Papers of Alice and Phoebe Cary, 1852-1870.

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Papers of Alice and Phoebe Cary, 1852-1870.

In the collection are two manuscripts :, "Comfort," 1864 March, by Alice Cary; and "An answer to the last verse of Friend Whittier's poem 'The Singer'," by Alice Cary and Phoebe Cary, with autograph of John Greenleaf Whittier on manuscript, n.d. In letters, 1852-1870, the sisters discuss family matters, health and difficulties in writing. The collection also contains an engraving of Phoebe Cary.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7623786

University of Virginia. Library

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Cary, Phoebe, 1824-1871

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Phoebe Cary (September 4, 1824 – July 31, 1871) was an American poet, and the younger sister of poet Alice Cary (1820–1871). The sisters co-published poems in 1849, and then each went on to publish volumes of their own. After their deaths in 1871, joint anthologies of the sisters' unpublished poems were also compiled. phoebe Cary was born on September 4, 1824, in Mount Healthy, Ohio near Cincinnati, and she and her sister Alice were raised on the Clovernook farm in what is now North College H...

Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

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John Greenleaf Whittier was a wildly popular New England poet. A deeply committed and active abolitionist, he wrote many of his poems with a political agenda, although distinguished by an open-minded tolerance so often lacking in his fellow abolitionists. Although his works are somewhat marred by overtly political and overly sentimental works, the core of his output stands as fine, lyrical American verse. From the description of John Greenleaf Whittier letters, 1858 and 1876. (Pennsy...

Cary, Alice, 1820-1871

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American poet and novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [New York, N.Y.], to Horace Greeley, 1868 Sept. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133539 Poet. From the description of Papers, 1870. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 42584184 Author Alice Cary was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, to Robert and Elizabeth (Jessup) Cary. She lived with her sister Phoebe, also a writer, in Ohio and New York City. Both women wrote an...

Carnahan, Lucy,

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