Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 8, 1861
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 8,
1861
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1861-07-08
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 8, 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: csh
revision: crb 2018-01-17
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Monday July 8th
My dearest Henry
We are having hot
July weather – I fear
it must be very un-
comfortable in a Southern
climate – I expect
Will
to night and Fanny
tomorrow night –
Fanny has enjoyed
her visit – She writes
me that Louisa Webb
(Mrs Benton) is in
Washington – Captain
Benton
on duty ––
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2
Matilda
by the absence of her
family and the embarass
-ment of her husbands
affairs –
We look anxiously
for all intelligence
from Washington
you did not
write the message –
I am reading the
"Essays & Reviews"
which have made so
much commotion in
the English Church –
As far as I have
read they are
admirable productions
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3
I hope are an index
of the Spirit of the age
I have long wished our
church to stand upon
a broader platform but
it will be some time
before all will attain
to this – What a pity
it is that people are
afraid to trust God
to vindicate his own
wisdom & power & hol not
feel it necessary to
limit both to accommodate
their various views –
May He preserve you
all – your own
Frances —
Monday July 8th
My dearest Henry
We are having hot
July weather – I fear
it must be very un-
comfortable in a Southern
climate – I expect
Will
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
& Jenny
Birth: 1839-11-18 Death: 1913-11-09
hometo night and Fanny
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
tomorrow night –
Fanny has enjoyed
her visit – She writes
me that Louisa Webb
Birth: 1830-12-14 Death: 1918-12-04
(Mrs Benton) is in
Washington – Captain
Benton
Birth: 1820-09-15 Death: 1881-08-23
is there I supposeon duty ––
Matilda
Birth: 1827-11-30 Death: 1896-10-03
is depressedby the absence of her
family and the embarass
-ment of her husbands
Birth: 1818-10-22 Death: 1895-09-20
affairs –
We look anxiously
for all intelligence
from Washington
you did not
write the message –
I am reading the
"Essays & Reviews"
Publisher: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts Place of Publication:London, England Date: 1861
which have made so
much commotion in
the English Church –
As far as I have
read they are
admirable productions
I hope are an index
of the Spirit of the age
I have long wished our
church to stand upon
a broader platform but
it will be some time
before all will attain
to this – What a pity
it is that people are
afraid to trust God
to vindicate his own
wisdom & power & hol not
feel it necessary to
limit both to accommodate
their various views –
May He preserve you
all – your own
Frances —