Family history and reminiscences, 1897.

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Family history and reminiscences, 1897.

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Family history written for her children, covering the years 1840-1877. The narrative contains anecdotes of the Dorr and Freeman families of Boston and the Lawrence family of N.Y. The author recalls growing up in Boston, her education, notable social events and life during the Civil War. Her brother, Wilder, served in the Mass. 45th Reg. and died in Boston of disease contracted in the South. Her sister, Florence Freeman ("Flori"), was an artist who lived and worked in Italy with the sculptor Harriet Hosmer and the actress Charlotte Cushman. Susan Freeman married Richard B. Lawrence, an insurance broker, in 1866. They moved to South Orange N.J. and in 1873 removed to England where he served as agent for the sale of American land. She describes life in London in detail. In 1875 the family moved to West Virginia where R.B. Lawrence attempted to establish a sheep farm. The account is illustrated fully with tipped-in carte-de-visite photographs of family members (including one of Florence Freeman), photographs of London, letters (1904, 1908) to her son H. (Harry) Hooper Lawrence, a plan of the West Virginia house, and other material.

2 v. (ca. 120 leaves) ; 21 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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