Olive Risley Seward

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Linda Anderson should be a good source for answering this. I think that the Surratt Courier carried a brief article on Olive a few years back. I know that there was a bit of whispering going on about Olive and "Uncle" Henry for awhile--a lot before he adopted her and still some afterwards. I often wondered if she was a substitute for the deceased daughter, Fanny, and that he adopted her to make the relationship more palatable to the public.

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I should have added that it was profitable for Olive. Not only did she see the world, but she shared Seward's estate with his sons upon his death.