Letter from Frederick William Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 24, 1840
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Letter from Frederick William Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 24, 1840
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1840-02-24
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Letter from Frederick William Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 24, 1840
action: sent
sender: Frederick Seward
Birth: 1830-07-08
Death: 1915-04-25
location: Albany, NY
receiver: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
location: UnknownUnknown
transcription: tap
revision: tap 2018-10-25
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Albany February 24th 1840
My dear Aunt,
As I am going to stay at home this after-
noon I think that I will write you a letter. Augustus
is not much better. While he is sick I do not go
to school in the afternoon. I suppose that Ma
told you of the engravings that Pa
given Augustus and I each one of the colored ones.
Augustus' is a chipmunk and mine is a red squirrel.
Willy
cats. (There Willy that is enough snuff. Willy is offering
me snuff out of his little empty box and I am
obliged to take it.) Now he has got a picture of
a pig and is standing up in a chair grunting very
loud. Last Saturday Grandpa
settlement and did not come back until Monday afternoon.
Monday morning a salute was fired and another at noon.
The Van Rensselaer Guards and the artillery marched
during the day and in the evening Pa went to
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the ball of the Burgesses Corps. Dicky (the canary bird)
was very sick two or three days ago. It is fine riding
down hill out in the yard & I think I will go now
and ride down some. Good-bye.
Your affectionate nephew
Frederick.
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Albany February 24th 1840
My dear Aunt,
As I am going to stay at home this after-
noon I think that I will write you a letter. Augustus
Birth: 1826-10-01 Death: 1876-09-11
is not much better. While he is sick I do not go
to school in the afternoon. I suppose that Ma
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
hastold you of the engravings that Pa
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
has got. Ma hasgiven Augustus and I each one of the colored ones.
Augustus' is a chipmunk and mine is a red squirrel.
Willy
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
mews whenever he sees them just as if they
werecats. (There Willy that is enough snuff. Willy is offering
me snuff out of his little empty box and I am
obliged to take it.) Now he has got a picture of
a pig and is standing up in a chair grunting very
loud. Last Saturday Grandpa
Birth: 1772-04-11 Death: 1851-11-13
went to the Shakersettlement and did not come back until Monday afternoon.
Monday morning a salute was fired and another at noon.
The Van Rensselaer Guards and the artillery marched
during the day and in the evening Pa went to
the ball of the Burgesses Corps. Dicky (the canary bird)
was very sick two or three days ago. It is fine riding
down hill out in the yard & I think I will go now
and ride down some. Good-bye.
Your affectionate nephew
Frederick.