Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Frances Adeline Seward, February 14, 1862

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Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Frances Adeline Seward, February 14, 1862
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Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1862-02-14

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Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Frances Adeline Seward, February 14, 1862

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sender: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01  Death: 1875-10-03

location: Auburn, NY

receiver: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09  Death: 1866-10-29

location: Philadelphia, PA

transcription: saz 

revision: iwl 2021-02-08

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Friday – 14th February
Dearest Fanny –
I have just had an interview
with your friend Larry Burns
Birth: 1838-05 Death: 1919
— he came
down this morning expressly to ask how
you were — he having heard the night before
that you were sick – He was exceeding-
ly Oriental in Expression of admira-
tion for you — protesting there never
was nor never would be again
such a lovely young lady as Miss –
Fanny – Before he left he made me
promise to write to you and say to
you — for him — that you had better
come home Where you could have
pure air, a palace to live in &
be under the care of Providence
I did not ask him if he supposed
you were without that care in Phil-
adelphia – but my impression was

[top Margin] do not get well soon –
Kiss Mother for me — tell her I
dream of you
both all night and think
of you all day — Aunt Clara
Birth: 1793-05-01 Death: 1862-09-05

is coming here to tea — Aunty —


[left Margin] arrested for divulging secrets she
told
him
Page 2

he thought you were – “And Mrs. Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21

too that noble lady how is she” Is
not well – “it all comes of leaving
this fine place & living in a city” —
being of his opinion I did not answer
him — Will
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
has come home without
Jenny
Birth: 1839-11-18 Death: 1913-11-09
— he looks well and in fine
Spirits — although he has not slept
for three nights — He was in Washing-
ton
only a few hours — and left
Jenny assisting Anna
Birth: 1834-03-29 Death: 1919-05-02
in her plans
for a reception to night — There was
a morning reception the day
he was there — Gus
Birth: 1826-10-01 Death: 1876-09-11
was in the little
library (is that downstairs?) Will
asked him why he did not go up
stairs to some particular room —
Gus said he could not — there were
women every where” — How I
wished you could have heard George
Curtis’
Birth: 1824-02-24 Death: 1892-08-31
lecture on Tuesday — it
exceeded any of his former ones
— the subject was “National Honor”
Page 3

And every word of it was just
as beautiful and touching as
that preface to “Cecil Dreeme
Author: Theodore Winthrop Publisher: Ticknor and Fields Place of Publication:Boston Date: 1862
” —
He spoke so feelingly of the war
so tenderly of the dead that no one
could doubt he had suffered in
the cause – his mention of your father
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10

as the greatest of States men was
received with deafening applause –
I saw Mrs. Perry
Birth: 1819-10-04 Death: 1898-02-12
there — she informed
me she had that day skated
across the Owasco lake in 15 min-
utes. I dont admire skating grand
mothers — Esther
Birth: 1846-11-19 Death: 1938-10-20
has been quite
sick with diphtheria — but is well
again – Mrs. Day’s
Birth: 1824 Death: 1881-01-22
party “came
off” last evening with great accept-
ance – She came over this morning
to invite me to dine with her but
I declined — Cousin Frances
Birth: 1826-12-12 Death: 1909-08-24
is there
Frank
Birth: 1854-02-13 Death: 1931-05-23
is here – in the room with
me – running a train of tin
cars directly over my feet – Which
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would be very pleasant if I
were not writing — he reminds
me every few minutes that
I have promised to make a con-
ductor for him — as that will
take some little time I must
begin before it is too dark to con
struct legs which are to be com-posed of black cloth — Trippy
Birth: 1851-06-13 Death: 1862
is
in constant fear of being run
over and crushed by the train
Frances is to return home tomorrow
— if the day is pleasant I am
going with her as far as Seneca
Falls
to make Mr. Sackett
Birth: 1790-08-09 Death: 1865-06-02
a short
visit — he wrote this morning that
he was expecting us and had
sent his man to a distant farm
to get a white turkey for our
dinner — How much I wish you
were here to go too – I feel guilty
to enjoy myself at all while
you are sick – I want to go drive
to see you and shallif you

[top Margin] (It must be very unpleasant to

Mrs. Lincoln
Birth: 1818-12-13 Death: 1882-07-16
to have her chevalier Wyckoff
Birth: 1813 Death: 1884-05-02