Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, December 25, 1853
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Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, December 25, 1853
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1853-12-25
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Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, December 25, 1853
action: sent
sender: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
location: Auburn, NY
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Washington D.C., US
transcription: bpt
revision: crb 2019-07-01
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Sunday 25th Dec
Dear Henry
We all wish you
to day, a “Merry Christmas”
& are sorry you are not
with us – Fanny
yet strong enough to write
– her nerves – from some ex –
citement last week – are
still very weak – though
she has none of the
alarming symptoms she
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experienced last winter –
I shall continue here
until she is better &
and will write to you imme-
diately if I become
alarmed – Dear little
Fanny
father she had beau-
tiful gifts last night
which she intends to write
about, in a day or
two – Fred
making his mother very
happy – We have
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Snow and cold weather
but are very comfortable
notwithstanding –
Your own sister –
Sunday 25th Dec
Dear Henry
We all wish you
to day, a “Merry Christmas”
& are sorry you are not
with us – Fanny
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
is notyet strong enough to write
– her nerves – from some ex –
citement last week – are
still very weak – though
she has none of the
alarming symptoms she
experienced last winter –
I shall continue here
until she is better &
and will write to you imme-
diately if I become
alarmed – Dear little
Fanny
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
says
I must tellfather she had beau-
tiful gifts last night
which she intends to write
about, in a day or
two – Fred
Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
is with us
–making his mother very
happy – We have
Snow and cold weather
but are very comfortable
notwithstanding –
Your own sister –