Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, February 17, 1861

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Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, February 17, 1861
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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1861-02-17

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Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, February 17, 1861

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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. February 17th 1861
My dear Father
I was very glad to
receive your letter. It snowed all
last night, and this morning
we could scarcely see into the street
the trees were so heavily laden. But
it is not very cold –& probably this
fall of snow will soon be gone as the
last.
Yesterday I spent the afternoon
with Sarah How
Birth: 1843 Death: 1863-08-10
– Thursday
Mother
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
went with me to the
evening prayers– the first time
she has been to church this
winter– the service was read in the
school room, and is to be all w through
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lent except on Sundays –
I was very much interested
in the account of Mr Rarey’s
Birth: 1827 Death: 1866

experiments with the Arabian
ponies. I should have liked to
see the exhibition. Mother had
a letter from Louisa Webb Benton
Birth: 1830-12-14 Death: 1918-12-04

a little while ago, saying that
Andy
Birth: 1835-02-15 Death: 1911-02-12
was in Washington, I
suppose you have seen him–
I have finished Philosophy
and am to commence Chem-
istry soon– I think I shall
like it very much.
All send love– it is just dinner
time– so I must stop
Your affectionate little girl
Fanny
P.S. Give my love to Fred
Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
and
tell him I am very much
interested in his library-
 
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Unknown
Fanny Seward
Feb. 17. 1861.