Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 10, 1864
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 10, 1864
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1864-12-10
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 10, 1864
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: kle
revision: ekk 2015-06-30
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Page 1
Saturday
Dec 10th
Dearest Sister
I have been confined
to my room two days
with neuralgia - this
morning I am in the
library again, though
not able to guide my
pen very steadily. Fanny
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
had a letter from Ellen
Name: Ellen Perry
Birth: 1844-09-14
Death: 1920-04-14
yesterday which said
her mother
Name: Jane Perry
Birth: 1810
Death: 1877-01-07
had
been
to see you and had
been much entertained
by your "brilliant" con-
versation. I am glad
to hear your eyes are
improving - you must
not use them even to write
to us, dear Sister, though
there are few things I
[top Margin] she
gets rested.
We see nothing
of Mrs Pomeroy
Name: Elizabeth Pomeroy
Birth: 1834-03-20
Death: 1892-02-25Certainty: Probable
yet. Love to
all & a kiss
for Nelly
Name: Cornelia Allen
Birth: 1862-09-11
Death: 1921-10-05
-
Sister.
Page 2
miss so much as your
letters. Yours of Tuesday
came while I was sick.
I am glad Jenny
Name: Janet Seward
Birth: 1839-11-18
Death: 1913-11-09
and
the baby
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1864-11-10
Death:
keep pretty
well. The unfortunate
illness of her nurses
is really extraordinary.
I hope you did not
tempt the second with mince
pie. Whenever you think it
best for Eliza
help you can send for Mary Jane Benet
arrangement with Martha
Name: Martha Miller
Birth: 1777
Death: Certainty: Probable
.
I hope you will have no
repetition of the Young
Name: James Youngs
Birth: 1802-08-08
Death: 1876-03-26Certainty: Probable
's
visit.
No you did not write
me they had gone, but Will
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1839-06-18
Death: 1920-04-29
told me they were not there.
I hope they do not return
this winter. Fred
Name: Frederick Seward
Birth: 1830-07-08
Death: 1915-04-25
's arm
gets along very slowly, the
Page 3
operation of bending it is still
exceedingly painful. Now
that he sees people in his
room in the morning there
is a constant line. He
is very deservedly popular
with the diplomatic corps
and has frequent and long
visits from them. He takes
his breakfast in my room while
Margaret
I do not usually see
him again until evening
unless when Dr Verdi
Name:
Birth:
Death:
is there.
The Dr is very desirous to have
a favourable result to this
difficult operation in surgery,
professes to have no apprehension
about the success of his manage-
ment, though I think it
is obvious he is a little
nervous at times. The
arm is still splinted, this
is the end of the 4th week.
Page 4
Lord Lyons
Name: Richard Lyons
Birth: 1817-04-06
Death: 1887-12-05
went away very
ill. Henry
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
said he never saw
a person so changed in a short
time. Only think of Dr Miller
(sufficient) cupping him on the
forehead repeatedly for neuralgia.
His disease had no mitigation
while here. I hope he may improve
away from there[ . ]
Reason: Dr.
Sheffield
was to go with him is very ill
with diptheria. Henry sent
Lord Lyons is a special car -
Donaldson
Name: James Donaldson
Birth: 1818
Death: 1886-12-03
went to New York
Name: City: New York
County:
State: NY
Country: US
with
him. There seems to be universal
regret at his departure.
You know Byron
Name: George Byron
Birth: 1788-01-22
Death: 1824-04-19
says -
"Your cold people are beyond all price
When once you've broken their confounded
ice" .
I think the ice was broken in
this instance by the journey to
Niagara
Name: City: Niagara Falls
County: Niagara
State: NY
Country: US
. Augustus
Name: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1826-10-01
Death: 1876-09-11
reads
me to sleep every night and
then spends the remainder of his
evening with Fred & Anna
Name: Anna Seward
Birth: 1834-03-29
Death: 1919-05-02
. Fanny
has been to the Opera 5 nights
in succession about which I leave
her to tell her own story when
Saturday
Dec 10th
Dearest Sister
I have been confined
to my room two days
with neuralgia - this
morning I am in the
library again, though
not able to guide my
pen very steadily. Fanny
Person
had a letter from Ellen
Person
yesterday which said
her mother
Person
to see you and had
been much entertained
by your "brilliant" con-
versation. I am glad
to hear your eyes are
improving - you must
not use them even to write
to us, dear Sister, though
there are few things I
[top Margin] she
gets rested.
We see nothing
of Mrs Pomeroy
Person
yet. Love to
all & a kiss
for Nelly
Person
Sister.
miss so much as your
letters. Yours of Tuesday
came while I was sick.
I am glad Jenny
Person
the baby
Person
well. The unfortunate
illness of her nurses
is really extraordinary.
I hope you did not
tempt the second with mince
pie. Whenever you think it
best for Eliza
Unknown
to have morehelp you can send for Mary Jane Benet
Unknown
. I made thatarrangement with Martha
Person
I hope you will have no
repetition of the Young
Person
No you did not write
me they had gone, but Will
Person
told me they were not there.
I hope they do not return
this winter. Fred
Person
gets along very slowly, the
operation of bending it is still
exceedingly painful. Now
that he sees people in his
room in the morning there
is a constant line. He
is very deservedly popular
with the diplomatic corps
and has frequent and long
visits from them. He takes
his breakfast in my room while
Margaret
Unknown
arranges his, thenI do not usually see
him again until evening
unless when Dr Verdi
Person
The Dr is very desirous to have
a favourable result to this
difficult operation in surgery,
professes to have no apprehension
about the success of his manage-
ment, though I think it
is obvious he is a little
nervous at times. The
arm is still splinted, this
is the end of the 4th week.
Lord Lyons
Person
ill. Henry
Person
a person so changed in a short
time. Only think of Dr Miller
Unknown
(sufficient) cupping him on the
forehead repeatedly for neuralgia.
His disease had no mitigation
while here. I hope he may improve
away from there[ . ]
Supplied
Unknown
whowas to go with him is very ill
with diptheria. Henry sent
Lord Lyons is a special car -
Donaldson
Person
Place
him. There seems to be universal
regret at his departure.
You know Byron
Person
"Your cold people are beyond all price
When once you've broken their confounded
ice" .
I think the ice was broken in
this instance by the journey to
Niagara
Place
Person
me to sleep every night and
then spends the remainder of his
evening with Fred & Anna
Person
has been to the Opera 5 nights
in succession about which I leave
her to tell her own story when
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