Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, July, 1861
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, July, 1861
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1861-07
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, July, 1861
action: sent
sender: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Washington D.C., US
receiver: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
location: Auburn, NY
transcription: ael
revision: iwl 2021-04-20
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Page 1
Washington
Sunday Morning
1/2 past 7 oclock
My dearest Sister
You may read
the “notes by the way”
first and then I will
undertake to give you
“first impressions”–
I shall in time become
accustomed to the
very large proportion
of every thing in this
house – it is now difficult
to find any thing but
this note paper but
I must use more than
one sheet. The house
is palatial in its
dimensions and most
of it handsomely furnished
all tasteful & attractive
as Fred
Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
& Anna
Birth: 1834-03-29 Death: 1919-05-02
aregifted in making
their surroundings – I
do not think Henry
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
was ever more pleased
with a home – it
accommodates itself
marvellously to his tastes
& habits – such as they
are at this day. I have
so much to say that I hardly
know where to begin – I
shall write some every day
if I do not send it so
often. I wish I knew what
you would most like
to hear – if I were
with you I could answer
questions, which I can
now only imagine –
I came down at this early
hour (early for Washington,
leaving Fanny
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
under hermusketo net) after
going to the head of the
3rd flight of stairs to see
what gave the rich
red tinge to the light
from above – Anna had
covered the window
which lights the upper
stair way with “turkey
red” Kissing dear Jenny
Birth: 1839-11-18 Death: 1913-11-09
who was sleeping in her
pretty room alone,
dreaming of Will
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
I doubt not, I descended
to the 2nd floor which
is covered with 3 large
parlours a hall & one
unfurnished room which
Anna intends for a
a company bed room.
Here I was detained a few
moments looking at
to beautiful volumes
of Engravings of the
noble ladies of England The frontispiece was
the Queen dowager
Adelaide
Birth: 1792-08-13 Death: 1849-12-02
, dressed likean old woman, looking
old but not careworn
or wrinkled– I think
she must have subsided
gracefully into the position
of Queen dowager which
is no small art –