Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 14, 1851
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 14, 1851
action: sent
sender: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Washington D.C., US
receiver: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
location: Auburn, NY
transcription: pag
revision: tap 2019-02-14
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Washington Monday –
April 14th
My dear Sister,
Your good long letter
of Friday having just come
I will commence an answer
which may not be finished
in two or three days – My
Washington sojourn I fear
will be prolonged beyond
the time I had fixed to
go home – Henry
not to go before the first
of June – and he will not
I presume be ready to go with
me before that time – however
should Augustus
mean time I will perhaps
be able to have him for an escort
My laundress
brought me a bunch of
Page
2
hyacinths violets and
daffodils from her own
garden – they are very
fresh & sweet and so suggestive
of home that I have been
crying about it once or twice
since they came – If I stay
until June I shall lose
not only these but the tulips –
there is no need of my
staying – that is I can
as well leave in 4 weeks
as six. Will
that he shall go a week
from to day – Will
Clara
a boarder – & will you
tell Maria
room in order – If Dennis
has not finished the front
walk he may leave it
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3
for the present as it
will all have to be removed
when the gas is brought in –
Mrs Thomas Love
has just been here – came
over with her daughters to
meet Walter
wife
to be somewhere between here
and Richmond – on their
return from Havanna.
The weather is pleasant – some
days exceedingly warm
we sleep with our windows
open – still there are many
changes – Wilkenson
home tomorrow – we shall
all miss him, he has a
genial nature – his feelings
are still fresh and young
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4
though he has been married
sixteen years and cannot
be far from forty – I am to
see his wife
at Albany where I am to
stop a short time – I hope
that visit of the Harveybottles
is over – it is such an effort
for me to talk long at a
time that it actually not
fatigues me to hear long
talk especially about nothing
Your letter made Fanny
I feel is if we could see
Watch
tub – You must have seen
Henry’s speech before this – I
will enquire if a pamphlet
has been sent you. The little
cellar was locked on the
inside – you can only enter
it through the back Parlor
the key of that door is
Page
5
either over the door
or in the boat house or
the mantlepiece – this was
as I directed Maria –
I assume that you will
have returned from Canandaigua
by the time this letter
reaches you but I doubt
it now when I think
more about it. Henry
dined with Mr Hulseman
Saturday and in the evening
he and Wilkeson went to
Dr Bailey’s
Stowe
few days – I am not
quite sure that I wish
to see her – though I should
if I were well, I presume
Henry says she looks like
her brother
Page
6
his peculiar views with
regard to her as he has
about most other things
Tuesday night – I am tired
to night having driven
out this morning with Mrs
Love and her daughters – two
young ladies from boarding
school both giving sad
indications of a scrofulous
diathesis – Mrs Love
is a plain sensible woman –
a spiritualist I learn though
she said nothing on the
subject of her own experience
She was expecting Walter
& his wife & Trumbull
from Richmond to day –
Walter seems to have
made himself sick
with his own medicines
Page
7
taken to prevent an attack
of yellow fever with which
he was threatened at Havanna
Horace Greeley
New York this morning
writing me a letter before
his departure all about
his family who are wander-
ing about Europe yet –
I will send you the letter
by & by – I send with
this Webb
– only think of his saying
that Henry would go and
fight for the South – I
suppose or rather hope
no one holds Henry respon-
sible for such articles –
though the Union seems to
think him so, for that
Page
8
article on Douglas
Pike
Pike takes Greeley’s place
here as correspondent of the
Tribune – ^Private^ I wish
you would not mention
to our son, that I send
checks to Auburn, when
he comes – I will endeavor
to send him money
in some other way if necessary
He says he owes you $5 –
Wilkeson did not go this
morning but goes tomorrow
He and Henry have gone to drive
in a buggy – Will, has
gone to the Opera – and
Fanny has just taken home
two little girls
Love to Clara – you cant
think how much I want to
see you both – Sister
Washington Monday –
April 14th
My dear Sister,
Your good long letter
of Friday having just come
I will commence an answer
which may not be finished
in two or three days – My
Washington sojourn I fear
will be prolonged beyond
the time I had fixed to
go home – Henry
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
thinks I ought
not to go before the first
of June – and he will not
I presume be ready to go with
me before that time – however
should Augustus
Birth: 1826-10-01 Death: 1876-09-11
come in the mean time I will perhaps
be able to have him for an escort
My laundress
Unknown
this
morning brought me a bunch of
hyacinths violets and
daffodils from her own
garden – they are very
fresh & sweet and so suggestive
of home that I have been
crying about it once or twice
since they came – If I stay
until June I shall lose
not only these but the tulips –
there is no need of my
staying – that is I can
as well leave in 4 weeks
as six. Will
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
still insists that he shall go a week
from to day – Will
Clara
Birth: 1793-05-01 Death: 1862-09-05
be ready fora boarder – & will you
tell Maria
Unknown
to put hisroom in order – If Dennis
Birth: 1827
has not finished the front
walk he may leave it
for the present as it
will all have to be removed
when the gas is brought in –
Mrs Thomas Love
Birth: 1799-03-15 Death: 1864-09-29
of Buffalo
has just been here – came
over with her daughters
Birth: 1842-11-22
Death: 1924-02-11
Birth: 1840-01-26
Death: 1931-07-20
meet Walter
Birth: 1818-12-21 Death: 1880-11-01
and hiswife
Birth: 1827 Death: 1915-10-08
who are supposedto be somewhere between here
and Richmond – on their
return from Havanna.
