Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, June 3, 1859

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, June 3, 1859
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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1859-06-03

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, June 3, 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: msf 

revision: agw 2020-12-03

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Editorial Note

William Henry Seward incorrectly dates this letter as being written on May 3. It was written on June 3. May 3, 1859 was not a Friday. June 3, 1859 was a Friday, and the content fits contextually with other letters from June.
Friday May 3.
I have a nice little breakfast party. It consists of William
Napier
Birth: 1846-09-22 Death: 1913-12-06
and Samuel Appleton Blatchford
Birth: 1845-09-09 Death: 1905-10-22
. Each of
them desire me to express his respectful regard to
you — and Lord
Birth: 1819-09-19 Death: 1898-12-19
& Lady Napier
Birth: 1823-12-20 Death: 1911-08-24
are exceedingly gratified
by your mothers
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
kind mention of them in her letter
Lady Napier was very much affected when I told her
that I brought no letter from Mother — But her mother
Birth: 1800 Death: 1891-08-21
has it all
.