Letter from Mary Ann Boardman to Frances Miller Seward, February 23, 1839
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Letter from Mary Ann Boardman to Frances Miller Seward, February 23, 1839
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Date:1839-02-23
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Letter from Mary Ann Boardman to Frances Miller Seward, February 23, 1839
action: sent
sender: Mary Ann Boardman
Birth: 1810-12-05
Death: 1875-11-03
location: Troy, NY
receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Albany, NY
transcription: msr
revision: tap 2017-06-21
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Troy February 23d
Lest your Husband's
have not availed to induce your leaving home,
I write dear Mrs Seward, at Mother's
to say that we would fain
fireside. We have all sorts of appliances for comfort
such as would suit an invalid; and we have
moreover what you may value quite as much,
the same heads and hearts we used to have
in days of yore. They are a little tattered and
worn by abiding in this “work a day wor[ l ]
Reason: d, and
you will find them, especially my dear Mothers;
bearing the sad impress of “time’s changes.” But
what matters this to you, if they still retain the
power to make you welcome and the wish
to make you happy?
Were it convenient I would in accord-
ance with Mr Seward's suggestion, go down
and make arrangements in person for your
coming- but as it is not, we shall hope to see
you without further invitation on Monday
or Tuesday. Should you still be too much indis-
posed to come, we trust your visit will only be
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delayed until it can be made with safety
and comfort to yourself. If Lazette
has arrived, present our most affectionate regards
to her; and bring her with you by all means-
or should she come in the interval after you
shall have joined us, please leave word for
her to follow you— I hope we shall
sometimes see Mr Seward too. Aside from
his being entitled to all reverence as our liege
Lord, you know I have a separate right
to value him, by reason of my auburn locks
which ever claim kindred to all of the same
colour- so upon the strength of such well govern e-
ed pretensions, pray remember me to him-
Affectionately yours
Mary Boardman
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Mrs. William H. Seward
Albany
TROY N.Y.
FEB 23
Type: postmark
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Mary Boardman
1839
Troy February 23d
Lest your Husband's
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
persuasionshave not availed to induce your leaving home,
I write dear Mrs Seward, at Mother's
Birth: 1773-10-08 Death: 1846-03-02
bidding,to say that we would fain
Glad; pleased; rejoiced; often used to describe pleasure to do something
out of a kind of necessity • to wish or desire •
see you at our quietfireside. We have all sorts of appliances for comfort
such as would suit an invalid; and we have
moreover what you may value quite as much,
the same heads and hearts we used to have
in days of yore. They are a little tattered and
worn by abiding in this “work a day wor[ l ]
Supplied
you will find them, especially my dear Mothers;
bearing the sad impress of “time’s changes.” But
what matters this to you, if they still retain the
power to make you welcome and the wish
to make you happy?
Were it convenient I would in accord-
ance with Mr Seward's suggestion, go down
and make arrangements in person for your
coming- but as it is not, we shall hope to see
you without further invitation on Monday
or Tuesday. Should you still be too much indis-
posed to come, we trust your visit will only be
delayed until it can be made with safety
and comfort to yourself. If Lazette
Birth: 1803-11-01 Death: 1875-10-03
has arrived, present our most affectionate regards
to her; and bring her with you by all means-
or should she come in the interval after you
shall have joined us, please leave word for
her to follow you— I hope we shall
sometimes see Mr Seward too. Aside from
his being entitled to all reverence as our liege
Lord, you know I have a separate right
to value him, by reason of my auburn locks
which ever claim kindred to all of the same
colour- so upon the strength of such well govern e-
ed pretensions, pray remember me to him-
Affectionately yours
Mary Boardman
Mrs. William H. Seward
Albany
TROY N.Y.
FEB 23
Stamp
Hand Shift
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21Frances Seward
1839