Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 13, 1861

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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 13, 1861
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1861-11-13

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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 13, 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: tml 

revision: amc 2021-02-02

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Wednesday
Nov – 13t
My dearest Henry
I am glad to
be assured by your
letter that you are
well and hopeful –
When Mrs Schuyler’s
Birth: 1809-07-26 Death: 1898-07-29

letter came I hoped
for a moment
that you might
be coming here –
but I can well
see how impossible
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it is for you to be
long away – I have
sent Gen. King’s
Birth: 1814-01-26 Death: 1876-10-13

letter to Serene
Birth: 1805 Death: 1884-01-19

this morning – She
will be much grateful.
I went last Thursday
to Rochester to see
Catherine Huson
Birth: 1825 Death: 1898
–(Aunt
Clara
Birth: 1793-05-01 Death: 1862-09-05
went with
me) – She had
no fixed plan for
the winter – Henry
Selden
Birth: 1805-10-14 Death: 1885-09-18
& George
Andrews
Birth: 1796-10-16 Death: 1863-06-11
are in-
teresting themselves
Page 3

in getting money to pay
off the incumbrance
upon her house – There 
is much sympathy
for her in Rochester
which manifests
itself substantially –
If Catherines health does
not give way under
this struggle she
will with some
assistance keep her
little family
x Birth: 1854  Death:   Birth: 1859-04-07  Death:   Birth: 1857-03-11  Death: 1925  Birth: 1856-02-21  Death: 1944-08-24  Birth: 1850  Death:  
together –
It is sad very sad to
see the change there
since last year –
We are like every body
else waiting for intelligence
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sure intelligence from “the
Fleet” – If it is successful
I can see it must
make a great change
in the face of affairs
both foreign & domestic.
I go with Fanny
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
to
Philadelphia the last of
this month, and
will come to Washington
when you think best.
Aunty is coming here
to stay until I leave.
Love to the children
x Birth: 1834-03-29  Death: 1919-05-02  Birth: 1830-07-08  Death: 1915-04-25 

May God keep you
all – your own
Frances –