Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921

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American poet and writer of fiction.

From the description of Evanescence : Texas, to Mr. Gladwin : poem in autograph, signed, sent with a letter signed (initials), 1881 May 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580777

From the description of High days and holidays : poem in the author's autograph, signed, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580825

Spofford was born in Calais, Maine; she was educated in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. With encouragement from Thomas W. S. Higginson she wrote short stories that appeared in periodicals. She published her first novel, Sir Rohan's ghost, in 1860 and continued to write and publish until her death--novels, poems, essays, stories and travel writings. She married Richard Smith Spofford in 1865, a Boston lawyer and sometime author.

From the description of Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford collection, 1862-1920. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 84842349

American author.

From the description of Letter : to Mrs. [Edward Russell] Jones, 1902 Feb. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22865512

From the description of My ship at sea : autograph manuscript copy of the poem signed, [1868]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270581015

Harriet Elizabeth Spofford (1835-1921) of Newburyport, Mass., was a prolific writer of fiction and poetry for periodicals and magazines in the late nineteenth century. Among her publications are Sir Rodney's Ghost, 1860, and Azarian: An Episode, 1864. She married Richard Smith Spofford, Jr. ( -1888) in 1865 and lived for a while in Washington, D.C., subsequently establishing a home on Deer Island, near Newburyport.

From the description of Papers, 1885-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207172160

American novelist and poet.

From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Washington, D.C., to Harper & Brothers, 1868 Mar. 5 and 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580260

From the description of The Portrait : [n.p.] : autograph manuscript signed of a story for children, ca. 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270581058

