Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, May 16, 1859
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, May 16,
1859
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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive
Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1859-05-16
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, May 16, 1859
action: sent
sender: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Unknown
receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Auburn, NY
transcription: cnk
revision: amr 2021-02-08
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Editorial Note
Monday May 16. 1859
South East by East, Half East, steadily on the ship
toils through the waves, while we are speculating whether
we make first the Scilly Islands or the Lizards
and enter Cowes on Friday before, or on Friday after
noon. An obstinate fog hangs over the ocean behind
us. The wind struggles to lift it from the horizon
before us and the sun struggles tries with still
less success to smile upon us through the misty
curtain over head.
It is my birthday. Strange that it
finds me here – among friends indeed but then only
of yesterday ^alone^ – in a hemisphere distant from family
and home – God be thanked for his gracious preserva-
tion so long and save that family and home
until my safe return – If it were not too late I
should review the reasons for this long and great
separation – It seemed wise however when it was
begun – Let me continue to believe it wise until the
end.
The passengers are generally very intelligent
and agreeable – shall I tell you of the one whom
I affect the most? He is an Englishman
Unknown
who born to the water near Dartmouth stood on board a
boat in Torbay when Napoleon
Birth: 1769-08-15 Death: 1821-05-05
the first ^after the catastrophe of
Waterloo
^ appeared 16
on the deck of a British transport in that harbor and
surrendered himself like Thermistocles, to the one
whom he truly called the greatest, but falsely named
the most magnanimous of his enemies George the 4 th.