Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Augustus Henry Seward, March 22, 1871

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Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Augustus Henry Seward, March 22, 1871
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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

Date:1871-03-22

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Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Augustus Henry Seward, March 22, 1871

action: sent

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

location: Auburn, NY

receiver: Augustus Seward
Birth: 1826-10-01  Death: 1876-09-11

location: Charleston, SC

transcription: pxc 

revision: tap 2018-04-03

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Editorial Note

This letter is included with copies of letters (William H. Seward to William H. Seward, Jr., January 29, 1871; William H. Seward to William H. Seward, Jr., February 7, 1871; and Olive Risley Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February, 1871) transcribed by Lazette Miller Worden for Augustus Henry Seward.
Dear Augustus
I have a letter from Father
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
dated the
6th of February – Bay of Bengal – written
by his own hand which I am not able
to wholly decipher and which I will copy
for you when I can read it – The following
note from Olive
Birth: 1844-07-15 Death: 1908-11-27
accompanies it – Jenny
Birth: 1839-11-18 Death: 1913-11-09
has
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Which I will also send you a copy of next
week – Will
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
& Jenny left here on Monday
as they expected – they were accompanied by
Mr.
Birth: 1826-11-03 Death: 1893-12-09
and Mrs. Knapp
Birth: 1830-09-22 Death: 1911-09-18
and Mrs. Osborne
Birth: 1830-09-03 Death: 1911-07-18
– ___
expect to meet Mr. Osborne
Birth: 1822-12-15 Death: 1886-07-06
in Chicago to
day – Where they are to remain a day or
two – We are all well – though rather
lonely – are having fine weather & buds –
The children
x Birth: 1864-11-10  Death:   Birth: 1862-09-11  Death: 1921-10-05 
send their love
to Uncle Gus
Affectionately
Aunty
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Col. Augustus H. Seward
Chief Paymaster U.S Army
Charleston
S.C.
AUBURN
MAR
N.Y.
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