Letter from William Henry Seward to Janet Watson Seward, September 24, 1868
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Janet Watson Seward, September 24, 1868
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1868-09-24
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Janet Watson Seward, September 24, 1868
action: sent
sender:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
Washington D.C. DC
Place
Name: City: Washington D.C.
County:
State: DC
Country: US
Place
receiver:
Janet Seward
Person
Name: Janet Seward
Birth: 1839-11-18
Death: 1913-11-09
Person
location:
Auburn NY
Place
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: lxw
revision: crb 2016-10-14
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Washington Sept 24, 1868
My dear Daughter
I have your letter of the
21st. Frederick
Name: Frederick Seward
Birth: 1830-07-08
Death: 1915-04-25
& Anna
Name: Anna Seward
Birth: 1836-03-29
Death: 1919-05-02
have
not yet returned
I am very sorry to hear
of General McDougall
Name: Clinton MacDougall
Birth: 1839-06-14
Death: 1914-05-24
illness,
I should be glad to go to
Auburn. But my last visit
was followed by an accumula-
tion of business here that has
entirely enslaved me since
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my return. Perhaps clerks
may let me up.
Mrs Risley
Name: Harriet Risley
Birth:
Death: 1868-09-28
remains very
low, but they do not dis-
pair of her
When I get home I shall
take care that none of Nellies
Name: Cornelia Allen
Birth: 1862-09-11
Death: 1921-10-05
chickens or Willies
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1864-11-10
Death:
ducks
shall ever be killed by
my body
affectionately your father
William H Seward
Mrs William H Seward Jr
Auburn
Washington Sept 24, 1868
My dear Daughter
I have your letter of the
21st. Frederick
Person
Person
not yet returned
I am very sorry to hear
of General McDougall
Person
I should be glad to go to
Auburn. But my last visit
was followed by an accumula-
tion of business here that has
entirely enslaved me since
my return. Perhaps clerks
may let me up.
Mrs Risley
Person
low, but they do not dis-
pair of her
When I get home I shall
take care that none of Nellies
Person
chickens or Willies
Person
shall ever be killed by
my body
affectionately your father
William H Seward
Mrs William H Seward Jr
Auburn
date:
Thursday, September 24, 1868
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