerial manner and address – Although
the fate of his ministry is suspended
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on the great parliamentary debate which is
only ten less than ten days distant, he is
calm and easy, apparently prepared but not
rash or defiant. I think one can easily
see that the statesmen of this country derive
minimum advantage from early training and
fixed habits, They practice coolness and
deliberation ^even in early or middle life^ which few of our American statesmen
acquire until they are ready to retire from
the field, and which many of them fail
to acquire even then —
Mother–
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Mrs William H. Seward
Auburn, Cayuga County
N. York.
United States of America
By the first Liverpool Steamer
Free William H Seward
S. U. S.
LONDON–S.W.
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JU 3 59
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N.YORK Br. PKT
JUN 16
PAID
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PAID
No. 3
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Lord Lyndhurst
Birth: 1772-05-21 Death: 1863-10-12

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