Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 11, 1864
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 11, 1864
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Date:1864-12-11
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 11, 1864
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: gew
revision: ekk 2015-06-30
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Page 1
Sunday morning
My dearest Sister
I have your letter
finished Thursday - after
the Young’s
Young’s
Name: John Young
Birth: 1796
Death: 1877
invasion -
which was in every
respect in perfect char-
acter consonance with
the character of the
amiable Matilda.
I am sorry not to have
our Paulina
Name: Paulina Young
Birth: 1801
Death: 1868-09
and
equally
sorry that she has
so disagreeable a daugh-
ter. Of course you
could do no more
than you did and I
am not surprised that
even this much should
make you sick.
[top Margin] ding $35,000 upon it says he
shall never live there another
summer. I presume this will
disappoint Mrs Blatchford
Name: Caroline Blatchford
Birth: 1817-08-27
Death: 1881-06-18
.
Clarence
Name: Clarence Seward
Birth: 1828-10-07
Death: 1897-07-24
is in his
new house with his family.
Page 2
If we all live I presume
they will make us
many more sisters.
I dreamed last night
that I went to the
stable and found one
of our horses dying.
I think it a foreshad-
owing of the information
I find in your letter
this morning. There
is no more manure
to be drawn with our
horses & harness unless
Nicholas
Name: Nicholas Bogart
Birth: 1801-12-24
Death: 1893
can draw
it which I know
he cannot. I do not
choose to have either
Joseph
controlled by Patrick Judge
Name: Patrick Judge
Birth: 1832
Death:
. I am
sorry
to disappoint Will
but would greatly
Page 3
prefer hiring a pair
of horses to having
ours used under these
circumstances. Our horses
are conceded to be “old”
I am very sure the harness
is, and the carriage is
too fragile for general
use - yet they will
all answer to to make you
and I comfortable some
years yet and I insist
that they be kept for
that purpose. Will
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1839-06-18
Death: 1920-04-29
is
himself with you this morning
and may suggest some
other arrangement, but I
still say that our horses
and Joseph are not to be
directed by Judge - it is
just such interference as I apprehended when I
urged the necessity of Nich- ^olas’^
Page 4
supervision.
Mr Rose
Name: John Rose
Birth: 1820-08-02
Death: 1888-08-24
of Montreal
Name: City: Montreal
County:
State: ON
Country: CA
and
Mr Birnley
Name: Joseph Burnley
Birth: 1821
Death: 1904
the British
Secretary of Legislation dined
here Friday. I was not
well enough to be present
at dinner - neither was
Anna
Name: Anna Seward
Birth: 1836-03-29
Death: 1919-05-02
- so Fanny
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
and Gus
Name: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1826-10-01
Death: 1876-09-11
were alone with their Father
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
.
We all regret that Lord Lyons
Name: Richard Lyons
Birth: 1817-04-06
Death: 1887-12-05
is to go home.
He
has neuralgia in the
head, so severely as to inca-
pacitate him from attending
to his business. He sees no
one. Anna is not well
she needs the rest which
she will not find if she
remains here this winter.
Fred
Name: Frederick Seward
Birth: 1830-07-08
Death: 1915-04-25
’s arm improves but must
continue in splinters some
3 or 4 weeks yet. Mr Blatch- ford
Name: Samuel Blatchford
Birth: 1820-03-09
Death: 1893-07-07
came yesterday morning,
is our guest for a few
days. He inquired about
you - does not like his
country home & after expen-
Sunday morning
My dearest Sister
I have your letter
finished Thursday - after
the Young’s
People
which was in every
respect in perfect char-
acter consonance with
the character of the
amiable Matilda.
I am sorry not to have
our Paulina
Person
sorry that she has
so disagreeable a daugh-
ter. Of course you
could do no more
than you did and I
am not surprised that
even this much should
make you sick.
[top Margin] ding $35,000 upon it says he
shall never live there another
summer. I presume this will
disappoint Mrs Blatchford
Person
Clarence
Person
new house with his family.
If we all live I presume
they will make us
many more sisters.
I dreamed last night
that I went to the
stable and found one
of our horses dying.
I think it a foreshad-
owing of the information
I find in your letter
this morning. There
is no more manure
to be drawn with our
horses & harness unless
Nicholas
Person
it which I know
he cannot. I do not
choose to have either
Joseph
Unknown
or the horses
controlled by Patrick Judge
Person
to disappoint Will
but would greatly
prefer hiring a pair
of horses to having
ours used under these
circumstances. Our horses
are conceded to be “old”
I am very sure the harness
is, and the carriage is
too fragile for general
use - yet they will
all answer to to make you
and I comfortable some
years yet and I insist
that they be kept for
that purpose. Will
Person
himself with you this morning
and may suggest some
other arrangement, but I
still say that our horses
and Joseph are not to be
directed by Judge - it is
just such interference as I apprehended when I
urged the necessity of Nich- ^olas’^
supervision.
Mr Rose
Person
Place
Mr Birnley
Person
Secretary of Legislation dined
here Friday. I was not
well enough to be present
at dinner - neither was
Anna
Person
Person
Person
were alone with their Father
Person
We all regret that Lord Lyons
Person
has neuralgia in the
head, so severely as to inca-
pacitate him from attending
to his business. He sees no
one. Anna is not well
she needs the rest which
she will not find if she
remains here this winter.
Fred
Person
continue in splinters some
3 or 4 weeks yet. Mr Blatch- ford
Person
is our guest for a few
days. He inquired about
you - does not like his
country home & after expen-
date:
Sunday, December 11, 1864
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