Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, September 23, 1864

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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, September 23, 1864
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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1864-09-23

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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, September 23, 1864

action: sent

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

location: Auburn, NY

receiver: Frederick Seward
Birth: 1830-07-08  Death: 1915-04-25

location: Washington D.C., US

transcription: lxw 

revision: crb 2016-09-02

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Thursday Sep. 23d
My dear Son
I presume you
to be in Washington
this morning– There
are great rejoicings in
Sheridans
Birth: 1831-03-06 Death: 1888-08-05
victory–
Mr Dennis Alward
Birth: 1830-12-18 Death: 1892-09-03

wishes the appointment
of Assistant Secretary
of Legation to London
qualifications–
writing and speaking
the French and
German languages
with perfect ease–
— income enough
to enable him with
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a small salary to live
in a suitable manner–
His chief object the
social advantages
attending the position–
in addition to making
himself useful to the
Administration–
He feels under enduring
obligations to your
father
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
for the advan-
tages derived from the
his letter given him
when he went abroad–
Should this place
at London be unattain-
able Vienna would
be desirable – but
not any other place
on the Continent
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I believe now I have followed
instructions– Mr Alward,
as you saw, is an
amiable gentleman–
I will add that I have
my own private reasons
for hoping he may
go abroad–
We are all as well
as when you left us–
Fanny
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
has concluded
not to go to Washington
this month– I have
so written to Anna
Birth: 1834-03-29 Death: 1919-05-02

She will await another
opportunity as she
finds much to do here
now that the heat
of Summer is past.
Love to Father & Augustus
Birth: 1826-10-01 Death: 1876-09-11

God bless you
Mother –
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Will
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
, went to Albany
Tuesday and returned
last night–