[Notes] / Emily. [1860-1871]

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[Notes] / Emily. [1860-1871]

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Autograph note, with rosebud, to her friend Susan Phelps, on the occasion of Susan's engagement being broken, May 8, 1860. Found in Susan's Bible, 90 years later, by Mrs. John Sessions, a member of the family. The note is a paraphrase from Isaiah 43:2 (KJV): "When thou goest through the waters I will go with thee" / Emily. Autograph note, in pencil (7 lines), likely from 1871. Note was given to Margaret R. P. Hamlin, by Martha Dickinson Bianchi, niece of Emily Dickinson. The note reads: Rare to the Rare-- / Her Sovereign People / Nature knows as well / And is as fond of signifying / as if fallible-- / Emily.

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Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886

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Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, on December 10, 1830 to Edward Dickinson (AC 1823) and Emily Norcross Dickinson. She attended Amherst Academy from 1840 to 1847, then enrolled at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary from 1847 to 1848. She remained in Amherst for the rest of her life, and traveled only briefly to Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. For virtually her entire adult life, Emily lived in the Dickinson home at 280 Main Street with h...