Letter from William Henry Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., July 25, 1871
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Letter from William Henry Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., July 25, 1871
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Date:1871-07-25
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Letter from William Henry Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., July 25, 1871
action: sent
sender: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Venice, Italy
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1839-06-18
Death: 1920-04-29
location: Auburn, NY
transcription: obm
revision: crb 2018-03-27
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Written by Olive Risley Seward for William H. SewardVenice, July, 25.
My dear William,
I have just received
your letter written on the
eve of your departure from
San Francisco. I am gratified
equally with the vivid and
interesting account of your
sojourn on the Pacific
coast, and of the reassurance
of your health. Since you
have begun your return travel
and we are persevering
in our travel Westward
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we may indulge the
pleasing hope that
we shall meet quite
soon, less than five
thousand miles separate
us now. If the first fifteen
hundred is full of attractions
reducing us to loiter on
the way, the remaining
thirty five hundred is
a dead blank which
steam will over come
quickly without a break
in the revolution. We
left Vienna on Friday
morning, and descended
the [ Juia ]
Alternate Text: Julian Alps reaching
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the shore of the Adriatic
at night. After a weary
ride by sail through
the Venetian territory chiefly
we took the gondola at
five o clock the next evening
and in a few minutes were
installed in our palatial
inn, in this beautiful
city of the sea. We are
improving our time
at the cost of much
fatigue. Tomorrow evening
we depart by sail, of course,
for Florence. Studying constantly
the skys and the therometer
to determine wheather
we shall dare to proceed
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to Rome in this season
in which all travellers
give the papal city of
the Cesars a wide birth.
In any case our calculation
stands to reach home before
the 10th of September.
Olive
felicitating you in your
returned health and your
California journey, and
in congratulations to Janet
upon so pleasant an experience
of travel.
Affectionately
William H. Seward.
O.
William H. Seward Jr.
Auburn, N.Y.
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Editorial Note
My dear William,
I have just received
your letter written on the
eve of your departure from
San Francisco. I am gratified
equally with the vivid and
interesting account of your
sojourn on the Pacific
coast, and of the reassurance
of your health. Since you
have begun your return travel
and we are persevering
in our travel Westward
we may indulge the
pleasing hope that
we shall meet quite
soon, less than five
thousand miles separate
us now. If the first fifteen
hundred is full of attractions
reducing us to loiter on
the way, the remaining
thirty five hundred is
a dead blank which
steam will over come
quickly without a break
in the revolution. We
left Vienna on Friday
morning, and descended
the [ Juia ]
Alternate Text
the shore of the Adriatic
at night. After a weary
ride by sail through
the Venetian territory chiefly
we took the gondola at
five o clock the next evening
and in a few minutes were
installed in our palatial
inn, in this beautiful
city of the sea. We are
improving our time
at the cost of much
fatigue. Tomorrow evening
we depart by sail, of course,
for Florence. Studying constantly
the skys and the therometer
to determine wheather
we shall dare to proceed
to Rome in this season
in which all travellers
give the papal city of
the Cesars a wide birth.
In any case our calculation
stands to reach home before
the 10th of September.
Olive
Birth: 1844-07-15 Death: 1908-11-27
joins
me in
felicitating you in your
returned health and your
California journey, and
in congratulations to Janet
Birth: 1839-11-18 Death: 1913-11-09
upon so pleasant an experience
of travel.
Affectionately
William H. Seward.
O.
William H. Seward Jr.
Auburn, N.Y.