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referencedIn Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908. Papers of Louise Chandler Moulton [manuscript] 1874-1908. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Various. Perley and Spofford Family Papers, circa 1860-1918. Peabody Essex Museum
creatorOf Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth (Prescott), 1835-1921. Poems, [1876-1900?]. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe additional papers Houghton Library
referencedIn James Russell Lowell papers, 1835-1919. Houghton Library
creatorOf Willard, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth), 1839-1898. Correspondence with Mrs. Spofford, Aug. 5, 1986, Reigate and "United States Senate," Nov. 25, 1896; Cabinet card portrait / Frances Willard. University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System
creatorOf Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921,. Autograph letter signed from Harriet Spofford, Boston, to William Winter, New York [manuscript], 1917 January 23. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. Poem, n.d. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Calais, Maine, scrapbook, ca. 1874-1936. Maine Historical Society Library
creatorOf Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. The Portrait : [n.p.] : autograph manuscript signed of a story for children, ca. 1864. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Poets of America, extra-illustrated. Houghton Library
referencedIn Sebastian B. (Sebastian Benson) Schlesinger papers, 1787-1901 (inclusive), 1870-1897 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Pickard-Whittier papers, 1815-1915. Houghton Library
creatorOf Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. High days and holidays : poem in the author's autograph, signed, [n.d.]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908. Letters, 1892-1896, Boston, Mass. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Papers of Irving Bacheller [manuscript] 1900-1947. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford collection, 1862-1920. Smith College, Neilson Library
creatorOf Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. Papers of Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford, 1860-1917. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. A passage from Sir Rohan's ghost / by Harriet Prescott Spofford ; inscribed and illustrated by Lydian Green for the Smith College Library Rare Book Room. Smith College, Neilson Library
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Charles E.L. Wingate papers, 1821-1919 (bulk 1892-1898) Houghton Library
referencedIn Thomas Wentworth Higginson correspondence Houghton Library
creatorOf Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. Autograph letter signed Harriet Prescott Spofford to: "Dear Professor Palmer" October 28, 1908. Wellesley College
creatorOf Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. Letter : to Mrs. [Edward Russell] Jones, 1902 Feb. 7. George Washington University
creatorOf Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth (Prescott), 1835-1921. Letters, 1884-1896, Newburyport, Mass. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Larcom, Lucy, 1824-1893. Letters, 1871-1878. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence and records, 1832-1944. Houghton Library
referencedIn Hamilton, Gail, 1833-1896. Papers of Gail Hamilton [manuscript] 1862-1895. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Rose Terry Cooke Collection, 1866-1891 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
referencedIn Adams, Oscar Fay, 1855-1919. Papers, 1885-1915. American Antiquarian Society
referencedIn Thomas Bird Mosher papers, 1890-1939 (inclusive) 1895-1924 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Sarah Orne Jewett correspondence, 1861-1930. Houghton Library
referencedIn James Thomas Fields autograph album, 1750-1941. Houghton Library
creatorOf Branch, Anna Hempstead, 1875-1937. Anna Hempstead Branch papers, 1780-1937 (bulk 1890-1937). Smith College, Neilson Library
creatorOf Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. Letter, 1890 Nov. 28, Newburyport, Mass., to [E.C.] Steman [New York]. University of Michigan
referencedIn Howe, Letitia T. Letitia T. Howe collection. 1822-1876. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge papers, 1855-1939. Houghton Library
creatorOf Alcott, John Sewall Pratt, 1865-1923,. Papers of the Alcott family [manuscript] (1845-1915) 1932. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. Evanescence : Texas, to Mr. Gladwin : poem in autograph, signed, sent with a letter signed (initials), 1881 May 21. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. [Poem, 1875]. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford Collection MS 252., 1862-1920 Mortimer Rare Book Room
referencedIn Thomas Bailey Aldrich papers, 1837-1926. Houghton Library
referencedIn Correspondence and other papers, 1831-1891. Houghton Library
creatorOf Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Autograph letter signed : London, to Richard S. Spofford, 1858 July 15. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Letters from various correspondents, 1871-1940. Houghton Library
creatorOf Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Century Magazine correspondence, 1885-1914. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Strickland, Edward F. Autograph collection, 1780-1918 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Louisa May Alcott papers, 1849-1931. Houghton Library
creatorOf Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. My ship at sea : autograph manuscript copy of the poem signed, [1868]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. Autograph letters signed (2) : Washington, D.C., to Harper & Brothers, 1868 Mar. 5 and 9. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Howells family papers, 1850-1954 (inclusive). Houghton Library
creatorOf Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. Harriet E. Spofford Papers, 1860-1917. Peabody Essex Museum
referencedIn Letters from various correspondents, 1869-1942. Houghton Library
referencedIn Howe, Letitia T. Letitia T. Howe collection. 1822-1876. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Miller, Joaquin, 1837-1913. Papers of Joaquin Miller [manuscript] 1868-1912, 1938. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. Correspondence with Arlo Bates, Nov. 30th, 1916 ; Mr. Hoyt, Deer Island, Sept. 11, 1908, regarding his poem "The Two Birds," ; Mr. Champlin, Boston, Mass., Jan. 31, 1887 ; Mr. Hopkins, Newburyport, Mass., Nov. 12, 1896 ; a permission form to Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson Huckel ; 2 holograph poems: O glad is youth with the brow of Helen and A gush of bird song, a patter of dew ; 2 newspaper clippings including a portrait; portrait from a periodical. University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System
referencedIn Frederic Alcott Pratt papers on Louisa May Alcott's literary estate, 1877-1908. Houghton Library
referencedIn Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. Papers, 1897-1930 Houghton Library
creatorOf Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. [Letter] 1904 December 23, Boston, Massachusetts [to] Mr. urphy, [New York City] / Harriet P. Spofford. Wagner College, Horrmann Library
creatorOf Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. Papers, 1885-1917. American Antiquarian Society
referencedIn Autograph File, S, 1556-1996. Houghton Library
creatorOf St. James' Episcopal Church (Pewee Valley, Ky.). Ladies' Guild. Records, 1897-1901 and n.d. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Benjamin, Walter Romeyn, 1854-1943. Walter Romeyn Benjamin collection, 1823-1928. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Papers New Jersey Historical Society Library
creatorOf Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. [Letter] 1907 March 14, Washington, DC [to] Mr. Murphy, [New York City] / Harriet P. Spofford. Wagner College, Horrmann Library
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associatedWith Adams, Oscar Fay, 1855-1919. person
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associatedWith Belden, Mr., person
associatedWith Benjamin, Walter Romeyn, 1854-1943. person
associatedWith Bok, Edward William, 1863-1930, person
associatedWith Bok, William John, 1861-1928, person
correspondedWith Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962 person
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associatedWith Chandler, Mrs., person
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associatedWith Fields, Annie, 1834-1915, person
associatedWith Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881, person
associatedWith Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930. person
associatedWith Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850 person
associatedWith Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909, person
associatedWith Gladwin, Mr, person
associatedWith Green, Lydian. person
associatedWith Hamilton, Gail, 1833-1896. person
associatedWith Harper & Brothers, corporateBody
associatedWith Hay, Robert H., person
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correspondedWith Howe, Letitia T., person
associatedWith Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920. person
correspondedWith Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960 person
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associatedWith Huckel, Elizabeth Johnson. person
correspondedWith Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909 person
associatedWith Jones, Edward Russell, Mrs. person
associatedWith Larcom, Lucy, 1824-1893. person
associatedWith Lombard, Herbert Edwin, 1863-1940. person
associatedWith Lombard, Nellie Montimorenci de Callahan, 1840-1923. person
correspondedWith Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891 person
associatedWith McClure, S. S. (Samuel Sidney), 1857-1949. person
associatedWith McEvoy, John. person
associatedWith Mead, Leon, b. 1861, person
associatedWith Miller, Joaquin, 1837-1913. person
associatedWith Morris, George Perry, person
associatedWith Moseley, Katharine Prescott, d. 1930. person
associatedWith Moseley, Katherine Prescott Moseley, 1844-1917. person
correspondedWith Mosher, Thomas Bird, 1852-1923 person
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associatedWith Murphy, person
associatedWith O'Donnell, M. S., person
associatedWith Osgood, James R. (James Ripley), 1836-1892, person
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correspondedWith Parton, James, 1822-1891 person
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associatedWith Phillips, John S. (John Sanburn), 1861-1949, person
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associatedWith Pratt, Ella Farman, 1837-1907, person
correspondedWith Pratt, Frederic Alcott, 1862-1910 person
associatedWith Rideing, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1918, person
associatedWith Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896. person
associatedWith Schlesinger, Sebastian B. (Sebastian Benson), 1837-1917 person
associatedWith Sparhawk, Frances C. (Frances Campbell), b. 1847, person
associatedWith Spofford, Harriet Prescott, 1835-1924 person
associatedWith Spofford, Richard Smith, 1833-1888. person
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associatedWith Wingate, Charles E. L. (Charles Edgar Lewis), b. 1861 person
associatedWith Winter, William, 1836-1917, person
associatedWith Wright, W. Lloyd (William Lloyd), 1876-1950, person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Washington (D.C.)
Massachusetts
Newburyport (Mass.)
Deer Island (Mass.)
Newburyport (Mass.)
Subject
American literature
American literature
Women authors, American
Authors and publishers
Women authors
Bookplates
Calligraphy
Syndicates (Journalism)
Women's periodicals
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Birth 1835-04-03

Death 1921-08-14

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