Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frederick William Seward, October 11, 1864

  • Posted on: 15 November 2016
  • By: admin
xml: 
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frederick William Seward, October 11, 1864
x

transcriber

Transcriber:spp:obm

student editor

Transcriber:spp:msr

Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1864-10-11

In the context of this project, private URIs with the prefix "psn" point to person elements in the project's persons.xml authority file. In the context of this project, private URIs with the prefix "pla" point to place elements in the project's places.xml authority file. In the context of this project, private URIs with the prefix "psn" point to person elements in the project's staff.xml authority file. In the context of this project, private URIs with the prefix "psn" point to person elements in the project's bibl.xml authority file. verical-align: super; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration: line-through; color: red;

Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frederick William Seward, October 11, 1864

action: sent

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

location: Martinsburg, WV

receiver: Frederick Seward
Birth: 1830-07-08  Death: 1915-04-25

location: Washington D.C., US

transcription: obm 

revision: crb 2016-10-11

<>
Page 1

Hd Lt W S Forces
Martinsburgh Va Oct 11th
My dear brother
Please send my by rail my field
desk, 3 sheets & 2 pillow cases, and my Old Sword
the desk is in the 4th Story. The sheets in a dry goods
box in the barn & the sword in my room.
If my brother in law ^Lt^ Geo Watson
Birth: 1842-08-29 Death: 1896-10-29
comes to Washington
on his way here please give him any assistance
he may need, I should like to have him stay at
the house. An Officer
Unknown
from the front just reports
that Col Tolles
Birth: 1817 Death: 1864-10-10
Genl Sheridans
Birth: 1831-03-06 Death: 1888-08-05
chief Q M was
mortally wounded by guerrillas near Middletown
yesterday, By the p By the way when
you are reading Genl Stevensons
Birth: 1821-06-08 Death: 1897-01-22
dispatches from
the army please remebre remember that they are written
by your brother, although I find that I do
not get credit for them, as I report to Stevenson
& he to the Department, this is private however
as I have every ^other^ reason to be pleased to be
under Genl Stevenson, If Carpenter
Birth: 1821 Death: 1885-10-25
comes to
Washington call him to come up here as I want
Page 2

to see him The road is running regularly
& it is perfectly safe
Your Aff bro
Will
Hand Shiftx

Frederick Seward

Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
Will
Oct 11
1864