Letter from Clarinda Miller McClallen to Augustus Henry Seward, March 25, 1856
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Letter from Clarinda Miller McClallen to Augustus Henry Seward, March 25, 1856
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1856-03-25
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Letter from Clarinda Miller McClallen to Augustus Henry Seward, March 25, 1856
action: sent
sender: Clarinda McClallen
Birth: 1793-05-01
Death: 1862-09-05
location: Auburn, NY
receiver: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1826-10-01
Death: 1876-09-11
location: Key West, FL
transcription: csh
revision: jxw 2022-03-30
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Auburn March 25
Dear Augustus
I received your
letter written January 31 was very
glad to hear from you and to
hear that you have a warmer
[ climet ]
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had very cold weather and
snow since christmas a cold
and dreary winter Auburn is
about the same as when you
left except we have had some
fires this winter the Auburn
house and some other buildings
I think I should be willing to
go to Kansas to get [ whair ]
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could have less cold weather
and shorter winters it is begining
to look a little like spring to day
but we have plenty of snow yet
Mrs Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01 Death: 1875-10-03
is here with us
at present we are very glad
to have her it makes it much
pleasenter for me I did not
think when I last see Mr
Worden
Birth: 1797-03-06 Death: 1856-02-16
that he would so
soon leave this world
McClallens
Birth: 1791-09-07 Death: 1860-11-16
health has been
better this winter than it
was last fall though he
has not been very well for
a few days but think he will
get better the people of your
acquaintance are all well.
William Muire
Birth: 1824-09-16 Death: 1900-05-02
I think
has left this place I see
nor hear nothing of him
and as I have not seen
Mrs Bronson
Birth: 1799 Death: 1867-02
of late I have
but little news Mr Bronson
Birth: 1789-11-17 Death: 1863-09-03
has been quite sick this
winter her self it was
thought that she would not
live Catharine Husen
Birth: 1825 Death: 1898
has been
sick not expected to live
but has got better Amos
Unknown
and his wife
Unknown
was here
last week he has been
buying a farm near Seneca
falls they are going to move
on to their farm next week
Mr Sacket
Birth: 1828-06-02
Death: 1898-06-26 Certainty: Probable
Birth: 1816-09-02
Death: 1862-11-29 Certainty: Probable
and made us a short visit
about all that I heard from
him was that he had
made twelve hundred
dollars by selling wood
this Winter
your mother
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
writes that
she will return in May
to Auburn we hope
that you will come as
soon and stay a [ longe ]
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time Your Aunt
well it has got to be evening
we are ^preparing^ for reading profesers
Hair
Birth: 1781-01-17 Death: 1858-05-15
Hairs work on spiritualism
it is quite interesting we
are getting some new medums
mediums about here I think
all will have to believe yet
there is to be an excution
in the jail this week
on Friday John fitsgerald
Death: 1856-03-28
for the murder of his Mother
Birth: 1818 Death: 1855-08-29
father
Birth: 1819 Death: 1855-08-29
and brother
Birth: 1841
there are
some that would like to see
the excusion but there has
so many made aplication to
see it that they cannot all
be admited I shall be
glad when the day is past
and the poor fellow has
gone from this world
Clarinda