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Three autograph letters signed to Miss Alden, discussing her work and Miss Alden's possible visit to Mitchell in Lynn, Mass., Dec. 8, Dec. 26, and July 28, n.y.; also included is a carte-de-visite of Mitchell with her signature, n.d.

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Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889

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Maria Mitchell, astronomer, was born on the island of Nantucket in 1818. Through her father, William Mitchell, she became interested in astronomy and assisted him in his observatory. In the late 1830s she was appointed librarian at the Nantucket Athenaeum, using its collection to educate herself while she worked with her father in the evenings. In 1847 she discovered a new comet, named for her, and was subsequently awarded a gold medal by the King of Denmark. A year later she became the first wo...