Catharine Maria Sedgwick letters and portraits, 1837-1855.

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Catharine Maria Sedgwick letters and portraits, 1837-1855.

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The collection contains twelve letters by, one photograph of, and one engraving from a painting of, Sedgwick. She writes to William Leggett, 9 March 1837, detailing the plot of one of her stories; to publisher George W. Putnam in London, 12 April 1839, sending her book to him to publish and commenting on her forthcoming lengthy European trip which resulted in her Letters from abroad to kindred at home. She writes to English poet John Kenyon, [1839], about her brother Theodore's death, and 15 July [1840], about their fatiguing journey from Frankfort to London; to Mr. [William?] Harness, 11 July [1839?], thanking him for his kindness and praising John Kenyon; to Lady Jane Davy, 9 February 1840, about her travels in Italy and hopes of seeing her, and, 21 April 1840, with a recipe for cocoa and regrets not visiting her. She writes to an unnamed publisher, 25 June 1841, returning proofs and requesting copies of her book be sent to specified people; to Mary Lee, 13 November 1852, responding to her note with an enclosed photograph; to George Putnam, 5 May 1853, sending an article by A.F.A.; to Mr. A.J. King, 27 October 1854, inquiring about the identify of Fanny Butler; and to Mrs. Gibbons, 12 August 1855, returning a petition and commenting on the surf bathing at Lynn Beach.

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Putnam, George,

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Sedgwick, Catharine Maria, 1789-1867

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Catharine Maria Sedgwick was an American novelist. From the description of Catharine Maria Sedgwick letters and portraits, 1837-1855. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 35155329 American author, pioneered the American domestic novel. From the description of Papers of Catharine Maria Sedgwick, 1801-1865 (bulk 1834-1865). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136087 American author. From the description of ...

King, A. J. (Arthur John)

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Leggett, William, 1801-1839

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Journalist. From the description of Letters of William Leggett, 1834-1838. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014920 Journalist and abolitionist. From the description of Letter, 1838 November 22 : New Rochelle, New York to Lewis Tappan. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154270350 From the description of Letter, 1838 November 22 : New Rochelle, New York to Lewis Tappan. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 18131560 ...

Kenyon, John, 1784-1856

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John Kenyon (1784-1856), was a British poet and philanthropist. Other important addressees in the collection are: Robert Johnston Barton (d. 1879), was a British Captain in the Coldstream Guards, killed in action in Zululand in 1879; James Booth (1796-1880), was a British Barrister and Secretary of the Board of Trade, and his wife, Jane Noble Booth (d. 1872); Thomas Milner Gibson (1806-1884), was a British politician; Henry Bellenden Ker (1785?-1871), British legal reformer. From the...

Davy, Jane, Lady,

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Lee, Mary,

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