Letter from Clarinda Miller McClallen to Lazette Miller Worden, March 16, 1842
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Letter from Clarinda Miller McClallen to Lazette Miller Worden, March 16, 1842
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Date:1842-03-16
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Letter from Clarinda Miller McClallen to Lazette Miller Worden, March 16, 1842
action: sent
sender:
Clarinda McClallen
Person
Name: Clarinda McClallen
Birth: 1793-05-01
Death: 1862-09-05
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: sss
revision: ekk 2016-02-04
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Auburn March the 16
Dear Lazette I received your letter that you sent by
Thomas
Name: Thomas Miller
Birth: 1817-07-09
Death: 1864-07-23Certainty: Probable
I was very glad to hear from you and that you
were all well your father
Name: Elijah Miller
Birth: 1772-04-11
Death: 1851-11-13
left on Sunday afternoon for Albany
Name: City: Albany
County: Albany
State: NY
Country: US
very unexpectly to me for I had concluded that he would
not go attall but he took quite a sudden start and left in
quite a hurry and as he said he should return the first
of April or at least he thought he should and that Augustus
Name: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1826-10-01
Death: 1876-09-11
would come with him I have commenced cleaning his room
immediately so that I should be sure of having it done
when he returns and in addishion to that I have got
Levina Taylor
Name: Lavinia Taylor
Birth: 1813
Death: 1900Certainty: Probable
here makeing a waist to my coat she has
been three days afiting one waist I have come to the
conclusion that I had rather have any thing in the
House than a mantaumaker I think cleaning House
is quite a pleasant thing to what it is to have her
here she seams to think – she must make trouble
I have not been out of the House since I last
wrote to you I have not been very well since but
have got quite well again Mrs Pitney
Name: Harriet Pitney
Birth: 1797-12-04
Death: 1862-05-06
and Mrs Morgan
Name: Mary Morgan
Birth: 1813-02-16
Death: 1893-10-14
Page 2
has just called here they both send love to you
Mrs Pitney has got a new velvet short cloak trimmed
with fringe she looked very much like a bride or at
least her dress did Mrs Rite
she wishes to be remembered in love to you as Almira
Name: Almira Morgan
Birth: 1807-04-16
Death:
used to say she wanted that I should come there
and spende the afternoon to day but I thought
I had rather wait till you come out before
I went I told her that you would be out in April
Mrs Debora Wood
Name: Deborah Wood Bronson
Birth: 1809
Death: 1888-03-16
has been here to day she and
George
Name: George Wood
Birth: 1805-10-07
Death: 1844-02
are going to the American to board this
summer then are going next week to break up
Doctor Burt
Name: Hackaliah Burt
Birth: 1773-05-03
Death: 1859-02-03
has bought Mrs Thomases
Hambleton
I rather think it is not true what has been said
about Maria
Name: Maria
Birth:
Death:
she was here yesterday I told her that
you thought of takeing her this Summer she said
she would like to go very much was very much
pleased withe the idea thought of going I rather think
the coloured people say more than is true about her
Page 3
give my love to Frances
Name: Frances Chesebro
Birth: 1826-12-12
Death: 1909-08-24
I hope she has got better
of her cold I hope you will both come as early as you
can in April I must say good by as Thomas is
going to Night I am sorry that I could not
written you a longer and better but I have been
very much busyed ever since Tomy has
been here I want to get as much of the House
cleaned as I can before your father comes back
Clarinda [ Mi ]
Reason: wax-sealller
Page 4
Mrs Alvah Worden
Name: Thomas Miller
Birth: 1817-07-09
Death: 1864-07-23
Mrs Alvah Worden
Canandaigua Ny
Auburn March the 16
Dear Lazette I received your letter that you sent by
Thomas
Person
were all well your father
Person
Place
very unexpectly to me for I had concluded that he would
not go attall but he took quite a sudden start and left in
quite a hurry and as he said he should return the first
of April or at least he thought he should and that Augustus
Person
would come with him I have commenced cleaning his room
immediately so that I should be sure of having it done
when he returns and in addishion to that I have got
Levina Taylor
Person
been three days afiting one waist I have come to the
conclusion that I had rather have any thing in the
House than a mantaumaker I think cleaning House
is quite a pleasant thing to what it is to have her
here she seams to think – she must make trouble
I have not been out of the House since I last
wrote to you I have not been very well since but
have got quite well again Mrs Pitney
Person
Person
has just called here they both send love to you
Mrs Pitney has got a new velvet short cloak trimmed
with fringe she looked very much like a bride or at
least her dress did Mrs Rite
Unknown
was here yesterdayshe wishes to be remembered in love to you as Almira
Person
used to say she wanted that I should come there
and spende the afternoon to day but I thought
I had rather wait till you come out before
I went I told her that you would be out in April
Mrs Debora Wood
Person
George
Person
summer then are going next week to break up
Doctor Burt
Person
Unknown
House forHambleton
Unknown
to live in so we are to have them for neighborsI rather think it is not true what has been said
about Maria
Person
you thought of takeing her this Summer she said
she would like to go very much was very much
pleased withe the idea thought of going I rather think
the coloured people say more than is true about her
give my love to Frances
Person
of her cold I hope you will both come as early as you
can in April I must say good by as Thomas is
going to Night I am sorry that I could not
written you a longer and better but I have been
very much busyed ever since Tomy has
been here I want to get as much of the House
cleaned as I can before your father comes back
Clarinda [ Mi ]
Supplied
Mrs Alvah Worden
Person
Canandaigua Ny
date:
Wednesday, March 16, 1842
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