Letter from Clarinda Miller McClallen to Lazette Miller Worden, March 22, 1850

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Letter from Clarinda Miller McClallen to Lazette Miller Worden, March 22, 1850
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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1850-03-22

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Letter from Clarinda Miller McClallen to Lazette Miller Worden, March 22, 1850

action: sent

sender: Clarinda McClallen
Birth: 1793-05-01  Death: 1862-09-05

location: Auburn, NY

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

location: Unknown
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transcription: rag 

revision: tap 2019-01-28

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Auburn March the 22
Dear Lazette I received your letter thursday morning
and it was my intention to have answered it
yesterday but manny things took place to prevent
Fredrick
Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
came home Wednesday evening about nine
he inquered for his Aunty Worden about the first
he said Mr Winegar
Birth: 1825 Death: 1851-10-07
leaves to morrow we should
be very lonesom if it was not for fred but
as it is we are doing very well Mr Ayrault
Birth: 1822 Death: 1882-10-19

has just called I did not see him because I did
not want too I presume he wanted to say some
thing about the church I have not been out any
whair since you left Cathrin
Birth: 1825 Death: 1898Certainty: Possible
came back from her
Brothers
Unknown
the same evening that you left she left
her sister
Unknown
without any one to take care of her
I believe that I have not heard any thing
new except that the spirits are having quite
a time at James Bostwick
Birth: 1806-10-21 Death: 1888-10-23
such as moving
tables and pulling down hair
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we all want that you should come out as
soon as you can a week from saturday I believe
was the time you said that you would come
Fredrick says that he is going back to Washington
in May that Clarence
Birth: 1828-10-07 Death: 1897-07-24
wishes to return at that
time Wille
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
has been well has not had the toothach
since you went away he says his Aunty is
coming back next week and he thinks he will not
write write and let us know what day you
will come so that your little Nephew can be at
the [ deapo ]
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kitty came in to Breakfast this morning
she has purs now and purs [ wif ]
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them
well it is after tea Willy has got his company
in the dining room they make so much [ noies ]
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that
I shall have to defer my writing till morning I think
that you would know by the writing that it is after
candle lite it is so long since I have tryed to
write that I do not make out very well ^as^ you will
see Winegar was not at tea Suspect he has gone
how I wish that you was here to night
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I think of a great many things that I want
to say when you are not here
my love to Frances
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
respects to all I know
that this this letter is not worth sending
wille sends his love to Aunty and says she
must come next week so you see that it
will be a disapointment to all if you are not
up to the very day I shall look for sacket
Birth: 1790-08-09 Death: 1865-06-02

to morrow night but rather hope that he
will not come untill you get back again
your own Aunty
Clarinda Miller
Saturday morning we are all here yet in a great hury
we dont exatly know what the hurry is for except to
to run over each other and be in great confusion
I am going to make custard pies for wille
which is a great draw back apon the race that
is going on dont forget the hops when you come
very few will answer
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well it has got to be after dinner as my letter
has not been sealed as my I will write another
line although I cannot see to write ^a^ [ strait ]
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line I am now ready to sit down if you was
but here I think we should have rather
a pleasant time you see I have keept
my letter and when I have came whair it
was I write a line but not having my best
glasses I cannot read it after I have
wrote but I take it for granted that you
can read anything