Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 12, 1849
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 12, 1849
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Date:1849-06-12
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 12, 1849
action: sent
sender: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Albany, NY
receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Auburn, NY
transcription: pxc
revision: crb 2018-11-01
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Congress Hall June 12, 1849 Tuesday
My Dearest Frances,
I reached Troy at eight o’clock and found Mrs Thurber
and her kind husband
sat talking with him and they called me early this morning. So
I forgot your anti Cholera specific until I sat down to breakfast,
I will remember better tomorrow if I receive another parcel –
John Gibson
ghost. I am quite inclined to apeal my independence
But he has been a good client and very confiding considering the
jealousy of his nature
We are taking testimony in Winslows case – and as yet I am
unable to look through to the end – I begin to tremble with
apprehension for the labor that is to denude on me at Canan-
daigua – If I did not owe money I think I should not
have spirit enough to contend with the crowd of Lawyers – I believe
that the strongest and oldest are to be combined against me – there
day after day and for weeks.
There is nothing new or at least nothing new
here even to my knowledge – I am in a revery half the time
about the garden and its beauties that I left behind me.
Ever your own Henry.
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Congress Hall June 12, 1849 Tuesday
My Dearest Frances,
I reached Troy at eight o’clock and found Mrs Thurber
Birth: 1813-03-17 Death: 1884-11-25
and her kind husband
Birth: 1795 Death: 1878-10-19
looking after me – Midnight came while I sat talking with him and they called me early this morning. So
I forgot your anti Cholera specific until I sat down to breakfast,
I will remember better tomorrow if I receive another parcel –
John Gibson
Unknown
hangs around my footsteps like an
ghost. I am quite inclined to apeal my independence
But he has been a good client and very confiding considering the
jealousy of his nature
We are taking testimony in Winslows case – and as yet I am
unable to look through to the end – I begin to tremble with
apprehension for the labor that is to denude on me at Canan-
daigua – If I did not owe money I think I should not
have spirit enough to contend with the crowd of Lawyers – I believe
that the strongest and oldest are to be combined against me – there
day after day and for weeks.
There is nothing new or at least nothing new
here even to my knowledge – I am in a revery half the time
about the garden and its beauties that I left behind me.
Ever your own Henry.