Letter from Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to William Henry Seward, September 24, 1837
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Letter from Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to William Henry Seward, September 24, 1837
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Date:1837-09-24
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Letter from Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to William Henry Seward, September 24, 1837
action: sent
sender:
Mahlon Canfield
Person
Name: Mahlon Canfield
Birth: 1798-11-26
Death: 1865-01-05
Person
location:
Bargaintown NJ
Place
Name: City: Bargaintown
County: Atlantic
State: NJ
Country: US
Place
receiver:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
Auburn NY
Place
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: dxt
revision: ekk 2016-03-07
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Page 1
Bargaintown Sep. 24th. 1837.
Dear Sir,
Your letter of the 21st from Philada
Name: City: Philadelphia
County:
State: PA
Country: US
was recd last evening. I am very sory you could
not make us a visit, particularly as Cornelia
Name: Louisa Canfield
Birth: 1805-10-29
Death: 1839-01-04
looked for you, with more than her usual anxiety.
Dear soul, she has passed through one more hard
trial, and I am sory to say she has not sustained
it as well as in other times. For some months past
she has been greatly depressed- looking forward
to the worst that could happen to her. She was
confined on the 15th and got on pretty well till
the 22d, when in consequence of sitting up too long,
an unusual symptom appeared which alarmed
her greatly, it being the very thing which she
most feared. It was relieved, however, before she had
lost much strength and now she is quite comfor-
able and more cheerful than at any time since
her confinement. I can now see nothing in her way,
except those gloomy fears which I hope will not return.
She worries you say nothing about her parents
Name: Mary Seward
Birth: 1769-11-27
Death: 1844-12-11
Name: Samuel Seward
Birth: 1768-12-05
Death: 1849-08-24
of
whom she has not heard since they left Erie
Name: Erie County City:
County:
State: NY
Country: US
.
Giver her warmest love and mine, to Frances
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
.
I can hardly write nowadays.
Our last is Mary
Name: Mary Canfield
Birth: 1837-09-15
Death: 1839-03-10
after
your mother
Name: Mary Seward
Birth: 1769-11-27
Death: 1844-12-11
& mine
Name: Mary Canfield
Birth: 1778-09-18
Death: 1850-04-27
.
Your faithful friend & sister
M.D.C
Page 2
Bargaintown N.J.
Sep 25
M.D. Canfield
P.M.
Free.
W.H. Seward Esq
Auburn
Cayuga Co.
N.Y.
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
M.D. Canfield
Sept 24. 1837
Bargaintown Sep. 24th. 1837.
Dear Sir,
Your letter of the 21st from Philada
Place
was recd last evening. I am very sory you could
not make us a visit, particularly as Cornelia
Person
looked for you, with more than her usual anxiety.
Dear soul, she has passed through one more hard
trial, and I am sory to say she has not sustained
it as well as in other times. For some months past
she has been greatly depressed- looking forward
to the worst that could happen to her. She was
confined on the 15th and got on pretty well till
the 22d, when in consequence of sitting up too long,
an unusual symptom appeared which alarmed
her greatly, it being the very thing which she
most feared. It was relieved, however, before she had
lost much strength and now she is quite comfor-
able and more cheerful than at any time since
her confinement. I can now see nothing in her way,
except those gloomy fears which I hope will not return.
She worries you say nothing about her parents
People
whom she has not heard since they left Erie
Place
Giver her warmest love and mine, to Frances
Person
I can hardly write nowadays.
Our last is Mary
Person
your mother
Person
Person
Your faithful friend & sister
M.D.C
Bargaintown N.J.
Sep 25
M.D. Canfield
P.M.
Free.
W.H. Seward Esq
Auburn
Cayuga Co.
N.Y.
Person
Sept 24. 1837
date:
Sunday, September 24, 1837
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