Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 4, 1853
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 4,
1853
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1853-12-04
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 4, 1853
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: bpt
revision: vxa 2019-04-03
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Sunday, Dec 4th –
My dear Henry.
I am glad to be
assured that you are
safely arrived at Washington
We are in the midst of
Winter – the ground is
white and the snow is
falling – Mr Hale
sent the packet yesterday
the material for the
drapes is new and pretty
I will send Lazette’s
her if she does not
come out this week –
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Fanny
the crucifix and as she
has convinced me that
it is not wrong for her
to wear it, she has it on
her neck – I have you
see yielded the point
of principle as much as
taste – She is so sincere
that I am satisfied it
would be wrong to thwart
her inclination –
“I too am weak, & faith is small
And blindness happeneth unto all”-
I have a letter from
Gus
nothing about coming
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home from which I
infer he has changed his
mind – Until his letter
came I expected him to
spend Sunday –
Did you pay Mrs
Watrous
If you think it best
please have the Bohemian
vases carefully packed &
sent by express – Would
they not be less liable
to break when the
weather is milder? –
Your own
Frances –
Sunday, Dec 4th –
My dear Henry.
I am glad to be
assured that you are
safely arrived at Washington
We are in the midst of
Winter – the ground is
white and the snow is
falling – Mr Hale
Birth: 1806-03-31 Death: 1873-11-19Certainty: Probable
sent the packet yesterday
the material for the
drapes is new and pretty
I will send Lazette’s
Birth: 1803-11-01 Death: 1875-10-03
toher if she does not
come out this week –
Fanny
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
is delighted withthe crucifix and as she
has convinced me that
it is not wrong for her
to wear it, she has it on
her neck – I have you
see yielded the point
of principle as much as
taste – She is so sincere
that I am satisfied it
would be wrong to thwart
her inclination –
“I too am weak, & faith is small
And blindness happeneth unto all”-
I have a letter from
Gus
Birth: 1826-10-01 Death: 1876-09-11
in which he saysnothing about coming
home from which I
infer he has changed his
mind – Until his letter
came I expected him to
spend Sunday –
Did you pay Mrs
Watrous
Birth: 1805-01-29 Death: 1860
– if not shall I?If you think it best
please have the Bohemian
vases carefully packed &
sent by express – Would
they not be less liable
to break when the
weather is milder? –
Your own
Frances –