Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 23, 1859
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 23, 1859
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 23, 1859
action: sent
sender:
Frances Seward
Person
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
Person
location:
Washington D.C. DC
Place
Name: City: Washington D.C.
County:
State: DC
Country: US
Place
receiver:
Lazette Worden
Person
Name: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
Person
location:
Auburn NY
Place
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: sss
revision: ekk 2015-01-23
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Sunday Jan 23
My dear Sister,
This is a bright cold
day. I presume the Thermometer
is ever so low at the North.
Anna
Name: Anna Seward
Birth: 1836-03-29
Death: 1919-05-02
has been to Church alone.
Henry
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
went to the Hotel to see
Weed
Name: Thurlow Weed
Birth: 1797-11-15
Death: 1882-11-22
who is here. Will
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1839-06-18
Death: 1920-04-29
is
lame yet and Fanny
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
is not
well - she coughs & looks
pale & thin. I thought it
would not beneft her to
go out this cold day.
Last evening Henry & Anna
went to Madame de Sartiges
Name: Anna de Sartiges
Birth: 1827-03-11
Death: 1915-04-04
reception (I put in the de
you see as it is said to
be both improper & unnecesary
to say use Sartige as the
sur name though it is generally
done) - it was so cold I
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was glad they did not stay
long on Nicholas
Name: Nicholas Bogart
Birth: 1801-12-24
Death: 1893
' account.
Capt Palmer
Name: William Palmer
Birth: 1809-04-15
Death: 1862-06-18
and Henry seem
to be engaged in getting Au-
gustus' promotion secured to
him, the death of Col Lee
Name: Francis Lee
Birth: 1802-04-13
Death: 1859-01-19
entitling him to the place ^commission^
of the Capt
Col. Lee. I do not look
with favour on this project
because I am quite sure
he will be recalled to the
Army service, should it
succeed, though Henry
thinks not.
We have cards of invitation
to Frances Sewards
Name: Frances Scharff
Birth: 1836-02-16
Death: 1910-02-06
wedding
which I will enclose.
It is so near this time
I hope it may not prove
a failure. Richard Blatchford
Name: Richard Blatchford
Birth: 1798-04-28
Death: 1875-09-04
writes that he
is coming here this week[ . ]
Reason:
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Henry will I suppose give
up his room to him.
Mr Weed declines coming
here to dine today.
I am glad it did not
freeze in the dark cellar
that cold weather. I thought
of the dahlias and your
Oleander. I am sorry Eliza
lost some of her plants as
she is very fond of them. I am
glad she went to the dancing
school with Mary
the new dress looked nice.
How are the birdies? -
I am not worth much to-
day so I hope you will
excuse a I dull letter. I
have not been quite free from
neuralgia this last week
in addition or in consequence
of this bad cold which
keeps me much of the time
Page 4
a prisoner in my room.
Have you read "A House to Let" by Dickens
Name: Charles Dickens
Birth: 1812-02-07
Death: 1870-06-09
- a Christmas
story - very good it is. I
wish Dickens had not quarreled
with his wife
Name: Catherine Dickens
Birth: 1815-05-19
Death: 1879-11-22
and acted
like so many other men.
Fanny and Kate
Name: Catherine Barrett
Birth: 1837
Death: 1878-04-08
are laughing
in the other room which is
an indication that they feel
pretty well at this time.
Kate had a present of a pretty
cameo bracelet from Barretts
Christmas - it came in a little
box Christmas eve, so we put it
in her stocking without knowing
the contents - until the next
morning. Mr Barret also per-
poses to buy a sewing machine
for her. Love to Clara
Name: Clarinda McClallen
Birth: 1794
Death: 1862-09-05
Your dear Sister "rathers be"
unwell.
Sunday Jan 23
My dear Sister,
This is a bright cold
day. I presume the Thermometer
is ever so low at the North.
Anna
Person
Henry
Person
Weed
Person
Person
lame yet and Fanny
Person
well - she coughs & looks
pale & thin. I thought it
would not beneft her to
go out this cold day.
Last evening Henry & Anna
went to Madame de Sartiges
Person
reception (I put in the de
you see as it is said to
be both improper & unnecesary
to say use Sartige as the
sur name though it is generally
done) - it was so cold I
was glad they did not stay
long on Nicholas
Person
Capt Palmer
Person
to be engaged in getting Au-
gustus' promotion secured to
him, the death of Col Lee
Person
entitling him to the place ^commission^
of the Capt
Unknown
who
succeedsCol. Lee. I do not look
with favour on this project
because I am quite sure
he will be recalled to the
Army service, should it
succeed, though Henry
thinks not.
We have cards of invitation
to Frances Sewards
Person
which I will enclose.
It is so near this time
I hope it may not prove
a failure. Richard Blatchford
Person
is coming here this week[ . ]
Supplied
Henry will I suppose give
up his room to him.
Mr Weed declines coming
here to dine today.
I am glad it did not
freeze in the dark cellar
that cold weather. I thought
of the dahlias and your
Oleander. I am sorry Eliza
Unknown
lost some of her plants as
she is very fond of them. I am
glad she went to the dancing
school with Mary
Unknown
and thatthe new dress looked nice.
How are the birdies? -
I am not worth much to-
day so I hope you will
excuse a I dull letter. I
have not been quite free from
neuralgia this last week
in addition or in consequence
of this bad cold which
keeps me much of the time
a prisoner in my room.
Have you read "A House to Let" by Dickens
Person
story - very good it is. I
wish Dickens had not quarreled
with his wife
Person
like so many other men.
Fanny and Kate
Person
in the other room which is
an indication that they feel
pretty well at this time.
Kate had a present of a pretty
cameo bracelet from Barretts
Unknown
Christmas - it came in a little
box Christmas eve, so we put it
in her stocking without knowing
the contents - until the next
morning. Mr Barret also per-
poses to buy a sewing machine
for her. Love to Clara
Person
Your dear Sister "rathers be"
unwell.
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