Telegram from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 13, 1864

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Telegram from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 13, 1864
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Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1864-06-13

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Telegram from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 13, 1864

action: sent

sender: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16  Death: 1872-10-10

location: Washington D.C., US

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

location: Auburn, NY

transcription: ekk 

revision: crb 2016-09-01

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Department of State
Washington, June 13th 1864
My dearest Frances
Your Friday letter came yesterday
morning just as I was going (for the first time in my
life) to attend public worship at the Capitol. Dr
Breckenridge
Birth: 1800-03-08 Death: 1871-12-27
of Kentucky preaches there. He was
a classmate of mine at College. Then an emancipa-
tionist as I was He has gone all around the
Congress and joins me again now when
he sixty four years old and I sixty three. There
is forty year’s experience for you. He is the most
accomplished extemporaneous
1. Without previous study or meditation; without preparation; suddenly •
speaker I have ever heard
He dined with us on Saturday and we enjoyed
the occasion very much.
At the front a movement is going forward from
which high are expected. All is
here along the lines.
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I rode out to the Contraband Camp yesterday. I think
we have brought away about two thousand slave from
in this campaign but they are nearly all old men
women and children. It is a pleasing sight to witness
the light hearted activity and celebrations of these
poor creatures who find in exile and in tents ever
agreeable improvement of their condition. One fine looking
woman said this is my child, that over there, and
this one on the other side. they my husband is dead.
This is my mam. She knew my husbands father.
She says he was near to being a white man. So
white that you couldnt know him from a white
man. The childrens hair is turned red. They never had
no hats, nor shoes. Ive got a box of shoes that
the Yorkers give in at the White House. Today they
are all to go to the and get draw
clothes.
Your own Henry
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Frances Seward

Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
Henry June 13
1864