Letter from Francis Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 2, 1836
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Letter from Francis Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 2, 1836
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Date:1836-12-02
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Letter from Francis Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 2, 1836
action: sent
sender:
Frances Seward
Person
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
Person
location:
Auburn NY
Place
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
Place
receiver:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
Westfield NY
Place
Name: City: Westfield
County: Chautauqua County
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: mep
revision: ekk 2015-06-01
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Auburn, Nov Dec 2d
My Dear Henry, I recieved your first letter on
Teusday after giving myself considerable unnecessary
trouble about your welfare. I am glad to hear you
are safely settled at Westfield. I was sure you would
write from Batavia
Name: City: Batavia
County: Genesee
State: NY
Country: US
because you said you would
I supposed that you would detained there some
time and did not anticipate hearing so soon from
you at Westfield. Winter has come bringing with
him frost — snow — cold fingers — cold noses and sleigh bells
I am glad you have the hall stove it will add
much to your comfort. I am glad Mr Carey
Name: Trumbull Cary
Birth: 1786-08-11
Death: 1869-06-20
had his
own way and his own way of having it though I
cannot say that I do think the white china,
oval, dining set at all pretty — the only recommen-
dation that it has is that of making the housemaid
particular & this quality though it might be very
essential here under Mary ann
Name: Mary Chapman
Birth:
Death: Certainty: Probable
's administration is
not at all necessary to answer Harriets
Name: Harriet Bogart
Birth:
Death: 1888-08-20
,
neatness. You
used great dispatch in making your purchases
at Buffalo
Name: City: Buffalo
County:
State: NY
Country: US
. I hope all came safe and that you have
enjoyed the ham and chocolate beside the the
more unsubstantial good things before this. I would
give much for one peep at you and dear Gus
Name: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1826-10-01
Death: 1876-09-11
eating your breakfast one of these cold mornings.
I have little variation in the monotony of my life
but that little is as much as I can well endure in
the present weak state of my nervous system.
Dear Henry I am positively afraid sometimes that I shall
one of these days become a candidate for the Lunatic
Asylum — the least excitement does produce such
strange feelings, my brain seems to wheel so I my
[left Margin]
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
FA Seward
Dec 2, 1836
Page 2
recollection deserts me and there are times when I cannot
think of the most familiar names. How often I have
wished I could once more ask dear Grandma
Name: Paulina Miller
Birth: 1751
Death: 1835-10-03
if she
had ever experienced such feelings. I am afraid you
will think this all very silly I am sure I should
have thought so once but I find that my nerves
are not so easily controulled as I once fancied
and that I might as well undertake to reason
myself out of a fit of the ague as to attempt to
compose my nerves while the excitation continues.
Sat — Mrs Throop
Name: Frances Throop
Birth: 1806-02-11
Death: 1872-06-17
called yesterday and Lazette
Name: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
came over
to spend the afternoon so I could not finish my
letter. Mrs T spent the time of her visit in recapit-
ulating the faults of her children. She says Montgomery
Name: Montgomery Throop
Birth: 1827-01-26
Death: 1892-09-11
is smart but never will make a "polished gentleman"
(like his father
Name: George Throop
Birth: 1793-04-12
Death: 1854-02-23
I suppose) that Eliza
Name: Eliza Campau
Birth: 1828-11-08
Death: 1905-04-12
the only daughter
a proficient in the graces of manner but does
not know any thing and never will — is not this
rather a singular display of maternal fondness —
Dear Gandma
Name: Paulina Miller
Birth: 1751
Death: 1835-10-03
always
taught me that there was no
greater proof of affection than concealing the
faults of those we love. There has been a
large party at Mrs H. Hills
Name: Sarah Hills
Birth: 1796
Death: 1863-04-22
— Ms
Conkling
Name: Margaret Conkling
Birth: 1814-01-27
Death: 1890
flourished in black velvet and an opera hat
with seven enormous black ostrich feathers — no
one excelled her in magnitude the judge
Name: Alfred Conkling
Birth: 1789-10-12
Death: 1874-02-05
was dignified
and the daughter affected — so says Mrs Beardsley
Name: Frances Beardsley
Birth: 1815-03-06
Death: 1854-07-16
.
