Letters, 1861 April 29, Hartford, Conn., to Julia Tryon Rhodes.

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Letters, 1861 April 29, Hartford, Conn., to Julia Tryon Rhodes.

Expresses admiration for recipient, a woman agriculturist; offers to send a recent volume of poems.

2 p. ; 21 x 16 cm.

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Sigourney, Lydia Howard, 1791-1865

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Lydia Huntley Sigourney (born September 1, 1791, Norwich, Connecticut–died June 10, 1865, Hartford, Connecticut), poet, also known as the “Sweet Singer of Hartford", was the only daughter of a gardener. She attended private school with the assistance of her father’s employer, and founded a Hartford school for girls in 1814. At this school, without any specialized training, Sigourney taught a deaf student, Alice Cogswell, to read and write in English. Cogswell would later be the first student enr...

Rhodes, Julia Tryon, 1813-1901.

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