Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, March 9, 1861
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, March 9,
1861
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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive
Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1861-03-09
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, March 9, 1861
action: sent
sender: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Auburn, NY
receiver: Frederick Seward
Birth: 1830-07-08
Death: 1915-04-25
location: Washington D.C., US
transcription: alc
revision: amr 2021-01-22
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Saturday 10 ^oclock^ A.M.
My dear Son
We have your
telegram this moment –
I knew your Father
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
must be ill if he
was not super human –
I have no faith in
the attack being
Rheumatism unless it
is positively located in
a joint, it is neuralgic
and ought not to be
treated as Rheumatism.
I hope he will not
insist upon old school
treatment which is
hazardous at best —
& always injurious
in diseases of the nerves
I am impelled to come
immediately to Washington
do send for me if your
Father is not entirely
well when this reaches
you —
The telegraph for
the papers reports
“detained from the
Department by physical
disability” —
I await anxiously further
information — With best
love to your Father
and a prayer that
he may not be
crushed by upholding
a nation —
Do not fail to tell
me the truth & the
whole truth —
God bless you
Mother —