Letter from Augustus Henry Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., February 20, 1846

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Letter from Augustus Henry Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., February 20, 1846
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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1846-02-20

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Letter from Augustus Henry Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., February 20, 1846

action: sent

sender: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1826-10-01  Death: 1876-09-11

location: West Point, NY

receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1839-06-18  Death: 1920-04-29

location: Auburn, NY

transcription: nrs 

revision: crb 2017-04-12

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West Point Feb 20th 1846
My dear Brother
I received your very nice little
letter with brother’s
Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
, I was quite surprised when
it came for I knew you could not write
when I left home, you must have learned
very rapidly to write so well.
The snow is very deep here, over your head
in some places, I think the horses would
have very hard work to get along with
the sleigh here even with
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Editorial Note

Most likely a servant
Partick
Unknown

driving them the roads are so little
beaten.
You must be careful and not go out
in the snow to play without being well
wrapped up, a great many of the little
boys here have had the croup
The hinder part or buttocks of certain quadrupeds, especially of a horse; hence, the place behind the saddle • An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea accompanied by a horse ringing cough and difficult respiration. In the form in which it attacks chiefly young children, it is known as Cynanche tracheates, and it is apt to be attended with the formation of a false membrane which lines the trachea beneath the glottis, and tends to produce suffocation •
very bad,
on account of not wrapping themselves
up when they went out. Kiss sister
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
for me
Your Affectionate Brother
A H Seward
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Frances Seward

Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
Augustus Feb 20
1846