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Jenny Seward Pet
Birth: unknown
Death: unknown
Biography
A pet deer. Mentioned in 18420608FMS_LMW FMS writes "Dont you think Harriet left the arsenic where poor Jenny the deer ate it – she was very sick but is better and Henry thinks will recover" Jenny also shows up in 18420526FMS_WHS: "I am sorry to hear the misfortune of poor Jenny the fawn – I am afraid we shall be unable to put her here if she leaps the fences in Albany and it is a pity to confine the poor thing in a small space – Pa says there is no place she can be kept here and thinks it unwise to bring her so great a distance – Can you not give her to some person in the country – Fred is somewhat reluctant to part with her but among the numerous pets he has here she will not be missed."
Letter References
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, August 28, 1842
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 26, 1842
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 16, 1842
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 29, 1842
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 8, 1842
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 1, 1842
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 26, 1842
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A pet deer.
Mentioned in 18420608FMS_LMW
FMS writes "Dont you think Harriet left the arsenic where poor Jenny the
deer ate it – she was very sick but is better and Henry
thinks will recover"
Jenny also shows up in 18420526FMS_WHS: "I am sorry to hear the misfortune of poor Jenny
the fawn – I am afraid we shall be unable to put
her here if she leaps the fences in Albany and it
is a pity to confine the poor thing in a small
space – Pa says there is no place she can be kept
here and thinks it unwise to bring her so great a
distance – Can you not give her to some person in
the country – Fred is somewhat reluctant to part
with her but among the numerous pets he has here
she will not be missed."
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