Letter from Cornelia Seward Allen to William Henry Seward, January 8, 1867
xml:
Letter from Cornelia Seward Allen to William Henry Seward, January 8, 1867
transcriber
Transcriber:spp:meb
student editorTranscriber:spp:ahf
Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive
Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1867-01-08
In the context of this project, private URIs with the prefix "psn" point to
person elements in the project's persons.xml authority file.
In the context of this project, private URIs with the prefix "pla" point to
place elements in the project's places.xml authority file.
In the context of this project, private URIs with the prefix "psn" point to
person elements in the project's staff.xml authority file.
In the context of this project, private URIs with the prefix "psn" point to
person elements in the project's bibl.xml authority file.
verical-align: super; font-size:
12px;
text-decoration: underline;
text-decoration: line-through;
color: red;
Letter from Cornelia Seward Allen to William Henry Seward, January 8, 1867
action: sent
sender: Cornelia Allen
Birth: 1862-09-11
Death: 1921-10-05
location: Auburn, NY
receiver: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
location: Washington D.C., US
transcription: meb
revision: crb 2017-11-21
<>
Page 1
e
Composition date is a question: William Henry Seward presumably received it January 8, 1867 but it was evidently composed before Christmas 1866. Nelly refers to “Santa Claus is coming to see us.”
My dear Grandpa,
I wish you a merry Christmas
I send you my love. We are all very well
Willie
Papa
We are very good children for Santa Claus is coming to
see us — Santa Claus is looking all around for
good children — Eliza
Please give my love to Aunty
Page
2Editorial Note
My dear Grandpa,
I wish you a merry Christmas
I send you my love. We are all very well
Willie
Birth: 1864-11-10
sends his love to Grandpa —Papa
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
is coming home tomorrowWe are very good children for Santa Claus is coming to
see us — Santa Claus is looking all around for
good children — Eliza
Unknown
sends her love —Please give my love to Aunty
Birth: 1834-03-29 Death: 1919-05-02
and UncleFred
Birth: 1830-07-08 Death: 1915-04-25
, and Uncle Gus
Birth: 1826-10-01 Death: 1876-09-11
—Your loving little girl
Nelly