EAGLE TAVERN, [ALBANY, NEW YORK], Oct. 18, 1846.
Every day since my retreat from public life, the profession,
which I once so ungratefully despised, has been increasing its rewards, until
we are no longer pressed by fear of disaster or sickness; although I have been
diverted so often, and so long from lucrative engagements. Our boys are
pleasantly obtaining an education, which is a better patrimony than riches. If our
comforts do not decrease, and our children have no reason to complain of
neglect, we shall have passed through life happier and I hope die better than
we should if my earliest schemes of wealth had been accomplished.
SOURCE: Frederick W. Seward, Seward at Washington, p. 32-3
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