Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to William Henry Seward, June 15, 1871
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Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to William Henry Seward, June 15, 1871
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Date:1871-06-15
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Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to William Henry Seward, June 15, 1871
action: sent
sender: William Seward
Birth: 1839-06-18
Death: 1920-04-29
location: San Francisco, CA
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: UnknownUnknown
transcription: msr
revision: tap 2018-04-17
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Occidental hotel.
San Francisco, June 15 1871.
My dear Father
Our trunks are packed & we
start homeward tomorrow, expect-
ing to reach Auburn July 1st
Our stay on the coast has
been longer than we at first
anticipated but has been very
pleasant interesting & benificial
to us all, Mr
left us three ^weeks^ ago and we hear
have arrived safely at Auburn.
Among the points of interest
here, we have visited, the
Yosemite Valley, the Geysers
New Almaden Quicksilver Mines,
San Diego , Loss Angeles, San
Louis Rey, Mount Shashta in
the [ Siskiou ]
Alternate Text: Siskiyou Vally, Portland,
Oregon
The Dalls Vancouver Washington
& the San Jou Valley.
[top Margin]
all right. Jenny
to all. Your affectionate son
Wm H Seward Jr
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2
We were very kindly entertained
by Don Juan Fosters
at
San Louis Rey, At Belmont
by Mr
Ben Holliday
all of whom as well as a
host of other friends of yours
desire to be most kindly remembered
to you We have also received
much kind attention from
RR men
had letters or formerly known
in the East.
Our trip to Oregon was
made overland by about 500
miles by stage which the
ladies found pretty hard
part of the way, but through
the kindness of the Stage Co we
manged to stop over nights
and took ten days for the
trip instead of six days in
which time the stages usually
go through. Returning here
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3
we came by Steamer in three
days, from Portland. The
little Steamer Active which
took you to Alaska was
lost last winter on the
rocks near Victoria.
On our rout home we stop a
day or two each at Lake Tahoe
& Salt Lake City, which latter
place is now all alive with
mineing excitement, [ Pepole ]
Alternate Text: People
are flocking there from every
direction & I think the Saints
fear that the Gentiles may ere
long be in the ascendency.
I am not a little pleased
with what I have seen on
this coast & find much to
admire here in their institutions
& manners The contrast between
the selfish interest of the Eastern
States and the Encouragement
afforded to those who are working
to develop this Coast is very marked
Page
4
Here the successful energetic man
is encouraged & sustained in
his enterprise and his own
advancement is looked upon
as a help to others or the
Country at large. While with
us individual success & enterprise
is almost always followed
by envey & jealosy of the
Masses. Were I a you[ ng ]
Reason:
man
about starting in life on
my own hook I would come
to this Coast ^as^ I have seen no
locality before where ordinary
industry may so certainly hope
fto succeed as here. Our last
News from you is from Egypt and
we are continually made glad
by such continued good news of
you health and hospitable reception
which you receive in every quarter
of the glob[ e ]
Reason: . Our news
from home
says all well there, But I learn that
business—particularly in real Estate is very
dull. You have 10 Vacant houses and I
have three. But I think by r[ e ]
Reason: ducing price
I can work them off or rent them when I
return. Mr Paddock
houses on hand. Everything else is going on
Occidental hotel.
San Francisco, June 15 1871.
My dear Father
Our trunks are packed & we
start homeward tomorrow, expect-
ing to reach Auburn July 1st
Our stay on the coast has
been longer than we at first
anticipated but has been very
pleasant interesting & benificial
to us all, Mr
Birth: 1822-12-15 Death: 1886-07-06
& Mrs Osborne
Birth: 1830-09-03 Death: 1911-07-18
left us three ^weeks^ ago and we hear
have arrived safely at Auburn.
Among the points of interest
here, we have visited, the
Yosemite Valley, the Geysers
New Almaden Quicksilver Mines,
San Diego , Loss Angeles, San
Louis Rey, Mount Shashta in
the [ Siskiou ]
Alternate Text
The Dalls Vancouver Washington
& the San Jou Valley.
[top Margin]
all right. Jenny
Birth: 1839-11-18 Death: 1913-11-09
joins me in loveto all. Your affectionate son
Wm H Seward Jr
We were very kindly entertained
by Don Juan Fosters
Birth: 1815 Death: 1882-02-20
Family
Birth: 1839-10
Death: 1904-08-19
Birth: 1841
Death: 1881-03-16
Birth: 1845
Death: 1901-08-21
Birth: 1808-04-04
Death: 1883
San Louis Rey, At Belmont
by Mr
Birth: 1826-01-12 Death: 1875-08-27
& Mrs Ralston
Birth: 1837-11-09 Death: 1929-11-30
and by Ben Holliday
Birth: 1819-10-19 Death: 1887-07-08
at Portlandall of whom as well as a
host of other friends of yours
desire to be most kindly remembered
to you We have also received
much kind attention from
RR men
Unknown
& BankersUnknown
to whom I had letters or formerly known
in the East.
Our trip to Oregon was
made overland by about 500
miles by stage which the
ladies found pretty hard
part of the way, but through
the kindness of the Stage Co we
manged to stop over nights
and took ten days for the
trip instead of six days in
which time the stages usually
go through. Returning here
we came by Steamer in three
days, from Portland. The
little Steamer Active which
took you to Alaska was
lost last winter on the
rocks near Victoria.
On our rout home we stop a
day or two each at Lake Tahoe
& Salt Lake City, which latter
place is now all alive with
mineing excitement, [ Pepole ]
Alternate Text
are flocking there from every
direction & I think the Saints
fear that the Gentiles may ere
long be in the ascendency.
I am not a little pleased
with what I have seen on
this coast & find much to
admire here in their institutions
& manners The contrast between
the selfish interest of the Eastern
States and the Encouragement
afforded to those who are working
to develop this Coast is very marked
Here the successful energetic man
is encouraged & sustained in
his enterprise and his own
advancement is looked upon
as a help to others or the
Country at large. While with
us individual success & enterprise
is almost always followed
by envey & jealosy of the
Masses. Were I a you[ ng ]
Supplied
about starting in life on
my own hook I would come
to this Coast ^as^ I have seen no
locality before where ordinary
industry may so certainly hope
fto succeed as here. Our last
News from you is from Egypt and
we are continually made glad
by such continued good news of
you health and hospitable reception
which you receive in every quarter
of the glob[ e ]
Supplied
says all well there, But I learn that
business—particularly in real Estate is very
dull. You have 10 Vacant houses and I
have three. But I think by r[ e ]
Supplied
I can work them off or rent them when I
return. Mr Paddock
Birth: 1825 Death: 1909-06-29
I am told has 50 vacanthouses on hand. Everything else is going on