Letter, 1851 March 8, Boston, Mass., to Lydia Sigourney.

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Letter, 1851 March 8, Boston, Mass., to Lydia Sigourney.

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Discusses the grief of parents under the loss of children, and describes circumstances under which his book, Angel whispers, was written; is glad that it consoled her in her bereavement.

4 p. ; 18 x 12 cm.

Connecticut Historical Society

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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...

Sigourney, Andrew Maximilian, 1830-1850.

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Parkman, Francis, 1788-1852

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Unitarian minister. From the description of Letter : Boston, to G. Adams, Cabotville [Chicopee], Mass., 1842 Sept. 10. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 665170899 Lydia Sigourney's son Andrew died in 1850. From the description of Letter, 1851 March 8, Boston, Mass., to Lydia Sigourney. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 23248341 ...