Monday J August 1^st
My dear Henry,
I have not written during the
past week partly because I have been sick and
partly because I have had no letter from you —
I was very much disappointed when Judge
Conklin came and told me you were not
coming & would much have preferred having
heard it from yourself — I shall not expect
you so confidently again — I am afraid
you have taxed yourself too severely this
Summer and am constantly in apprehension
of hearing that you are sick —
Mr Patterson was here Saturday — I was not
aware of it until the next day — I presume
he has gone to Albany as I told Maria
to tell "the gentleman" that I did not expect
you home —

Willie's eyes are getting better very slowly — Fred
is learning to ride on horseback and begins to
enjoy it, though timid at first — Willie says
he is "just as big as Fred" and thinks he can
ride too — Pa went yesterday to Seneca
Falls will probably attend the commencemant
at Geneva before he returns —
Clara and Fred talk of going to Canandaigua
next Saturday — The weather has been exceeding-
ly warm but is cold enough now — Fred and
I attend Prof. Bronson's lectures every Tuesday
and Friday — His recitations are generally
in very good taste — sometimes very powerful in
effect — The singing of Mr Nash, his accompani-
ment, is quite the reverse and to me very tiresome —
Fred is so much interested that he does not feel
the 2 hours to be as long as his mother does —
I hear from Augustus every week and from
Clarence occasionally — I wrote to both
yesterday — They both are pleased
with their situations —

Please tell Harriet that I have never been able
to hear directly from her boy but presume
he is well as I can learn nothing to the
contrary — I sent a check to the Bank for
$25 the 20^th of July — your own Frances

William H. Seward
Albany
AUG 1
AUBURN N.Y.
hMrs Seward
Aug 1842