Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 16, 1849
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 16,
1849
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Date:1849-03-16
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 16, 1849
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: ekk
revision: crb 2016-05-27
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Washington March 16 1849
My Dearest Frances
It is now
publicly known that business will
detain the Senate until next Tuesday,
and it is known to me and some
other Senators that the Secretary of
State
probably detain us several days
longer. So that you may calculate
on seeing me at home week after
next. We shall have discussions in
the Senate (with closed doors) on
some very important matters which
are not unlikely to protract the
debates until the end of the week.
Washington is relieved of a
large portion of the vast crowd
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of applicants, but those who remain
are more importunate and even more
unprincipled than their predecessors
Governor Young
influence for the House in New
York. N. P. Tallmadge
all kinds of parties is here
a proper nuisance because he cannot
procure funds to pay his bill.
The Administration meaning right are
doing all that can be done in the
best way, but are sometimes imposed
upon very shamefully.
Mr V.P. Fillmore
coming down to the level of quiet
repose that belong to and befits his
high station, and I am assuming
to vindicate
representation of the state.
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3
Matters between Mr Webster
have come to a pleasant and agreea-
ble understanding and I believe that
even friendly relations may be said
to exist between myself and Senators
of all parties.
I imagine you going into the
garden with your India Rubbers
this blessed bright March day, and
that the flowers are springing up to meet
your The tulips are two weeks
out of ground here and the crocuses
are in full bloom.
I hope that John’s labor with the
hotbed may not need the consumption
of the wolf skin and corn skin robes.
They would be expensive coverings to protect
a few cucumbers from the frost.
Your own Henry
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Washington March 16 1849
My Dearest Frances
It is now
publicly known that business will
detain the Senate until next Tuesday,
and it is known to me and some
other Senators that the Secretary of
State
Birth: 1796-07-24 Death: 1856-11-09
will send in
business that willprobably detain us several days
longer. So that you may calculate
on seeing me at home week after
next. We shall have discussions in
the Senate (with closed doors) on
some very important matters which
are not unlikely to protract the
debates until the end of the week.
Washington is relieved of a
large portion of the vast crowd
of applicants, but those who remain
are more importunate and even more
unprincipled than their predecessors
Governor Young
Birth: 1802-06-12 Death: 1852-04-23
is here soliciting
influence for the House in New
York. N. P. Tallmadge
Birth: 1795-02-08 Death: 1864-11-02
after
betrayingall kinds of parties is here
a proper nuisance because he cannot
procure funds to pay his bill.
The Administration meaning right are
doing all that can be done in the
best way, but are sometimes imposed
upon very shamefully.
Mr V.P. Fillmore
Birth: 1800-01-07 Death: 1874-03-08
is graduallycoming down to the level of quiet
repose that belong to and befits his
high station, and I am assuming
to vindicate
To defend; to justify; to support or maintain as true or correct, against denial, censure, or objection • To assert; to defend with success; to maintain • To defend with arms • To avenge; to punish •
my
exclusive right to therepresentation of the state.
Matters between Mr Webster
Birth: 1782-01-18 Death: 1852-10-24
and
myselfhave come to a pleasant and agreea-
ble understanding and I believe that
even friendly relations may be said
to exist between myself and Senators
of all parties.
I imagine you going into the
garden with your India Rubbers
this blessed bright March day, and
that the flowers are springing up to meet
your The tulips are two weeks
out of ground here and the crocuses
are in full bloom.
I hope that John’s labor with the
hotbed may not need the consumption
of the wolf skin and corn skin robes.
They would be expensive coverings to protect
a few cucumbers from the frost.
Your own Henry