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Phoebe Cary (September 4, 1824 – July 31, 1871) was an American poet, and the younger sister of poet Alice Cary (1820–1871). The sisters co-published poems in 1849, and then each went on to publish volumes of their own. After their deaths in 1871, joint anthologies of the sisters' unpublished poems were also compiled.
phoebe Cary was born on September 4, 1824, in Mount Healthy, Ohio near Cincinnati, and she and her sister Alice were raised on the Clovernook farm in what is now North College Hill, Ohio. While they were raised in a Universalist household and held political and religious views that were liberal and reformist, they often attended Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregationalist services and were friendly with ministers of all these denominations and others.
While they occasionally attended school, the sisters were often needed to work at home and so were largely self-educated. The sisters' mother died in 1835 and two years afterwards their father married again. Their stepmother was wholly unsympathetic regarding their literary aspirations. For their part, while they were ready and willing to aid to the full extent of their strength in household labour; the sisters persisted in a determination to study and write when the day's work was done. Sometimes they were refused the use of candles to the extent of their wishes and the device of a saucer of lard with a bit of rag for a wick was their only light after the rest of the family had retired.
More outgoing than her sister, Cary was a champion of women's rights and for a short time edited Revolution, a newspaper published by Susan B. Anthony. In 1848, their poetry was published in the anthology Female Poets of America edited by Rufus Wilmot Griswold and with his help, Poems of Alice and Phoebe Cary was published in 1849. Poet John Greenleaf Whittier had been invited to provide a preface; but refused. He believed their poetry did not need his endorsement and also noted a general dislike for prefaces as a method to "pass off by aid of a known name, what otherwise would not pass current".
The sisters' anthology garnered much acclaim, and in 1850 they moved to New York City. There, they often hosted evening receptions on Sundays, some of which were attended by well-known figures such as P. T. Barnum, John Greenleaf Whittier and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. While in New York, Phoebe published two volumes of exclusively her own poetry: Poems and Parodies and Poems of Faith, Hope and Love. Additionally, her lyrics appeared in many church hymnals, on Sunday School cards and in household scrapbooks. One of her enduring hymns, "Nearer Home" (first line "One sweetly solemn thought"), was often sung at funerals, including Alice's and her own. In hymnals it has long been matched to the tune OZREM, composed in 1850 by Isaac B. Woodbury. Canadian composer Robert Ambrose, nonetheless, in 1876 fashioned a longer, more choral tune, specifically for Cary's lyrics. The Cary–Ambrose score became one of the most popular and widely selling pieces of sheet music in the 19th century.
In the joint housekeeping in New York, Phoebe took, from choice (Alice being for many years an invalid), the larger share of the household duties, and hence found less leisure for literary labor. She wrote very little prose, and her poetry was so different in style, so much more buoyant in tone and independent in manner, that the verses of one sister were rarely ascribed to the other.
In 1868, Horace Greeley wrote a brief joint biography of Alice and Phebe (as he spelled her name).
Alice died in 1871 from tuberculosis; Phoebe died five months later of hepatitis on July 31, 1871, in Newport, Rhode Island. Both were buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.
Note: In early volumes, "Cary" was spelled "Carey" in and on Phoebe and Alice Cary's books, and later editions and volumes changed the spelling to "Cary".
Phoebe Cary (September 4, 1824 – July 31, 1871) was an American poet, and the younger sister of poet Alice Cary (1820–1871). The sisters co-published poems in 1849, and then each went on to publish volumes of their own. After their deaths in 1871, joint anthologies of the sisters' unpublished poems were also compiled.<p>
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phoebe Cary was born on September 4, 1824, in Mount Healthy, Ohio near Cincinnati, and she and her sister Alice were raised on the Clovernook farm in what is now North College Hill, Ohio. While they were raised in a Universalist household and held political and religious views that were liberal and reformist, they often attended Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregationalist services and were friendly with ministers of all these denominations and others.
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While they occasionally attended school, the sisters were often needed to work at home and so were largely self-educated. The sisters' mother died in 1835 and two years afterwards their father married again. Their stepmother was wholly unsympathetic regarding their literary aspirations. For their part, while they were ready and willing to aid to the full extent of their strength in household labour; the sisters persisted in a determination to study and write when the day's work was done. Sometimes they were refused the use of candles to the extent of their wishes and the device of a saucer of lard with a bit of rag for a wick was their only light after the rest of the family had retired.
