Letter from William Henry Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, November 11, 1833
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, November 11, 1833
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Date:1833-11-11
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, November 11, 1833
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sender: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Auburn, NY
receiver: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
location: Aurora, NY
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revision: crb 2017-01-23
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The first portion of this page was written by Frances Miller Seward on the same date.
My dear Lazette, I am very very sorry that you
left Auburn before my return. I feel that I have
but half a welcome now that you are not here to tell me how fat I have grown and to sneer at
me with interrogatories about "whether they manage things better in France?" It is really hard to
miss among my audience when I am enjoying the travellers glory of telling great stories one for whose
instruction and amusement I was continually taking pains to accumulate materials.
I had been informed by my mother in New York that you had "moved" to Aurora but I could
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not realize it and was continually indulging the hope of finding you here on my return. Frances
sees no difficulty whatever in my going to Aurora and I should not if it were not that I am
employed in the task under present circumstances peculiarly agreeable of preparing to
go next week to the Court of Errors. But you will be able ^to^ do me the justice to believe that although
I may not be able to come so early as I wish to see you I am still as sincerely affectionate as in days
when we enjoyed the pleasures of seeing each other daily. I am to inform you that although the
letters you promised me never arrived I have prepared some nice letters for you telling
you all about what I saw in Holland and in Switzerland. The circumstance which has given
me the greatest pain during my absence was that I was unable to keep up any correspondence
with my friends on this side of the water. Frances is taking her first lesson in French and insists
upon having it made hard to her while I propose an easy way of accomplishing it by rea-
ding it with me. I am so sensible of her goodness in permitting me to go away and remain
so long that I shall endeavor to make all possible efforts to comply with her
desires in reference to my movements. I have therefore without any hesitation prom-
ised to accompany her on Thursday to Seneca Falls. She perceives herself the pleas-
ure of meeting you the[ re ]
Reason: hole. How happy I should be to find you
there you know
Ever your affectionate brother
W. H. Seward
P.S. Frances says if it should rain on Thursday we will not go – this you
would probably know without a postscript.
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Mrs Alvah Worden
Aurora
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Editorial Note
but half a welcome now that you are not here to tell me how fat I have grown and to sneer at
me with interrogatories about "whether they manage things better in France?" It is really hard to
miss among my audience when I am enjoying the travellers glory of telling great stories one for whose
instruction and amusement I was continually taking pains to accumulate materials.
I had been informed by my mother in New York that you had "moved" to Aurora but I could
not realize it and was continually indulging the hope of finding you here on my return. Frances
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
sees no difficulty whatever in my going to Aurora and I should not if it were not that I am
employed in the task under present circumstances peculiarly agreeable of preparing to
go next week to the Court of Errors. But you will be able ^to^ do me the justice to believe that although
I may not be able to come so early as I wish to see you I am still as sincerely affectionate as in days
when we enjoyed the pleasures of seeing each other daily. I am to inform you that although the
letters you promised me never arrived I have prepared some nice letters for you telling
you all about what I saw in Holland and in Switzerland. The circumstance which has given
me the greatest pain during my absence was that I was unable to keep up any correspondence
with my friends on this side of the water. Frances is taking her first lesson in French and insists
upon having it made hard to her while I propose an easy way of accomplishing it by rea-
ding it with me. I am so sensible of her goodness in permitting me to go away and remain
so long that I shall endeavor to make all possible efforts to comply with her
desires in reference to my movements. I have therefore without any hesitation prom-
ised to accompany her on Thursday to Seneca Falls. She perceives herself the pleas-
ure of meeting you the[ re ]
Supplied
Ever your affectionate brother
W. H. Seward
P.S. Frances says if it should rain on Thursday we will not go – this you
would probably know without a postscript.
Mrs Alvah Worden
Aurora