Child Lydia Maria papers, [ca. 1829]-1879.

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Child Lydia Maria papers, [ca. 1829]-1879.

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Letters and manuscripts of Lydia Maria Francis Child. The letters, to a number of different persons, deal with events in Mrs. Child's personal life, with her writing career, and with her deep involvment in the anti-slavery movement. Most of the nine manuscripts are brief maxims or poems.

0.5 linear ft. ( 1 box)

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880

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Lydia Maria Child was born Lydia Maria Francis in Medford, Massachusetts on February 11, 1802. She was born into an abolitionist family and was greatly influenced by her brother, Convers, who would later become a Unitarian Clergyman. After the death of her mother in 1814, Child moved to Maine to live with her sister and began teaching in Gardiner in 1819. While living in Maine, Child became increasingly interested in Native Americans and visited many nearby settlements. Child began actively writ...