Letter from Augustus Seward to William Henry Seward, November 1, 1866
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Letter from Augustus Seward to William Henry Seward, November 1, 1866
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1866-11-01
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Letter from Augustus Seward to William Henry Seward, November 1, 1866
action: sent
sender: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1820-05-18
Death: 1889-05-08
location: Middletown, NY
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: UnknownUnknown
transcription: iwl
revision: jxw 2021-07-01
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Middletown, Nov. 1: 1866.
My Dear Uncle,
Had I known a few hours earlier
the arrangements for the obsequies, I should have gone
to participate in them, for no other reason, that my
silent presence might testify my sympathy for you and
yours.
Let me now supply the deficiency by a note so
brief that it shall tax neither your time nor strength.
I have not personally known your daughter
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
since her childhood: and yet I have known her well
through others who have known and loved her. And I
venture to tender you congratulation even that the very
considerations which give such weight to this affliction
must immeasurably alleviate it also.
For whatever else your stricken heart may yearn I turn,
with you, to Him whose ways and thoughts are infinitely
above our own. May He who pronounced the Beatitudes,
having verified His promise to “the pure in heart,” now verify
also that to them “who mourn.”
Very Respectfully and Affectionately
Augustus Seward.
The Honorable
William H. Seward.