Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, April 18, 1854
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Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, April 18, 1854
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Date:1854-04-18
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Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, April 18, 1854
action: sent
sender: Frederick Seward
Birth: 1830-07-08
Death: 1915-04-25
location: Albany, NY
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Washington D.C., US
transcription: spf
revision: tap 2019-01-22
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Albany April 18th
My dear Father,
Dr Nott
this morning to ask whether you
were to be made the next
candidate for Governor. I told
him I hoped his cousin
vetoed your prospects of that
office, but I did not know,
and referred him to Mr. Weed
He appeared to think Mr Weed
was anxious to have it so,
probably from what Mr Spencer
has told him. He thinks it
would be wiser to stay either
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at home or in the Senate, than
to be mixed up with the Maine
Law and the "Know Nothing's", which
he is apprehensive will exert
quite as much influence in the
next canvass as the Nebraska bill.
I came down yesterday from
Auburn. My mother
is encouraged by the pleasant weather,
and I think feels better. She
has been twice out in the garden
– drawn in a sort of chair on
wheels that Willie
The buds & the crocuses are about
the only signs of spring there, yet.
Dennis
The news of the rejection of the
Treaty reached us to day. "Things
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go contrairy" with this Administration
"everywhere."
Mr Weed is better, and since
the adjournment has more time
to himself. He is talking of going
west, when he gets so he can
travel.
Affectionately
Frederick W. Seward
William H. Seward
Washington.
Albany April 18th
My dear Father,
Dr Nott
Birth: 1773-06-25 Death: 1866-01-25
came
inthis morning to ask whether you
were to be made the next
candidate for Governor. I told
him I hoped his cousin
Unknown
hadvetoed your prospects of that
office, but I did not know,
and referred him to Mr. Weed
Birth: 1797-11-15 Death: 1882-11-22
.He appeared to think Mr Weed
was anxious to have it so,
probably from what Mr Spencer
Birth: 1788-01-08 Death: 1855-05-17
has told him. He thinks it
would be wiser to stay either
at home or in the Senate, than
to be mixed up with the Maine
Law and the "Know Nothing's", which
he is apprehensive will exert
quite as much influence in the
next canvass as the Nebraska bill.
I came down yesterday from
Auburn. My mother
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
, though no stronger,is encouraged by the pleasant weather,
and I think feels better. She
has been twice out in the garden
– drawn in a sort of chair on
wheels that Willie
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
invented.The buds & the crocuses are about
the only signs of spring there, yet.
Dennis
Birth: 1827
is there at work, steadily.The news of the rejection of the
Treaty reached us to day. "Things
go contrairy" with this Administration
"everywhere."
Mr Weed is better, and since
the adjournment has more time
to himself. He is talking of going
west, when he gets so he can
travel.
Affectionately
Frederick W. Seward
William H. Seward
Washington.