Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, January 4, 1854
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Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, January 4,
1854
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1854-01-04
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Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, January 4, 1854
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: rmg
revision: crb 2019-01-15
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Auburn January 4th
My dear Brother,
I take much
reproach to myself for
neglecting to send Fanny’s
little letter the day it
was written Willie
had quite a severe attack
of scarlet fever and I have
found quite as much as
I could do to assist in the
care of him & prevent
his mother’s making her-
[top Margin] & selfish
itself — it cannot understand
any one who is not so
too —
your own Sister
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self sick watching with
him He was taken ill
on Saturday & for two days
was confined to his bed —
yesterday he sat up
part of the day & to
day he is dressed
and about the room
The Doctor
his keeping his room
a few days longer though
his unfavorable symptoms
have entirely disappeared −
Fanny has been remarkably
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well − for her − during
Willie’s illness − though
she is suffering with
headache to day − the
result of being awake
last night − You have
had more snow in
Washington than we
have had here − it has
not exceeded a few inches
this winter and only then
on four cold days
I am making an attempt
to go to Canandaigua
to day but I presume
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I shall not succeed
I see by the papers that
Joseph Garlinghouse
Ontario Co − is sergeant-at-
Arms rather a trying
circumstance for the Silver
Grays & Democrats of
the Soft School
Fred
bill excites much commenda-
tion − but people do not
exactly know what it
means − think there must
be some secret in it they
do not understand − some
cat under the meal
Alas for this world −
being narrow
Auburn January 4th
My dear Brother,
I take much
reproach to myself for
neglecting to send Fanny’s
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
little letter the day it
was written Willie
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
hashad quite a severe attack
of scarlet fever and I have
found quite as much as
I could do to assist in the
care of him & prevent
his mother’s making her-
[top Margin] & selfish
itself — it cannot understand
any one who is not so
too —
your own Sister
self sick watching with
him He was taken ill
on Saturday & for two days
was confined to his bed —
yesterday he sat up
part of the day & to
day he is dressed
and about the room
The Doctor
Unknown
insists upon his keeping his room
a few days longer though
his unfavorable symptoms
have entirely disappeared −
Fanny has been remarkably
well − for her − during
Willie’s illness − though
she is suffering with
headache to day − the
result of being awake
last night − You have
had more snow in
Washington than we
have had here − it has
not exceeded a few inches
this winter and only then
on four cold days
I am making an attempt
to go to Canandaigua
to day but I presume
I shall not succeed
I see by the papers that
Joseph Garlinghouse
Birth: 1784-09-14 Death: 1862-02-22
ofOntario Co − is sergeant-at-
Arms rather a trying
circumstance for the Silver
Grays & Democrats of
the Soft School
Fred
Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
says your Pacific rail roadbill excites much commenda-
tion − but people do not
exactly know what it
means − think there must
be some secret in it they
do not understand − some
cat under the meal
Alas for this world −
being narrow