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Frances Adeline Seward (December 9, 1844 – October 29, 1866) was the daughter of United States Secretary of State William H. Seward and his wife Frances Adeline Miller Seward. The last of five children born to the Sewards, she was their only daughter to survive to adulthood although even she died at age 21.
The Fanny Seward Story. An Exploration of a Young Woman in 19th Century America. Meet Fanny! Frances Adeline Seward, or Fanny, was the youngest daughter of William Henry Seward and Frances Miller Seward. Loved by family and friends, Fanny grew up during the mid-19th century.
This site explores the life and legacy of William Henry and Frances' youngest child and recorder of history, Fanny Seward. While keeping a diary consistently through the late 1850s and early 1860s, Fanny observes everyday life, intriguing familial relations, and conversations with various diplomats and politicians.
Fanny Seward, the only daughter of Abraham Lincoln’s secretary of state, William Seward, has been spared such a fate in Trudy Krisher’s new biography. Mary Lincoln, whose character and life choices have been much maligned in past biographies, also receives an objective and even-handed examination in Stacy Pratt McDermott’s work.
Excerpts from Fanny Seward's Diary. Frances Adeline ("Fanny") Seward (1844–1866), the only daughter of Frances and William Henry Seward, aspired to be a writer. At the age of 14, she began keeping a diary, starting on December 25, 1858 and continuing until October 7, 1866.
Fanny, the beloved only daughter of Seward, was a keen observer, and her diary entries from 1858 to 1866 are the foundation of Krisher’s vivid portrait of the young girl who was an eyewitness to one of the most tumultuous periods in American history.
Frances Adeline Seward (called “Fanny” among family and close friends) was born on December 4, 1844, to William Henry Seward and Frances Adeline (Miller) Seward, her namesake. Fanny was the youngest of five children.