They seem to be the people most talked of at present
Mrs Hills and the 3 Misses Hills figured in gay
silks all of different colours — I suppose Horace
Name: Horace Hills
Birth: 1787-10-21
Death: 1872-09-18Certainty: Probable
the
elder was permitted to appear but I heard
nothing of him. Did Worden
Name: Alvah Worden
Birth: 1797-03-06
Death: 1856-02-16
say any thing to you
about coming at out Lazette
Name: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
is uncomfortable at Mrs Chase
Name: Maria Chase
Birth: 1791
Death: 1862-10-14Certainty: Probable
's but I think will stay
there all winter — she
must have a stove if she does Gaston
Name: Ira Gaston
Birth: 1796-10-03
Death: 1855-12-13Certainty: Probable
says they burn as
much wood on one fire as he does on three — the room is cold and
uncomfortable after all — Your own Frances
Auburn, Nov Dec 2d
My Dear Henry, I recieved your first letter on
Teusday after giving myself considerable unnecessary
trouble about your welfare. I am glad to hear you
are safely settled at Westfield. I was sure you would
write from Batavia
Place
I supposed that you would detained there some
time and did not anticipate hearing so soon from
you at Westfield. Winter has come bringing with
him frost — snow — cold fingers — cold noses and sleigh bells
I am glad you have the hall stove it will add
much to your comfort. I am glad Mr Carey
Person
own way and his own way of having it though I
cannot say that I do think the white china,
oval, dining set at all pretty — the only recommen-
dation that it has is that of making the housemaid
particular & this quality though it might be very
essential here under Mary ann
Person
not at all necessary to answer Harriets
Person
used great dispatch in making your purchases
at Buffalo
Place
enjoyed the ham and chocolate beside the the
more unsubstantial good things before this. I would
give much for one peep at you and dear Gus
Person
eating your breakfast one of these cold mornings.
I have little variation in the monotony of my life
but that little is as much as I can well endure in
the present weak state of my nervous system.
Dear Henry I am positively afraid sometimes that I shall
one of these days become a candidate for the Lunatic
Asylum — the least excitement does produce such
strange feelings, my brain seems to wheel so I my
[left Margin]
Person
Dec 2, 1836
recollection deserts me and there are times when I cannot
think of the most familiar names. How often I have
wished I could once more ask dear Grandma
Person
had ever experienced such feelings. I am afraid you
will think this all very silly I am sure I should
have thought so once but I find that my nerves
are not so easily controulled as I once fancied
and that I might as well undertake to reason
myself out of a fit of the ague as to attempt to
compose my nerves while the excitation continues.
Sat — Mrs Throop
Person
Person
to spend the afternoon so I could not finish my
letter. Mrs T spent the time of her visit in recapit-
ulating the faults of her children. She says Montgomery
Person
is smart but never will make a "polished gentleman"
(like his father
Person
Person
a proficient in the graces of manner but does
not know any thing and never will — is not this
rather a singular display of maternal fondness —
Dear Gandma
Person
greater proof of affection than concealing the
faults of those we love. There has been a
large party at Mrs H. Hills
Person
Person
flourished in black velvet and an opera hat
with seven enormous black ostrich feathers — no
one excelled her in magnitude the judge
Person
and the daughter affected — so says Mrs Beardsley
Person
They seem to be the people most talked of at present
Mrs Hills and the 3 Misses Hills figured in gay
silks all of different colours — I suppose Horace
Person
elder was permitted to appear but I heard
nothing of him. Did Worden
Person
about coming at out Lazette
Person
Person
must have a stove if she does Gaston
Person
much wood on one fire as he does on three — the room is cold and
uncomfortable after all — Your own Frances
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