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We had Irving and Halleck at dinner with us, a few
days since; and the former, looking incidentally over
your kind present of old "Petrus Poterius", took occasion
to speak of you and Mrs. S., in terms which made me
like him even better than before; though he had been a
more entertaining guest than I had ever before en-
countered. Mr. Halleck is now in our lists, and [ ?]
[ ?] is in all respects devoted to the interests of your
work; eliciting the aid of his distinguished literary friends,
here and in England, and contributing largely him-
self. Should you have leisure to glance over the May
number, you will detect his facile hand in all its
departments.
I have but just returned from Philadelphia. I found
my brother nearly completely recovered from an in-
disposition, a bronchial complaint, that at one time
threatened previous consequences. His little motherless
boy, a lovely cherub, is his only real solace. Hoping
to see you, in Albany, in the course of a few weeks,
I remain, with high regard,
Hon. W. H. Seward
Very Sincerely Yrs.
L. Gaylord Clark