Papers of Hannah Flagg Gould, 1822-1893.

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Papers of Hannah Flagg Gould, 1822-1893.

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Collection contains autograph manuscripts of Gould's poems: "Earth and heaven," "Miss Hannah Gould's epitaphs, " "A name in the sand, " "The sad return, " "The sailor boy, " "Scripture hymn, " "Serenade, " "The spouting horn, " "Sunrise at sea, " "Warning from the gold mine, " and "We are spirits." Collection also includes nine letters chiefly about Gould's literary career: responses to requests for pieces to be published in "The Token," "The religious souvenir, " and "Ship and Shipments"; and complaints about the publication of her poem, "A name in the sand" in the "Transcript" without permission or acknowledgement. Other topics include her father's experiences in the Revolutionary War and an invitation to a small social gathering. Also included are three newspaper clippings: a copy of the poem, "A name in the sand"; Grace A. Oliver's letter to the editor of the "Transcript" about its publishing Gould's poem, "It snows," with an incorrect title and without acknowledgement of the author; and an article, "An American poetess, " about Gould and her poetic style. Correspondents include John Alonzo Clark, Samuel Griswold Goodrich, D.N. Haskell, James Monroe and Company, Mr. Keeler, Helen Cross Knight, and Elias Nason.

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Gould, Hannah Flagg, 1789-1865

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Gould was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, and moved with her family to Newburyport in 1808. She started writing poetry in her 30s. Her first book of poetry was published in 1832; her second and third volumes appeared in 1836 and 1841. Some of her poems commemorate her father Benjamin Gould, who led the Massachusetts militia at the battle of Lexington. Her brother was Benjamin A. Gould, a Boston educator and author. From the description of Poems and correspondence, 1824-1851 and und...

Oliver, Grace A. (Grace Atkinson), 1844-1899

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Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860

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Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793-1860) wrote a popular and widely imitated series of educational works for children under the pen name of Peter Parley. His intent was to provide an alternative to the British biases of 19th-century schoolroom texts and the questionable morals of nursery rhymes. He also created two children's magazines, Merry's Museum and Parley's Magazine, as well as an annual gift book, The Token. Goodrich served in the Massachusetts legislature in 1837 and held the post of U.S. c...

Knight, Helen C. (Helen Cross), 1814-1906

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Nason, Elias, 1811-1887

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Nason was a Massachusetts schoolmaster, writer, lecturer, and Congregational cleryman. From the description of Executions in Massachusetts, ca. 1863? (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 236087767 Elias Nason (1811-1887) was at various times in his life an editor, writer, teacher, public lecturer, and Congregational minister. He graduated from Brown University in 1835. Nason wrote many books and pamphlets on topics of New England history and biography. ...

Clark, John A. (John Alonzo), 1801-1843

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The Reverend John Alonzo Clark was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in May 1801. In 1823 he was graduated from Union College near Albany, New York, and after several additional years of ministerial training he was admitted to orders in the Episcopal church on April 12, 1826. His professional career spanned the years of the Second Great Awakening, an evangelical movement which spread across much of the country, but was most strongly felt in portions of the Northeast...

Haskell, Daniel N. (Daniel Noyes), 1818-1874

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James Monroe and Co.

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