Letter from Charles Sumner to Frances Miller Seward, August 2, 1859
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Letter from Charles Sumner to Frances Miller Seward, August 2, 1859
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Date:1859-08-02
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Letter from Charles Sumner to Frances Miller Seward, August 2, 1859
action: sent
sender: Charles Sumner
Birth: 1811-01-06
Death: 1874-03-11
location: Le Havre, France
receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Auburn, NY
transcription: mec
revision: crb 2017-04-26
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Bains Frascati
Près du Havre
France—
2nd August 59
Dear Mrs Seward,
Here I am—dipping
& swimming in the salt-
water daily, & taking be-
sides a gentle medicine.
This is all. I begin
to feel the impulse of
health, yet I am
not yet in my
natural force. But
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C.
Sumner
Aug. 1859
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I count upon being
well at the opening of
Congress.
The dark days are over;
& I have seen some
very dark from pain &
from the uncertainty of
the future.
I was happy—
several hours with
your husband
he told me that
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our glorious cause is
already won. Would to
God this were true! If so,
then would I retire
contented to some
congenial retreat. But
no! there is much of
work & contest before
us all, & I welcome
it. Only let me
have health & I
shall go to it as to
my marriage.
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It was pleasant to
hear the golden opinions
which your husband had
won in English society.
I hear of him now in
Paris & am tempted to
join him; but my first
object (pardon me) is health,
& so I hide myself in
this retreat.
God bless you!
Ever sincerely yours,
Charles Sumner
Bains Frascati
Près du Havre
France—
2nd August 59
Dear Mrs Seward,
Here I am—dipping
& swimming in the salt-
water daily, & taking be-
sides a gentle medicine.
This is all. I begin
to feel the impulse of
health, yet I am
not yet in my
natural force. But
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Hand Shift
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21Frances Seward
Aug. 1859
I count upon being
well at the opening of
Congress.
The dark days are over;
& I have seen some
very dark from pain &
from the uncertainty of
the future.
I was happy—
several hours with
your husband
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
in whichhe told me that
our glorious cause is
already won. Would to
God this were true! If so,
then would I retire
contented to some
congenial retreat. But
no! there is much of
work & contest before
us all, & I welcome
it. Only let me
have health & I
shall go to it as to
my marriage.
It was pleasant to
hear the golden opinions
which your husband had
won in English society.
I hear of him now in
Paris & am tempted to
join him; but my first
object (pardon me) is health,
& so I hide myself in
this retreat.
God bless you!
Ever sincerely yours,
Charles Sumner