Letter, 1840 February 7, Hartford, Conn., to Simeon Smith, New Haven, Conn.

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Letter, 1840 February 7, Hartford, Conn., to Simeon Smith, New Haven, Conn.

Sends Smith lines on the death of his wife, describing her shortlived joy in her first-born; asks him to remind G. Carvill, the bookseller in New York City, to send the annuals as soon as possible.

2 p. ; 25 x 20 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...

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Smith, Hetty Hosford Smith, 1808-1840.

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Smith, Simeon Parsons, 1809-1848.

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