Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to Sarah D. Hance, December 4, 1858
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Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to Sarah D. Hance, December 4, 1858
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Date:1858-12-04
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Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to Sarah D. Hance, December 4, 1858
action: sent
sender: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
location: Washington D.C., US
receiver: Sarah Hance
Birth: 1820-01-25
Death: 1867-06-10
location: Palmyra, NY
transcription: atb
revision: crb 2017-06-13
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Washington Dec 4th 1858
My dear Miss Hance,
I have been
waiting some time for a letter from
you, but mother
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
thinks I must write first, and as I have the
leisure, I will now do so.
As you will see from my date,
we are again in our winter home,
our new house is in a pleasant
locality, fronting toward the
south. I suppose it will not
give you much information to say
it is on F street, between 13th & 14
it is one of the streets running
down from the Treasury, and quite
near Willard's hotel we are
growing accustomed to another
house, and it begins to look quite
cheerful, being nearly furnished
in some parts. I have a very
nice little room, in the same
place as yours, at Mr Woodhull's
Birth: 1813-04-02 Death: 1863-02-19
house – it is papered with blue
and drab striped paper and
has the same carpet as the other
and the maple bureau too. then
I have a stand to write upon,
and a lounge also a mantle
shelf quite filled with the only
ornaments I have here. Yester-
day we went out to look for
a hall oilcloth, and found some
very pretty blue & straw colored furni-
ture chintz which I h am to have
my lounge cover and curtains made
of.
After I came here for the
first week and part of last I was
quite ill with a bad cold and
cough, but now I am almost
well.
I have my little dog Bell
Birth: 1858
,here, he travelled all the way
in my arms he behaved very
well, and is now a great deal
of company for me Victoria I
gave to Mary Titus
Birth: 1846-01-11 Death: 1913-03-14
, who hasmade a great pet of her.
We are feeling quite badly at
a letter received this morning
from Aunty Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01 Death: 1875-10-03
saying that Maria Freeman
Unknown
, whomyou remember, died very suddenly
on the 2ed after two days illness
she was looking so well when we left.
and we were much attached
to her.
I hope soon to hear from you –
much sooner than last winter
and much oftener too.
Mother sends much love
to you – How is your hand?
Will
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
is here for the winter, heand father have gone to church –
Now be sure to write soon to
Your affectionate
Fanny Seward
P.S. Thursday I will be
fourteen years old.
Fanny
Miss Sarah D. Hance
Palmyra
New York
WASHINTON
Dec 6
1858
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Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21