Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frances Miller Seward, May 7, 1856

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Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frances Miller Seward, May 7, 1856
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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1856-05-07

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Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frances Miller Seward, May 7, 1856

action: sent

sender: William Seward
Birth: 1839-06-18  Death: 1920-04-29

location: Auburn, NY

receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24  Death: 1865-06-21

location: Washington D.C., US

transcription: amr 

revision: jxw 2021-10-05

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Auburn May 7
My dear Mother
I have received
your letter with the Check and
paid the bill. I have engaged
a man to come on the first of
June to do the Walls Mr
Brown
Birth: 1805-04-19 Death: 1886-01-20
could not do it him
self but recomended this man
he says it will do as well
to do it the 1 June as the [ firs ]
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Alternate Text

Alternate Text: first

of May. They tell me at
the Gas house that when the
pipe is put down it must
be connected with the [ munc ]
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Alternate Text

Alternate Text: municipal

pipe or else it makes two
different jobs and may leak
what shall I do have it connec-
ted with the street pipe or not
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have it put in.
Tell Fanny
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
that I will
take the letter to Mary
Unknown
if she
will send it, and that I will
answer hers soon
Affectionately your Son
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Hand Shiftx

Frances Seward

Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
Willie May 7t
1856