Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, August 17, 1857
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, August 17, 1857
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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive
Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1857-08-17
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, August 17, 1857
action: sent
sender: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Mingan Island, Canada
receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: UnknownUnknown
transcription: les
revision: jxw 2022-04-25
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Editorial Note
In the channel of the Mingan Islands
Three hours ago we
Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
a secured time hauled our anchor and bade adieu
to Mingan. See our progress against a head wind.
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Route to Quebec 450 miles
Mingan Mingan
Journey & Distances
our total progress 1 ½ miles
in 3 hours –
It is cold but clear and the sea is not rough. I begin to think that in charting
this scheme I am repeating the experience of the man who bought an elephant, without first
having ascertained his ability to manage the brute.