Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 21, 1837
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 21, 1837
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1837-09-21
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 21, 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:
New York NY
Place
Name: City: New York
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: gew
revision: ekk 2015-06-08
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Page 1
Auburn Sep 21st
My dear Henry, I received your letter from
Washington
Name: City: Washington D.C.
County:
State: DC
Country: US
this morning, I am afraid you
will
make too short a stay there for mine to reach
you. I directed it to Filmore
Name: Millard Fillmore
Birth: 1800-01-07
Death: 1874-03-08
. I am glad you did
not get that letter for it was written in rather a
melancholy view. We are all well. I do not hear
any thing from Lazette
Name: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
. I went last
Saturday to
see old A Aunt Lizzy Wood
to board when we were attending school at Montville
Name: City: Montville
County: Morris County
State: NJ
Country: US
.
She has been two or three weeks at George Woods
Name: George Wood
Birth: 1806
Death: 1844-02-06
,
is to come here to tea this afternoon. I am not
surprised that you admire Henry Clay
Name: Henry Clay
Birth: 1777-04-12
Death: 1852-06-29
, he unites
great intellectual powers with a warm heart.
I have always understood that his manner was
fascinating. Preston
of the young student
Name: Virginia City:
County:
State: VA
Country: US
who eulogized him so highly. You say nothing
of Webster
Name: Daniel Webster
Birth: 1782-01-18
Death: 1852-10-24
is he at Washington?
I am obliged to conclude my letter abruptly, have
company come to tea & I am not willing to detain
it until tomorrow. Your own Frances.
Clara
Name: Clarinda McClallen
Birth: 1794
Death: 1862-09-05
says do tell Henry to ask Mrs Weed
Name: Catherine Weed
Birth: 1797
Death: 1858-07-03Certainty: Probable
for the
receipt for preserving tomato’s through the winter.
Page 2
William H. Seward
At the City Hotel
New York
Auburn Sep 22
Type: postmark
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Frances A. Seward
Sept 21, 1837
Auburn Sep 21st
My dear Henry, I received your letter from
Washington
Place
make too short a stay there for mine to reach
you. I directed it to Filmore
Person
not get that letter for it was written in rather a
melancholy view. We are all well. I do not hear
any thing from Lazette
Person
see old A Aunt Lizzy Wood
Unknown
with whom we
usedto board when we were attending school at Montville
Place
She has been two or three weeks at George Woods
Person
is to come here to tea this afternoon. I am not
surprised that you admire Henry Clay
Person
great intellectual powers with a warm heart.
I have always understood that his manner was
fascinating. Preston
Unknown
I think is a brother in lawof the young student
Unknown
we met in VirginiaPlace
who eulogized him so highly. You say nothing
of Webster
Person
I am obliged to conclude my letter abruptly, have
company come to tea & I am not willing to detain
it until tomorrow. Your own Frances.
Clara
Person
Person
receipt for preserving tomato’s through the winter.
William H. Seward
At the City Hotel
New York
Auburn Sep 22
Stamp
Person
Sept 21, 1837
date:
Thursday, September 21, 1837
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