Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frederick William Seward, June 7, 1868
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Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frederick William Seward, June 7,
1868
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Date:1868-06-07
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Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frederick William Seward, June 7, 1868
action: sent
sender: William Seward
Birth: 1839-06-18
Death: 1920-04-29
location: Albany, NY
receiver: Frederick Seward
Birth: 1830-07-08
Death: 1915-04-25
location: UnknownUnknown
transcription: keh
revision: crb 2016-10-12
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Julye
Correct month is June/68
Albany Sunday 7
My dear Fred
We have got thus
far on our carriage journey
after six days delightful ride
from Auburn. We are enjoying
the trip immensely. Jenny
improving and both children
besides being burned as brown
as Gipsies are gaining almost a
pound a day.
Our party consists of eight viz
Mother & I Willie & Nelly, Fanny
nurse & John
& Willy the Horses.
Our first days ride was Monday
from Auburn to Syracuse 26 miles
Tuesday from Syracuse to Oneida
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via Chittenango Springs 32 miles.
Wednesday Oneida to Utica 24 miles
Thursday Utica to Richfield Springs
^25 miles^ via Frankfort Ilion & Mohawk
at which latter place we crossed
the hills into Cherry Valley
Friday Richfield to Sloansvillage
via Sharon Springs & Cherry Valley
42 miles
Saturday Sloans to Albany
32 miles.
The weather and roads are
both fine and our horse are
as fresh as the day we started.
As Willy & Charley are an immensaly
fine pair of horses they attract
very general attention whereever
we go very much to the gratification
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of John who improves every
available opportunity to lecture
the Country people who
turn out to see "the team" upon
their wounderful qualities as
to endurance speed &c
Along the road we have
fared well as I was previously
acquainted at most of the
stopping places and excepting
bed bugs, leaky roofs &c we
have found no disagreeable
features in this mode of travel.
Tomorrow we commence the ride
down the Hudson expecting to
reach N. Y. Saturday night
I shall probably remain there until
about the 25 or 28th but
wheather we go back as we
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Julye
Editorial Note
Albany Sunday 7
My dear Fred
We have got thus
far on our carriage journey
after six days delightful ride
from Auburn. We are enjoying
the trip immensely. Jenny
Birth: 1839-11-18 Death: 1913-11-09
health isimproving and both children
Birth: 1864-11-10
Death:
Birth: 1862-09-11
Death: 1921-10-05
besides being burned as brown
as Gipsies are gaining almost a
pound a day.
Our party consists of eight viz
Mother & I Willie & Nelly, Fanny
Birth: 1848
thenurse & John
Birth: 1850
the driver and Charley
& Willy the Horses.
Our first days ride was Monday
from Auburn to Syracuse 26 miles
Tuesday from Syracuse to Oneida
via Chittenango Springs 32 miles.
Wednesday Oneida to Utica 24 miles
Thursday Utica to Richfield Springs
^25 miles^ via Frankfort Ilion & Mohawk
at which latter place we crossed
the hills into Cherry Valley
Friday Richfield to Sloansvillage
via Sharon Springs & Cherry Valley
42 miles
Saturday Sloans to Albany
32 miles.
The weather and roads are
both fine and our horse are
as fresh as the day we started.
As Willy & Charley are an immensaly
fine pair of horses they attract
very general attention whereever
we go very much to the gratification
of John who improves every
available opportunity to lecture
the Country people who
turn out to see "the team" upon
their wounderful qualities as
to endurance speed &c
Along the road we have
fared well as I was previously
acquainted at most of the
stopping places and excepting
bed bugs, leaky roofs &c we
have found no disagreeable
features in this mode of travel.
Tomorrow we commence the ride
down the Hudson expecting to
reach N. Y. Saturday night
I shall probably remain there until
about the 25 or 28th but
wheather we go back as we