Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, August 5, 1837

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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, August 5, 1837

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Distributor:Seward Family Papers Project

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1837-08-05

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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, August 5, 1837

action: sent

sender: Frances Seward
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Person

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

location: Westfield NY
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Place

Name:  City:  Westfield County:  Chautauqua State:  NY Country:  US

receiver:  
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Person

Name:   Birth:  Death: 

location: Batavia NY
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Place

Name:  City:  Batavia County:  Genesee State:  NY Country:  US

transcription: ahf 

revision: crb 2015-08-05

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Saturday evening 5th Aug.
My dearest Sister,
We have this moment received
Uncle Cary's
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Person

Name: Trumbull Cary Birth: 1787-08-11 Death: 1869-06-20
letter from Buffalo
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Place

Name:  City:  Buffalo County:  Erie State:  NY Country:  US
. I feel very
thankful that you all arrived safely at
that place. I am very anxious to hear your
account of it. I had a very lonely, homesick
day after you left. We went in the afternoon
to the harbour to see Mrs Pathin
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Person

Name: Charlotte Patchin Birth: 1812-05-03 Death: 1898-05-18
and Miss Davis
Unknown
who were there waiting for a boat to
take them to M Detroit
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Place

Name:  City:  Detroit County:  Wayne State:  MI Country:  US
. I have since
learned that they waited until the next
morning and finally took the stage to Erie
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Place

Name:  City:  Erie County:  Erie State:  PA Country:  US
.
Henry that day received a letter from Rathbone
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Person

Name: Jared Rathbone Birth: 1791-08-02 Death: 1845-05-13

saying that he was at Buffalo awaiting
your arrival with much impatience,
should continue to wait until Wednesday
so I suppose I did h not have the felicity of
meeting him. I think it possible that you may
have changed your mind and remained at
Batavia so I direct this letter there. It appears
now very doubtful whether Jennings
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Person

Name: Benjamin Seward Birth: 1793-08-23 Death: 1841-02-24
and Marcia
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Person

Name: Marcia Seward Birth: 1794-07-23 Death: 1839-10-25

go at all but Henry
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Person

Name: William Seward Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
think[ s ]
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Supplied

Reason: 
he will be able
to accompany me himself the latter part of
next week, if you continue at Batavia he
wishes you to meet us and visit Niagara
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Place

Name:  City:  Niagara Falls County:  Niagara State:  NY Country:  US

with us. I am afraid you will hardly con-
sent to this though it would make me very
happy and I think would benefit yourself,
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let me know immediately where you are and what we
may calculate upon. I will write again and make
some definite arrangements, it is dark now, if
you are still with them remember me affectionately
to Mr & Mrs Cary
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Person

Name: Margaret Cary Birth: 1788 Death: 1863-06-22
, kiss Frances
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Person

Name: Frances Chesebro Birth: 1826-12-12 Death: 1909-08-24
for me, dear Gusy
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Person

Name: Augustus Seward Birth: 1820-05-18 Death: 1889-05-08

I suppose has gone on.
your own Sister
Frances.
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Mrs Alvah Worden
Care of Trumbull Cary
Batavia.
Westfield N.Y. Aug 6
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Stamp

Type: postmark

seward-pen
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Person

Name: Lazette Worden Birth: 1803-11-01 Death: 1875-10-03
Aug 5
date: 
Saturday, August 5, 1837
receiver: 
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