Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 30, 1861
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 30,
1861
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1861-09-30
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 30, 1861
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: axm
revision: amc 2021-01-31
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Monday Sep 30th
My dearest Henry
I have your letter
this morning written
last Tuesday – Since
that time Will
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
has been to Washington
and returned and Augustus
Birth: 1826-10-01 Death: 1876-09-11
is on his way there
Augustus will tell you
that Will sprained his
ankle – it was a signal
mercy that he did ^not^
lose his leg – He was
thrown from the cars
while getting out – they
being unexpectedly moved
backwards – It is a
bad sprain – the Dr
Unknown
at Canandaigua thought some
of the smaller ligaments
were severed – it is
less swollen and less
painful to day than last
night – but it will
be some days certainly
before he will be able
to walk – He came from
Baltimore on the Elmira road –
went in a wagon to Penn-
Yan from there to Canandaigua
on a freight train from
which he was thrown –
He was at Canandaigua 2 hours
reached home at 9 – just
as Augustus left –
I am anxious about Augustus
health – I have never seen him
more unfit to leave home
Since recovering from chills
and fever which lasted many
weeks he has been continually
traveling – If it is possible
I hope he may be permitted
to remain at home a few
weeks before going again into
service – A little more
exhaustion will very likely
end in Typhoid fever –
He will tell you he is not
sick – I know he is not well
and after 2 years of hard
service he is entitled to
a short furlough – Pray
see that he has it –
George
Birth: 1808-08-26 Death: 1888-12-07
writes me that he and his are coming
to visit us next week –
Polydore
Birth: 1799 Death: 1872-04-23
did not come though I wrote to ask
him to do so when he came
to Albany to see Thurlow
Birth: 1842 Death: 1908
who has joined the Elsworth
Regiment – You have
half of the children
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
Birth: 1830-07-08
Death: 1915-04-25
with you now – take
care of them & of yourself
and may God protect
you all
your own
Frances