Morton, Sarah Wentworth, 1759-1846

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Wife of Boston lawyer and politician, Perez Morton; known as the "American Sappho."

From the description of Receipt to George Watson Brimmer [manuscript], 1828 August 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814340

Archival Resources

Role	Title	Holding Repository
creatorOf	Morton, Sarah Wentworth, 1759-1846. Ouabi : or the virtues of nature. An Indian tale. In four cantos / By Philenid, a Lady of Boston : Manuscript, 1790.	New-York Historical Society
creatorOf	Clinch, Griselda Eastwick Cunningham, 1810-1873. Morton-Dexter letters, 1813-1845.	Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn	May, Caroline, ca. 1820-. Letters to Rufus Wilmot Griswold [manuscript], 1848 May 1 & n.d.	University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn	Hood, Richard, 1910-. Portraits of American authors [manuscript], ca. 1902-1935, (bulk 1910-1919).	University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn	Joseph Dennie papers, 1783-1815 (inclusive), 1790-1803 (bulk).	Houghton Library
referencedIn	Caroline May Collection, 1848, n.d.	University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
creatorOf	Morton, Sarah Wentworth, 1759-1846. Receipt to George Watson Brimmer [manuscript], 1828 August 4.	University of Virginia. Library

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Subject
Indians of North America

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Women authors

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Exist Dates:

Birth 1759

Death 1846-05-14

Languages Used:

English

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Morton, Sarah Wentworth, 1759-1846

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