Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to George MacCullough Grier, April 23, 1838

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Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to George MacCullough Grier, April 23, 1838
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Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1838-04-23

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Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to George MacCullough Grier, April 23, 1838

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sender: Samuel Seward
Birth: 1768-12-05  Death: 1849-08-24

location: Florida, NY

receiver: George Grier
Birth: 1802-09-27  Death: 1878-12-20

location: Goshen, NY

transcription: keh 

revision: ekk 2016-03-09

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Florida Monday 23 April 1838
My very dear & afflicted relation
When I parted with you on Saturday evening I fondly
hoped to have been able to visit to you again in your
bereaved and afflicted state on Sunday, but having some
business by the county house, the evening being cold &
the exercise to much for my strength I come home with
a chill have been very sick and feeble since, and am
now (as you will see by trembling hand) but just able
to be up. The inscrutible hand of providence is past
finding out, and why it is that I who have been
twenty years on the brink of the grave should yet
retaine the vital spark while thousand of blooming
youth, with all the ties of parents, and beloved friends,
and relatives, are anticipating for them long life, &
enjoyment; are remove to the mansions above
is far beyond our comprehension.
I feal a great anxiety on acct of your dear
little babe
Birth: 1837-08-17 Death: 1838-04-24
, and fine as the weather now is,
nothing nothing but faintness & want of strength
prevents my attempting to come – but I
really fear I might fall on your hands
and be unable to get back. Please write the
first chance and let us hear how he is
Our Friends – Yours Affectionately SSSeward
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George Grier Esq
Goshen