Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 19, 1866
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Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 19, 1866
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Date:1866-02-19
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Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 19, 1866
action: sent
sender: Frances Seward
Birth: 1844-12-09
Death: 1866-10-29
location: Philadelphia, PA
receiver: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
location: Auburn, NY
transcription: cnk
revision: agw 2021-05-28
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Monday 19th Feb/66
Philadelphia
It was my intention to write
you a long letter yesterday, dear
Aunty – but the rainy Sunday
morning was not accompanied
by the requisite leisure, &
in the afternoon I had to lie
down for one of those long
resting spells which I find
I must yield to.
I have just been re-reading
your delightful letters – to which
I feel that I have sent but
hasty & unworthy notes in
reply. As I come to your men-
tion of Mr Seymour
Birth: 1791-04-15 Death: 1875-12-03
, I will
ask you now to give him
my kindest remembrances
when you see him – and tell
him that besides being a continued
source of pleasure & comfort to me-
“The Changed Cross”
Publisher: Anson D. F. Randolph Place of Publication:New York City Date: 1865
has been
very acceptable to several readers to whom
I have introduced it.
I have a letter from Sarah
Hills
Birth: 1836 Death: 1913-11-09
this morning. She asks about
you with her usual interest, &
hopes the March winds will
not be too trying for you in Auburn.
I am hoping to hear that your
eyes are better – I have thought
how hard it was to have that
trouble over again – I hope the
visit from cousin Frances
Birth: 1826-12-12 Death: 1909-08-24
&
Frank
Birth: 1854-02-13 Death: 1931-05-23
& Henry
Birth: 1822-02-03 Death: 1888-11-24
cheered you &
kept the hours when you
could not use your eyes from
being long & weary as they
would otherwise have don been.
I suppose the visit is over now,
and you & Kate
Birth: 1837 Death: 1878-04-08
& Katy
Birth: 1846
& Fan
Certainty: Possible
make all the family.
Thursday I spent half the
day with Sam Seward’s
Birth: 1838-04-16 Death: 1916-02-22
wife
Birth: 1837 Death: 1906
whom I found as pleasant as
ever - & with a very pleasant
Mother
Birth: 1819 Death: 1898-01-28
& sisters
Birth: 1849-01-13
Death: 1918-04-22
Birth: 1844-04-10
Death: 1923
Birth: 1840-03-20
Death: 1926-02-17
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
, who
was in New York then, has
just been in to see me.
Friday I spent with Sallie
Birth: 1843 Death: 1911-12-05
at Mrs Markle's
Birth: 1835-06-03 Death: 1918-05-08Certainty: Probable
– very agreeably.
Saturday night Mrs Markle stayed
with me – & she has promised
to come again before I leave.
She is very generous, & intensely
loyal & in enthusiastic.
I trust the days are coming
when I shall write you more
worthy letters. You will make
allowances for my brevity – because
you remember what my head was
in Washington – I do not have
the nausea now – but some
neurologic headache – & a light
feeling that obliges me to rest
a great deal & write as little
as I can – So I write short
letters – & neglect almost all
all outside the family, I
know Father
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
expects to hear
every day – Counting one this
morning, I find I have written
twenty five letters since I came.
For two or three days I have
felt better – had less fever. I
go out daily – take short, quick
walks when it is pleasant. My
cough is better than after I
first came – I am waiting
for a dispatch from Will
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
to
tell me when he will come.
Love to Kate & Katy. Write
me just how you are &
believe me always your very affectionate niece.
Fanny