Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., October 11, 1866
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Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., October 11, 1866
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Date:1866-10-11
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Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., October 11, 1866
action: sent
sender: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
location: Washington D.C., US
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1839-06-18
Death: 1920-04-29
location: Auburn, NY
transcription: iwl
revision: jxw 2021-07-01
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Washington
11th Oct. 1866
My Dear Will,
I was very glad
to receive your Sunday letter
yesterday. We are all
much pleased to hear such
news of the success of the
Express Co. and of the progress
of the new building.
I suppose at this time
you have either just
returned from Toronto –
or are on your way from
there.
My poor friend Mrs Birnie
Unknown
is in trouble again. When
I saw her here a short time
since, she told me that Mr
Birnie
Unknown
was retained by the
Morris Insurance Co & when
he should leave there they were
hoping for a situation from
Mr Miller
Birth: 1795 Death: 1874-12-14
. It seems Mr
Birnie is thrown out of employ-
ment sooner than he expected.
Yesterday brought me a letter
from Mrs Birnie who had
fallen sick in Baltimore
on her way home – & was
in much distress – she says,
"Mr Birnie expected to close
his books on the 15th in
the Insurance office. Whilst
I was ill, Mr Birnie wrote me
that Mr Miller remarked
to him that he would not
require a clerk at $1500
until the 1st of Jan. I under-
stood him that he had a
promise then, not so, as
Mr Miller observed he was
then in office, and wished
him to wait awhile. Do you
think there would be any proba-
bility of Mr M. giving him
a lower salary until that
time?" I am
sorry to trouble you again with
this matter – but if you
can put Mr Birnie in the
way of getting employment I
shall be very glad indeed. I
think he would be faithful
and devoted in his labor – &
they are people always grateful
to an unusual degree.
Father
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
has spoken to me several
times about De Quincey's
Birth: 1785-08-15 Death: 1859-12-08
works –
He told me to order a set
for our library at Auburn – which
I failed to do before leaving.
Will you please order them at
one of the book-stores? I don't
see where they can be put now –
but I think it would be well
to get them even if the book-
seller keeps them for us awhile
as Father made such a point
of having them. Tell Aunty
Birth: 1803-11-01 Death: 1875-10-03
that I meant to write
yesterday to her – but had a
headache, and as today I was
anxious to send Mrs Birnie's
request, and as it is
time for me to write to
Dr Robinson
Birth: 1830-06-24 Death: 1891-04-27
– I hope she will
excuse my delaying another
day.
Yes, it is true that I am much
better – very much stronger. I
can see marked improvement
in everything but my cough – and
that is not any worse.
We have very mild weather. It
rained all night – beginning
with a thunder shower. It is
pouring down in torrents now.
We are all as well
as usual. Love to Aunty & Jenny
Birth: 1839-11-18 Death: 1913-11-09
.
Father has a cold still – but it is
better. He has just gone to the office
in the Dept. wagon. Very affectionately your sister
Fanny