Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 12, 1859
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 12, 1859
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1859-02-12
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 12, 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: mah
revision: ekk 2015-07-15
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Poor Preston King
Name: Preston King
Birth: 1806-10-14
Death: 1865-11-12
goes to
so many dinners & parties
and grows to so obese that
he cannot keep awake so he
goes to sleep sometimes at the
table sometimes on a sofa
with the women all about him[ . ]
Reason:
Anna
Name: Anna Seward
Birth: 1834-03-29
Death: 1919-05-02
always wakes him up
of course and is trying
to devise some way to keep
him at home and not to
have people laugh at him.
Fanny
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
had toothache so
terribly yesterday and the
day before that I put
kreosote in her tooth. With
every precaution that I could
take, her gum is blistered
today. The tooth is
quiet. She went
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last evening with her Father
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
and Anna to Dr Bailey
Name:
Birth:
Death:
,
where she is always in-
vited to come & sit in a
corner with Fanny Bailey
Name: Fanny Bailey
Birth: 1844
Death:
.
The gathering of
and curious people was
unusually large, among
them Signora Jessie Meriton Mario
Name: Jessie Mario
Birth: 1832-05-09
Death: 1906-03-05
who gives lectures in
Italy
Name: Italy City:
County:
State:
Country: IT
. As Greeley
Name: Horace Greeley
Birth: 1811-02-03
Death: 1872-11-29
says in a
letter of introduction to me
“My Italian English friend
who lives & labours for the
l liberty of the country
of another[ . ]
Reason: ” Pike
Name: Frederick Pike
Birth: 1816-12-09
Death: 1886-12-02
& his wife
Name: Mary Pike
Birth: 1824-11-30
Death: 1908-01-15
were there, Mrs Piatt
Name: Louise Piatt
Birth: 1826-11-25
Death: 1864-10-02
of
Cincinnati
Name: City: Cincinnati
County: Hamilton
State: OH
Country: US
, Miss
Dodge
Name: Mary Dodge
Birth: 1833-03-31
Death: 1896-08-17
, who
signs her production Gale
Hamilton, & Mr Wood
Name: George Wood
Birth: 1799
Death: 1870-08-24
who
has recently published
Page 3
the “Scenes in Another World”
making Heaven very much
like a tea party in this
world. Fanny was greatly
amused and came back
without a return of tooth
ache. She has been to
Church today.
Will
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1839-06-18
Death: 1920-04-29
is well. I believe he
is expected to be acting as
his father is nominal
manager at the Ball.
He continues to dance with his
knee a little stiff yet,
looks & seems well. He
would like to have Jenny
Name: Janet Seward
Birth: 1839-11-18
Death: 1913-11-09
at
the Ball. I would not
have divided this sheet had
I thought to have filled
it. I want to see you
Page 4
and Clara
Name: Clarinda McClallen
Birth: 1793-05-01
Death: 1862-09-05
very much.
The Napiers
Name: Anne Napier
Birth: 1823-12-20
Death: 1911-08-24
Name: Francis Napier
Birth: 1819-09-19
Death: 1898-12-19
will not
get away before the
15th of March. Henry
thinks now we may stay
until the 2nd of April
- uncertain. I hope to
be able to do something
this week. I did not
last, except with
some very stupid letters
one to Mr Sackett
Name: William Sackett
Birth: 1811-11-18
Death: 1895-09-06
.
Bell
Name: Belmont Pet
Birth: 1858
Death:
makes me play with
him half of the time. I
shall be glad when he can
have dog company, though
I expect he will quarrel
with them, good night
dear sister.
Poor Preston King
Person
so many dinners & parties
and grows to so obese that
he cannot keep awake so he
goes to sleep sometimes at the
table sometimes on a sofa
with the women all about him[ . ]
Supplied
Anna
Person
of course and is trying
to devise some way to keep
him at home and not to
have people laugh at him.
Fanny
Person
terribly yesterday and the
day before that I put
kreosote in her tooth. With
every precaution that I could
take, her gum is blistered
today. The tooth is
quiet. She went
last evening with her Father
Person
and Anna to Dr Bailey
Person
where she is always in-
vited to come & sit in a
corner with Fanny Bailey
Person
The gathering of
and curious people was
unusually large, among
them Signora Jessie Meriton Mario
Person
Italy
Place
Person
letter of introduction to me
“My Italian English friend
who lives & labours for the
l liberty of the country
of another[ . ]
Supplied
Person
Person
were there, Mrs Piatt
Person
Cincinnati
Place
Person
signs her production Gale
Hamilton, & Mr Wood
Person
has recently published
the “Scenes in Another World”
making Heaven very much
like a tea party in this
world. Fanny was greatly
amused and came back
without a return of tooth
ache. She has been to
Church today.
Will
Person
is expected to be acting as
his father is nominal
manager at the Ball.
He continues to dance with his
knee a little stiff yet,
looks & seems well. He
would like to have Jenny
Person
the Ball. I would not
have divided this sheet had
I thought to have filled
it. I want to see you
and Clara
Person
The Napiers
People
get away before the
15th of March. Henry
thinks now we may stay
until the 2nd of April
- uncertain. I hope to
be able to do something
this week. I did not
last, except with
some very stupid letters
one to Mr Sackett
Person
Bell
Person
him half of the time. I
shall be glad when he can
have dog company, though
I expect he will quarrel
with them, good night
dear sister.
date:
Saturday, February 12, 1859
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