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

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 29, 1859
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Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1859-06-29

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

action: sent

sender: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16  Death: 1872-10-10

location: Warwick, England, UK

receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24  Death: 1865-06-21

location: Auburn, NY

transcription: msf 

revision: amc 2020-11-30

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Leamington June 29 th Wednesday
My dearest Frances,
At last I am out of London. But
by how great an effort — A white bait dinner at Green-
wich
is a feast of sense, but when you are surrounded
by the wits of London it is a festival also of the
soul — How I grew fast to some of the generous
spirits there — Yesterday the speaker of the House
of Commons
Birth: 1800-01-27 Death: 1873-03-07
made a very small party to visit
the Great Eastern Steamship now in a very
rapid process of completion. The party were
Lady Waldegrave
Birth: 1787 Death: 1873-04-18
, daughter
Unknown
and son
Unknown
, Lord
Birth: 1811-07-20 Death: 1863-11-20
and
Lady Elgin
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, the Chief Justice of Australia
Birth: 1795-03-07 Death: 1887-05-24
and
myself. Of this monstrous ship I will only
say that her dimensions are so unusual and
her parts so great that I could not keep
my mind steady in the remembrance that the
structure was a ship — or a vehicle – for locomo-
tion. It seemed rather like a great palace or
a town — At five I turned my recreant feet
from obeying the Queen's
Birth: 1819-05-24 Death: 1901-01-22
gracious commands to a
ball, and invitations to diverse parties and
concerts for the next month, and took the
rail road train for this place,
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where I arrived
at 1/2 past 8. in the
rain – dined — and retired
at 1/2 past 10. How delightful
it was to wake up to a bright sunshine
and the music of birds at five o' clock
in the Country – and to feel once more that
I was free – The "fly" waits — and I must fly.