Letter from Augustus Henry Seward to William Henry Seward, June 14, 1870

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Letter from Augustus Henry Seward to William Henry Seward, June 14, 1870
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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1870-06-14

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Letter from Augustus Henry Seward to William Henry Seward, June 14, 1870

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

location: Charleston, SC

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

location: Auburn, NY

transcription: maf 

revision: tap 2018-03-29

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Charleston SC
June 14th 1870
Dear Father,
I received your letter
last week and am glad to
hear that you are having such
good weather and enjoying the
time at Auburn.
I suppose you
will stop at Freds
Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
on your
way down to New York when
you deliver your lecture before the
Historical society.
We have had a great
abundance of rain here during
the last two weeks, which has
kept the weather comparatively
cool.
The wharfs of the city are
comparatively deserted to what they
were before the war.
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Very few buildings have been
put up in the Burnt District.
Street cars to two different
portions of the city are about the
only improvements that I
notice since I was here
eleven years ago.
The part of the city
containing dwelling houses is not
much altered other than that
many of the houses are vacant.
You seem to have many visitors
from the towns & country in the
vicinity of Auburn lately which
I suppose is quite gratifying to you.
Yours affectionately,
Augustus