Letter from Frederick William Seward to Frances Miller Seward, April 22, 1861

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Letter from Frederick William Seward to Frances Miller Seward, April 22, 1861
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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1861-04-22

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Letter from Frederick William Seward to Frances Miller Seward, April 22, 1861

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sender: Frederick Seward
Birth: 1830-07-08  Death: 1915-04-25

location: Washington D.C., US

receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24  Death: 1865-06-21

location: Auburn, NY

transcription: jmm 

revision: jxw 2021-02-28

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Washington, April 22d
My dear Mother,
The cutting off
of communication between us
and the North, I fear, has
alarmed you, as it must
have created intense feeling, and
given rise to any amount of
unfounded rumors. We have &
have had no discomfort of any
sort, nor any apprehension
except what has been created from
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time to time, in the town, by
the spread of such rumors.
The city is loyal, military and
enthusiastic, and before this
reaches you, our Northern rein-
forcements will have placed it
beyond the power of all the
force The Secessionists can muster
in months.
Anna
Birth: 1834-03-29 Death: 1919-05-02
is moving into the new
house, where we shall be established
in a few days. The “War” has
relieved us from the pressure of
office-seekers which was worse
than even a siege by troops.
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Mail communication, we
understand, will be reopened
in a day or two, and we shall
then look for letters from you
which have stopped somewhere
on the road.
I direct this to Aunt Clara
Birth: 1793-05-01 Death: 1862-09-05

as it might 
fail to reach its destination if
directed to you. It goes to
New York by a private hand.
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Frances Seward

Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
Frederick April
22d
1861