Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, August 15, 1866

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Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, August 15, 1866
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Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1866-08-15

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Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, August 15, 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: bpt 

revision: zz 2021-06-06

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Auburn.
Wednesday. 15th Aug. 1866
My dearest Father,
We think of you as
having reached home this
morning – and at the present
time I fancy you may have
just set out upon a drive.
I have been so well today
that it is pleasant to make
my report – no chill –
fever not high – able to
sit up much of the
time – and to go to
the table at lunch for
the second time in about
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two weeks. I have not
been out today – it has
been dark & damp – raining
part of the time. I
have coughed a good deal –
but slept well last night.
Doctor Horatio Robinson Jr.
Birth: 1830-06-24 Death: 1891-04-27
or Doctor Horatio Robinson Sr.
Birth: 1804-02-04 Death: 1889-07-28
Dr Robinson came this
afternoon bringing a bottle
of Cod Liver Oil – of
which I took my first
dose soon after he was
gone. As I top off the
wine glass which contained
this – your chosen means for
my recovery – I naturally
think of you – and I
would drink to your health
were the contents of the
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glass of the remotest kin
to nectar – but as it is
a funny, fishy, spoonful – to be
hurried down with brandy to
disguise & lemon peel to banish
the taste – I postpone all
health drinking – unless it be
my own – till claret or
Constantia are at hand.
A box came today containing
a fruit painting – addressed
to you. The letter & card
which accompanied it I
will forward to you. Shall
we send the painting? It
is a small picture in oils,
three red cheeked peaches
with their leaves – lying
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on a table or slab.
Ellen
Birth: 1844-09-14 Death: 1920-04-14
spent the morning
with me – Mary Segoine
Birth: 1843 Death: 1872-10-09

the afternoon. Aunty
Birth: 1803-11-01 Death: 1875-10-03
came
down about three o’clock –
not very well.
Today brought you
letters from Fred
Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
& a note
from Mr Barreda
Birth: 1827 Death: 1883
– which
Will
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
will forward. There
was a very agreeable note
for me from Mr Barreda –
a very kind invitation
to go to Newport – with
all sorts of considerate
suggestions & arrangements.
But that is the forbidden
“sea air” – so I must decline.
I hope your journey was
comfortable & not exhausting.
Most affectionately your daughter
Fanny