Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, February 6, 1861
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Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, February 6, 1861
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1861-02-06
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Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, February 6, 1861
action: sent
sender: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
location: Auburn, NY
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Washington D.C., US
transcription: lag
revision: tap 2018-07-02
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Auburn. Wednsday — Feb 6th e
The archivist marked the date of this letter as February 8th, but Wednesday was February 6, 1861.
My dear Father
I was very glad to
receive your letter — last night’s mail
brought another, and one from
Fred
have a few days to come home — I
hope you may.
We have a beautiful bright morn-
ing & hope for a thaw, for until
there is one we shall be without
gas, as there is water frozen in
the street pipes, it seems very odd
to be using lamps and candles
as we have done since Saturday
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evening — the failure of gas is only
in this neighborhood.
After we came home from Al-
bany I invited a few of my
friends to meet Miss Hosmer
Either Clara Hosmer
and another young lady
we had a dance — Jenny
for us, Mother
and Aunty
Ellen Perry
letters from Judge Goodrich
ing some very poor photographs of
yourself the letters are very short
and funny — with very long adjectives.
Yesterday all Freds books were
unpacked, most of them were
put on the new shelves in the
bathroom — which looks quite
like a library —
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Auburn. Wednsday — Feb 6th e
Editorial Note
My dear Father
I was very glad to
receive your letter — last night’s mail
brought another, and one from
Fred
Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
, saying that you
still mighthave a few days to come home — I
hope you may.
We have a beautiful bright morn-
ing & hope for a thaw, for until
there is one we shall be without
gas, as there is water frozen in
the street pipes, it seems very odd
to be using lamps and candles
as we have done since Saturday
evening — the failure of gas is only
in this neighborhood.
After we came home from Al-
bany I invited a few of my
friends to meet Miss Hosmer
Unknown
eEditorial Note
Birth: 1846 Death: 1902-07-17
or Martha Matilda Hosmer Wright
Birth: 1841-05-09 Death: 1921-12-25
or Julia Hosmer Ives
Birth: 1837 Death: 1916-07-10
and another young lady
Unknown
, andwe had a dance — Jenny
Birth: 1839-11-18 Death: 1913-11-09
playedfor us, Mother
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
called off the figuresand Aunty
Birth: 1803-11-01 Death: 1875-10-03
danced a good deal —Ellen Perry
Birth: 1844-09-14 Death: 1920-04-14
& I have each receivedletters from Judge Goodrich
Birth: 1804-09-27 Death: 1885-04-19
contain-ing some very poor photographs of
yourself the letters are very short
and funny — with very long adjectives.
Yesterday all Freds books were
unpacked, most of them were
put on the new shelves in the
bathroom — which looks quite
like a library —