Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 29, 1845

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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 29, 1845
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Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1845-06-29

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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 29, 1845

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sender: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24  Death: 1865-06-21

location: Auburn, NY

receiver: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01  Death: 1875-10-03

location: Canandaigua, NY

transcription: smc 

revision: tap 2018-03-09

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Sunday afternoon June 29th
My dear sister,
I hope every week when I write
that my next letter will be less hurried
but such calculation will fail until I
have some steady nurse for sister Fan
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
.
I have now put her in the wagon for Bridget
Unknown

to draw in the garden – her brother Augustus
Birth: 1826-10-01 Death: 1876-09-11

would gladly assist me in the care of her
but she is a little afraid of him yet when
he takes her into his arms though she is
pleased to play with him while I hold her.
I went to Church this morning with my two
sons
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
– Augustus in a suit of black was rather
the best looking personage I saw (you will make
due allowance for a mothers vision) – he is the
same good child he ever has been though
exceedingly reserved – I have been reading
Dr. Channing
Birth: 1780-04-07 Death: 1842-10-02
on the slavery question
 Publisher: James Munroe and Company Place of Publication:Boston, MA Date: 1836
to him this
afternoon discovering as I presumed would be
the case that his southern associates had some
what dimmed his perception of that subject
I have read with sister on my lap in a state
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of rebellion which made my reading rather unintelligible
Mr Cox
Birth: 1819-11-13 Death: 1895-01-16
preached much better than usual the
approaching festival the 4th seems to have
imported unusual vigor to his sermon.
Tuesday August and I took tea with
Aunt Clara
Birth: 1793-05-01 Death: 1862-09-05
in company with two or three
ladies whom the officiousness of Debby
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had
gathered together – herself Mrs Sherwood
Birth: 1796-03-24 Death: 1852-11-14
and
Mrs Muir
Birth: 1801-01-27 Death: 1864-01-08
– Thursday we went again taking
Willie and sister with us had a very nice
time – Fred came home from Oswego Wednesday
without his father
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
who remained to try a
cause – I expected him confidently last night
but he does not come yet – I am very
glad we have heard from Milwaukie – I had
before that time divined the cause of the illness
or supposed it an accessary – I am quite inter-
ested in the wanderings of the explorers – I
hope the road will be completed by the time
I am obliged to go "West" in pursuit of my
boys – Fred and I are looking out the scenes
of Ports
Unknown
travels on the map – Are they to go
to Astoria
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or only the Rocky Mountains? –
I hope the paint you spoke of will hurry and get
dry as it is my intention to make an in-
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cursion some time next week with Gus Willie
and Sister, Clara too if I can persuade her to come
I perhaps might be prevailed upon to defer this visit
but I am constantly in expectation that some
person will come to make a long visit and
prevent my going at all – I shall write
again on this subject — When is Frances
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
coming
out – I will not interfere with her arrangements
and if she designs coming soon will defer
my visit – I dread that company I mentioned
more especially that I have no competent cook
Ann
Unknown
is very crazy we have not had a loaf
of tolerable bread since Clara went away except
from the bakers – I have a thousand plans in the course
of a week which amount to nothing in the end –
at present I am so constantly hurried that I have
never been able to devote but one day to returning
the innumerable calls I have received – Mary
Certainty: Possible
assists
me much less in the care of dear Fan than she did
a month ago indeed the only time that I can
depend upon her is Saturday forenoon – and in the
morning 15 minutes after breakfast – she goes to school
at 8 – takes her dinner and after school is
engaged with her own company generally
I shall be glad &c — but then you remb remember
the story Grandma
Birth: 1751 Death: 1835-10-03Certainty: Probable
used to tell about moving to get
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away from the black ram – the black ram moved too –
the charges that I have in my house hold always
included one black ram – I think I shall count
two by and by —
I think the communication you received from
the young man is true as regards Mrs Wood – I
have not heard of the other – Our place will be
improved by the fence if we can get a gate and
the roses are beautiful – love to Frances —
Mrs Alvah Worden
Canandaigua
AUBURN
JUN
30
N.Y.
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