Letter from Julia Ann Van Brunt to Frances Miller Seward, April 3, 1843
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Letter from Julia Ann Van Brunt to Frances Miller Seward, April 3, 1843
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Letter from Julia Ann Van Brunt to Frances Miller Seward, April 3, 1843
action: sent
sender:
Julia Van Brunt
Person
Name: Julia Van Brunt
Birth: 1811-08-26
Death: 1847-07-24
Person
location:
Florida NY
Place
Name: City: Florida
County: Orange
State: NY
Country: US
Place
receiver:
Frances Seward
Person
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
Person
location:
UnknownUnknown
transcription: atb
revision: ekk 2016-02-09
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Florida. April 3, 1843
My Dear Mrs Seward
I take my pen to answer the kind letter your mother
Name: Mary Seward
Birth: 1769-11-27
Death: 1844-12-11
received from you and beg to be excused for not
writing before, we are very sorry to hear of Dear little
Willies
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1839-06-18
Death: 1920-04-29
Eyes being inflamed yet we were in hope they
were well, we heard that Mr Seward
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
was in New-
york
Name: City: New York
County:
State: NY
Country: US
, and we looked very anxiously for him and thought-
he certainly would come but we had to give it up-
we would have been very happy had he visited us-
we have had the coldest and most tedious winter
that I Ever knew. Tho our family have generally been
as well as usual. Except your mother is feeble and has
lost a good deal of flesh. she cant bear the least exposure
but she gets a chill and then a fever, her hip has been--
entirely well. cince she was at your house at at Albany
Name: City: Albany
County: Albany
State: NY
Country: US
but the fever breakes it out again. Fathers
Name: Samuel Seward
Birth: 1768-12-05
Death: 1849-08-24
health has been
quite good for him he has been out a good deal this
winter untill Lately he complains of a pain in his
side, and feels weak and feeble, I fear the coming Spring
when the weather comes warm, they will not be able to
bear it, we have a good deal of work, on hand to do
that is repairing the house making new fences &--
that will make it tedious for them both--
Washington
Name: George Seward
Birth: 1808-08-26
Death: 1888-12-07
has moved on a farm they are all well--
[left Margin]
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
Julia Ann April
1843
Page 2
Augustus
Name: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1820-05-18
Death: 1889-05-08
lives in the house where Washington did
he keeps a select School[ . ]
Reason: Caroline
Name: Caroline Beattie
Birth: 1834-07-25
Death: 1922-02-28
and Mary Seward
Name: Mary Jayne
Birth: 1828
Death: 1905
both
go to it, Mary is with us, Mrs Jennings
Name: Mary Seward
Birth: 1815
Death: 1879-08-29
that is uncle
Benjamins Widow is ^living^ with us also our work hands make
our family pretty large the weather keeps so cold that
they cannot get along very fast with the out of door
work, but we are in hope that they will get done--
Early in the , season, so that we may look for a
visit from you. Ma has been to goshen
Name: City: Goshen
County: Orange
State: NY
Country: US
and made a--
vist Mrs. Evans
Name: Mary Evans
Birth: 1794-08-30
Death: 1876-12-31
has been to New york to Dr Delafield
and got her Eye cured Entirely, we hope you may find
some good oculist who can cure Willies Eyes--
You must feel very much relieved to be at your
quiet home at Auburn
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
. in stead of the public--
house At Albany, is Mrs McClallen
Name: Clarinda McClallen
Birth: 1793-05-01
Death: 1862-09-05
keeping--
house by her self-- how is Mrs Wordens
Name: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
health
--- Dr Canfield
Name: Mahlon Canfield
Birth: 1798-11-26
Death: 1865-01-05
writes he is a going to keeping
house this spring and take his boys home with
him. do write to us again I will try to answer
it as well as I can. Your father
Name: Samuel Seward
Birth: 1768-12-05
Death: 1849-08-24
and Mother both
sent their Love to yourself and Mr Seward and the
children, remember me to Aunt Clara-if you please
PS, Locke
Name: Rachel Seward
Birth: 1805-07-15
Death: 1848-05-14
has another Son
Name: Thurlow Seward
Birth: 1842
Death: 1908
, they are all well -
Your Affectionate Friend-
Julian A. VanBurnt
Florida. April 3, 1843
My Dear Mrs Seward
I take my pen to answer the kind letter your mother
Person
received from you and beg to be excused for not
writing before, we are very sorry to hear of Dear little
Willies
Person
were well, we heard that Mr Seward
Person
Place
he certainly would come but we had to give it up-
we would have been very happy had he visited us-
we have had the coldest and most tedious winter
that I Ever knew. Tho our family have generally been
as well as usual. Except your mother is feeble and has
lost a good deal of flesh. she cant bear the least exposure
but she gets a chill and then a fever, her hip has been--
entirely well. cince she was at your house at at Albany
Place
but the fever breakes it out again. Fathers
Person
quite good for him he has been out a good deal this
winter untill Lately he complains of a pain in his
side, and feels weak and feeble, I fear the coming Spring
when the weather comes warm, they will not be able to
bear it, we have a good deal of work, on hand to do
that is repairing the house making new fences &--
that will make it tedious for them both--
Washington
Person
[left Margin]
Person
1843
Augustus
Person
he keeps a select School[ . ]
Supplied
Person
Person
go to it, Mary is with us, Mrs Jennings
Person
Benjamins Widow is ^living^ with us also our work hands make
our family pretty large the weather keeps so cold that
they cannot get along very fast with the out of door
work, but we are in hope that they will get done--
Early in the , season, so that we may look for a
visit from you. Ma has been to goshen
Place
vist Mrs. Evans
Person
Unknown
and got her Eye cured Entirely, we hope you may find
some good oculist who can cure Willies Eyes--
You must feel very much relieved to be at your
quiet home at Auburn
Place
house At Albany, is Mrs McClallen
Person
house by her self-- how is Mrs Wordens
Person
--- Dr Canfield
Person
house this spring and take his boys home with
him. do write to us again I will try to answer
it as well as I can. Your father
Person
sent their Love to yourself and Mr Seward and the
children, remember me to Aunt Clara-if you please
PS, Locke
Person
Person
Your Affectionate Friend-
Julian A. VanBurnt
date:
Monday, April 3, 1843
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