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More outgoing than her sister, Cary was a champion of women's rights and for a short time edited Revolution, a newspaper published by Susan B. Anthony. In 1848, their poetry was published in the anthology Female Poets of America edited by Rufus Wilmot Griswold and with his help, Poems of Alice and Phoebe Cary was published in 1849. Poet John Greenleaf Whittier had been invited to provide a preface; but refused. He believed their poetry did not need his endorsement and also noted a general dislike for prefaces as a method to "pass off by aid of a known name, what otherwise would not pass current".
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The sisters' anthology garnered much acclaim, and in 1850 they moved to New York City. There, they often hosted evening receptions on Sundays, some of which were attended by well-known figures such as P. T. Barnum, John Greenleaf Whittier and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. While in New York, Phoebe published two volumes of exclusively her own poetry: Poems and Parodies and Poems of Faith, Hope and Love. Additionally, her lyrics appeared in many church hymnals, on Sunday School cards and in household scrapbooks. One of her enduring hymns, "Nearer Home" (first line "One sweetly solemn thought"), was often sung at funerals, including Alice's and her own. In hymnals it has long been matched to the tune OZREM, composed in 1850 by Isaac B. Woodbury. Canadian composer Robert Ambrose, nonetheless, in 1876 fashioned a longer, more choral tune, specifically for Cary's lyrics. The Cary–Ambrose score became one of the most popular and widely selling pieces of sheet music in the 19th century.
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In the joint housekeeping in New York, Phoebe took, from choice (Alice being for many years an invalid), the larger share of the household duties, and hence found less leisure for literary labor. She wrote very little prose, and her poetry was so different in style, so much more buoyant in tone and independent in manner, that the verses of one sister were rarely ascribed to the other.
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In 1868, Horace Greeley wrote a brief joint biography of Alice and Phebe (as he spelled her name).
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Alice died in 1871 from tuberculosis; Phoebe died five months later of hepatitis on July 31, 1871, in Newport, Rhode Island. Both were buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.
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Note: In early volumes, "Cary" was spelled "Carey" in and on Phoebe and Alice Cary's books, and later editions and volumes changed the spelling to "Cary".
Charles Henry Brainard papers, 1795-1884 and undated
Brainard, Charles Henry, 1817-1885. Papers, 1795-1884 and undated
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Charles Henry Brainard papers, 1795-1884 and undated
Autograph album (1858-1884), a letter book (1855-1883), and a scrapbook of letters and autographs (1795-1857 and undated) of American print dealer, publisher, and historian, Charles Henry Brainard.
Driscoll, Emily,. American women writers, 1850-1936 (inclusive).
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Autograph File, C
Autograph File, C
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Autograph File, C
The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.
Carnahan, Lucy,. Papers of Alice and Phoebe Cary, 1852-1870.
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Papers of Alice and Phoebe Cary, 1852-1870.
In the collection are two manuscripts :, "Comfort," 1864 March, by Alice Cary; and "An answer to the last verse of Friend Whittier's poem 'The Singer'," by Alice Cary and Phoebe Cary, with autograph of John Greenleaf Whittier on manuscript, n.d. In letters, 1852-1870, the sisters discuss family matters, health and difficulties in writing. The collection also contains an engraving of Phoebe Cary.
Carnahan, Lucy,. Papers of Alice and Phoebe Cary, 1852-1870.
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Petition signed by 83 American authors to the Committee on Ways and Means, January 17th, 1866.
Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879,. Petition signed by 83 American authors to the Committee on Ways and Means, January 17th, 1866.
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Petition signed by 83 American authors to the Committee on Ways and Means, January 17th, 1866.
"That the Revenue laws so far as they relate to the manufacture and importation of books, may be so revised and modified that American publications may be relieved from the heavy burdens now resting upon them and from the disadvantages under which they suffer in competition with imported books". Includes the signatures of Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta, Asa Gray, James Russell Lowell, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Bayard Taylor, William Cullen Bryant, Horace Greeley, Oliver Wendell Holmes, George Ticknor, et al.
Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879,. Petition signed by 83 American authors to the Committee on Ways and Means, January 17th, 1866.
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Papers of Alice and Phoebe Cary, 1850-1869, n.d., n.y.
Carnahan, Lucy,. Papers of Alice and Phoebe Cary, 1850-1869, n.d., n.y.
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Papers of Alice and Phoebe Cary, 1850-1869, n.d., n.y.
The collection includes a manuscript, n.d., "Hunter's Song" by Alice Cary. Letters from Alice, Phoebe, and Susan Cary, chiefly to Lucy Carnahan, discuss social and domestic life, health, work, publicationissues, travel and people at their weekly "at homes." Topics of interest include a trip from Ohio to Massachusetts that included Niagara Falls, the state prison at Auburn, N.Y., a steamer down the Hudson, and New York City; a visit to John Greenleaf Whitter's house; the death of a sister; women's rights; a promise made to Susan B. Anthony; and articles in and negotiations with the "Weekly Home Journal." Dr. Charls F. Deems, Horace Greeley, and Whitelaw Reid are mentioned. The Rev. H.W. Parker is also a correspondent.
