Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, August 25, 1859

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, August 25, 1859
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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1859-08-25

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, August 25, 1859

action: sent

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

location: Rome, Italy

receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09  Death: 1866-10-29

location: Auburn, NY

transcription: ska 

revision: jxw 2021-02-06

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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.
Thursday, night August 25.
My dear Fanny, Fever, exhaustion incapacity have
lost me the 14th day in Rome. I shall be well
and improve my time tomorrow. I have dined out
Yesterday with Mr Hooker
Birth: 1818-02-12 Death: 1894-12-30
the American banker, tonight
I am obliged to try to sit up at Dr Valerys
Birth: 1818 Death: 1882
an
Italian, but I fear not to get through it. Here is a
slip from the plant "Venus' Hair" which I took from the
walls of the Coliseum. The name is from the hair like form of
the fibre.