Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Maria Worden, December 24, 1858
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Maria Worden, December 24,
1858
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1858-12-24
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Maria Worden, December 24, 1858
action: sent
sender: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location:
receiver: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
location: Auburn, NY
transcription: mlb
revision: agw 2020-11-15
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Friday Dec 24th
My dear Sister,
I will write to day though
you will not be in Auburn when
this letter reaches there – I fancy
you went yesterday to spend
Christmas with Frances
Birth: 1826-12-12 Death: 1909-08-24
– & thatto day you are having sport with
Frank
Birth: 1854-02-13 Death: 1931-05-23
– I saw a
little boyUnknown
in thestreet the other day that reminded
me of Frank– with a black hat
and feather and little coat
rather longer than other boys
wear– he looked like a very
nice little boy – We have
gleams of sunshine occasionally
to day– I hope it may be pleasant
[top Margin] If this letter seems illnatured impute it to
the headache– Love to Clara
Birth: 1793-05-01 Death: 1862-09-05
who I hopeis better & a happy Christmas to all–
your own
Sister
tomorrow for the sake of those who
calculate on the pleasures of a holiday
Fanny
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
has gone to
Miss Howland’s
Birth: 1827-11-20 Death: 1929-06-29
schoolthis morning to take a pair of
mittens she has been knitting for
a scholar
Unknown
who has none– MissHowland always inquires of your
welfare– She is very busy and
cheerful as she always is- I think
it is much more pleasant for her
now that she has a companion–
Miss Miner
Birth: 1815-03-04 Death: 1864-12-17
fortunately continueson her travels yet– It is a beau-
tiful sight to see one devoting
themselves so entirely to the improve-
ment & happiness of others as Miss
Howland does– such labours
bring their own reward– Now
that the Winter Solstice is passed
I hope the days will soon be percep-
tibly longer– it has been a dark
month– Henry
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
dines with Gen. Cass
Birth: 1786-01-17 Death: 1864-02-05
to day and tomorrow at the Blairs –
Will
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
is to have some young gentle-man
Unknown
to dine with him here
forwhich occasionLouise
Birth: 1825
proposed
tomake a plumb pudding– I have
just made out a long list of cards
to be left by Will or Fanny to day–
How tiresome and senseless it seems–
Mrs Gwyn
Birth: 1815-06-04 Death: 1901-06-26
thinks otherwise– Shehas just returned from “abroad”
her equipage passed here yesterday–
it is the admiration of servants
children and weak people generally
A showy carriage drawn by
five horses- with a coachman
and footman in gorgeous livery
the latter standing behind
the carriage– Her matinees will
undoubtedly be very full this Winter–
So will Mrs Douglas'
Birth: 1835 Death: 1899-01-26
if
her wilyhusband thinks it politic to use her
for a lure when they return from
Cuba– I suppose you see the revers–
al of the slave trad trade which
Henry’s Rochester speech predicted has
come– A cargo of slaves landed
and sold in Georgia– This is the
progress of the U.S – of America in
this 19th century– How long God will
permit such iniquity to go unchecked
is not a matter for calculation– it
certainly evinces little a sad depar-
ture from the Religion taught by
his Son– Is it any less revolting
than the return of the Mormons to the
a sensual indulgences of the ancient
Jews? Lord Napier
Birth: 1819-09-19 Death: 1898-12-19
thinks thePresident
Birth: 1791-04-23 Death: 1868-06-01
is seriously engaged in
check-ing
[right Margin] this piracy!!