Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, November 30, 1863
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, November 30, 1863
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1863-11-30
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, November 30, 1863
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: Auburn, NY
transcription: pxc
revision: tap 2018-03-23
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Department of State
Washington, Nov 30th 1863
My dearest Frances
I have just re-
ceived your note of Thanksgiving
day and am very much relieved
by the information that Willie
able to celebrate the observance of
the festival.
It is sad to think of Mc
Dougalls
hoped that repose will restore him.
You are mistaken in thinking
that you will ever regret the
decision to sign the womens pe-
tition – On the contrary if you should
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sign it to day you would see
reason next week to regret it.
If the women would urge their
men to fill up the army they
could render great service to
emancipation. That cause is
now in the hands not of Congress
but of the Executive, so far as
it falls within the caprices
of the Government, and the Executive
is taking practical means
to carry it out. What the women
propose is impractical means
and therefore a hindrance – But
this is said not for them, but
for you–
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Your own Henry.
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Department of State
Washington, Nov 30th 1863
My dearest Frances
I have just re-
ceived your note of Thanksgiving
day and am very much relieved
by the information that Willie
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
wasable to celebrate the observance of
the festival.
It is sad to think of Mc
Dougalls
Birth: 1839-09-14 Death: 1914-05-24
being so ill–It may behoped that repose will restore him.
You are mistaken in thinking
that you will ever regret the
decision to sign the womens pe-
tition – On the contrary if you should
sign it to day you would see
reason next week to regret it.
If the women would urge their
men to fill up the army they
could render great service to
emancipation. That cause is
now in the hands not of Congress
but of the Executive, so far as
it falls within the caprices
of the Government, and the Executive
is taking practical means
to carry it out. What the women
propose is impractical means
and therefore a hindrance – But
this is said not for them, but
for you–
Your own Henry.