Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, April 20, 1854
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Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, April 20, 1854
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1854-04-20
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Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, April 20, 1854
action: sent
sender: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
location: Canandaigua, NY
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Washington D.C., US
transcription: rmg
revision: tap 2019-01-23
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Canandaigua
April 20th
My dear Brother
I thank you
for your kind, very kind
letter which came yesterday —
I am very much better than
I was when I left Auburn
& shall be better still when
I can go back there as
I intend to after a few weeks —
Aunt Clara
over here yesterday to fetch
dear little Fanny
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stay with me as long
as her Mother
Which I think will not
exceed a week or ten
days. They − Aunt C.
& Abbey ^report^ — favorably in regard
to Mothers health − she is
gaining strength with the
approach of warm weather
& I am confidently looking
forward to her perfect resto-
ration − I have also to
thank you for documents re-
ceived this morning
Will
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to thank Mr. Sumner
the great honor he did
me, in sending me one
of his speeches − I was away
from home when it came −
and since my return I have
had an inflamed eye which
has prevented my either
reading or writing or
I would have acknowl-
edged the politeness sooner
Wilder
he told me that the road
or street − Which “the Com-
mon people” are deter-
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mined to have, despite the
first family “remonstrances
is to succeed the bill having
passed (a second time) both
houses of the Legislature
I hope to live to see a broad
road run directly through
every “first family” garden
in Canandaigua & I
think I shall When
are you coming North? —
Your Sister
Canandaigua
April 20th
My dear Brother
I thank you
for your kind, very kind
letter which came yesterday —
I am very much better than
I was when I left Auburn
& shall be better still when
I can go back there as
I intend to after a few weeks —
Aunt Clara
Birth: 1793-05-01 Death: 1862-09-05
& Abbey
Birth: 1822 Death: 1895-09-16
came over here yesterday to fetch
dear little Fanny
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
, who is stay with me as long
as her Mother
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
can spare her
—Which I think will not
exceed a week or ten
days. They − Aunt C.
& Abbey ^report^ — favorably in regard
to Mothers health − she is
gaining strength with the
approach of warm weather
& I am confidently looking
forward to her perfect resto-
ration − I have also to
thank you for documents re-
ceived this morning
Will
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
gave to me the formto thank Mr. Sumner
Birth: 1811-01-06 Death: 1874-03-11
for
the great honor he did
me, in sending me one
of his speeches − I was away
from home when it came −
and since my return I have
had an inflamed eye which
has prevented my either
reading or writing or
I would have acknowl-
edged the politeness sooner
Wilder
Birth: 1822 Death: 1855-04-29
was here last evening he told me that the road
or street − Which “the Com-
mon people” are deter-
mined to have, despite the
first family “remonstrances
is to succeed the bill having
passed (a second time) both
houses of the Legislature
I hope to live to see a broad
road run directly through
every “first family” garden
in Canandaigua & I
think I shall When
are you coming North? —
Your Sister