Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 1, 1859
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 1, 1859
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Date:1859-02-01
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 1, 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:
UnknownUnknown
transcription: sss
revision: ekk 2015-07-15
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Page 1
Teusday
My dear Sister
I write a little
today to let you know
I am not very sick
though I have not been
up much since Saturday.
I was sick in Anna
Name: Anna Seward
Birth: 1834-03-29
Death: 1919-05-02
's room
when it was thought best
to give up the room to
the Orange Co.
Name: Orange County City:
County: Orange
State: NY
Country: US
party. So
Thursday Friday I moved
into the room adjoining which
we have not furnished on
account of a leak in the
ceiling. I sat there through
the day very well but
after the fire went out at night
I found the dampness very
unpleasant. Fanny
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
coughed
[top Margin] Dr Canfield
Name: Mahlon Canfield
Birth: 1798-11-26
Death: 1865-01-05
is staying at Gen Cass -
has been here 2 or 3 times.
Page 2
and complained of the disagreeable
smell from damp wood & walls
which was very oppressive to me.
As the people did not come
Friday, we had the room
vacant another night so I got
up, moved the bedding
into the other room where
we slept the remainder of
the night. In the morning
Will
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1839-06-18
Death: 1920-04-29
insisted that I should
take his room & let him occupy
the damp room. I proposed to let
the Scharff's
Name: Frances Scharff
Birth: 1836-02-16
Death: 1910-02-06
Name: Christian Scharff
Birth: 1834-02-26
Death: 1868-07-13
go to the Hotel
but he would not consent to this
so I moved my bed once more
into his room. Henry
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
was quite
sick all day Saturday so that I
kept about though I should have
gone to bed under other circumstances[ . ]
Reason:
Saturday night brought Dr Jayne
Name: DeWitt Jayne
Birth: 1817-02-06
Death: 1897-11-09
& Mary
Name: Mary Jayne
Birth: 1828
Death: 1905
with the pleasing intell-
igence that Frances & her husband
Page 3
had taken rooms at the Hotel
and were to come from Baltimore
Name: City: Baltimore
County:
State: MD
Country: US
Monday. If Mary had written
this it would have saved us a
world of trouble. I have since
then been in Anna's room confined
to the bed - dear Anna sleeps
on a couch in Fanny's little
room - & dresses most any-
where - keeping her clothes in
that damp room for fear of
disturbing me by dressing. I
am not satisfied to have any
one then. The roof has been
repaired since the last rain
but I think it will take a
hot summer to dry the ceiling
and adjacent timbers after
being wet pretty constantly for a
year. Henry dines out again
to day though he does not
seem well yet. Anna is
at the Capital with Mary & the
Page 4
Dr.- Frances' husband is
a Democrat and under the
especial patronage of Mr Buchannon Henry
Name: James Henry
Birth: 1833-03-01
Death: 1915-02-17
, nephew &
private secretary of the President
Name: James Buchanan
Birth: 1791-04-23
Death: 1868-06-01
.
He and Mr Scharff are to
commence the practice of law
together in the to city of N. York
Name: City: New York
County:
State: NY
Country: US
this Spring. He
^Scharff^
is a
German by birth has been in the
country since 8 yrs of age. Frances
has known him 4 years. I will
tell you what I think of him
when I see him. Your letter
giving an account of the fire
came yesterday - it was certainly
very alarming. I am glad was no
worse - how fortunate you were there
after your previous experience.
I will write more tomorrow when
I think my hand will be
stronger. I am sitting up today
love to Clara
Name: Clarinda McClallen
Birth: 1793-05-01
Death: 1862-09-05
. Sister.
[left Margin] Will & Anna & the Jaynes attended
a large party at the Att. Gen.
Name: Jeremiah Black
Birth: 1810-01-10
Death: 1883-08-19
last
night. another at Gen Cass
Name: Lewis Cass
Birth: 1782-10-09
Death: 1866-06-17
tomorrow
evening.
Teusday
My dear Sister
I write a little
today to let you know
I am not very sick
though I have not been
up much since Saturday.
I was sick in Anna
Person
when it was thought best
to give up the room to
the Orange Co.
Place
Thursday Friday I moved
into the room adjoining which
we have not furnished on
account of a leak in the
ceiling. I sat there through
the day very well but
after the fire went out at night
I found the dampness very
unpleasant. Fanny
Person
[top Margin] Dr Canfield
Person
has been here 2 or 3 times.
and complained of the disagreeable
smell from damp wood & walls
which was very oppressive to me.
As the people did not come
Friday, we had the room
vacant another night so I got
up, moved the bedding
into the other room where
we slept the remainder of
the night. In the morning
Will
Person
take his room & let him occupy
the damp room. I proposed to let
the Scharff's
People
but he would not consent to this
so I moved my bed once more
into his room. Henry
Person
sick all day Saturday so that I
kept about though I should have
gone to bed under other circumstances[ . ]
Supplied
Saturday night brought Dr Jayne
Person
& Mary
Person
igence that Frances & her husband
had taken rooms at the Hotel
and were to come from Baltimore
Place
Monday. If Mary had written
this it would have saved us a
world of trouble. I have since
then been in Anna's room confined
to the bed - dear Anna sleeps
on a couch in Fanny's little
room - & dresses most any-
where - keeping her clothes in
that damp room for fear of
disturbing me by dressing. I
am not satisfied to have any
one then. The roof has been
repaired since the last rain
but I think it will take a
hot summer to dry the ceiling
and adjacent timbers after
being wet pretty constantly for a
year. Henry dines out again
to day though he does not
seem well yet. Anna is
at the Capital with Mary & the
Dr.- Frances' husband is
a Democrat and under the
especial patronage of Mr Buchannon Henry
Person
private secretary of the President
Person
He and Mr Scharff are to
commence the practice of law
together in the to city of N. York
Place
German by birth has been in the
country since 8 yrs of age. Frances
has known him 4 years. I will
tell you what I think of him
when I see him. Your letter
giving an account of the fire
came yesterday - it was certainly
very alarming. I am glad was no
worse - how fortunate you were there
after your previous experience.
I will write more tomorrow when
I think my hand will be
stronger. I am sitting up today
love to Clara
Person
[left Margin] Will & Anna & the Jaynes attended
a large party at the Att. Gen.
Person
night. another at Gen Cass
Person
evening.
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Tuesday, February 1, 1859
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