The weather is pleasant – some
days exceedingly warm
we sleep with our windows
open – still there are many
changes – Wilkenson
Birth: 1817-05-09 Death: 1889-12-02
goeshome tomorrow – we shall
all miss him, he has a
genial nature – his feelings
are still fresh and young
though he has been married
sixteen years and cannot
be far from forty – I am to
see his wife
Birth: 1820 Death: 1899
on my return
at Albany where I am to
stop a short time – I hope
that visit of the Harveybottles
Birth: 1824-09-15
Death: 1902-01-27
Birth: 1812
Death: 1877-01-12
is over – it is such an effort
for me to talk long at a
time that it actually not
fatigues me to hear long
talk especially about nothing
Your letter made Fanny
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
andI feel is if we could see
Watch
Death: 1856-04-29
drinking out of thattub – You must have seen
Henry’s speech before this – I
will enquire if a pamphlet
has been sent you. The little
cellar was locked on the
inside – you can only enter
it through the back Parlor
the key of that door is
either over the door
or in the boat house or
the mantlepiece – this was
as I directed Maria –
I assume that you will
have returned from Canandaigua
by the time this letter
reaches you but I doubt
it now when I think
more about it. Henry
dined with Mr Hulseman
Death: 1864-05-30
Saturday and in the evening
he and Wilkeson went to
Dr Bailey’s
Birth: 1807-12-03 Death: 1859-06-05
to see MrsStowe
Birth: 1811-06-14 Death: 1896-07-01
, who is there for a few days – I am not
quite sure that I wish
to see her – though I should
if I were well, I presume
Henry says she looks like
her brother
Birth: 1813-06-24 Death: 1887-03-08
– Wilkeson hashis peculiar views with
regard to her as he has
about most other things
Tuesday night – I am tired
to night having driven
out this morning with Mrs
Love and her daughters – two
young ladies from boarding
school both giving sad
indications of a scrofulous
diathesis – Mrs Love
is a plain sensible woman –
a spiritualist I learn though
she said nothing on the
subject of her own experience
She was expecting Walter
& his wife & Trumbull
Birth: 1787-08-11 Death: 1869-06-20
from Richmond to day –
Walter seems to have
made himself sick
with his own medicines
taken to prevent an attack
of yellow fever with which
he was threatened at Havanna
Horace Greeley
Birth: 1811-02-03 Death: 1872-11-29
left forNew York this morning
writing me a letter before
his departure all about
his family who are wander-
ing about Europe yet –
I will send you the letter
by & by – I send with
this Webb
Birth: 1802-02-08 Death: 1884-06-07
in the speech– only think of his saying
that Henry would go and
fight for the South – I
suppose or rather hope
no one holds Henry respon-
sible for such articles –
though the Union seems to
think him so, for that
article on Douglas
Birth: 1813-04-23 Death: 1861-06-03
written byPike
Birth: 1811-09-08 Death: 1882-11-29
– I hope you read itPike takes Greeley’s place
here as correspondent of the
Tribune – ^Private^ I wish
you would not mention
to our son, that I send
checks to Auburn, when
he comes – I will endeavor
to send him money
in some other way if necessary
He says he owes you $5 –
Wilkeson did not go this
morning but goes tomorrow
He and Henry have gone to drive
in a buggy – Will, has
gone to the Opera – and
Fanny has just taken home
two little girls
Unknown
she borrowed –Love to Clara – you cant
think how much I want to
see you both – Sister