Two autograph letters, one (1852) to Mr. Wilde about her sisters, the other (1866?) to her publisher, Mr. Bonner, submitting a poem. Also an autographed drawing of Phoebe Cary, n.d.
Price, Florence, 1888-1953. The envious wren / [words by] Alice & Phoebe Carey ; [music by] Florence B. Price.
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John S. Hart letters to R. W. Griswold [manuscript], 1850 Jun 27 and Dec 3.
Hart, John S. (John Seely), 1810-1877. John S. Hart letters to R. W. Griswold [manuscript], 1850 Jun 27 and Dec 3.
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John S. Hart letters to R. W. Griswold [manuscript], 1850 Jun 27 and Dec 3.
1850 Jun 27. Hart writes that the publishers desire to know if he will prepare a series of articles of moderate length on "Self-Made Men," with portraits of the men, and how soon he can have the articles ready. He offers Griswold $5 per page. 1850 Dec 3. Hart has sent 2 [irises?] for the Misses Carey, and asks that Griswold to inform him of their safe arrival. He also writes that he will send a copy of his Annual Report soon, in which he might find some facts suited to his magazine, particularly a resume of the history of the Philadelphia school system that has been translated and reprinted in Germany.
Cary, Phoebe, 1824-1871. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to "My dear Friend", [n.d.].
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Commonplace book, 1890-1898.
Commonplace book, 1890-1898.
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Commonplace book, 1890-1898.
Contains transcribed excerpts from historical and religious works; includes brief biographical sketches of Sojurner Truth and of Alice and Phoebe Carey and an essay on the vocational education of African-Americans and Native Americans in 1868 in Hampton Creek, Virginia.
Correspondence [no addressee] 52 E. Twentieth St., Monday afternoon; [no addressee], Monday Morning; My dear friend, nine letters, August 30, [18]50-December 15, [18]56; Dr. Bigelow, Feb. 22, [18]56; [resolution for Dr. Bigelow]; a holograph poem to Dr. Geo. [?] Bigelow; carte de visite photograph / Phoebe Cary. 1824-1871.
Cary, Phoebe, 1824-1871. Correspondence [no addressee] 52 E. Twentieth St., Monday afternoon; [no addressee], Monday Morning; My dear friend, nine letters, August 30, [18]50-December 15, [18]56; Dr. Bigelow, Feb. 22, [18]56; [resolution for Dr. Bigelow]; a holograph poem to Dr. Geo. [?] Bigelow; carte de visite photograph / Phoebe Cary.
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Correspondence [no addressee] 52 E. Twentieth St., Monday afternoon; [no addressee], Monday Morning; My dear friend, nine letters, August 30, [18]50-December 15, [18]56; Dr. Bigelow, Feb. 22, [18]56; [resolution for Dr. Bigelow]; a holograph poem to Dr. Geo. [?] Bigelow; carte de visite photograph / Phoebe Cary. 1824-1871.
Letter with no addressee, 52 E. Twentieth St. Monday afternoon, concerning the health of Mrs. Swift, expressing the wish of Mrs. Swift and herself to see the addressee; letter with no addressee, Monday Morning has attached a small newspaper clipping speculating on a possible marriage between Rufus W. Griswold and Phoebe Cary.
Cary, Phoebe, 1824-1871. Correspondence [no addressee] 52 E. Twentieth St., Monday afternoon; [no addressee], Monday Morning; My dear friend, nine letters, August 30, [18]50-December 15, [18]56; Dr. Bigelow, Feb. 22, [18]56; [resolution for Dr. Bigelow]; a holograph poem to Dr. Geo. [?] Bigelow; carte de visite photograph / Phoebe Cary.
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Records of the Cary Club of Marion, Iowa, 1883-1980.
Cary Club (Marion, Iowa). Records of the Cary Club of Marion, Iowa, 1883-1980.
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Records of the Cary Club of Marion, Iowa, 1883-1980.
The collection consists chiefly of minute books for the period 1883 to 1980 (lacking the years 1887-1898 and 1969-1970) and nine volumes of the story, "Wrecked where we least expect." Also included are a history of the club for the years 1878 to 1969, yearly program booklets for 1889 to 1976, several newspaper clippings, a 1959 group photograph, and a bronze marker originally placed on a World War I memorial tree.
William R. and Louise Fielder Sheet Music Collection
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Records, 1856-1983.
Sorosis (New York, N.Y.). Records, 1856-1983.
