Letter from William Henry Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, June 6, 1870

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, June 6, 1870
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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1870-06-06

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Letter from William Henry Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, June 6, 1870

action: sent

sender: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16  Death: 1872-10-10

location: Auburn, NY

receiver: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1826-10-01  Death: 1876-09-11

location: Charleston, SC

transcription: maf 

revision: tap 2018-03-29

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Editorial Note

Letter written by Olive Risley Seward for William H. Seward
Auburn June 6 1870
My dear Agustus
I received your letter
of the 31st ult, and was glad to
know that you have reached
your new post Charleston and
Richmond assumed a greater
responsibility and manifested
more desperate ambition in
initiating secession than any
other of our cities.
I think they experiencing
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its calamities more than any
other cities but I trust
the occasion for maintaining
armed forces in any part
of the South, may soon pass
away in the opinion of other
men, as it has long passed
away in my opinion.
We all are very well
and are enjoying a more
delightful season than I have
ever known in this latitude
A letter from Frederick
Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25

says that they have plucked
strawberries and cherries already
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at Montrose. He was not
aware of your change of post
perhaps you ought to write
to him.
Affectionately,
Hand Shiftx

William Seward

Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
William H. Seward
Birth: 1844-07-15 Death: 1908-11-27
Colonel
Agustus H. Seward
United States Army
Charleston
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AUBURN
JUN 6
N.Y.
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Stamp

Type: postmark

Colonel Agustus H. Seward
United States Army
Charleston
S. C.