Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921

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Birth 1835-04-03
Death 1921-08-14

Biographical notes:

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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  • American literature
  • American literature
  • Women authors, American
  • Authors and publishers
  • Women authors
  • Bookplates
  • Calligraphy
  • Syndicates (Journalism)
  • Women's periodicals

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  • Washington (D.C.) (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts (as recorded)
  • Newburyport (Mass.) (as recorded)
  • Deer Island (Mass.) (as recorded)
  • Newburyport (Mass.) (as recorded)

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