Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, August 26, 1866
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Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, August 26, 1866
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Date:1866-08-26
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Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, August 26, 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: ybg
revision: zz 2021-07-08
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Auburn
Sunday evening
26th Aug. 1866
My dearest Father
I have a good
report to make tonight.
Dr. Robinson
Birth: 1830-06-24 Death: 1891-04-27
examined
my lungs this morning
and says the condition
of the right one – (the
worst one) is much
better – the air enters
it much more fully
and freely than it
did – Then we
compared impressions
of my health which
resulted in this view,
that my cough is less
frequent and severe,
and my fever not
as high as it was –
that my entire freedom
from chills for several
days is a most
acceptable change –
that slight symptoms
of quinsy on the
other side of my
throat have subsided
that I am more
feeble than I was – but
that that is not
in the least strange
when my fever is
diminishing – and that
a little languor &
weakness is preferable to feverish
restlessness & activity – and that
quinsy took away some strength which
time and repose and fresh air will
restore. In short we found what
we thought very satisfactory indications
of improvement. I have been
all day intending to write you
but visits from Aunty
Birth: 1803-11-01 Death: 1875-10-03
, Mary Titus
Birth: 1846-01-11 Death: 1913-03-14
,
&Ellen
Birth: 1844-09-14 Death: 1920-04-14
have filled the time –
till evening finds me scrawling
by candle light. I sit
up a little more
each day – have not
left my room yet
since the quinsy
began.
I hoped today to
have written you a
long letter – to tell
you of the pleasure
& interest your much
prized letters give me –
and to tell you also
some of the very many
pleasant incidents – the
unwearied kindnesses
of friends – which
are thickly scattered
over all my days. But
it is so late that
I must hasten to close
this for the mail.
I am exceedingly sorry
to hear of Mrs. Stanton’s
Birth: 1830 Death: 1873
Illness - & anxious for
more favorable accounts of
her condition. Good night my dear
Father – Most affectionately your daughter
- Fanny