Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, April 20, 1861
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, April 20,
1861
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1861-04-20
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, April 20, 1861
action: sent
sender: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Auburn, NY
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Washington D.C., US
transcription: lbk
revision: jxw 2021-02-28
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Saturday 20 th April
My dearest Henry
I have no word
from you yet saying I
may come and see
you – It is hard to be so
far from you when your
life is in danger –
As I supposed Washing-
ton is the next place
to be attacked – It is
very difficult I may
say impossible for me
to feel that it is suffi-
ciently protected – I think
the North are true
and valient – one
week earlier warning
would have accomplished
much that is yet
undone – I trust in
God it may not now
be too late – though
we are in momentary
expectation of startling
intelligence – We
do not learn yet whether
it was the 7th New
York or Massachusetts
regiment that lost
ten of its number in
Baltimore yesterday
It makes little difference
in the sorrow it
will occasion at some
domestic hearth –
The military organization
is slow in our State
unaccountably slow –
men are ready and
willing to go but they
want direction – there
is something remiss
somewhere – Perhaps
my impatience exaggerates –
Shall Will
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
come to you or what shall
he do – How useless
it is to ask questions
which if they are not
already answered are
of little avail –
Give my best Love
to Fred
Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
& Anna
Birth: 1834-03-29 Death: 1919-05-02
my heart is with you
all – May God have
you in his keeping –
Your own
Frances –