Letter from William Henry Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, July 13, 1849
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, July 13, 1849
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Date:1849-07-13
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, July 13, 1849
action: sent
sender: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Washington D.C., US
receiver: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
location: Canandaigua, NY
transcription: pxc
revision: crb 2018-11-02
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Auburn July 13. 1849
My Dearest Sister,
Frances
informed you how a syncope fell upon me in the shape
of the [ Erisyppelas ]
Alternate Text: Erysipelas on my arrival here
– I have suffered
more than I have often been called to bear– I think the
effort to do something by way of doing what cost no thought
although– it was later aggravated by disease – At last I
am convalescent, although I cannot yet endure the weight
of my clothing, or the effort to support myself out of a sick
chamber for half a day.
Some day early next week, preferably on Monday,
Frances and I will set out for Orange County. I could
not return to my accustomed occupation and cares without
first assuring you in a direct and even formal manner that I
am profoundly grateful for the tender and assiduous care
you bestowed upon me during my confinement at Canandaigua –
It relieved my illness of all gloominess and assuaged my pain.
I feared that the duty was too severe for you and that I
should hear on my arrival at home that your own health
had fallen a sacrifice to your efforts to restore mine
Affectionately your brother
Henry.
Mrs Lazette M. Worden, Canandaigua
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Auburn July 13. 1849
My Dearest Sister,
Frances
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
has
written to you I suppose andinformed you how a syncope fell upon me in the shape
of the [ Erisyppelas ]
Alternate Text
more than I have often been called to bear– I think the
effort to do something by way of doing what cost no thought
although– it was later aggravated by disease – At last I
am convalescent, although I cannot yet endure the weight
of my clothing, or the effort to support myself out of a sick
chamber for half a day.
Some day early next week, preferably on Monday,
Frances and I will set out for Orange County. I could
not return to my accustomed occupation and cares without
first assuring you in a direct and even formal manner that I
am profoundly grateful for the tender and assiduous care
you bestowed upon me during my confinement at Canandaigua –
It relieved my illness of all gloominess and assuaged my pain.
I feared that the duty was too severe for you and that I
should hear on my arrival at home that your own health
had fallen a sacrifice to your efforts to restore mine
Affectionately your brother
Henry.
Mrs Lazette M. Worden, Canandaigua