Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, March 27, 1859
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, March 27, 1859
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1859-03-27
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, March 27, 1859
action: sent
sender:
Frances Seward
Person
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
Person
location:
Washington D.C. DC
Place
Name: City: Washington D.C.
County:
State: DC
Country: US
Place
receiver:
Augustus Seward
Person
Name: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1826-10-01
Death: 1876-09-11
Person
location:
UnknownUnknown
transcription: kle
revision: ekk 2015-07-16
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Page 1
Washington
March 27th
Sunday
My dear Son,
We are to leave
here to Tuesday morning[ ]
Reason:
Will
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1839-06-18
Death: 1920-04-29
, Fanny
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
& I go home
by New York
Name: City: New York
County:
State: NY
Country: US
. Your
Father
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
goes the latter
part of the week on
the Southern road.
He went yesterday to
Baltimore
Name: City: Baltimore
County:
State: MD
Country: US
with Lady Napier
Name: Anne Napier
Birth: 1824
Death: 1911-08-24
, who joins
her children
children
children
Name: R. N. Napier
Birth: 1850-07-03
Death: 1874-02-21
Name: John Napier
Birth: 1848-11-13
Death: 1938-03-09
at
Annap- olis
Name: City: Annapolis
County:
State: MD
Country: US
, where they are
Page 2
awaiting the arrival
of the ship with
the new Minister
Name: Richard Lyons
Birth: 1817-04-06
Death: 1887-12-05
.
Lord Napier
Name: Francis Napier
Birth: 1819-09-19
Death: 1898-12-19
remains
here to receive him.
The vessel has not
been heard of since
the 22 of Feb, at which
time she sailed from
Liverpool
Name: City: Liverpool
County:
State:
Country: GB
. She was to
stop at Madeira
Name: City: Madeira
County:
State:
Country: PT
.
Your promotion appears
in the papers so I
suppose you have official
notice of it by this
time.
Page 3
We shall look for
you home next
month. I have
no letter since I
wrote before.
Aunty
Name: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
has returned
to Auburn
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
, was sick
when she came home
is better again now[ . ]
Reason:
Frances
Name: Frances Chesebro
Birth: 1826-12-12
Death: 1909-08-21
is at home again
with Frank
Name: Francis Chesebro
Birth: 1854-02-12
Death: 1931-05-23
.
We shall stop a day
in Albany.
I have some doubt of
this letter reaching
you, so I send a short
one. Fanny sends love[ . ]
Reason:
God bless you Mother
Page 4
Capt. Palmer
Name: William Palmer
Birth: 1809-04-15
Death: 1862-06-18Certainty: Probable
says you
will not be ordered
away this summer
I hope you will rest.
Washington
March 27th
Sunday
My dear Son,
We are to leave
here to Tuesday morning[ ]
Supplied
Will
Person
Person
by New York
Place
Father
Person
part of the week on
the Southern road.
He went yesterday to
Baltimore
Place
Person
her children
People
People
Place
awaiting the arrival
of the ship with
the new Minister
Person
Lord Napier
Person
here to receive him.
The vessel has not
been heard of since
the 22 of Feb, at which
time she sailed from
Liverpool
Place
stop at Madeira
Place
Your promotion appears
in the papers so I
suppose you have official
notice of it by this
time.
We shall look for
you home next
month. I have
no letter since I
wrote before.
Aunty
Person
to Auburn
Place
when she came home
is better again now[ . ]
Supplied
Frances
Person
with Frank
Person
We shall stop a day
in Albany.
I have some doubt of
this letter reaching
you, so I send a short
one. Fanny sends love[ . ]
Supplied
God bless you Mother
Capt. Palmer
Person
will not be ordered
away this summer
I hope you will rest.
date:
Sunday, March 27, 1859
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