Letter From Harriet Morgan Pitney to Frances Miller Seward, 1848

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Letter From Harriet Morgan Pitney to Frances Miller Seward, 1848
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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1848

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Letter From Harriet Morgan Pitney to Frances Miller Seward, 1848

action: sent

sender: Harriet Pitney
Birth: 1797-12-04  Death: 1862-05-06

location: Auburn, NY

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

location: Auburn, NY

transcription: csh 

revision: csh 2016-11-14

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Page 1

Let me assure you
my sweet friend it is no small disapp
-ointment to me that I am prevented from
seeing you this evening by the uncomfort
-able effects of a most shocking cold with
which I am severely suffering.
I find Miss Burney’s
Birth: 1752-06-13 Death: 1840-01-06
character
so increasingly interesting in the capacity
of Wife and Mother I will venture the
consequences of sending you the last
of her diary
Author: Frances Burney Publisher: Carey and Hart Place of Publication:Philadelphia, PA Date: 1842

You will please read it as
soon as possible. Where the mark is, you
will find the place where the number
you have ends. If you have Boswell’s
Birth: 1740-10-29 Death: 1795-05-19

Life of Johnson
Author: James Boswell Publisher: Carter, Hendee and Co. Place of Publication:Boston Date: 1832
you will oblige me by send
-ing it. I wish I could get Doct Burney’s
 Publisher: Key & Biddle Place of Publication:Philadelphia, PA Date: 1833

Life.
Page 2

In looking over the volume I brought
from your house the other Evening—
a letter of yours fell from it
You are too well acquainted with
the reason of not being urged to visit
me more frequently to need an explana
-tion. However believe me I shall
ever be most happy to see you
Yours Truly
H. Pitney
Tuesday Afternoon
Page 3

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Frances Seward

Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
Mrs Pitney
1848
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