Letter from George Washington Seward to Frances Miller Seward, April 1, 1851
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Letter from George Washington Seward to Frances Miller Seward, April 1, 1851
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Date:1851-04-01
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Letter from George Washington Seward to Frances Miller Seward, April 1, 1851
action: sent
sender: George Seward
Birth: 1808-08-26
Death: 1888-12-07
location: Florida, NY
receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Auburn, NY
transcription: pag
revision: tap 2019-02-12
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Florida, April 1st 1851
My Dear Sister
I wish to write you upon a
matter which though I have no authority
to speak yet I feel that it is proper
Caroline
many of her acquaintances of her age in
this place relative to her views and experience
at the school at Georgetown and on the
Catholic religion, these views and sentiments
seem to be as changeable, almost as much
so as the number of her letters, differing
in their tone and sentiments.
A Young Lady
a letter from her stating if I am correctly
informed that she had become a Catholic
in sentiment and that she had been twice
to the Confessional and the mode of the con-
fession particularly at the first time.
Another letter states that though she
was determined to lead a better life she
was not going to unite with any church
or denomination,
Of such contradictory staple is her
letters made off, it is very unpleasant
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for me to hear rumours of the kind
but this is the least disagreeable part
of it, It shows a [ vascillating ]
Alternate Text: vacillating mind
the
want of early moral culture.
I have thought it proper to write
you that you may be aware of it and
without wishing in the least to interfere
in matters over which I have no control
and no responsibility, yet the interest
which I feel I ought to be permitted to
feel in her behalf will I hope be a suf-
ficient apology
We were expecting a call from you on
your way to Auburn but I suppose that
you found it more necessary to go home
The term of the boys
school will close
this week and if the weather is pleasant
next they will go down to see their
Grand Parents
whom they have not
visited
in a year,
There does not seem to be much
new here, Mary
in a few weeks, I expect Mrs Yeowell
to keep house for me for a while,
Very affectionately,
Geo. W. Seward
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Johnny
by kissing the letter
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Florida, April 1st 1851
My Dear Sister
I wish to write you upon a
matter which though I have no authority
to speak yet I feel that it is proper
Caroline
Birth: 1834-07-25 Death: 1922-02-28
has been writing letters tomany of her acquaintances of her age in
this place relative to her views and experience
at the school at Georgetown and on the
Catholic religion, these views and sentiments
seem to be as changeable, almost as much
so as the number of her letters, differing
in their tone and sentiments.
A Young Lady
Birth: 1833-06-08 Death: 1891-06-12
of this place lately
receiveda letter from her stating if I am correctly
informed that she had become a Catholic
in sentiment and that she had been twice
to the Confessional and the mode of the con-
fession particularly at the first time.
Another letter states that though she
was determined to lead a better life she
was not going to unite with any church
or denomination,
Of such contradictory staple is her
letters made off, it is very unpleasant
for me to hear rumours of the kind
but this is the least disagreeable part
of it, It shows a [ vascillating ]
Alternate Text
want of early moral culture.
I have thought it proper to write
you that you may be aware of it and
without wishing in the least to interfere
in matters over which I have no control
and no responsibility, yet the interest
which I feel I ought to be permitted to
feel in her behalf will I hope be a suf-
ficient apology
We were expecting a call from you on
your way to Auburn but I suppose that
you found it more necessary to go home
The term of the boys
Birth: 1840-11-08
Death: 1910-11-28
Birth: 1838-04-16
Death: 1916-02-22
Birth: 1835-01-09
Death: 1926
this week and if the weather is pleasant
next they will go down to see their
Grand Parents
Birth: 1780-06-01
Death: 1866-02-25
Birth: 1783-10-25
Death: 1865-04-15
in a year,
There does not seem to be much
new here, Mary
Birth: 1830
goes to housekeepingin a few weeks, I expect Mrs Yeowell
Birth: 1815Certainty: Probable
to keep house for me for a while,
Very affectionately,
Geo. W. Seward
Johnny
Birth: 1844-11-20 Death: 1917-01-29
sends his love to
his cousin Fanny
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
by kissing the letter