Lydia Maria Child letters, 1827-1872.

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Lydia Maria Child letters, 1827-1872.

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The collection consists of three handwritten letters: to her sister Mary Preston, 6 Jan. 1827, describing her current situation and including news of activities, family, and friends; to her friend, the abolitionist Ellis Gray Loring, 25 Mar. 1844, discussing her activities, their mutual interest in reform, Washington Allston, and Margaret Fuller; to Dear Mary, 19 Feb. 1872, responding to a request for her autograph, in which she reports that she finds reading German difficult but rewarding, and how much she is enjoying reading the stories of Hans Christian Anderson.

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Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850

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Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli (May 23, 1810 – July 19, 1850) was an American journalist, editor, critic, translator, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movement. She was the first American female war correspondent, writing for Horace Greeley's New-York Tribune, and full-time book reviewer in journalism. Her book Woman in the Nineteenth Century is considered the first major feminist work in the United States. Born Sarah Margaret Fuller in Cambridge, Massa...

Allston, Washington, 1779-1843

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Loring, Ellis Gray, 1803-1858

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A Boston lawyer and abolitionist who used his legal training to aid runaway slaves, Loring was an organizer of the New England Anti-Slavery Society. He married Louisa Gilman (1797-1868) in 1827. Their daughter, Anna Loring Dresel (1830-1896), was vice president of the Boston Sanitary Commission during the Civil War and president of Vincent Hospital. She married Otto Dresel (1826-1890), a German pianist and composer in 1863; they had two children: Louisa Loring Dresel (1864-195?) and Ellis Loring...