Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 25, 1837
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 25, 1837
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Date:1837-05-25
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 25, 1837
action: sent
sender:
Frances Seward
Person
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
Person
location:
Auburn NY
Place
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
Place
receiver:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
UnknownUnknown
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revision: ekk 2015-06-08
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Page 1
Thursday 25 May
My dearest Henry, I some expect Uncle Cary
Name: Trumbull Cary
Birth: 1786-08-11
Death: 1869-06-20
to day
so I write a few lines although I have little encourage-
ment to do so from the fate of my previous letters.
Tuesday I received your letter written at Philadelphia
Name: City: Philadelphia
County:
State: PA
Country: US
the 18th I had been anxiously expecting to hear from
you a long time. The letters which I have sent to
you directed to the care of Thurlow Weed
Name: Thurlow Weed
Birth: 1797-11-15
Death: 1882-11-22
. Albany
Name: City: Albany
County:
State: NY
Country: US
have all except one been returned to me unopened
the last was mailed here the 18th and returned the
21st. There is I suppose some mistake about this
but I thought it unavailing to write until I
received some further directions from you. We
are all well. Pa
Name: Elijah Miller
Birth: 1772-04-11
Death: 1851-11-13
does not come home yet. We are
expecting him hourly. Lazette
Name: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
has gone to
Aurora
Name: City: Aurora
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
to
spend a few days with Mrs Wright
Name: Martha Wright
Birth: 1806-12-25
Death: 1875-01-04Certainty: Probable
. The weather
is dismal rain, rain, rain. The Bishop
Name: Benjamin Onderdonk
Birth: 1791-07-15
Death: 1861-04-30Certainty: Probable
is here to
day. I think I shall be confirmed, if Uncle Cary does
not come before I return from Church, I will write
more. Your own Frances.
Will you have the goodness to purchase for me 4 or 5 yds
of blue black crape, there is none to be had here but of an
inferior quality.
Page 2
Thursday 25 May
My dearest Henry, I some expect Uncle Cary
Person
so I write a few lines although I have little encourage-
ment to do so from the fate of my previous letters.
Tuesday I received your letter written at Philadelphia
Place
the 18th I had been anxiously expecting to hear from
you a long time. The letters which I have sent to
you directed to the care of Thurlow Weed
Person
Place
have all except one been returned to me unopened
the last was mailed here the 18th and returned the
21st. There is I suppose some mistake about this
but I thought it unavailing to write until I
received some further directions from you. We
are all well. Pa
Person
expecting him hourly. Lazette
Person
Place
spend a few days with Mrs Wright
Person
is dismal rain, rain, rain. The Bishop
Person
day. I think I shall be confirmed, if Uncle Cary does
not come before I return from Church, I will write
more. Your own Frances.
Will you have the goodness to purchase for me 4 or 5 yds
of blue black crape, there is none to be had here but of an
inferior quality.
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Thursday, May 25, 1837
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