Letter from Frances Alvah Worden to Lazette Miller Worden, September 26, 1841
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Letter from Frances Alvah Worden Chesebro to Lazette Miller Worden, September 26, 1841
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Date:1841-09-26
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Letter from Frances Alvah Worden Chesebro to Lazette Miller Worden, September 26, 1841
action: sent
sender:
Frances Chesebro
Person
Name: Frances Chesebro
Birth: 1826-12-12
Death: 1909-08-24
Person
location:
Canandaigua NY
Place
Name: City: Canandaigua
County: Ontario
State: NY
Country: US
Place
receiver:
Lazette Worden
Person
Name: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
Person
location:
Auburn NY
Place
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: atb
revision: ekk 2016-02-03
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Canandaigua Sept 26
My dear Ma
I received your letter yesterday morning before breakfast
Pa
Name: Alvah Worden
Birth: 1797-03-06
Death: 1856-02-16
says he is glad that Williaim Beardsley
Name: William Beardsley
Birth: 1816-03-27
Death: 1900-01-25
is appointed postmaster
for he thinks it will get the Whigs awake in Auburn. I hope
that the new postmaster General will not think to turn Mr Wheelar
Name: James Wheeler
Birth: 1783
Death: 1852-09-11Certainty: Probable
out.
I went to curch all day ^and^ as you gave me premision
I am going tonight if Thomas
Name: Thomas Miller
Birth: 1817-07-09
Death: 1864-07-23Certainty: Probable
does not offer to go with me us
He went to our curch this morning and this afternoon to
the brick curch to see the girls. Mr Granger
Name: Francis Granger
Birth: 1792-12-01
Death: 1868-08-31Certainty: Probable
came home on
Friday. Gideon
Name: Gideon Welles
Birth: 1802-07-02
Death: 1878-02-11Certainty: Possible
seems to feel as grand as he did before his
father
Yesterday towards night Sarah
Mr Bemises
A lra large tree was blown down by the wind today in
Mr Woodruffs
Name: Harmon Woodruff
Birth: 1807-09-12
Death: 1885-11-01
yard. Elizabeth Hurd
glad of it for it came ^was^ in the way and that he was always
in the figets if a house did not come up with his
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idea of beauty.
You would have laughed if you could have seen
the front room of yesterday morning it was all topsy turvy but it
soon got righted and Elsia
I shall be at the cars waiting on Saturday
afternoon at 8. Kiss her for me. Give my love to all. Sarah is not
here yet or I suppose she would send her love too. I wish that
Mrs. Wright
Name: Martha Wright
Birth: 1806-12-25
Death: 1875-01-04
would let Mary Anna
Name: Mary Anna Lee
Birth: 1808-10-01
Death: 1873-11-05Certainty: Probable
come and stay here a little while
Miss B
beyond everything" most all the while. She and
so much that she does not get time to hear lessing
until its most time to go home. If you are having a
mighty nice time do not hurry home for we get along
well enough. I send you Mr Greigs
may have read it. Frances A Worden is flourishing
save it if you please for Pa may want it.
Mrs. Alvah Worden
Auburn
CANANDAIGUA SEP 26
Type: postmark
Name: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
Frances 1841
Canandaigua Sept 26
My dear Ma
I received your letter yesterday morning before breakfast
Pa
Person
Person
for he thinks it will get the Whigs awake in Auburn. I hope
that the new postmaster General will not think to turn Mr Wheelar
Person
I went to curch all day ^and^ as you gave me premision
I am going tonight if Thomas
Person
He went to our curch this morning and this afternoon to
the brick curch to see the girls. Mr Granger
Person
Friday. Gideon
Person
father
Unknown
resigned. And AddUnknown
has certainly not grown any smaller.Yesterday towards night Sarah
Unknown
and I went down to Mr Bemises
Unknown
and got some beautiful daliahs and Balsamine.A lra large tree was blown down by the wind today in
Mr Woodruffs
Person
Unknown
said that her fatherUnknown
was veryglad of it for it came ^was^ in the way and that he was always
in the figets if a house did not come up with his
idea of beauty.
You would have laughed if you could have seen
the front room of yesterday morning it was all topsy turvy but it
soon got righted and Elsia
Unknown
said it looked very nice.I shall be at the cars waiting on Saturday
afternoon at 8. Kiss her for me. Give my love to all. Sarah is not
here yet or I suppose she would send her love too. I wish that
Mrs. Wright
Person
Person
Miss B
Unknown
____________ keeps hersif in "a state of mindbeyond everything" most all the while. She and
so much that she does not get time to hear lessing
until its most time to go home. If you are having a
mighty nice time do not hurry home for we get along
well enough. I send you Mr Greigs
Unknown
speech though youmay have read it. Frances A Worden is flourishing
save it if you please for Pa may want it.
Mrs. Alvah Worden
Auburn
CANANDAIGUA SEP 26
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Sunday, September 26, 1841
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