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    Neptune Seward Pet

    Birth: 1856

    Death: 1859

    Birth Date Prefix: c.

    Death Date Prefix: c.

    Nickname: Neppie

Biography

(“Neppie” shephard’s dog, Fanny mentioned he“had soft white fur on his  breast” Nov. 1859, came Autumn 1856 as a stray puppy who followed  Seward home, Nep was missing a few days in Sept. 1857 but returned  home-had been tied up somewhere and escaped, dies November 1859 of  Arsenic poisoning, ambrotype photo

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Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to William Henry Seward, April 19, 1860

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(“Neppie” shephard’s dog, Fanny mentioned he“had soft white fur on his breast” Nov. 1859, came Autumn 1856 as a stray puppy who followed Seward home, Nep was missing a few days in Sept. 1857 but returned home-had been tied up somewhere and escaped, dies November 1859 of Arsenic poisoning, ambrotype photo
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