Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, August 27, 1866
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Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, August 27, 1866
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Date:1866-08-27
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Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, August 27, 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: rag
revision: zz 2021-07-08
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Auburn Monday
27th August 1866
My dearest Father
Your letter of the
25th comes this afternoon.
How charming to think of
you playing croquet. I
wish I might ^have^ been a
looker on. I’ve not seen
you playing a game to
the best of my recollection,
(whist excepted) since the
days that seem so long
ago, when I was a
very little girl, and
thought it the most delight-
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this evening
with deep
regret of the
death of
Dean Richmond
Birth: 1804-03-31 Death: 1866-08-27
.
ful thing imaginable to play
Blind Man’s Bluff, and Puss in
the Corner, with my father.
How we little ones scampered
from corner to corner of the
old South room – and
what peals of laughter
we uttered when you made
feints of catching us!
I am very glad indeed
that Mrs Stanton
Birth: 1830 Death: 1873
is better –
and very sorry that they
cannot come here.
Committees in town, &
all our family, are busy
with preparations for the
visit. I believe it is
arranged that there shall
be a collation at Mr
Martin’s
Birth: 1844-12-23 Death: 1885-05-23
grove if the weather
is favorable – otherwise it
will be at Corning Hall.
Will
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
& Jenny
Birth: 1839-11-18 Death: 1913-11-09
are arranging
to have the new building pre-
pared for the evening – if it
does not rain – and to break-
fast all the party there
the next morning – with the
same if – if it does the
library & dining room are to be
substituted.
It is nearly five o’clock –
I am going down to dinner
for the first time in a
week. I have had more
fever today than yesterday – and
coughed a good deal more – but
one must have ups and downs to
make a variety – I have been
stronger today – able to sit up
a great deal – and my throat
is almost entirely well.
I was interrupted by the
entrance of Aunty
Birth: 1803-11-01 Death: 1875-10-03
& Will –
to whom I read your
letter. Then came the dinner
bell & after dinner I went to
the library – and saw from the
window how far the brick-work
had progressed – they are laying
the rafters now for the ^floor of the^ upper
rooms – having the brick up to that story.
Aunty has been down & gone home early
to allow her boy
Unknown
to go to a circus.
Mary Titus
Birth: 1846-01-11 Death: 1913-03-14
has been reading to me this after-
noon – &Mary Segoine
Birth: 1843 Death: 1872-10-09
performed the same
kind act this morning.
Most affectionately your daughter
Fanny