Correspondence with her sister [Mrs. Warren Preston] May 26, 1822, Oct. 28, 1827, : to Messrs Carey & Lea, 1830 June 20, Boston, to Mary E. Stearns [from] Aunt Maria, West Newton, July 17th, 1851, to Messrs. Ticknor Fields, Nov. 12, 1865, to Mrs. Spring, [n.d.], Mrs. Clarke, June 18, 1876, and a ms.

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Correspondence with her sister [Mrs. Warren Preston] May 26, 1822, Oct. 28, 1827, : to Messrs Carey & Lea, 1830 June 20, Boston, to Mary E. Stearns [from] Aunt Maria, West Newton, July 17th, 1851, to Messrs. Ticknor Fields, Nov. 12, 1865, to Mrs. Spring, [n.d.], Mrs. Clarke, June 18, 1876, and a ms. of an essay. 1822-1876.

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Letter to her sister of Oct. 28, 1827 includes the announcement of her engagement. Letter to Ticknor & Fields asks to be informed when "Freedman's book" is ready. Letter to Carey & Lea discusses the disposal of 96 copies of "American anecdotes in the palm". Letter of May 28, 1844 is a ms. copy of the second half of an essay from the Letters from New-York column in the National Anti-Slavery Standard. Letter to Mrs. James Freeman Clarke thanking her for her letter and commenting approvingly on Clarke's daughter Lillian's work with women "led astray."

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