Alcott family additional papers, 1724-1927.

Alcott, John Sewall Pratt, 1865-1923

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John Sewall Pratt Alcott (1865-1923) was the nephew and adopted son of Louisa May Alcott. John Sewall Pratt Alcott was born on June 24, 1865, in Massachusetts, to John Bridge Pratt and Anna Bronson Alcott, sister of Louisa May Alcott. He and his brother, Fredrick, were the basis for Daisy and Demi (respectively) in Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women. His aunt legally adopted him in 1888, making him her heir, shortly before her death. He changed his name to "John Alcott" in deference to he...

Pratt, Jessica Lillian Cate, 1862-1934

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Wife of Frederic Alcott Pratt, the nephew of Louisa May Alcott. ...

Nieriker, Abigail May Alcott, 1840-1879

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Abigail May Alcott Nieriker (July 26, 1840 – December 29, 1879) was an American artist and the youngest sister of Louisa May Alcott. She was the basis for the character Amy (an anagram of May) in her sister's semi-autobiographical novel Little Women (1868). She was named after her mother, Abigail May, and first called Abba, then Abby, and finally May, which she asked to be called in November 1863 when in her twenties. Abigail May Alcott was born July 26, 1840, in Concord, Massachusetts, the y...

Pratt, Anna Bronson Alcott, 1831-1893

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Anna Bronson Alcott Pratt (March 16, 1831 – July 17, 1893) was the elder sister of American novelist Louisa May Alcott. She was the basis for the character Margaret "Meg" of Little Women (1868), her sister's classic, semi-autobiographical novel. Anna Bronson Alcott was born in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia on March 16, 1831. She was the first of four daughters born to Amos Bronson Alcott and Abby May. She was named after both her paternal grandmother (Anna) and her father (Brons...

Pratt, Frederic Alcott, 1863-1910

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Pratt was the nephew of the writer Louisa May Alcott and the son of her sister Anna Bronson Alcott Pratt. Under Louisa May Alcott's will, he became the Trustee of her literary estate after her death in 1888. ...

Alcott, William A. (William Andrus), 1798-1859

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William Andrus Alcott (August 6, 1798 – March 29, 1859), also known as William Alexander Alcott, was an American educator, educational reformer, physician, vegetarian and author of 108 books. His works, which include a wide range of topics including educational reform, physical education, school house design, family life, and diet, are still widely cited today. William Alcott was born in Wolcott, Connecticut. His father was a farmer, Obedience Alcott (1776–1847); in the 1820s, like many membe...

Alcott, Elizabeth Sewall, 1835-1858

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Elizabeth Sewall "Lizzie" Alcott (June 24, 1835 – March 14, 1858) was one of the two younger sisters of Louisa May Alcott. She was born in 1835 and died at the age of 22. She was originally named Elizabeth Peabody Alcott in honor of her father Bronson's teaching assistant at the Temple School and close friend of her mother, Abba. By age three, however, after a falling out between Bronson and Elizabeth Peabody, her name was changed to Elizabeth Sewall Alcott, after her mother's mother, Dorothy...

Nieriker, Ernest, 1856-1935

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Abigail May Alcott was living in London and studying landscape art when she met Ernest Nieriker. The couple married on March 22, 1878, in London. The marriage was said by authors Eiselein and Phillips to have occurred despite her family's reluctance. In contrast, Louisa Alcott called the day a "happy event" and described Ernest as a handsome, cultivated and successful "tender friend". Further, "May is old enough to choose for herself, and seems so happy in the new relation that we have nothing t...

Alcott family (Louisa May Alcott, 1832-1888)

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Part of the family papers of the Alcott family of Concord (Mass.). Parents were Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888), the New England transcendentalist, and Abigail [Abba] May Alcott (1800-1877). Their four daughters were: Anna Bronson Alcott Pratt (1831-1893) [who married John Bridge Pratt (1833-1870)], the writer Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), Elizabeth Sewall [Lizzie] Alcott (1835-1858), and Abigail May Alcott Nieriker (1840-1879), an American artist [who married Ernest Nieriker (1856-1935)]. Chil...

Helena Augusta Victoria, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, 1846-1923

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Helena was a daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of the United Kingdom. When she married Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein the match was politically awkward and caused a severe breach within the royal family; the Queen allowed the ceremony to take place at Windsor Castle, albeit in the Private Chapel rather than the grander St George's Chapel. Helena had a firm interest in nursing and was the founding chair of the Ladies' Committee of the British Red Cross in 1870, playing an activ...

Alice, Grand Duchess, consort of Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1843-1878

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Princess Alice (b. 25 April 1843, London, England-d. 14 December 1878, Darmstadt, German Empire) was the daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Alice's compassion for other people's suffering established her role as the family caregiver in 1861. She was married to Prince Louis of Hesse in 1862 in a private ceremony since it was soon after Prince Albert died....

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Brunet-Debaines, A. (Alfred), 1845-

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Plummer, Miss.

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Sperling, Hieronymus, 1695-1777

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Cate, Luther G., Mr. and Mrs.

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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851

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J.M.W. Turner was an English artist and member of the Royal Academy. From the description of Brighton Cricket Ground [art original] [ca. 1824?]. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 58463878 Nationality: English. From the description of Rockets and Blue Lights (Close at Hand) to Warn Steamboats of Shoal Water [electronic resource]. 1840. (Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute). WorldCat record id: 222503272 British painter. Fr...

Louisa Caroline Greenwood May Bond

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Schuster, J. M. S., artist.

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Andrews, J., etcher.

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Mary Cassett.

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Pratt, ?, artist.

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Louis May Alcott

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Mrs. F. A. Pratt

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Jess

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Couture.

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H. enry Brougham)

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Mrs. George William Bond

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Johnston, David Claypoole, 1799-1865

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David Claypoole Johnston (1799-1865), the well-known lithographer and caricaturist, was born in Philadelphia and died in Dorchester, Mass. His publications include: The House That Jeff Built ([Boston] 1863); Scraps (Boston [1828?]-49); Slavery: (Voluntary) As It Exists, North, West, East and South ([S.l., 1870]); and others. From the description of Family papers, 1824-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207147439 American illustrator. From the description of Aut...

Sally Holly

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May Alcott

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John Pratt

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Boeke, C. Scheltema.

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Lizzie Wells?

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Nan, Ying

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Samuel May Jr.

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Smit, I., artist.

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Caroline Ticknor

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Jan Suderman

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Julia

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Russell, Frank

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Bond, Louisa Caroline Greenwood May.

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P, Miss.

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Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934

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Son of American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, Julian Hawthorne was also a writer of short stories and novels. From the description of Essays : manuscripts, undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612756082 Second child and only son of Nathaniel and Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, Julian Hawthorne was a writer of reviews, articles, and late 19th century American popular fiction. From the description of ALS, 1886 September 16 : Sag Harbor, N.Y., to J.D. Holmes...