Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 6, 1862
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 6, 1862
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1862-04-06
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 6, 1862
action: sent
sender: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
location: Unknown
receiver: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
location: UnknownUnknown
transcription: msr
revision: tap 2018-01-30
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This letter is incomplete.went to the table & spent the
evening in the parlour—
Yesterday I was not well
enough to dine with the
family—Two young
English noblemen
This morning I walked
across the park & back
with Henry
The day is very delightful
Fanny
to Church with Henry &
those young Lords—
Mrs Gibbons
went last week to Winchester
to nurse the wounded sol-
diers—I had a long talk
with her—she was taking
on hospital stores—Gen.
Shields
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strasburg—there will be
fighting to day in many
parts of the Union if all
we hear is true—"How long
O Lord how long"— The
faith here is strong that the South
will yield to superior force—
I hope they may before both
armies are slain—but I
do not see clear proof
that they will—I must
admit that I prefer blood-
-less victories like Manassas—
The town is full of wives and
mothers & sisters whose rel-
atives have gone to the combat—
who are suffering with apprehension
of the next report from
the telegraph—In the streets
you meet sick & wounded sol-
diers, intermingled with contraband
who are looking furtively around
to see if they are watched—while
the Army wagons roll on, on, on,
[right Margin]
unceasingly—
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Editorial Note
evening in the parlour—
Yesterday I was not well
enough to dine with the
family—Two young
English noblemen
were here
This morning I walked
across the park & back
with Henry
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
before breakfast –The day is very delightful
Fanny
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
& Anna
Birth: 1834-03-29 Death: 1919-05-02
have goneto Church with Henry &
those young Lords—
Mrs Gibbons
Birth: 1801-12-07 Death: 1893-01-16
& her daughter
Birth: 1835-09-19 Death: 1919-08-09
went last week to Winchester
to nurse the wounded sol-
diers—I had a long talk
with her—she was taking
on hospital stores—Gen.
Shields
Birth: 1810-05-10 Death: 1879-06-01
is better & has gone on tostrasburg—there will be
fighting to day in many
parts of the Union if all
we hear is true—"How long
O Lord how long"— The
faith here is strong that the South
will yield to superior force—
I hope they may before both
armies are slain—but I
do not see clear proof
that they will—I must
admit that I prefer blood-
-less victories like Manassas—
The town is full of wives and
mothers & sisters whose rel-
atives have gone to the combat—
who are suffering with apprehension
of the next report from
the telegraph—In the streets
you meet sick & wounded sol-
diers, intermingled with contraband
who are looking furtively around
to see if they are watched—while
the Army wagons roll on, on, on,
[right Margin]
unceasingly—