Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 26, 1859
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 26,
1859
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Date:1859-06-26
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 26, 1859
action: sent
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:
revision: agw 2020-12-08
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London, Sunday morning
June 26th 1859.
I dined on Friday evening at the Duke of
Devonshire's
Birth: 1808-04-27 Death: 1891-12-21
. He is the father of Lord FrederickCavendish
Birth: 1836-11-30 Death: 1882-05-06
whom you saw at our house in
Washington. He belongs to the Liberal Party
and his family are very active as they are
numerous. Of all the Gentlemen I have
met in England no one has more favorably
impressed me by his earnestness of interest in
the advance of society as well as by
the unaffected modesty of his address
and deportment. Among the party
were the Carlisles
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, and Shaftsburys
Birth: 1810-11-06
Death: 1872-10-15
Birth: 1801-04-28
Death: 1885-10-01
Birth: 1800-12-20 Death: 1885-08-08
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who is a model man and many noble
ladies
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, of winning ways and pleasing conversation. But the character of the party was Sir
Joseph Paxton
Birth: 1803-08-03 Death: 1865-06-08
the Architect of the Crystal Palace – I was not mistaken in thinking that
he could project and execute that wonderful
monument of convenience taste and beauty
could not fail to appreciate the spirit of
the age. I confess to some sense of self
exultation for a moment when I found him
advancing speculations on the ^ultimate^ results of
recent scientific discoveries which I
had myself thrown out to the alarm
and consternation of a ^many^ sceptical and
timid conservative. Nor can I omit to
say for this once to yourself and yourself
alone that there is a recompense, a most consola-
tory one for long years of endurance of contumely
at home in the universal respect and sympathy
which my poor efforts for freedom and humanity
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there have won for me here in this enlightened
and more impartial land. Saturday I devoted
to an effort at leave taking of my friends, but
with bad though not sad success. Every body
was at home – every body willing to hear and
apparently anxious for my stay. I made six
calls, and five of them looked for me at home
they ^Among them^ were the Duchess of Inverness
Birth: 1789 Death: 1873-08-02
, General Gores family Mr Seniors
Birth: 1790-09-26 Death: 1864-06-04Certainty: Probable
, &c At night I saw every body at
Lady Palmerston's
Birth: 1787-04-21 Death: 1869-09-11
and so ended
the week