Letter from Clarinda Miller McClallen to Lazette Miller Worden, October 19, 1842
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Letter from Clarinda Miller McClallen to Lazette Miller Worden, October 19, 1842
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Date:1842-10-19
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Letter from Clarinda Miller McClallen to Lazette Miller Worden, October 19, 1842
action: sent
sender:
Clarinda McClallen
Person
Name: Clarinda McClallen
Birth: 1794
Death: 1862-09-05
Person
location:
Auburn NY
Place
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
Place
receiver:
Lazette Worden
Person
Name: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
Person
location:
UnknownUnknown
transcription: atb
revision: ekk 2016-02-09
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Auburn October
Dear Lazette I received your letter and should have
answered it before if I could found time but
we have been trying to clean some your father
Name: Elijah Miller
Birth: 1772-04-11
Death: 1851-11-13
and
Augustus
Name: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1826-10-01
Death: 1876-09-11Certainty: Probable
came home last week which made too more
and Mary
Name: Mary Morgan
Birth: 1813-02-15
Death: 1893-10-14Certainty: Probable
had a beau that came to see her about
every other day she finely told him that she would
have him her cosin would then come and tell her that
she should not have him she would then promis
her cosin that she would not get married but when
her beau would come she could not refuse him
when Saturday Night came I see her makeing
preparations for geting married I found that it
could not be stoped in any way so we got her
ready as fast as possible as the Priest was going to
leave in the cars that Night she says she had
just time to get there and make her confession
and his that was the name of the
groom and get married before the cars
left for the West which took the Priest
to Seneca falls
Name: City: Seneca Falls
County: Seneca County
State: NY
Country: US
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and Mary
sorry to loose her she is the only girl that I ever
found that was willing to get up in the morning[ . ]
Reason:
John
Alternate Text: should get Ann
I think that I shall try to get some one else
Mrs Right
Name: Martha Wright
Birth: 1806-12-25
Death: 1875-01-04Certainty: Possible
called here yesterday she wanted to know
when you would be out I told her that we should
expect you soon she wished me to give you her
love her mother is going home next week
Marian Hall
Name: Maria Hall
Birth: 1796-07-10
Death:
was here last week she wants
to see you very much she is going to Canada
to spende the Winter with phebe Eliza
is looking very well has been to Newyork
Name: City: New York
County:
State: NY
Country: US
had just returned Tompkins Miller
Name: Tompkins Miller
Birth: 1818
Death: 1890
and
his wife
Name: Phebe Miller
Birth: 1822
Death: 1912
and Clara Miller
last week tompkins has married a daughter
of Mr Dodg
Name: City: Romulus
County: Seneca County
State: NY
Country: US
they wer to
start yesterday for Michigan
Name: Michigan City:
County:
State: MI
Country: US
Augustus says he would like very much
to come and see you but as his Mother
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21Certainty: Probable
is coming home next week he thinks
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you had better come out here I hope you will come
as soon as next week Augustus has not made
up his minde he does not know whether he
shall go to West Point
Name: West Point City: West Point
County:
State: NY
Country: US
he some times thinks
he had better go to College I believe that he and his
grandp
Name: Samuel Seward
Birth: 1768-12-05
Death: 1849-08-24
has concluded if he does not go to West Point
that he had better stay home and go to School here
but I suppose that will be settled when his Mother
comes Mrs. Miller
Name: Hannah Miller
Birth: 1778-10-16
Death: 1811-02-22
is very well sends love tom
[ a ]
Reason: wax-sealnd his father
I have not any Auburn
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
News to tell you eccept that Bill
Wood
a wife George Wood
Name: George Wood
Birth: 1806
Death: 1844-02-06Certainty: Probable
and his wife
Name: Deborah Wood Bronson
Birth: 1810
Death: 1888-03-16Certainty: Probable
Chedell
Name: John Chedell
Birth: 1806-04-24
Death: 1875-06-19Certainty: Probable
and his wif
Name: Melita Chedell
Birth: 1807-10-03
Death: 1874-03-11Certainty: Probable
has
been to Boston
Name: City: Boston
County:
State: MA
Country: US
wife and baby has been and returned
Mrs Lucus
Name: Phebe Lucas
Birth: 1794-01-12
Death: 1876-05-12Certainty: Probable
keeps in the street about as much as Betsy
Pitney
Name: Betsy Pitney
Birth: 1788
Death:
did Bronson
board I must bid you good by it is so dark that I cannot
see my love to Frances Maria
as we all expected she woul be I am very sorry but she
says it is none of my business I have concluded it is not
so we let all go
Clarinda McClallen
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Auburn October
Dear Lazette I received your letter and should have
answered it before if I could found time but
we have been trying to clean some your father
Person
Augustus
Person
and Mary
Person
every other day she finely told him that she would
have him her cosin would then come and tell her that
she should not have him she would then promis
her cosin that she would not get married but when
her beau would come she could not refuse him
when Saturday Night came I see her makeing
preparations for geting married I found that it
could not be stoped in any way so we got her
ready as fast as possible as the Priest was going to
leave in the cars that Night she says she had
just time to get there and make her confession
and his that was the name of the
groom and get married before the cars
left for the West which took the Priest
to Seneca falls
Place
and Mary
Unknown
is now Mrs. McCartyUnknown
I am very sorry to loose her she is the only girl that I ever
found that was willing to get up in the morning[ . ]
Supplied
John
Unknown
wants that I [
sould
]
Alternate Text
Unknown
again
but I think that I shall try to get some one else
Mrs Right
Person
when you would be out I told her that we should
expect you soon she wished me to give you her
love her mother is going home next week
Marian Hall
Person
to see you very much she is going to Canada
to spende the Winter with phebe Eliza
Unknown
she is looking very well has been to Newyork
Place
had just returned Tompkins Miller
Person
his wife
Person
Unknown
were all herelast week tompkins has married a daughter
Unknown
of Mr Dodg
Unknown
of RomulusPlace
start yesterday for Michigan
Place
Augustus says he would like very much
to come and see you but as his Mother
Person
is coming home next week he thinks
you had better come out here I hope you will come
as soon as next week Augustus has not made
up his minde he does not know whether he
shall go to West Point
Place
he had better go to College I believe that he and his
grandp
Person
that he had better stay home and go to School here
but I suppose that will be settled when his Mother
comes Mrs. Miller
Person
Unknown
[ a ]
Supplied
Unknown
are both thereI have not any Auburn
Place
Unknown
is not married has actualy come home withouta wife George Wood
Person
Person
Person
Person
been to Boston
Place
Mrs Lucus
Person
Person
Unknown
has gone back to the Americas to board I must bid you good by it is so dark that I cannot
see my love to Frances Maria
Unknown
is here yet she is as we all expected she woul be I am very sorry but she
says it is none of my business I have concluded it is not
so we let all go
Clarinda McClallen
date:
Wednesday, October 19, 1842
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