Life In Letters

Fanny Seward wrote many letters to different people in her life. These letters let her talk to people who were far away. We can learn about her life from these letters. Fanny wrote to her father a lot. She told him about her town and family. She also wrote letters for school when she was young, starting at four years old in 1849. She kept writing letters until she was 21 in 1866.

Fanny Seward wrote many letters to different people when she was alive. These letters helped her communicate with people who were far away. Even if she couldn't be with them in person, she could still tell them things through her letters. These letters help us learn about her life because they show us what she was telling others about herself. Fanny would also write some long letters. One time she wrote a letter that was so long she started to write over her own writing. 

In these letters, she talked about big events and her everyday life. Some letters show her being young and carefree. This is seen in a letter that she wrote to her father in 1856 when she was asking him for a special paper theater set (which was her favorite toy growing up). She wrote to her older brother Augustus when she was five as part of her schooling.

Fanny would write lots of letters to her father. Later, Fanny got sick with tuberculosis. Her father was away, so she didn't tell him at first. But later, she wrote many letters to him, almost every day for a month. She would let him know what she had done that day as well as telling him how she was feeling. She would also tell him about things going on around the house in a lot of detail. 

Fanny’s letters help us learn more about her life. They show how she talked to people who weren't nearby. We can see her experiences from her own words. In her diary, we see her thoughts, but in her letters, we see how she told others about her experiences. She was able to hear important people like Frederick Douglass and Lucretia Mott speak.

These letters give us a new view of Fanny's life. They show a young woman's experiences, which is different from what we usually learn about history. Just like Fanny, kids today are also experiencing important events. Letters let people talk in a special way. Even though technology is common now, handwritten letters are still important.