Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, August 9, 1866
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Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, August 9, 1866
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Date:1866-08-09
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Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, August 9, 1866
action: sent
sender: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
location: Auburn, NY
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Washington D.C., US
transcription: maf
revision: zz 2021-06-07
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Auburn. Thursday.
9th August. 1866.
My dearest Father,
I had your letter of the
7th last night. So I know of your
first arrangements concerning the Queen
Birth: 1836-01-02 Death: 1885-04-25
of the Sandwich Islands – and wait
for further developments quite sure
that your "consider" will result
in the best possible mode of
entertaining her. I am glad
the weather is so cool with you –
and hope it may continue on –
Your letter of the 6th told me
of going to the Great Falls –
an excursion upon which I could
easily follow you in imagination,
after our visit there in June.
I am glad you have had one
holiday – it must have been very
refreshing.
I think the belfry and the
clock of which you speak would
be charming. Jenny
Birth: 1839-11-18 Death: 1913-11-09
is as pleased as
I with the idea.
We have had rain all day – &
all last night I think. For
an hour or more there have been glimpses
of blue sky, and transient glows
of sunshine – making us hope it will
be clear enough to drive after dinner.
Jenny has a letter from Will
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
today –
dated at Chicago. He thinks he
cannot get home before the first
of next week. We had hoped he
might get here by Saturday night.
It seems a month since he went away.
I was much pleased and interested
in reading Mr Sartige’s
Birth: 1853-06 Death: 1913-02-24
letter, and
and the one which accompanied it. Your
insane correspondent is more pardonable
than some who being apparently
in their right minds have not
his excuse for expressing absurd
political misapprehensions. I return
the bau three letters by this mail.
Aunty
Birth: 1803-11-01 Death: 1875-10-03
has not been down today –
but sent me a pleasant note and
some beautiful flowers. Mary Titus
Birth: 1846-01-11 Death: 1913-03-14
spent the morning with me. She
came through the rain in ^a^ huge water –
proof cloak, from which she
emerged very bright & smiling. She
read aloud when we could stop
talking. Eliza
Unknown
has had
my stove put up – and It seems
like a comfortable November day.
I have had considerable fever
and coughing – but no chill
at all today.
Dinner is over – and the sun
has withdrawn behind such
a dense drapery of clouds that
more rain seems to be the next
thing to look for, and driving
is out of the question. However,
having had two drives yesterday
I must be content. Yester –
day morning we drove to the
foot of the lake on this side –
and across to the road past
the Martins
Birth: 1808-11-25 Death: 1883-09-19
and on to the
Robinson
Birth: 1830-06-24 Death: 1891-04-27
farm. Last night
Mary Titus went with me –
a long distance out Genesee street
and back.Ellen
Birth: 1844-09-14 Death: 1920-04-14
returned
from Rochester late Tuesday
evening. I missed a call from
her yesterday morning – and had
a long and pleasant one last
night. She seems to have
had a very agreeable visit.
She saw poor Kate Huson
Birth: 1825 Death: 1898
–
who seems in a rapid decline –
completely worn out – & with no
hope of recovery except in complete
relief from care, & resort to
some bracing atmosphere. Her friends
have offered her the means for going
to the seaside – and she is looking
for some one to go with.
Did I tell you that Munson
Osborne
Birth: 1822-12-15 Death: 1886-07-06
is to build a large house
on the corner of South st. and
Fitch avenue, just above William
Beardsley’s
Birth: 1816-03-27 Death: 1900-01-25
? He has erected a
a large grapery on the grounds.
Mr Nye
Birth: 1809-11-15 Death: 1885-09-28
has pulled down his
old house entirely – and has a
new one going up rapidly in the
same place.
I don’t know if I wrote you that
Robert Perry
Birth: 1834 Death: 1884-10-01
called – asking about
you and Fred
Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
– & referring to
the visit you made him with
the President
Birth: 1823 Death: 1887-04-28
when he was in hospital –
and to his appreciation of your kindness.
Will Donaldson
Birth: 1818 Death: 1886-12-03
send us some
more paper – like the blank half sheet
enclosed for a sample? I thought
I brought home a quantity – but
I write you such long letters that
the supply is nearly gone.
I wrote Mrs Souder
Birth: 1814-06-05 Death: 1886-12-22
this morning
that I had given up going to Cape
May.
“Tell Grandpa,” Nelly
Birth: 1862-09-11 Death: 1921-10-05
says, “that
I send his love to him – and
Willy
Birth: 1864-11-10
sends his – send that – and
we’ve got a cupboard and a
big doll – and my furniture –
don’t send the furniture, you
know, but put it in a letter.”