Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 17, 1849
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 17, 1849
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1849-03-17
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 17, 1849
action: sent
sender: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Auburn, NY
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Washington D.C., US
transcription: nwh
revision: tap 2018-11-01
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Saturday March 17th
My dear Henry,
I sent a letter to you
yesterday to New York thinking it
would be more likely to meet
you there than at Washington
but should you be detained
there after the adjournment it
would would be perhaps
less likely to meet you than
this - Our dear little girl
has been very sick for the
week with scarlet fever –
how many times I have wished
you at home – I believe I
wrote last Monday that
Fanny was not very well
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She was very ill that night
and the next day – her throat
inflamed and ulcerated –
Wednesday she was better
Thursday so well as to go down
to the nursery – that night
her fever returned and has
continued until to day, attended
with an ulcerated throat &
and mouth – Her fever has
abated – her throat and mouth
are much better – I hope
she will to night have a
comfortable night – The Dr
says there is no occasion for
alarm that hers is by no
means an aggravated case –
I will write again tomorrow
should any unfavourable change
occur – ever your own
Frances
Saturday March 17th
My dear Henry,
I sent a letter to you
yesterday to New York thinking it
would be more likely to meet
you there than at Washington
but should you be detained
there after the adjournment it
would would be perhaps
less likely to meet you than
this - Our dear little girl
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
has been very sick for the
week with scarlet fever –
how many times I have wished
you at home – I believe I
wrote last Monday that
Fanny was not very well
She was very ill that night
and the next day – her throat
inflamed and ulcerated –
Wednesday she was better
Thursday so well as to go down
to the nursery – that night
her fever returned and has
continued until to day, attended
with an ulcerated throat &
and mouth – Her fever has
abated – her throat and mouth
are much better – I hope
she will to night have a
comfortable night – The Dr
Unknown
says there is no occasion for
alarm that hers is by no
means an aggravated case –
I will write again tomorrow
should any unfavourable change
occur – ever your own
Frances