Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, November 17, 1861
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Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, November 17,
1861
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Date:1861-11-17
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Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, November 17, 1861
action: sent
sender: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
location: Auburn, NY
receiver:
location: Washington D.C., US
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revision: amc 2021-02-04
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Page 1
Auburn Nov. 17 th 1861
My dear Father
It is looking win-
try enough here – snow on
the roofs and ground – this
morning when I went to
church the wind shook off
the melting icicles in showers
from the trees. We have
had a very pleasant week
with such good news from
the fleet – it seemed to
make our prospects of future
success brighten very much.
Last Wednsday night we
had a lecture on “The Art
of War,” by Prof. Siddons
Birth: 1801-07-21 Death: 1886-03-14
– it was very interesting and
instructive to us at this
time. Our Regiment
have their number, the
Seventy-fifth – It is not
yet known when they leave
here – but probably soon – At
the society they are making
what are called “ditty bags,”
little bags containing needles,
buttons, thread etc – they
wish to furnish the whole
Regiment – Ellen
Birth: 1844-09-14 Death: 1920-04-14
and Esther Perry
Birth: 1846-11-19 Death: 1938-10-20
and Mary Titus
Birth: 1846-01-11 Death: 1913-03-14
have spent ^the^ two
last evenings and yesterday
afternoon here, and all of
us have been engaged
on in these bags, with some
help from Mother
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
and Jenny
Birth: 1839-11-18 Death: 1913-11-09
. Tomorrow I shall have
twenty-six to take to the Society.
Aunty
Birth: 1803-11-01 Death: 1875-10-03
is still at Pisgah – she has not been down to-
day – as it is so muddy.
I suppose we have no more
of the garden from this
time on. It looks very bare
from the windows, except the
ground which is covered with
snow.
We leave the day after
Thanksgiving, which is
appointed for the twenty-
sixth of the month.
All send much love.
Ever your affectionate little girl,
Fanny