. The great American book of biography . occupations of farmer, merchant, magistrate, andpolitician. His mother was in every way a worthy help-meet to her energetichusband, while possessing that softer nature which engaged the affection of herchildren, as that of their sterner father failed to do. Graduating from college, young Seward determined to enter the law, and 253 254 WILLIAM H. SEIVARD. pursued the study, which he had already begun, in a law office in Goshen, andin the city of New York, and again in Goshen. He was admitted to practicein 1822, and immediately formed a partnership for th
. The great American book of biography . occupations of farmer, merchant, magistrate, andpolitician. His mother was in every way a worthy help-meet to her energetichusband, while possessing that softer nature which engaged the affection of herchildren, as that of their sterner father failed to do. Graduating from college, young Seward determined to enter the law, and 253 254 WILLIAM H. SEIVARD. pursued the study, which he had already begun, in a law office in Goshen, andin the city of New York, and again in Goshen. He was admitted to practicein 1822, and immediately formed a partnership for the practice of his profession inthe town of Auburn, which continued to be his home. His choice of a locationhad been influenced by the fact that it was the home of a certain Miss FrancesA. Miller, who, when the law had sufficiently smiled upon her young devotee,became Mrs. Seward. The young lawyer readily made a place for himself not only in his profes-sion, but in the social life of the community, and in the local politics. He had ,. 1^.
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