Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., April 18, 1860
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Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., April
18, 1860
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1860-04-18
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Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., April 18, 1860
action: sent
sender: George Seward
Birth: 1808-08-26
Death: 1888-12-07
location: Florida, US
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Washington D.C., US
transcription: lmd
revision: amc 2020-12-20
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Florida April 18 th
My Dear Henry
The enclosed letters were
received here several days since
and as we have been daily expect-
ing you here I have retained them
Mr Grier
Birth: 1802-09-27 Death: 1878-12-20
tells me you will not come on under a week I therefore have
taken of the envelope and send
them. My son Henry
Birth: 1835-01-09 Death: 1926
opened one of them under the impression it was
for him. I have heard that sister
Frances
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
was to accompany you and was to remain for some weeks
if so we should be pleased to see
you and would endeavor to make
your stay as agreeable as we could
Our house has not yet all its
rooms furnished but perhaps enough
is to accommodate us all.
With ^At^ the hazard of writing some-
thing that you may consider offensive
but with no wish to do so I will add
that your presence here is much
needed. My poor brain reels under
its weight, if there is a spark of
virtue in me, if in times past I have
been worthy of any confidence, if there
can be found within me any good im-
pulse why not seize hold of that, why
not trust in a good will and regard
which must come free and voluntary
without constraint and fear, such
you can have but you may think
it valueless. It may be that in this
round world there has not a heart
throbed for you more sincerely and
fondly than that which dictates
these lines. But I may have said
to much already and conclude by
by saying that the invitation
is given with sincerity and ex-
pressing the hope that it may be
accepted
Affectionately Your
Brother
Geo. W. Seward