Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 6, 1849
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 6,
1849
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Date:1849-03-06
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 6, 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 6th 1849
My Dearest Frances,
I am sorry that I had not practiced
Novel writing. It might have enabled me to describe
to you the two Grand Balls which partly from
people deference to general taste and partly from
respect and Kindness towards Philip Hone
Birth: 1781-10-25 Death: 1851-05-05Certainty: Possible
I attendedlast night. But the newspaper writers will tell it
and you can get a better idea from their accounts
than I can give. My attentions to Ladies however
ought to be reported. I therefore inform you that I had
the honor of promenading with the following ladies in this
order: Miss Hone
Certainty: Probable
, Mrs James G. Wilson
Birth: 1816 Death: 1871-05-26Certainty: Possible
, Miss KendallUnknown
daughter of Arron Kendall
Unknown
, Mrs
Wood
Birth: 1811-04-09 Death: 1875-12-02
daughter of GeneralTaylor
Birth: 1784-11-24 Death: 1850-07-09
. Mrs Bodisco
Birth: 1824 Death: 1890-06-20
is
Queen of Society hereand rules it despotically. Diamonds are attractive
in a Ball room.
We are beginning to experience some relief from
the pressure of the crowd. But it is still intolerable.
I am now alone long enough to write to you except when
the People are at dinner. There is no such thing
as working here and fortunately there is nothing important
for me to do.
The Cabinet, I think is composed of im-
practical men. If Daniel D Barnard
Birth: 1797-07-16 Death: 1861-04-24
knew
hisadvantage and how to use it he would have more
power than Thurlow Weed
Birth: 1797-11-15 Death: 1882-11-22
. For myself I expect noinfluence until perhaps another year. But I am inclined
to believe nobody will have any influence regularly.
I am dearest your own Henry
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Hand Shift
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21Frances Seward
1849