Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 6, 1859
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 6, 1859
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Date:1859-01-06
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 6, 1859
action: sent
sender:
Frances Seward
Person
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
Person
location:
Washington D.C. DC
Place
Name: City: Washington D.C.
County:
State: DC
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: crb
revision: ekk 2015-07-15
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Page 1
Thursday morning before
breakfast Jan 5th
My dear Sister,
I should have written
yesterday but for nervous headache[ . ]
Reason:
I have two letters from you written
after your return from Canandaigua
Name: City: Canandaigua
County: Ontario
State: NY
Country: US
.
I have always written twice
a week & do not understand
how 8 days could pass
without your receiving 2 letters.
Last night your letter of
Monday came - with its account
of home and the at pets making
me rush to see them & you.
Now while I think of it dont
fail to let me know should
you or Clara
Name: Clarinda McClallen
Birth: 1794
Death: 1862-09-05
be very ill
as I could easily come to you.
The Romulus
Name: City: Romulus
County: Seneca County
State: NY
Country: US
people seem to
enjoy the holiday with Clara.
I hope the weather was not so
[top Margin] Will
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1839-06-18
Death: 1920-04-29
stopping part of a day in
Philadelphia
Name: City: Philadelphia
County:
State: PA
Country: US
Love to Clara
sister
Page 2
cold as it to sometimes is at
that season. I was
intending to go to Church
Sunday when Henry
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
told me
that Lord
Name: William Keppel
Birth: 1832-07-15
Death: 1894-08-28
& Lady
Bury
Name: Sophia Keppel
Birth: 1832-04-15
Death: 1917-05-04
were to dine here instead
of at Lord Napiers
Name: Francis Napier
Birth: 1819-09-19
Death: 1898-12-19
as the
the papers have it. Lord
& Lady Napier
Name: Anne Napier
Birth: 1824
Death: 1911-08-24
were invited
with them - she was sick
in bed, he came, also
Edwin Morgan
Name: Edwin Morgan
Birth: 1811-02-08
Death: 1883-02-14
, who had
made their acquaintance
at Aurora
Name: City: Aurora
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
. Charlotte
clined. I was not sorry
as I was not well enough
to talk to more than one
woman. Lord Bury
Name: William Keppel
Birth: 1832-07-15
Death: 1894-08-28
is the
son of the Earl of ____ ______
Name: George Keppel
Birth: 1799-06-13
Death: 1891-02-21
I forge ot who - his wife
you know is a daughter of
Sir Allan MacNab
Name: Allan MacNab
Birth: 1798-02-19
Death: 1862-08-08
who
was educated in England
Name: England City:
County:
State:
Country: GB
Page 3
where the young Lord found
her. He is a pleasing
specimen of the Nobility - perfectly
unassuming, sensible & cordial
in manner - he does not seem
over 25 though he is a member
of Parliament - wore his arm in
a sling having dislocated his
shoulder skating in Canada
Name: Canada City:
County:
State:
Country: CA
.
The session of Parliament opens
in Feb. he was hastening home
to be there in time - they were
to go to New York
Name: City: New York
County:
State: NY
Country: US
Monday
and sail Wednesday. Lady Bury
appeared much like an American
woman of 22 without affectation
sprightly & perfectly “aplomb”
to use Miss Dunscombs
pression with regard to Amer-
ican girls - which means
cool self posession, I believe[ . ]
Reason:
Lord Bury has been in America
before. Henry and Fanny
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
went
Page 4
to Church with him in the morning.
She went to the Catholick
Church with Mr Morgan.
The letter in the Tribune which
you speak of, was pretty severe,
of course no one believes it here
unless it be some of the
Republican party - it undoubtedly
has some foundation in truth.
I am not sorry that Henry
called Lord Napiers attention to
it, though I do not think it
troubles him. He seems entirely
sure that his course is right
& that his opinions on the sub-
ject of slavery have nothing to
do with his recall.
Fanny & Henry have gone to market
which gives me time to finish
my letter - though I have
not written half I intended.
Will went yesterday morning
to New York to meet Anna
Name: Anna Seward
Birth: 1836-03-29
Death: 1919-05-02
we expect them tomorrow.
Thursday morning before
breakfast Jan 5th
My dear Sister,
I should have written
yesterday but for nervous headache[ . ]
Supplied
I have two letters from you written
after your return from Canandaigua
Place
I have always written twice
a week & do not understand
how 8 days could pass
without your receiving 2 letters.
Last night your letter of
Monday came - with its account
of home and the at pets making
me rush to see them & you.
Now while I think of it dont
fail to let me know should
you or Clara
Person
as I could easily come to you.
The Romulus
Place
enjoy the holiday with Clara.
I hope the weather was not so
[top Margin] Will
Person
Philadelphia
Place
Love to Clara
sister
cold as it to sometimes is at
that season. I was
intending to go to Church
Sunday when Henry
Person
that Lord
Person
Person
were to dine here instead
of at Lord Napiers
Person
the papers have it. Lord
& Lady Napier
Person
with them - she was sick
in bed, he came, also
Edwin Morgan
Person
made their acquaintance
at Aurora
Place
Unknown
de-clined. I was not sorry
as I was not well enough
to talk to more than one
woman. Lord Bury
Person
son of the Earl of ____ ______
Person
you know is a daughter of
Sir Allan MacNab
Person
was educated in England
Place
where the young Lord found
her. He is a pleasing
specimen of the Nobility - perfectly
unassuming, sensible & cordial
in manner - he does not seem
over 25 though he is a member
of Parliament - wore his arm in
a sling having dislocated his
shoulder skating in Canada
Place
The session of Parliament opens
in Feb. he was hastening home
to be there in time - they were
to go to New York
Place
and sail Wednesday. Lady Bury
appeared much like an American
woman of 22 without affectation
sprightly & perfectly “aplomb”
to use Miss Dunscombs
Unknown
ex-pression with regard to Amer-
ican girls - which means
cool self posession, I believe[ . ]
Supplied
Lord Bury has been in America
before. Henry and Fanny
Person
to Church with him in the morning.
She went to the Catholick
Church with Mr Morgan.
The letter in the Tribune which
you speak of, was pretty severe,
of course no one believes it here
unless it be some of the
Republican party - it undoubtedly
has some foundation in truth.
I am not sorry that Henry
called Lord Napiers attention to
it, though I do not think it
troubles him. He seems entirely
sure that his course is right
& that his opinions on the sub-
ject of slavery have nothing to
do with his recall.
Fanny & Henry have gone to market
which gives me time to finish
my letter - though I have
not written half I intended.
Will went yesterday morning
to New York to meet Anna
Person
we expect them tomorrow.
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Thursday, January 6, 1859
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