Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, October 13, 1837
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, October 13, 1837
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Date:1837-10-13
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, October 13, 1837
action: sent
sender:
Frances Seward
Person
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
Person
location:
Auburn NY
Place
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
Place
receiver:
Lazette Worden
Person
Name: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
Person
location:
Canandaigua NY
Place
Name: City: Canandaigua
County: Ontario
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: kac
revision: crb 2015-10-19
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Page 1
For the transcription of the above text see Letter from William Henry Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, October 13, 1837
My Dear Sister,
I have deferred writing until the last
day of the week that you might have the use of my
eyes and now I ^am^ not likely to have much opportunity
to write, between company and and a severe headache I
think my labour of love in that way will be rather
small. I am glad to hear you have actually com-
menced housekeeping I have been dreading your moving
in cold weather almost as much as you could yourself.
Old Mrs. Hamilton
Name: Lucinda Hamilton
Birth: 1784-10-01
Death: 1856-04-13
has just been here, she talked much
less than I ever knew her to before—says that Mr.
Page 2
Hamilton
Name: Calvin Hamilton
Birth: 1780-02-05
Death: 1864-07-11
has had like the rest of the world much
embarrassment in his pecuniary affairs this sum-
mer—they have rented their house and Mrs. Hamilton
has spent the principal part of the summer with
Frank
Name: Frank Hamilton
Birth: 1813-09-10
Death: 1886-08-11
. Frank has had his pecuniary troubles too‑
of course it all troubles his mother—she returns
to Oswego
Name: City:
County: Oswego
State: NY
Country: US
next week—enquired particularly about
you. Last Sunday our girl Mary
enraged and I dismissed her—we have now a
raw Irish girl who cannot understand us or make
herself understood by us—we have had a number of
applications from girls this week who are out of
place but do not suppose any of them better than
the one we have. We now have the pleasant prospect
of a visit today or tomorrow from Mr. and Ms. Ruggles of New York
Name: City: New York
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Mr. Lyman
Name: Samuel Lyman
Birth: 1804
Death: 1869
of Utica
Name: City: Utica
County: Oneida
State: NY
Country: US
,
George Lay
Name: George Lay
Birth: 1798-07-26
Death: 1860-10-21
and his wife
Name: City: Batavia
County: Genesee
State: NY
Country: US
and
Sceammerhorn
Name: Abraham Schermerhorn
Birth: 1791-12-11
Death: 1855-08-22
of Rochester
Name: City: Rochester
County: Monroe
State: NY
Country: US
—all of whom
have given notice by letter that we may expect
them. I sent for the Conklins
Name: Elizabeth Conkling
Birth: 1791
Death: 1851-04-14
Name: Alfred Conkling
Birth: 1789-10-12
Death: 1874-02-05
Wednesday
and all our Miller cousins we had what
I thought rather a tedious evening. Joseph Colt
Name: Joseph Colt
Birth:
Death:
came the same day so Henry
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
invited him to tea
and wished me to send for Mr.
Name: Robert Muir
Birth: 1790
Death: 1868-02-17
and Mrs. Muir
Name: Nancy Muir
Birth: 1801-01-27
Death: 1864-01-08
.
Muir came with Colt—Mr. & Mrs. Conkling and
Jane
Name: Elizabeth Yates
Birth: 1813-09-16
Death: 1891-03-23
and Martha
Name: Martha Miller
Birth: 1792-05-02
Death: 1866-01-14
. I have lost I fear
the little taste I once had for company
it was very irksome to me but I suppose it
will not answer to indulge this misanthropic
disposition. Then Ruggles has come. Henry
and he are going to bring over his wife & cousin
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so good by—Kiss Frances
Name: Frances Chesebro
Birth: 1826-12-12
Death: 1909-08-24
, the pony's name is Tomoka
after the chief who formerly owned him—he is
to be purchased for Augustus
Name: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1826-10-01
Death: 1876-09-11
—your own Sister
Frances—
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For the transcription of the above text see Letter from William Henry Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, October 13, 1837Editorial Note
I have deferred writing until the last
day of the week that you might have the use of my
eyes and now I ^am^ not likely to have much opportunity
to write, between company and and a severe headache I
think my labour of love in that way will be rather
small. I am glad to hear you have actually com-
menced housekeeping I have been dreading your moving
in cold weather almost as much as you could yourself.
Old Mrs. Hamilton
Person
less than I ever knew her to before—says that Mr.
Hamilton
Person
embarrassment in his pecuniary affairs this sum-
mer—they have rented their house and Mrs. Hamilton
has spent the principal part of the summer with
Frank
Person
of course it all troubles his mother—she returns
to Oswego
Place
you. Last Sunday our girl Mary
Unknown
got very muchenraged and I dismissed her—we have now a
raw Irish girl who cannot understand us or make
herself understood by us—we have had a number of
applications from girls this week who are out of
place but do not suppose any of them better than
the one we have. We now have the pleasant prospect
of a visit today or tomorrow from Mr. and Ms. Ruggles of New York
Place
Person
Place
George Lay
Person
Unknown
of BataviaPlace
Sceammerhorn
Person
Place
have given notice by letter that we may expect
them. I sent for the Conklins
People
and all our Miller cousins we had what
I thought rather a tedious evening. Joseph Colt
Person
came the same day so Henry
Person
and wished me to send for Mr.
Person
Person
Muir came with Colt—Mr. & Mrs. Conkling and
Jane
Person
Person
the little taste I once had for company
it was very irksome to me but I suppose it
will not answer to indulge this misanthropic
disposition. Then Ruggles has come. Henry
and he are going to bring over his wife & cousin
Unknown
so good by—Kiss Frances
Person
after the chief who formerly owned him—he is
to be purchased for Augustus
Person
Frances—
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Friday, October 13, 1837
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