[Letter] 1908 Dec. 15, Northampton, Mass. [to] Miss E. D. Hanscom / G. W. Cable.

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[Letter] 1908 Dec. 15, Northampton, Mass. [to] Miss E. D. Hanscom / G. W. Cable.

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Cable responds to a letter of Hanscom's in which she has praised his work.

[1] leaf ; 17 cm. + envelope

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Smith College, Neilson Library

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Hanscom, Elizabeth Deering, 1865-1960

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Elizabeth Deering Hanscom was born on August 15, 1865 in Saco, Maine. She graduated from Boston University in 1887 after which she obtained her Master's degree there. Hanscom received her Ph.D. from Yale University in 1894, the first year the University awarded Ph.D.s to women. That same year she joined the Smith College faculty, where she became a full professor and occupied the Mary Augusta Jordan chair in the English department until her retirement in 1932. She was a popular teacher and was n...

Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925

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George Washington Cable, an American author and critic, was born in New Orleans and fought for the South in the Civil War. His first collection of tales of life in the south was Old creole days (1879). In 1884 he went on a reading tour with Mark Twain. He moved to Northampton, Mass., in 1885. He is chiefly known for his early works describing picturesque Louisiana Creole life and courageous essays on civil rights. From the description of George Washington Cable papers, 1865-1918. (Pe...