Letter from Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, July 22, 1835

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Letter from Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, July 22, 1835

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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1835-07-22

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Letter from Mahlon Dickerson Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, July 22, 1835

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sender: Mahlon Canfield
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Person

Name: Mahlon Canfield Birth: 1798-11-26 Death: 1865-01-05

location: Bargaintown NJ
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Place

Name:  City:  Bargaintown County:  Atlantic State:  NJ Country:  US

receiver: Frances Seward
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Person

Name: Frances Seward Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21

location: Unknown
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transcription: keh 

revision: ekk 2016-03-07

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Bargaintown, July 22d 1835,
Tuesday evg.
Dear Frances,
Augustus
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Person

Name: Augustus Canfield Birth: 1829-12-04 Death: 1867-10-25
has passed a much
more comfortable day than any since he was taken ill,
and we try to flatter ourselves that he is better.
This morning he was quite cheerful, called to his
little sister
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Person

Name: Caroline Beattie Birth: 1834-07-25 Death: 1922-02-28
"sis" "sis," and took notice of
his playthings. O! what a relief to us to see
him in a measure free from the oppression of
fever. I shall look with great anxiety for the
next few days. It may be that a crisis has
arrived tho it is not very decided.
To add to our troubles, Cornelia
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Person

Name: Louisa Canfield Birth: 1805 Death: 1839-01-04
's old woman
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finally gave out, the day after you left us, and went
home. The dear creature makes out better than
you could expect – so well that she refused
an offer of help today, because it was not so
good as she wanted.
I will write next to Long Branch
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Place

Name:  City:  Long Branch County:  Monmouth State:  NJ Country:  US
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Cornelia's love to you and Henry
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Person

Name: William Seward Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
, mine also.
Yours, truly & affectionately
M. D. Canfield
date: 
Wednesday, July 22, 1835
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