Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, May 28, 1860
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, May 28, 1860
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Date:1860-05-28
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, May 28, 1860
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 2015-07-10
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Page 1
Wednesday 28th
My dear Sister
I am up this cool
morning sitting with a
shawl as no fires are made
yet. The sun shines and
I think gives promise of a
warmer day. Yesterday I
was well enough to dine
out. Though my cough
does not leave me it
is better. Last night I
had a letter from Augus- tus
Name: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1826-10-01
Death: 1876-09-11
dated the 1 of March
it was a letter less than
than a month coming - he says
the mails now bring them
[top Margin] Of course Henry will make
a suitable acknowledgment.
Page 2
Newspapers once a week.
The last letter which he
had there had from me
was dated the 31 of Jan
after I came here. He
of course had not learned
the disposition of the Army
but supposes they are to go
to Mexico
Name: City: Mexico
County: Oswego
State: NY
Country: US
& Aurora
Name: City: Aurora
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
[
.
]
Reason:
Sends love to all.
As he never speaks of his
mormon neighbors I
infer he has nothing
pleasant to tell.
Julia
in her engagement. Mr Mansfield
Name: Edward Mansfield
Birth: 1801-08-17
Death: 1880-10-27Certainty: Probable
has engaged
his present teacher for
the year. Had I known
of her previous letters
Page 3
from him, which I think
came before she came
here, I should have advised
her immediate acceptance
of his offer, though it
did not appear that
an immediate acceptance
was necessary. I now
advise her to wait and
take the place he offers
though she lose 1/2 years
salary. I will pay the
other half. But she
is not quite willing to do
this, has written to her
mother for advice. I
always remember Grandma
Name: Paulina Miller
Birth: 1751
Death: 1835-10-03
's
story of the fisherman &
the emphasis she used to
put upon the moral
" Never let go a certainty for
an uncertainty"[ . ]
Reason:
Page 4
She may perhaps find another
place with a larger salary
but will she be likely to
find so upright & cultivated
a man as Mr Mansfield
at the head of such an
establishment. I fear not.
Mr Carroll
Name: Samuel Carroll
Birth: 1832-09-21
Death: 1893-01-28
told Henry
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
yesterday he wished he
would make some ackow
acknowledgment to Lord Lyons
Name: Richard Lyons
Birth: 1817-04-06
Death: 1887-12-05
for a
letter given
to Mrs Chesebro
Name: Frances Chesebro
Birth: 1826-12-12
Death: 1909-08-24
– which
he had asked in 'Mr
Sewards' name, not
being on sufficiently
intimate terms with
Lord Lyons to ask it
in his own name. I
think it would have been
well for him to have mentioned
this letters circumstances ^earlier^ .
Page 5
Henry thinks Congress
will take a recess the
last week in April &
says then he can go home
with me if not earlier
so I suppose we wait.
I have a letter from Kate
Name: Catherine Barrett
Birth: 1837
Death: 1878-04-08
.
She sails from Savannah
Name: City:
County:
State:
Country:
the 1st of May to New York
Name: City: New York
County:
State: NY
Country: US
–
does not say she is to
come to Philadelphia
Name: City: Philadelphia
County: Philadelphia
State: PA
Country: US
, but
offers to come here if she
can help me, & even proposes
to come earlier if necessary.
I wrote to her to come no
earlier on my account[ . ]
Reason:
Unless she is coming to Phil-
adelphia I do not think
it best for her to come
Page 6
here 300 miles out of
her way to ^do^ the few
things that cannot be so
well done by others.
I asked her to let me
know if she intended to
go to Philadelphia
now & I would have
a letter meet her
in New York. Wont
you & Clara
Name: Clarinda McClallen
Birth: 1793-05-01
Death: 1862-09-05
talk it over
and decide what I
advise her to do. She
said she was not very
well – but did not allude ttend
to any particular cause.
I am sorry to hear by a letter
from Will
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1839-06-18
Death: 1920-04-29
this morning that
Jenny
Name: Janet Seward
Birth: 1839-11-18
Death: 1913-11-09
is not so well. I
will write to him er in a
day or two. Love to
Clara. Your own
Sister
Wednesday 28th
My dear Sister
I am up this cool
morning sitting with a
shawl as no fires are made
yet. The sun shines and
I think gives promise of a
warmer day. Yesterday I
was well enough to dine
out. Though my cough
does not leave me it
is better. Last night I
had a letter from Augus- tus
Person
it was a letter less than
than a month coming - he says
the mails now bring them
[top Margin] Of course Henry will make
a suitable acknowledgment.
Newspapers once a week.
The last letter which he
had there had from me
was dated the 31 of Jan
after I came here. He
of course had not learned
the disposition of the Army
but supposes they are to go
to Mexico
Place
Place
Supplied
Sends love to all.
As he never speaks of his
mormon neighbors I
infer he has nothing
pleasant to tell.
Julia
Unknown
is
again disappointedin her engagement. Mr Mansfield
Person
his present teacher for
the year. Had I known
of her previous letters
from him, which I think
came before she came
here, I should have advised
her immediate acceptance
of his offer, though it
did not appear that
an immediate acceptance
was necessary. I now
advise her to wait and
take the place he offers
though she lose 1/2 years
salary. I will pay the
other half. But she
is not quite willing to do
this, has written to her
mother for advice. I
always remember Grandma
Person
story of the fisherman &
the emphasis she used to
put upon the moral
" Never let go a certainty for
an uncertainty"[ . ]
Supplied
She may perhaps find another
place with a larger salary
but will she be likely to
find so upright & cultivated
a man as Mr Mansfield
at the head of such an
establishment. I fear not.
Mr Carroll
Person
Person
yesterday he wished he
would make some ackow
acknowledgment to Lord Lyons
Person
to Mrs Chesebro
Person
he had asked in 'Mr
Sewards' name, not
being on sufficiently
intimate terms with
Lord Lyons to ask it
in his own name. I
think it would have been
well for him to have mentioned
this letters circumstances ^earlier^ .
Henry thinks Congress
will take a recess the
last week in April &
says then he can go home
with me if not earlier
so I suppose we wait.
I have a letter from Kate
Person
She sails from Savannah
Place
the 1st of May to New York
Place
does not say she is to
come to Philadelphia
Place
offers to come here if she
can help me, & even proposes
to come earlier if necessary.
I wrote to her to come no
earlier on my account[ . ]
Supplied
Unless she is coming to Phil-
adelphia I do not think
it best for her to come
here 300 miles out of
her way to ^do^ the few
things that cannot be so
well done by others.
I asked her to let me
know if she intended to
go to Philadelphia
now & I would have
a letter meet her
in New York. Wont
you & Clara
Person
and decide what I
advise her to do. She
said she was not very
well – but did not allude ttend
to any particular cause.
I am sorry to hear by a letter
from Will
Person
Jenny
Person
will write to him er in a
day or two. Love to
Clara. Your own
Sister
date:
Monday, May 28, 1860
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