Letter, 1850 April 1, New York, New York, to Lydia Sigourney, Hartford, Conn.

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Letter, 1850 April 1, New York, New York, to Lydia Sigourney, Hartford, Conn.

Explains that Anne Drinker refused permission to be included in her "American female poets" but later retracted her refusal.

7 p. ; 18 x 11 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...

May, Caroline 1820(?)-

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American author. From the description of Letters to Rufus Wilmot Griswold [manuscript], 1848 May 1 & n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814312 ...

May, Caroline 1820(?)-

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American author. From the description of Letters to Rufus Wilmot Griswold [manuscript], 1848 May 1 & n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814312 ...

May, Edith, 1827-

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