Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, December 11, 1862
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, December 11, 1862
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1862-12-11
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, December 11, 1862
action: sent
sender: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Washington D.C., US
receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
location: UnknownUnknown
transcription: srr
revision: tap 2018-02-01
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Washington Dec. 11. 1862.
My dear Fanny,
I have your letter of Saturday.
The death of Miss McClallen
not have been unexpected. Happy she,
perhaps, that insanity of mind
rendered her unconscious of death
and irresponsive for ever.
I hope that mother
find some rest.
It is a good thing to read
up the revolutionary war. It is history
that give us all any resources
and enables us to cherish and
preserve hopefulness, even to the
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point of offending disappoint
patriots, and disloyal or bleeding
partisans.
Selfishness crops out in every thing,
every where. It offends and alarms
us constantly, but we learn from
history that selfishness always exulted
and always was more [ floquent ]
Alternate Text: frequent than war.
Do not try to read Milton
continually. It is too sublime to
be read in that way. The mind cannot
sustain a continuous exaltation and
spiritualness without rest. Entertain
between your lessons in Milton
a play or a part of one of
Shakespeare
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interruption. When are you coming,
Your own affectionate
father
Washington Dec. 11. 1862.
My dear Fanny,
I have your letter of Saturday.
The death of Miss McClallen
Birth: 1793-05-01 Death: 1862-09-05
couldnot have been unexpected. Happy she,
perhaps, that insanity of mind
rendered her unconscious of death
and irresponsive for ever.
I hope that mother
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
may not find some rest.
It is a good thing to read
up the revolutionary war. It is history
that give us all any resources
and enables us to cherish and
preserve hopefulness, even to the
point of offending disappoint
patriots, and disloyal or bleeding
partisans.
Selfishness crops out in every thing,
every where. It offends and alarms
us constantly, but we learn from
history that selfishness always exulted
and always was more [ floquent ]
Alternate Text
Do not try to read Milton
Birth: 1608-12-09 Death: 1674-11-08
too continually. It is too sublime to
be read in that way. The mind cannot
sustain a continuous exaltation and
spiritualness without rest. Entertain
between your lessons in Milton
a play or a part of one of
Shakespeare
Birth: 1564-04-26 Death: 1616-04-23
. &c. Ah. here is aninterruption. When are you coming,
Your own affectionate
father