Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Mary Jennings Seward, January 29, 1837

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Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Mary Jennings Seward, January 29, 1837

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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1837-01-29

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Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Mary Jennings Seward, January 29, 1837

action: sent

sender: Louisa Canfield
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Person

Name: Louisa Canfield Birth: 1805 Death: 1839-01-04

location: Bargaintown NJ
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Place

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

receiver: Mary Seward
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Person

Name: Mary Seward Birth: 1769-11-27 Death: 1844-12-11

location: Florida NY
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Place

Name:  City:  Florida County:  Orange State:  NY Country:  US

transcription: lmd 

revision: lmd 2015-01-29

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Bargain Town Jany 29th
My very dear Mother,
I have not heard from you
for some time, except per Mary Cummins
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Person

Name: Mary Horton Birth: 1816-05-11 Death: 1892-01-18
’s
letter. I hope you are all as well as usual
though the time seems long when I do not
hear from you –
I have just heard from Henry
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Person

Name: William Seward Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
of the loss of
their dear babe
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Person

Name: Cornelia Seward Birth: 1836-08-25 Death: 1837-01-14
I feel deeply for them at
the same time I very much fear for
Frances
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Person

Name: Frances Seward Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
that it will be prejudicial to her
health how could that little creature have
been exposed to that horrible disease –
We are of a great stand about emigrating
Dr
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Person

Name: Mahlon Canfield Birth: 1798-11-26 Death: 1865-01-05
wishes to go West – but I do not feel quite
willing – I think we could do well at Florida
or Goshen
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Place

Name:  City:  Goshen County:  Orange State:  NY Country:  US
, & Mahlon thinks so too, but fears
it would not be agreeable for us to go there
sometimes we are almost persuaded to make
arrangements to leave here early next spring
Page 2

but I fear there is no such good news. I’m growing
more and more tired of this lonely place –
a captain
Unknown
from a wreck has just arrived for
whom we must get some supper, & lodge tonight
no lives lost nothing except the loss of the
vessel and cargo – Our children
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People

children
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People

Name: Caroline Beattie Birth: 1834-07-25 Death: 1922-02-28 Name: Francis Canfield Birth: 1832-02-20 Death: 1876-01-14
Name: Augustus Canfield Birth: 1829-12-04 Death: 1867-10-25
are all
in better health than usual Mahlon
has just returned from Trenton
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Place

Name:  City:  Trenton County:  Mercer State:  NJ Country:  US
where he has
^been^ sent to help to get our County
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Place

Name:  City:   County:  Atlantic State:  NJ Country:  US
divided.
in haste I am as ever
Your affectionate
Daughter
Louisa C
Our love to all
Page 3

Bargain Town N J
Jany 30
M. D. Canfield
P.M.
Free,
Mrs Mary Seward
Florida,
Orange Co,
New York

date: 
Sunday, January 29, 1837
receiver: 
Seward, Mary
sender: 
Canfield, Louisa Cornelia
year: 
1837
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