Title:
Records, 1856-1983.
The Sorosis records include by-laws, constitutions, minutes, membership lists, yearbooks, programs, reports, histories, speeches, writings, clippings, subject files, memorabilia, publications, printed material, and scrapbooks. These document the club's advocacy of temperance, prison reform, and peace, as well as their programs in art, drama, education, and music. Included are bound copies of Executive Committee minutes (1884-1907, 1937-1965); and committee reports (1886-1947). There are also biographical materials, writings, and photographs of first president Jane C. Croly (1829-1901), and material relating to the Women's Congress in New York City (1873-1877), the Association for the Advancement of Women (established by Sorosis in 1873).
Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909,. Papers of Alice and Phoebe Cary, 1855-1870.
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Papers of Alice and Phoebe Cary, 1855-1870.
The collection contains manuscripts for : "Our spirits seem to me as wines..," March 1855, and "Adelied," n.d. by Alice Cary; and "Uncertainty" and "Alas," n.d., by Phoebe Cary. Letters written by Alice Cary and Phoebe Cary discuss health, writing, editing and publishing matters, and offer advice and encouragement to others. Frederick West Lander, Charles F. Deems, Thurlow Weed and John Greenleaf Whittier are mentioned. Correspondents include Charles F. Deems, Richard Watson Gilder, Emily Hartley, James Ripley Osgood, Richard Henry Stoddard. The collections also contains engravings of both sisters, and a photograph of Phoebe. A bound volume of clippings contains copies of their poetry, obituaries, and reminiscences of them, as well as the manuscript for "Alas."
Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909,. Papers of Alice and Phoebe Cary, 1855-1870.
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Papers, 1774-1908.
Risley, Hanson A. Papers, 1774-1908.
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Papers, 1774-1908.
Correspondence to Risley (d. 1892 or 1893) and to his daughter, Olive Risley Seward, who was adopted by William Henry Seward; together with autograph letters collected by a member of the Risley family. Subjects discussed include the Republican Party, national politics, William Henry Seward, Abraham Lincoln, and political patronage in New York and Washington, D.C. Correspondents include William B. Allison, George Bancroft, Thomas F. Bayard, Nicholas Biddle, James G. Blaine, Montgomery Blair, George S. Boutwell, Benjamin F. Butler, Alice and Phoebe Cary, Louis Palma de Cesnola, Cassius M. Clay, Henry Clay, Charlotte Saunders Cushman, Horace Greeley, Bret Harte, William Henry Seward, Richard Wagner, Daniel Webster, and Thurlow Weed.
Women's club. The Sorosis records include by-laws, constitutions, minutes, membership lists, yearbooks, programs, reports, histories, speeches, writings, clippings, subject files, memorabilia, publications, printed material, and scrapbooks. The Records document the club's advocacy of temperance, prison reform, and peace, as well as their programs in art, drama, education, and music. Included are bound copies of Executive Committee minutes (1884-1907, 1937-1965); and committee reports (1886-1947). There are also biographical materials, writings, and photographs of first president Jane C. Croly (1829-1901); material relating to the Women's Congress in New York City (1873-1877); and the Association for the Advancement of Women (established by Sorosis in 1873).
Cary, Phoebe, 1824-1871. Autograph letter signed : New York, to the Editor, Young folks, 1868 Dec. 7.
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Papers of Alice and Phoebe Cary, n.d.
Cary, Phoebe, 1824-1871. Papers of Alice and Phoebe Cary, n.d.
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Papers of Alice and Phoebe Cary, n.d.
In a letter, n.y, July 28, Alice Cary writes to James T. Fields, mentioning travel plans, a poem entitled, "Bracelet," and her intention to write about Poe and his wife. In a letter, n.y. November 4, Phoebe Cary writes to Fields to request Longfellow's "Songs of the Spirits" and any other sacred poems for possible inclusion in book, "Hymns, Lyrics and Songs" to be prepared jointly with Charles Deems. On verso is photograph of George H. Boker.
Cary, Phoebe, 1824-1871. Papers of Alice and Phoebe Cary, n.d.
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Letters, 1851-1863, New York.
Cary, Phoebe, 1824-1871. Letters, 1851-1863, New York.
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Letters, 1851-1863, New York.
[1] 1851, Oct. 8. To Mr. Hart: Supplies address to which Mr. Hart may send book. [2] 1863, March 21. To Mrs. Botta: Illness of sister has delayed complying with Mrs. Botta's request. Cary sisters have not preserved autographs.
Notes on presentations on topics in history and literature at a woman's club in Connecticut; includes brief biographies of Sojourner Truth, Alice and Phebe Cary, and Matilda Carse and summaries of books read.
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