Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, June 28, 1838
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Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, June 28,
1838
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Date:1838-06-28
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Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to William Henry Seward, June 28, 1838
action: sent
sender: Louisa Canfield
Birth: 1805
Death: 1839-01-04
location: Bargaintown, NJ
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Auburn, NY
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revision: crb 2017-03-13
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Bargain Town June 28 1838.
My dear Brother,
We have been most grieviously disappointed in
not seeing you according to promise, but our surprise is almost
equal since we do not hear from you since your letter from
Florida of the 22 May, I have imagined a hundred excuses
for this but cannot fix upon any satisfactory one, sometimes
I think you must have been called home very suddenly, but
I try to think you can explain it all when we do hear from
you. I am sure you would not willingly give us so much pain
Our children too
are sadly mortified, and I know I never
had the horrors so dark – do write us one line of consolation
I have been trying to coax my good husband
Illinois – for spite –
We have all been very unwell but are better now – business of
every kind is dull & the prospect looks very gloomy, I wish
you would rent me a farm for I am growing desperate, I am
determined not to stay here, doing nothing – and I have some
of my fathers
determined – forgive me this allusion – I did not mean to trouble you
but some how it seems natural – Yours as ever Cornelia
[left Margin] Please give our love to all –
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Bargain Town, N.J.
June 29th 1838.
William H. Seward Esqr.
Auburn,
New York
h
Free P.M.
h
Cornelia
June 28, 1838.
Bargain Town June 28 1838.
My dear Brother,
We have been most grieviously disappointed in
not seeing you according to promise, but our surprise is almost
equal since we do not hear from you since your letter from
Florida of the 22 May, I have imagined a hundred excuses
for this but cannot fix upon any satisfactory one, sometimes
I think you must have been called home very suddenly, but
I try to think you can explain it all when we do hear from
you. I am sure you would not willingly give us so much pain
Our children
Birth: 1837-09-15
Death: 1839-03-10
Birth: 1834-07-25
Death: 1922-02-28
Birth: 1832-02-20
Death: 1876-01-14
Birth: 1829-12-04
Death: 1867-10-25
had the horrors so dark – do write us one line of consolation
I have been trying to coax my good husband
Birth: 1798-11-26 Death: 1865-01-05
to go right off toIllinois – for spite –
We have all been very unwell but are better now – business of
every kind is dull & the prospect looks very gloomy, I wish
you would rent me a farm for I am growing desperate, I am
determined not to stay here, doing nothing – and I have some
of my fathers
Birth: 1768-12-05 Death: 1849-08-24
spirit when I make up my mind I am a
littledetermined – forgive me this allusion – I did not mean to trouble you
but some how it seems natural – Yours as ever Cornelia
[left Margin] Please give our love to all –
Bargain Town, N.J.
June 29th 1838.
William H. Seward Esqr.
Auburn,
New York
h
Unknown
M.D. Canfield
Free P.M.
h
Hand Shift
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10William Seward
June 28, 1838.