Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, May 16, 1866
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Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, May 16, 1866
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Date:1866-05-16
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Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, May 16, 1866
action: sent
sender: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
location: Washington D.C., US
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Auburn, NY
transcription: rmg
revision: agw 2021-06-11
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Washington
16th May. 1866.
My dearest Father,
I am come
with my birth-day salutation
before breakfast. If this
were only Auburn, and a
step and a word would
convey it — instead of
Washington, making necessary
all the delay of the
mails! At least in my
thoughts, however, I can
be with you. If you
are walking in the garden
I am walking there too —
listening to the birds that
sing a carol for your
birth-day — looking at
the flowers that unfold
to welcome you. Fancying that
the day — (if ^as I so much hope^ it be as I
see it here — sunny, with
clear blue sky, and soft
warm air) gives a better
expression than words
could, to the calm
sweet fullness of rejoicing
which belongs to the
occasion — when I recall
the fearful perils through
which you have safely
passed and see you restored
to bless our lives and gladden
our hearts.
Will's
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
letter from New York
told me of his and Jenny's
Birth: 1839-11-18 Death: 1913-11-09
plans. So I think you
must have reached home
before them — and will
receive them this morning.
We are all as well
as when you left. Yesterday
we all drove. First Gus
Birth: 1826-10-01 Death: 1876-09-11
,
Ellen
Birth: 1844-09-14 Death: 1920-04-14
& I on the Crystal
Spring road — and later
Fred
Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
& Anna
Birth: 1834-03-29 Death: 1919-05-02
& both the
girls
Unknown
— out beyond the Chain
Bridge. I think there
were no callers last night — at
least none before I retired.
Monday night Mr Bertinatti
Birth: 1808-07-25 Death: 1881-08-04
was here. It does not seem
as if it was only night
before last that you left.
I hope you were not very
tired after the journey. We
are anxious to know how you
succeeded in the breakfast
and baggage arrangements.
Much love to Aunty
Birth: 1803-11-01 Death: 1875-10-03
, Will
and Jenny. I am very glad
of Will's letters — and shall
write him soon.
I keep today a holiday,
celebrating it in my heart
and remembering with
more of gratitude
and affection
than I know how
to express, all that
you have been and
are to
Your very loving daughter
Fanny