Letter from Frederick William Seward to Frances Alvah Worden, August 23, 1840

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Letter from Frederick William Seward to Frances Alvah Worden, August 23, 1840
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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1840-08-23

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Letter from Frederick William Seward to Frances Alvah Worden, August 23, 1840

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sender: Frederick Seward
Birth: 1830-07-08  Death: 1915-04-25

location: Auburn, NY

receiver: Frances Chesebro
Birth: 1826-12-12  Death: 1909-08-24

location: Canandaigua, NY

transcription: msf 

revision: tap 2018-10-26

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Editorial Note

This included a letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden on August 23, 1840.
Auburn August 23d 1840
My dear Cousin,
Day before yesterday there was a liberty pole raised
here by the Whig boys. It is 52 feet high. Yesterday about 8 o’clock Grandpa
Birth: 1772-04-11 Death: 1851-11-13

Willy
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
& I went to ride. Grandpa held Willy while I drove. When we came
home we could hardly get Willy out of the wagon. That day there was
a great Whig convention here too. In the procession from the south there
were ^were^ 112 wagons and about 20 flags. In the procession from the north there were 350
wagons & I don’t know how many flags. In the procession from the East
there were 13 wagons & a large one with ten horses each of which had
a small Tippecanoe flag on his head. There was a liberty pole standing up
in it too. All the processions joined together and went up Genesee street
The street was crowded as full as it could be. One of the flags had a
log-cabin on it. When it went past the Exchange all the people ^gave^ 3 cheers.
There were 2 bands beside ours. Just as the large wagon came by the Exchange
the hind wheels came off. In the afternoon they all went up on fort-
hill where Mr Mr Morgan
Birth: 1808-06-04 Death: 1877-04-03
and some other gentlemen
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spoke
and sung songs. When they came down the procession was as follows
1st Deputy Marshal
Birth: 1780-04-25 Death: 1841-03-03
4th Cato Band
2d A Band 5th Persons on foot 2 by 2
3d Wagons 6th The Auburn Band.
4 th
In the evening Mr Morgan &c went to the Town Hall and spoke again
Your affectionate Cousin
Frederick
Good bye