Letter to George Washington Seward to Frances Miller Seward, November 9, 1848
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Letter to George Washington Seward to Frances Miller Seward, November 9, 1848
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Date:1848-11-09
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Letter to George Washington Seward to Frances Miller Seward, November 9, 1848
action: sent
sender:
George Seward
Person
Name: George Seward
Birth: 1808-08-26
Death: 1888-12-07
Person
location:
Florida NY
Place
Name: City: Florida
County: Orange
State: NY
Country: US
Place
receiver:
Frances Seward
Person
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
Person
location:
UnknownUnknown
transcription: obm
revision: obm 2016-05-12
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Florida Nov 9th 1848
My Dear Sister
Were it possible
for human sympathy to allivi-
ate the heavy affliction which
we are sometimes called upon to
bear, mine would be relieved
but however short the sympathy
and Kindness of friends falls of
that measures of consolation
which a bereaved heart must
require yet it is great value,
The tokens of Kindness & regard
which I have received has cbeen
a constant stream of consolation
but I hope that it is not in
these that I look for that con-
solation which I need, nor do
I either desire (as I trust) that
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so much of consolation as that
the loss may be sanctified to
all, that I and all may learn
those great lessons which such
a bereavement so fully teaches
It is not for my departed
wife
Name: Temperance Seward
Birth: 1812-09-30
Death: 1848-10-18
, whose value I have been
for months learning- , that I
mourn, I would not I think
recall her, from the presence
of her Savior, from the society
which I trust she now enjoys
but I mourn for myself, and
for my children, now bereft of
their mother
You intimate a wish to
come to Florida, if it is at too
great inconvenience and sacrifice
I hope you will, If I knew
that Henry
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
could not come
down I would go up to Au- burn
Name: City:
County:
State:
Country:
, but I hope you will
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both visit Florida, there
are many things that I
wish to talk about which
I can not talkwrite about
Receive my thanks for
your kind letter and for your sympathy
Yours Affectionality
G W Seward
Forgive this miserable letter
I have returned from Jersey
Name: New Jersey City:
County:
State: NJ
Country: US
where I have been on a visit
with my children
my children
my children
my children
Name: Sarah Seward
Birth: 1833-06-08
Death: 1891
Name: John Seward
Birth: 1844-11-20
Death: 1917-01-31
Name: George Seward
Birth: 1840-11-08
Death: 1910-11-28
Name: Samuel Seward
Birth: 1838-04-16
Death: 1922
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1835-01-09
Death: 1926
We are keeping house yet, I shall
have another girl in a few days and
shall probably continue so untill
spring, Sarah feels her loss very much
yet apply herself to the care and
comfort of her brother
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Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
George W. Seward
Nov. 9, 1848
Florida Nov 9th 1848
My Dear Sister
Were it possible
for human sympathy to allivi-
ate the heavy affliction which
we are sometimes called upon to
bear, mine would be relieved
but however short the sympathy
and Kindness of friends falls of
that measures of consolation
which a bereaved heart must
require yet it is great value,
The tokens of Kindness & regard
which I have received has cbeen
a constant stream of consolation
but I hope that it is not in
these that I look for that con-
solation which I need, nor do
I either desire (as I trust) that
so much of consolation as that
the loss may be sanctified to
all, that I and all may learn
those great lessons which such
a bereavement so fully teaches
It is not for my departed
wife
Person
for months learning- , that I
mourn, I would not I think
recall her, from the presence
of her Savior, from the society
which I trust she now enjoys
but I mourn for myself, and
for my children, now bereft of
their mother
You intimate a wish to
come to Florida, if it is at too
great inconvenience and sacrifice
I hope you will, If I knew
that Henry
Person
down I would go up to Au- burn
Place
both visit Florida, there
are many things that I
wish to talk about which
I can not talkwrite about
Receive my thanks for
your kind letter and for your sympathy
Yours Affectionality
G W Seward
Forgive this miserable letter
I have returned from Jersey
Place
where I have been on a visit
with my children
People
People
People
People
We are keeping house yet, I shall
have another girl in a few days and
shall probably continue so untill
spring, Sarah feels her loss very much
yet apply herself to the care and
comfort of her brother
Person
Nov. 9, 1848
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Thursday, November 9, 1848
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