Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 5, 1849
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 5, 1849
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1849-03-05
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 5, 1849
action: sent
sender: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Washington D.C., US
receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: UnknownUnknown
transcription: ekk
revision: obm 2016-05-13
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Washington March 5, 1849
My Dearest Frances,
The Ceremonial is over and the pagent
has passed by. It was simple and sublime, This
Change of power from one Magistrate elected by the People
to another chosen by the same power.
The Inaugural meets all expectation and
M Fillmore
Birth: 1800-01-07 Death: 1874-03-08
speech was right and beautiful.I surrendered my chair to Madam Bodisco
Birth: 1824 Death: 1890-06-20
after I had been sworn in. No business was done in
the Senate today except the ceremonial of Inauguration
of which I send you a programme.
The multitude is immense, but not so vast in my
eyes which have looked upon many a gala day in
New York and some in Europe.
The Diplomatic Corps I suppose might be called
very magnificent. Their costume and regalia gave them
a distinction that arrested all attention.
The gravity of the Senate ^was^ disturbed once by
a ludicrous incident. When all eyes were turned to the
door expecting General Taylor
Birth: 1796-05-04 Death: 1864-06-29Certainty: Probable
, Truman Smith
Birth: 1791-11-27 Death: 1884-05-03Certainty: Probable
walked inand received the salutations of a portion of the Audience to
whom he was unknown and who mistook him for the
People’s elected, A loud laugh burst from the assembly
which resisted all efforts of the President to restore dignity[ . ]