Letterbook and commonplace-book, 1821-1832.

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Letterbook and commonplace-book, 1821-1832.

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A letterbook (1821-26) containing letters from Elizabeth P. Peabody and Mary T. Peabody (later Mann), to their brothers and their mother Elizabeth P. Peabody (1778-1853), and copied by their mother. The letters relate to the sisters' attendance at lectures and preaching, the education of their brother, their acquaintances, life in Hallowell, Maine and Brookline, Mass., and William E. Channing. Also, the commonplace-book (1829-32) of Elizabeth P. Peabody (1778-1853).

2 vols. in a narrow box.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer, 1778-1853

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Elizabeth Palmer Peabody was an author, the mother of Elizabeth Palmer Peabody (1804-1894), and the mother-in-law of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Horace Mann. From the description of Elizabeth Palmer Peabody collection of papers, 1824-1852. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122430804 From the guide to the Elizabeth Palmer Peabody collection of papers, 1822-[1957, 1832-1838, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American L...

Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842

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William Ellery Channing (1780-1842) graduated from Harvard College in 1798. He served on the board of the Harvard Corporation from 1813 to 1826, where he worked for the establishment of the Divinity School, which occurred in 1816. A Unitarian minister, Channing served as the pastor of the Federal Street Church in Boston from 1803 until his death in 1842. In 1819 he gave the landmark Unitarian sermon, Unitarian Christianity, which upon publication sold thousands of copies. A believer in the aboli...

Mann, Mary Tyler Peabody, 1806-1887

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Educator. From the description of Papers of Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, 1863-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451614 Mary Tyler Peabody Mann was an active social reformer, educator, and author. Along with her sisters, Elizabeth Peabody and Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, she created and maintained vital connections within the Transcendentalist movement. Mary and her husband, educator Horace Mann, were active abolitionists. The sisters's practical application of optimism and hum...

Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer, 1804-1894

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Elizabeth Palmer Peabody was at the center of the Transcendentalist movement in New England. Although she wrote and published many works, she is best remembered for her support and friendship of Emerson, Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller and many others. She published the journal Dial, founded the famous West Street Book Shop and Publishing House, and introduced kindergarten to America. From the description of Elizabeth Palmer Peabody letters, 1846-1854. (Pennsylvania State University Libra...